12 years President of the Royal Geographic Society. Born at Stillingfleet, Yorkshire. Drowned crossing a river in Peru.
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Joe Strummer underpass
W2, Marylebone Road, Joe Strummer Subway
There is one of these signs at each entrance to this subway, where Strummer used to busk. The subway itself contains an ex-shop which McH...
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