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2021-07-23 · 5 places on the map · episode transcript

  1. DoverOne-offUnited Kingdom

    It happened in 1992, it happened in Dover. There was a man called Jason Pegler — he was walking past a phone box, it rang, he answered the phone, and the person ringing that phone box wanted to speak to him.

    mentioned at 00:38:29 · See it on the map →

  2. Oxford CircusOne-offUnited Kingdom

    There's one right by Oxford Circus which still has snob screens. We don't have snugs anymore, which is so sad.

    mentioned at 00:48:15 · See it on the map →

  3. Dolphin TavernOne-offUnited Kingdom

    It's the Dolphin Tavern, and it's not far from our offices in Covent Garden, it's up in Holborn. The initial pub that was built on the site was bombed to the ground on the 8th of September 1915. It was completely…

    mentioned at 00:50:00 · See it on the map →

  4. AberdeenOne-offUnited Kingdom

    There was a pub called the Grill Pub in Aberdeen that famously had a sign outside that said, no ladies please and wouldn't let any women in at all. In fact, it was in 1973 that a group of women ripped the sign off the…

    mentioned at 00:51:29 · See it on the map →

  5. CarlisleOne-offUnited Kingdom

    The economic and political problems facing Britain in the twenties and thirties that ultimately led to the Second World War and the rebuilding problems in the fifties and sixties were far more politically urgent than…

    mentioned at 00:55:02 · See it on the map →

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