I’m helping to one of my colleagues to prepare a lesson about London. She wants to use a poem “Born and Bread in London” and she asked me to find out where the places from the poem are. I’m sorry but I’d like to ask Londoners for help: I need maps and images of London and the places from the poem. Here’s the poem:
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Born and Bred in London
I was born and bread in London;
I know it like the back of my hand;
from Camden Lock
to the Shell-Mex clock,
from Old Street to the Strand.
I’ve jogged down Piccadilly
and strolled through Leicester Square,
been to Holland Park
for a ramble in the dark,
and to Hampstead for the fair.
I know every street in London;
I could do it with my eyes tight shut;
from Madame Tussauds
to the House of Lords
from Hyde Park to the Gut.
I’ve sauntered down to Kentish Town
and run to Tottenham Hale,
walked the Old Kent_ Road
while it hailed and snowed
and lurched down Maida Vale.
I know my way round London,
no-one knows it better than me;
been to Hammersmith Palais,
Covent Garden for the ballet
and The Ritz for china tea.
I visit the Bond Street Galleries,
I’m seen at the best affairs;
go to Waterloo
for a private view,
drink Pimm’s on Crush Bar stairs.
I’ve been everywhere in London,
by taxi, bus and train;
I’ve crawled, I’ve biked,
I’ve hopped, I’ve hiked,
from Saint Paul’s to Drury Lane.
And though I’ve seen the lot now,
from London Bridge to Kew,
I would do it all again,
from Blackheath to old Big Ben,
just to show it all to you.
Could anybody help me to find maps of London and images of the places (in bold)? Thank you very much in advance, friends.
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PS: A strange thing happens in this forum: I can’t type the word Kent_ without additional symbols - it automatically turns into an asterisk. ???