tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post7819010007180380261..comments2023-10-05T16:43:07.222+01:00Comments on The Clerkenwell Kid: THE BRIDGE OF SIGHSUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post-79744121764235045532012-03-22T18:34:45.186+00:002012-03-22T18:34:45.186+00:00Me too, indeed lolMe too, indeed lolEmpress Cixihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055524105927377659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post-3573947743994768022012-03-22T16:20:31.646+00:002012-03-22T16:20:31.646+00:00I'm going to need a bigger home first.I'm going to need a bigger home first.clerkenwell kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15252849232777734394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post-75320611192312971522012-03-22T13:35:49.951+00:002012-03-22T13:35:49.951+00:00Ha ha - In fact yes, it looks like a high cardiac ...Ha ha - In fact yes, it looks like a high cardiac training and you'd better to be in a good fit the day you choose to fly. <br />If i get these artificial wings, of course i'll try at home ! ;) won't you ?Empress Cixihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055524105927377659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post-80794598668504049332012-03-22T09:43:00.861+00:002012-03-22T09:43:00.861+00:00Hy Lucie - don't try that at home
Amazing but ...Hy Lucie - don't try that at home<br />Amazing but looks like very hard work!clerkenwell kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15252849232777734394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post-28164709142323141302012-03-21T19:46:31.341+00:002012-03-21T19:46:31.341+00:00ps : maybe today it's possible to fly like a b...ps : maybe today it's possible to fly like a bird <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYW5G2kbrKk&feature=player_embeddedEmpress Cixihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055524105927377659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post-32477485297450016552012-03-20T14:21:43.138+00:002012-03-20T14:21:43.138+00:00Hi Jack
Thanks - and I remember that exhibition t...Hi Jack<br /><br />Thanks - and I remember that exhibition too.<br />There was a temporary museum with a changing display in the old dock building on the South Bank called 'The Museum Of..." and for a while it was "The Museum of the Thames". Wonderful.clerkenwell kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15252849232777734394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post-86747177887144278792012-03-20T08:34:14.085+00:002012-03-20T08:34:14.085+00:00Hello to everyone!
I don´t know why but this post ...Hello to everyone!<br />I don´t know why but this post has brought to my mind a weird exhibition I saw many years ago in London. The exhibition was a collection of objects found in Thames river. It was full of the strangest things one could imagine, even some human bones... maybe from people who decided to end their life from the Waterloo bridge, who knows. It was amazing as well as misterious. Isn´t it a good subject for a song Kid?<br />Thanks again for your posts, always inspiring.<br />Best regards from Spain.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18268895771878461547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post-40842475517578547852012-02-27T02:56:34.108+00:002012-02-27T02:56:34.108+00:00How sad i would be with ale as the safest drink ! ...How sad i would be with ale as the safest drink ! Did Oscar Wilde preferred absinthe as poets ? I love Oscar Wilde.<br />Gin is for Clerkenwell Kid, and red wine for Empress Cixi. In these times, and nowadays, everybody needs a paradise. How lucky we are to choose our medicine, that's right. ^^Empress Cixihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055524105927377659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post-8633464039457497792012-02-26T21:30:06.298+00:002012-02-26T21:30:06.298+00:00It in an interesting one to think about whether li...It in an interesting one to think about whether life was awful then or not. From our point of view, definately. At the time, i suppose it was just ...life. Good and bad.<br /><br />Very smelly, cold short and brutal for most. Very tough for women - massive levels of prostitution and little legal or medical protection. The water was so bad that most people were pissed the howl time - ale was the safest drink if you were poor - with gin a ubiquitous secondclerkenwell kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15252849232777734394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post-2034589999906835972012-02-22T19:59:33.868+00:002012-02-22T19:59:33.868+00:00"There is only one philosophic problem that i..."There is only one philosophic problem that is really serious: the suicide", says Albert Camus in The Myth of Sisyphus.Empress Cixihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055524105927377659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post-67057079393932588112012-02-22T19:23:26.717+00:002012-02-22T19:23:26.717+00:00Life probably wasn't awful, but society was a ...Life probably wasn't awful, but society was a LOT more restricting, especially for women. If they got pregnant out of wedlock or their husbands left them (or they couldn't figure out how to leave their husbands), death probably seemed better than a lifetime of being shunned. <br />In some ways, society isn't much better today (Minnesota has a disturbingly high teen suicide rate these days, a lot of it because of anti-LGBT bullying). However, there are more options for help, and generally more ways to be accepted no matter how you choose to live your life.<br />We've come a long way, don't you think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post-18771701573233282212012-02-21T08:56:17.327+00:002012-02-21T08:56:17.327+00:00Apparently in Dickens time up to 40 women a month....Apparently in Dickens time up to 40 women a month. Life must have been truly awful. <br /><br />It was a romantic spot with a beautiful view even then but the Thames would have been pretty horrible to jump into. <br /><br />Yes, best to stay in the air - and alive - we are agreed!clerkenwell kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15252849232777734394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post-728814198506660422012-02-21T01:26:41.473+00:002012-02-21T01:26:41.473+00:00Sung by a tramp ex veteran, makes the mood so auth...Sung by a tramp ex veteran, makes the mood so authentic ! and your post stronger.<br />I didn't know women suicide themselves from this bridge... it should be cold around.<br />If i had to choose a way to suicide, it would be : to jump on the rooftop of a very tall building, like the Eiffel Tower. So that one day in my life, i could fly like a bird !<br />To die with a smile, isn't it chic ?Empress Cixihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055524105927377659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post-11990129121807978922012-02-20T16:36:06.307+00:002012-02-20T16:36:06.307+00:00I think probably not!
And as for being built on L...I think probably not!<br /><br />And as for being built on Londoners - they do say that the city is 2metres higher than in Roman times..clerkenwell kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15252849232777734394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post-15262684074669206532012-02-20T13:05:13.444+00:002012-02-20T13:05:13.444+00:00Again, amazing! Is there any part of London where...Again, amazing! Is there any part of London where one is not - at any given time - sitting on or striding over human remains?<br /><br />I always thought that London was built on - and out of - LONDON. But it seems that "LONDONERS" is the more correct term!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15094739184191373698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post-59969524487339192332012-02-20T12:22:37.230+00:002012-02-20T12:22:37.230+00:00Yes - and I forgot to mention when we had tea that...Yes - and I forgot to mention when we had tea that we were sitting on a pile go human remains.clerkenwell kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15252849232777734394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post-30803467188838339002012-02-20T12:03:41.832+00:002012-02-20T12:03:41.832+00:00Wonderful piece, this! I am now even happier that...Wonderful piece, this! I am now even happier that we had the chance to meet there last month.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15094739184191373698noreply@blogger.com