 the tube in London
On 2008-07-06, tim..... <tims_new_home.uk> wrote:
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> "Ian F." <wowfabgroovy@> wrote in message
> news:6dbgqhF1o4g8U1@mid....
>> "kerilotion" <kerilotion@udm.sn> wrote in message
>> news:l600741vpvueurcq3vg9ir22197e6vhkao@...
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>>> The City itself is only about a square mile and most of the major
>>> stuff is in that sq mile.
>>
>> Eh?
>>
>> 'The City' is what we call the financial district and is, indeed, roughly
>> a square mile. Very few major tourist attractions are there.
Names can give people some weird ideas. I remember a poster who claimed Berlin
was actually two seperate cities, east and west, with a park between them.
> The Bank of England *
> Mansion House *
> Guildhall of London
> Tower of London **
> Tower Bridge **
> The Monument
> St Paul's
> St Mary Le Bow
> Petticote Lane
> Smithfield Market
> Billingsgate Market
> Museum of London
> The (roman) London Wall
> Old Bailey
> Inns of Court (The Temple)
>
> * You used to be able to go inside these buildings. I guess that you can't
> anymore.
> ** technically just outside
>
> Whilst it is true to say that there are lots of attractions outside the
> city, it's silly to say that there are none inside.
The claim wasn't "none", but "very few". If we go by your list and remove
the attractions outside the area, we are left with St Pauls as the only
major tourist attraction. That seems to support the "very few" claim.
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