The 38 to Clapton Pond

Is it Winston Churchill? Or is it Matt Lucas?

…Wednesday. Huh? A bird of bad omen on a dead pub in Woolwich. Support your local pub!

(Pictured) Death Near Deptford: the corpse of The Victoria rotting in full view down Woolwich way "Brick Lane, in east London, once had no fewer than 20 pubs. The names – The Frying Pan, The Duke's Motto, The Jolly Butchers – are redolent of a former era, but apart from the derelict Seven Stars next to a mosque, all have found a new use. Three are Asian restaurants, two are cafés, one is a hairdresser, there's a clothes shop, and one hosts a money transfer facility. In keeping with this trend, the restaurant chain Nando's has converted seven London pubs and two in the provinces into food outlets." The Independent , July 2009 (Tips on how to mobilise the troops if your local is threatened with closure can be found at Fancyapint.com )

So how serious is the North/South divide in London? Well as you can see (Woolwich, above) the South is tooled up and has its weapons trained on the North.