Comments on: Why black cabbies are qualified to solve the world’s wrongs

By: Darren

Darren — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:13:10 +0000

Morning Steve, Thank you for asking, you never know do you, great idea regarding the nose at Ad arch, great story too. The one for Little Compton St is: Lve Old Compton St and left into Charing X Rd, and imm on the right is a traffic island, if you pull up next to it, traffic permitting, and look through the grill ad you will see the old road sign on the wall for Little Compton St, I was well impressed. I can only find info saying it linked Old Compton St to New Compton St. Have a butchers when your there next. Got another one for you mate (I know where this is, just a brain teaser for you guy’s), Little St Pauls, any ideas???, good luck Steve and thanks again. All the best.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:41:44 +0000

Darren sorry it’s taken so long to answer your question but the best I can do is tell you the answers I got back.

Tell Darren to ask Wizann knowledge school and Derek says the one on admiralty arch isn’t one of the 7, this one is supposed to be a copy of Napoleon’s nose and is set at the right height for horse riders to rub for good luck as they ride by.

I was never asked the question myself.

As for Little compton st, I thought I knew it but drew another blank.

I wasn’t much help Darren. When you find them will you let me know please.

By: Darren

Darren — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:08:09 +0000

Hi Steve, Good work on the ’seeing the miniscabs off certain ranks’, jobbie, just goes to show, power by numbers eh. Thanks for the offer to tweet all on TLC, I appreciate it. I’m with you on the seeing more of london, as I said before, I spend loads of time just buzzing about finding different places, and I’ve seen hundreds of places that I had no idea existed. Thanks once again Steve, did you find Little Compton St by the way…………..daz

By: steve

steve — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:09:29 +0000

Hi Darren i’ll ask the guys on Twitter if they know then i’ll post the answer. you would have probably have found them by the time I find out, lol.

When I did the knowledge and passed out I was obviously pleased but in a way a little bit disappointed, I wanted to know more, I liked finding places statues, plaques, etc,etc.

By: Darren

Darren — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:12:12 +0000

Hello Steve, Daz again, the butterboy, or rather butterboy in training. I read something about this and watched a short film about it the other night, and it’s true. I also find that I forget the simple things, like calling my jumper my ‘robe thingy’, and my son Harvey (3 mths) ‘whats his name again…….’, but as well as learning all these routes and places of interest, I’ve also become slightly obsessed with all things ‘REALLY Interesting in London. When I’m pointing I’m pretty anal with going the extra mile, and find my self up and down little alley ways to see where they go, with one inparticular being the little cut through from Strand down to Savoy Place, which I was quite pleased with myself with, and finding ‘Little Compton Street’………..or the sign to it to be honest, and finding the memorial to Giro the german dog. BUT, I have made it my mission to find the 7 noses of Soho, now I’ve found 4 so far, Admiralty Arch, Meard St, Bateman St and Gt Windmill St. Apprently they are casts of a famous artist from the 60’s (before I was born………ah herm) as a protest to something the council were proposing back then. So I’m looking for a heads up from you and all you twitter members, very impressive by the way, to see if we, or rather I can then ‘locate’ them all if you know what I mean. If you can help Steve it would make my day, and allow me to find out something else very interesting. I was hoping I could also drop in sometime with wonderful tit-bits I find along the way to amuse and enlighten (or not) you all. Cheers Steve and good luck to you all. Darren.