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History Time With Londonist

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The Birth Of Greater London

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Diamond Geezer.

From Arnos Grove To Southgate

At a loose end? Diamond Geezer never is:

"Some would argue that there's no finer tube station than Arnos Grove. Charles Holden's drum-like ticket hall rises with pleasing lofty symmetry, very much a child of the Art Deco 30s, and perfectly in tune with the surrounding suburbs. These are no identikit homes, these are proper little domestic palaces in a variety of architectural styles. Booklet in hand, I headed off along the designated trail. Within a couple of minutes I'd admired a Grade II listed swimming pool, a geometric-framed library and a neo-Tudor pub, all of which I might easily otherwise have ignored. Down into Arnos Park - a reminder that not all these former fields ended up beneath houses and gardens - and up the other side into residential Arcadia."

Now walk on.

Postcode Mysteries

Christopher Howse:

"I discovered a blinding truth today, thanks to a trip to Archway. The truth was the origin of London’s postal district numbers. The questions is why I had never known this before."

Now read on.