Where in the World? is our occasional
series in which Adam, The Daily Constitutional’s Editor is logging the
locations of his London Walkers.
“We meet people from all over the world,
and I thought it would be fun to map them out to create a picture of where our
London Walkers (and Daily Constitutionalists) come from.
We’ll be breaking it down by English and
Welsh counties, Scottish regions, Irish provinces, U.S States, Canadian
provinces, Australian states, European, Asian, African and South American
countries.”
Today we're adding
India to the map!
A few weeks ago I was joined on the Rock'n'Roll London Pub
Walk by an old friend – or repeat offender as I like to call 'em – a London
Walker who had joined me on a previous walk.
In this case, however, my Walker
was not only joining us again but repeating the same walk! I must have done
something right the first time around!
He was part of the
team that had re-launched the famous Royal Enfield motorcycle in the UK – a
famous name in the world of motorbikes now made in India. The Royal Enfield
people joined us with a gang of international journalists on a Rock'n'Roll
London Walk during a trip that also included a visit to the famous Ace Cafe in North London and a bike ride
to Brighton. I recently read that the re-launch was such a success that shifts
have been doubled at the plant where the bikes are made. I like to think our
Rock'n'Roll London walk contributed to their success!
India in London
The most famous Indian
statesman of all has to be Jawaharlal Nehru. Widely regarded as the political
founding father of modern India, he was Prime Minister of India from 1947 -
1964. He trained to be a barrister here in London at Inner Temple, and lived at
Elgin Crescent in the Borough of Kensington from 1910 - 1912. His bust…
… can be found outside
the Indian High Commission in Aldwych.
(Nehru featured on our
Political Top Trumps series last year.)
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