{"id":283,"date":"2014-04-24T12:02:06","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T12:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hawkida.net\/thamesmead\/?p=283"},"modified":"2014-04-24T12:02:06","modified_gmt":"2014-04-24T12:02:06","slug":"283","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hawkida.net\/thamesmead\/about-the-area\/283\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Curtis in Thamesmead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s an article on rationalist.org where the participants wander around Thamesmead musing on the nature of hope and gloom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rationalist.org.uk\/articles\/4641\/fail-better\">http:\/\/rationalist.org.uk\/articles\/4641\/fail-better<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an interesting piece, but a little odd. They begin at Abbey Wood, sensibly enough, but seem to go north into the woods and then loop round through Lesnes Abbey&#8217;s grounds to reach Thamesmead. The article refers to &#8220;many&#8221; walkways being long gone when really most of them are still standing.<\/p>\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 2.0.39 -->\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad1\" id=\"quads-ad1\" style=\"float:none;margin:5px;\">\n\n <!-- WP QUADS - Quick AdSense Reloaded v.2.0.39 Content AdSense async --> \n\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" >\nvar quads_screen_width = document.body.clientWidth;\nif ( quads_screen_width >= 1140 ) {document.write('<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"pub-5465671415307957\" data-ad-slot=\"5861226924\" ><\/ins>');\r\n            (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n            }if ( quads_screen_width >= 1024  && quads_screen_width < 1140 ) {document.write('<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"pub-5465671415307957\" data-ad-slot=\"5861226924\" ><\/ins>');\r\n            (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n            }if ( quads_screen_width >= 768  && quads_screen_width < 1024 ) {document.write('<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"pub-5465671415307957\" data-ad-slot=\"5861226924\" ><\/ins>');\r\n            (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n            }if ( quads_screen_width < 768 ) {document.write('<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"pub-5465671415307957\" data-ad-slot=\"5861226924\" ><\/ins>');\r\n            (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n            }\n<\/script>\n\n <!-- end WP QUADS --> \n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The ubiquitous horses get a mention but not a whole lot more. They wind up sitting in a cafe described as being &#8220;near&#8221; Thamesmead and in a shopping centre, but giving no clue as to where. Possibly they were in the Thames cafe among the Limestone shops, but that&#8217;s hardly a shopping centre and is inside the Thamesmead boundaries. Likewise, if there is a cafe near Gogi&#8217;s I&#8217;m not sure the description fits, and if they were in central Thamesmead then you can&#8217;t really say it&#8217;s a nearby shopping centre since that&#8217;s what passes for our actual town centre.<\/p>\n<p>By the end, instead of using the train the pair are looking for a bus back towards central London. Unless it was night time I don&#8217;t fancy their chances as our daytime routes involved changing at least once if you want to be within central London.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an oddity, but it&#8217;s nice to see that the area is still remembered for what it was meant to be, despite the actuality never manifesting.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s an article on rationalist.org where the participants wander around Thamesmead musing on the nature of hope and gloom. http:\/\/rationalist.org.uk\/articles\/4641\/fail-better It&#8217;s an interesting piece, but a little odd. 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