University Challenge last night. 'Which football club has its ground in the Royal Borough of Greenwich?' Answer: Crystal Palace. Mind you, asked which club played in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, they answered 'Brentford' and they had never heard of Sandwell or Wsst Brom.
The Sunday Times published its 'Best Places to Live' supplement on Sunday. One shouldn't take these things too seriously. Stratford upon Avon made the cut for the Midlands with the comment 'if you can see through the tourists'. Well, you can't.
I was surprised to see Plumstead named as one of the best places to live in London, much as I have fond memories of Plumstead Common. However, apparently 'the charming common'is surrounded by houses with 'smartly scrubbed with smart shutters' whose inhabitants can be seen 'promenading' on the common.
For me one of the great merits of living there was the 53 bus to Charlton, but the accompanying copy makes no mention of the Addicks and the interview respondents display no interest in football.
The facts of the matter are that only a minority of Addicks now live in the home boroughs of Greenwich and Bexley. The biggest concentration is now in Kent (just scan the list of Valley Golf prize winners). Indeed, if my personal circumstances had been different when I retired I might not be living on Regent Street in the Royal Spa but on the Kent coast.
A 'new town' is now planned for a Greater Thamesmead. Somehow all these incomers need to be introduced to Addicktion, albeit that many of them will already support other London clubs.
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