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Old 03-08-2013, 06:25 PM   #547 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
Why the Great Smog of London Was Anything but Great

Wow, that was worse than NYC on 20010911.
It wasn't just a London smog, the same thing hit most industrial cities in the UK around that time - Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Hull, Newcastle, Glasgow etc. The Clean Air Act sorted most of that out.

In related history, Edinburgh (where I am) was also known as "Auld Reekie" because of the smell of the town. This was mainly due to the fact that the waste from the town would flow into a lake / pond at the foot of the castle where the railway station is now.

Worth knowing if you come to visit and arrive by train

EDIT - but if you do, PM me !
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