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Author archives: Patricia Stoughton

The Sultan’s Elephant

The ‘special event’ marked on this ‘no parking’ sign, was the arrival of a Girl in a spacecraft that churned up the central area of Waterloo Place by The Mall. Not an ordinary girl but a giant space-travelling girl operated by the skilled technicians and puppeteers of the Nantes street theatre company, Royale de Luxe, …

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Posted byPatricia Stoughton16th August 202615th August 2026Posted inEbb & Flow

Favourite boats

A few of my favourite boats seen once, or several times, along the central London River Thames, snapped and trapped in time. Some of them have changed owners and liveries but most are still serving the river well. AMADEUS was built in 1927, designed for taking her guests on luxury trips on the Dutch canals. …

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Posted byPatricia Stoughton2nd August 20262nd August 2026Posted inEbb & Flow

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