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Digest #7 – A wilting music hall in Wapping, Heathrow's early years, tumbleweed and more...

Digest #7 – A wilting music hall in Wapping, Heathrow's early years, tumbleweed and more...

Tuesday 25th February 2025: We head to Wapping to sample a crumbling music hall, cheap pints and Brunel’s genius.

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Feb 25, 2025
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Digest #7 – A wilting music hall in Wapping, Heathrow's early years, tumbleweed and more...
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I realised recently that I had never either got on or off a train at Wapping. My friend ‘Fred’ has been to every – every – station on the underground network and I can’t even muster Wapping. Farcical. Embarrassing. A joke – and a whopping great big one at that.

Wapping is a station that makes you most acutely aware that you are quite literally just under…

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