In fact,you can help with this. I need significant people, places, events that you associate with Westminster. From any time in history.
I'm trying not to go for the obvious (eg Big Ben & the Houses of Parliament) or it will be too corny.
And preferably I'm after associations that people will have heard of - not personal memories (like, the time you had a whitey on the Poll Tax march down the Mall, because you'd been to a house party in Peckham the night before & had drunk and smoked and had no sleep and then got up and marched, marched, marched with a riotous crowd in a heatwave with no water.)
Help me out here. Westminster.
Can't seem to comment on your other blog so - re the book you can't find again: Can you remember if the book was in archive or regular stacks? That and century of publication might make it stand out on their online holdings...
ReplyDeleteBrian Haw, the anti-war protester who camped outside Parliament for what seemed like an eternity, comes to mind.
ReplyDeleteOn Waitangi Day (6th February) New Zealander's in London have taken to doing a mass haka at Parliament Square.
ReplyDeleteArabella, it was in the regular stacks - I think I know where too, but I feel a bit foolish going in there as the books are all behind glass so it's hard to rifle through them.
ReplyDeleteMiscommunicant, Brian Haw is a brilliant idea. Mark Wallinger beat me to the punch though.
Hello, Anonymous. I like this crazy idea.