The Number 42 Bus Route

[pippa.moran]

The "London buses: one bus at a time" women do their review of the
number 42 route.
http://londonbusesonebusatatime.blogspot.com/2009/11/number-42-route.html

[Tian]

I was noticing that trip started in Denmark. Copenhagen is coming up!

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[pippa.moran]

Tian wrote:

> pippa.moran wrote:
> > The "London buses: one bus at a time" women do their review of the
> > number 42 route.
> > http://londonbusesonebusatatime.blogspot.com/2009/11/number-42-route.html
>
> I was noticing that trip started in Denmark. Copenhagen is coming up!
>
> --

Sorry I haven't replied sooner. Shows how often I check this group!

Anyway, Denmark Hill is nowhere near Denmark, and a bus to Copenhagen
would get very wet!

Denmark Hill is a hill (obviously) in South London that acts as a sort
of buffer zone between the refined, genteel district of Dulwich to the
south and the very working-class areas of Peckham and Camberwell to
the north.

The hill itself is South London's main hospital district, home to many
hospitals, e.g. Kings College Hospital, Maudsley Hospital, etc.. (If
you're an insanely trivia-obsessed Sherlock Holmes fan, you'll
probably remember that Kings is where Dr Trevelyan, the resident
doctor of The Resident Patient, did his training.)

There used to be a very good pub in Denmark Hill railway station, with
its own microbrewery making homemade ale. Unfortunately, it was taken
over by a national pub chain about ten years ago, and now just sells
the usual major brands.

[Kåre Fiedler Christiansen]

On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:23:10 -0800, pippa.moran wrote:

<snip>

> There used to be a very good pub in Denmark Hill railway station, with
> its own microbrewery making homemade ale. Unfortunately, it was taken
> over by a national pub chain about ten years ago, and now just sells the
> usual major brands.

Ironically, that probably means that now the pub is selling Danish beer.
When I was in Oxford last Tuesday, I was hard pressed to find a pub that
didn't have Tuborg and Carlsberg on tap. Luckily, I also found something
more local, which I always try to do when visiting bars and pubs away
from home (or at home, for that matter, but usually looking for local
microbreweries, rather than the big brands).

Best,
Kåre