The Plaice to Know

Episode

375: No Such Thing As A Holiday On Uranus

2021-05-28 Β· 6 places on the map Β· episode transcript

  1. Leicester Square TheatreOne-offUnited Kingdom

    We're crashing Richard Herring's podcast β€” the Richard Herring Leicester Square Theatre podcast. That is going to be on the 14th of June. You can come to that.

    mentioned at 00:00:42 Β· See it on the map β†’

  2. WhitechapelOne-offUnited Kingdom

    It's a sad thing that this industry is no longer as big as it was. The Whitechapel bell foundry, which, as you say, has been going since the 1500s, is completely shut down now β€” it looks like a hotel is going to be…

    mentioned at 00:21:36 Β· See it on the map β†’

  3. Liberty BellOne-offUnited States

    Both of those bells have famously got massive cracks in them, haven't they? They're not very good at what they do.

    mentioned at 00:22:18 Β· See it on the map β†’

  4. North LondonRecurringUnited Kingdom

    The first bowling alley in the classic American style that we think of opened in Stamford Hill in North London in 1961. It was opened by the American Machine and Foundry Company.

    mentioned at 00:37:40 Β· See it on the map β†’

  5. Stamford HillOne-offUnited Kingdom

    The first bowling alley in the classic American style that we think of opened in Stamford Hill in North London in 1961. It was opened by the American Machine and Foundry Company.

    mentioned at 00:37:40 Β· See it on the map β†’

  6. Kentish TownOne-offUnited Kingdom

    Beaver's, no, they're invading Alaska, because waters are warming, which means they can go much further north up into the Arctic Circle, and so, they're building lots of dams up in an area that used to be frozen or…

    mentioned at 00:47:39 Β· See it on the map β†’

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