Adam reports from Tottenham Court Road…
It's my least favourite of all London
signs.
A few weeks ago, assembling at Tottenham
Court Road station for the Rock'n'Roll London Pub Walk, we enjoyed the sounds
of some hefty reggae performed by two fellas with guitar and drums.
When I say "we" I mean me, the
London Walkers who were joining me on the Pub Walk; along with the smiling
passers-by; and the folks waiting for their dates to arrive – not that I asked
them if they were enjoying the sounds. I didn't need to. I could tell by the
fact that they were grinning and swaying in time to the music.
Best of all, two coppers and three members
of London Underground staff stood nearby. Why best of all? Because I assumed
that their presence was a tacit granting of permission to the musicians to
lighten our load and cheer up our day and make a couple of quid for themselves
into the bargain.
How wrong I seem to be – the sign
pictured above was snapped at that same Tottenham Court Road station.
Why no busking at Tottenham Court Road? What
harm is it doing? It cheers us up.
No wonder the Germans call us The Land
Without Music.
NB. This post does not reflect the opinion
of London Walks as a company, but is the personal view of London Walks guide
Adam who, once-upon-a-time, was a busker himself.
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