Thursday, October 16, 2008
Posted By:
Jenny Wight
Photo:
Jenny Wight
Greenwich Foot Tunnel
This rusty, dank foot-tunnel,
linking Greenwich with the Isle of Dogs, was built in 1902 at a cost of
£127,000. This makes me nervous. It is filled with people, all walking
along UNDER THE THAMES. This also makes me nervous. And it drips.
Really it does. But no one else seems to mind. The other tunnellers are
a jolly bunch with beaming faces, squeezing into the lifts after the 10
minute walk, with we're-all-in-this-together raised eyebrows. They
banter with the bored-as-fuck lift attendant, who is crouched on a
stool next to a CD player. As we zoom up to the surface, R. Kelly tells
us he's about to take his key and stick it in the ignition.
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