Today’s London is a sprawling metropolis, teeming with energy and seemingly swallowing up all in its path, stretching from Surrey to Kent and Essex and receiving around 16 million visitors annually – over twice its own population.
Automobile Association of Britain, Illustrated Guide to Britain
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I like that one from the AA, it rings true for me. When we moved to Bexley Village in 1967, it was just ’34 Knoll Road, Bexley, Kent’ on our address. But it was already officially a London Borough two years earlier, and we had no idea about that.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Our little corner of Essex is also slowly being urbanised
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