The Plaice to Know

Episode

No Such Thing As Deckchair Wrestling

2022-11-04 Β· 4 places on the map Β· episode transcript

  1. LeipzigOne-offGermany

    When the Wall came down in January 1990, people stormed the Stasi headquarters in Leipzig β€” a place called the Round Corner. They rescued 15,500 sacks of shredded documents, and the people tasked with reassembling them…

    mentioned at 00:09:16 Β· See it on the map β†’

  2. Bournemouth BeachOne-offUnited Kingdom

    They stopped renting out deck chairs on Bournemouth Beach.

    mentioned at 00:28:28 Β· See it on the map β†’

  3. Red ArmyOne-offRussia

    He was a lifelong Marxist, and him and his wife used to hold these art sales to raise money for the Red Army β€” and Barbara Hepworth used to sell stuff with him.

    mentioned at 00:49:18 Β· See it on the map β†’

  4. Balfron TowerOne-offUnited Kingdom

    Old Goldfinger did live in Balfron Tower β€” only for a couple of months. He did say of Balfron, which was like the first big thing that he built, it's in London, and he said, everything I did, as if it was done for me.

    mentioned at 00:55:40 Β· See it on the map β†’

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