Is There A Mnemonic For Remembering London’s Bridges?

By · June 14, 2010 at 16:18 pm · 18 Comments · Miscellaneous · Report an error ·

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A view of Tower Bridge that not many people get, by M@

So asks Richenda Walford of the excellent London Remembers. And, we’re stumped. Never heard one. So we thought it might be fun to see who can put the most amusing scheme together. There are various ways we can play it (how far upstream do we go? do we count rail bridges? etc.), but for the sake of argument, we’re going to limit it to the Westminster-Tower stretch, not including the rail bridges, and naming the two Golden Jubilee Bridges by their joint common name of Hungerford Bridge. So, here’s the set:

Westminster

Hungerford

Waterloo

Blackfriars

Millennium

Southwark

London

Tower

So, take the first letter of each bridge and make a sentence out of other words beginning with the same letters. You can do it W to T or T to W, and add extra bridges if you want to show off.

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  • http://undefined M@

    Well, I’ll get things started with:

    What Have We Been Missing Since Lunch Time?

  • SallyB

    Shouldn’t think yours can be bettered, M@.
    But howabout:
    Tourists like spending money but we have way less spondulicks.

    • M@

      Top Line Sally, My Banality Was Hastily Written

  • http://undefined Alexa

    When Hot Water Burns My Snarky Little Tongue

    I like M@’s better.

  • http://undefined elyobelyob

    To London so my brothers will have water

  • http://undefined keithsutherland

    Winding her way beneath many spans lies Thames.

  • http://undefined Wishing For London

    I like M@’s and keithsutherland’s more, but…
    The Last Sane Men Bake When Having Weddings

  • http://undefined elyobelyob

    keithsutherland – best of the lot.

  • http://undefined AndrewS

    Water has washed beneath many spanning lengths today.

  • http://undefined AndrewS

    When hungry water-buffalos make sudden loud toots

  • http://undefined AndrewS

    Why have we been making some lead toys?

    I’ll go to bed now.

  • http://undefined littleonesaid

    To London South My Blissful Walk Has Wandered

  • http://undefined sinisterpictures

    Why don’t they just put some bloody name signs up?

  • http://undefined teverish

    We Have Water Below Moving Soft London Turds.

  • http://www.blowstar.blogspot.com JohnnyFox

    Wanton household waste brings more shit like this

    Thames lately smells mildly brackish with hard water

  • http://undefined MillyMelon

    Just thought I’d say that, weeks later, the one that I still remember is ‘To London so my brothers will have water’.

    Any chance someone cleverer than me could come up with one up to Hammersmith, say? I was getting all sorts of lost today failing to cross the Albert Bridge.

  • http://www.janeslondon.com/ Jane
  • Dan

    Road bridges starting from Wandsworth, heading east (and it’s Olympic themed!):
    Wheelchair
    Basketball
    And
    Cycling (in the)
    Velodrome
    Looks
    Wonderful
    When
    Blokes
    Make Sports
    Look
    Terrific.

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