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6. Follow the Yellow Brick Walls

6. Follow the Yellow Brick Walls

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There are yellow bricks all over South East London, forming our homes and the school walls opposite my house. These bricks were once dug from the brickfields that used to stretch across Lewisham.

A wall marks where responsibility lives.Things mentioned:

The essay on the Berlin Wall by Rem Koolhaas:

https://www.scribd.com/document/235581097/The-Berlin-Wall-as-Architecture


The BFG appears next to Holbeach Primary School in this advert:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaF1my5h-Os


A 360-degree view from above Blyth Hill Fields:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/1WVzRmHjKt5iDUMq5


Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah was a student at Holbeach Primary School who died as a result of air pollution aged nine. Her mother's campaigning can be supported here:

https://www.ellaroberta.org/about-ella

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Since beginning work on this episode, I have been selected to run as a candidate in Catford (Rushey Green) in the May local elections. With the possible exception of one episode, this will not change the podcast, as this is who I am regardless. Legally, I have to say: Promoted by Daniel Dream, Green Party, PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ.

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