Whitehall 1212

Something Rhymes with Purple

Sony Music

Comedy, Arts, Education

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

This week, Susie and Gyles are reporting on the names and origins of London Town - of England, Europe, The World, The Universe. Come wind through the streets of Susie’s old hangout in Soho discovering its connection to battle cries and the history of germ theory, we’ll then take the Tube north to see how bishops and cottages birthed the names of some beautiful spots in North London. Gyles will then act as lead guide as he tours us through his past haunts in West London and South of the river where the lambs of Lambeth, the Warriors of Barnes and the chalk of Chelsea all are remembered to this day. This Black Friday (27th December) get 20% off Something Rhymes with Purple Merchandise. Go to purple.backstreetmerch.com and enter ‘Purple20’ at checkout. A Somethin’ Else production Susie and Gyles want to explore further afield, so send in your questions or discoveries of fascinating (and amusing) place names around the country and world for them to visit in their next episode on place names. You can get in touch at [email protected] Susie’s Trio: Parvanimity - Being of an inferior or ignoble mind Sumph - a soft, stupid fellow Merry-go-down - a sip of strong ale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.5	Hello, I'm Jiles Brandruth and I'm speaking to you from my home in London, England.
0:55.7	Europe, the world, the universe.
0:59.9	That's how I used to write my address when I was a little boy.
1:03.2	How about you, Suzy Dent, you're in Oxford.
1:05.6	When you went a little girl, what did you think of as your address?
1:08.8	Well, I think I was just very nerdy and just put everything down including the post code,
1:13.6	which I can still remember today.
1:15.2	But I remember the early days working on countdown with the great late Richard Whiteley and people
1:21.8	would address letters to Richard, but Richard Whiteley leads the world because he'd get
1:27.5	quite a few little letters from kids who used to watch it tea time.
1:30.8	So that was amazing that the post office got it to him and they always did.
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