Kensington High Street
About Kensington High Street
Kensington High Street is the main shopping street in Kensington, London, England. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.
On the show — 4 mentions total
As Ken Aston was driving home, he thought there must be a way of punishing someone without just sending them off, because there must be an intermediate stage. He said, as I drove down Kensington High Street, the traffic light turned red. I thought yellow, take it easy, red, stop, you're off.
from 61: No Such Thing As Jesus's Magic Wand, 2015-05-15 at 00:20:38 · read transcript
Other times Kensington High Street came up
So England went to the, to FIFA and said, it says in the newspapers that we've been bucks, but we have no idea what happened. It turned out they had been and they hadn't noticed. Then Ken Astin, having seen this happen, thought, well, we need a more obvious symbol of someone being sent off. Apparently he was driving down Kensington High Street, and he saw a traffic light. The yellow, he thought, meant take it easy. The red is to stop.
No Such Thing As A Squiggly Pineapple, 2021-03-05 · listen
It turned out they had been and they hadn't noticed. Then Ken Aston, having seen this happen, thought, well, we need a more obvious symbol of someone being sent off. Apparently he was driving down Kensington High Street and he saw a traffic light. The yellow, he thought, meant take it easy and the red is to stop. So he thought, well, that's a good idea.
363: No Such Thing As A Squiggly Pineapple, 2021-03-05 · listen
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Coordinates: 51.5008, -0.1939