Newham
About Newham
The London Borough of Newham is a London borough created in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. It covers an area previously administered by the Essex county boroughs of West Ham and East Ham, authorities that were both abolished by the same act. The name Newham reflects its creation and combines the compass points of the old borough names. It is 5 miles (8 km) east of the City of London and north of the River Thames. Newham is bounded by the River Lea to its west and the North Circular Road to its east.
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The borough of Newham is the most physically inactive borough in the whole of the UK — and that's where the Olympics were held in 2012 in London.
from No Such Thing As The Kevin Olympics, 2014-11-28 at 00:25:45 · read transcript
Other times Newham came up
Back in in 51 and you then had I think the housing minister then was McMillan and the idea was to build quickly and cheaply and so there was the disaster that happened at Ronan Point which was a tower block in Newham and it was built 16 stories higher than it should have been so the designs were for it to be 16 stories lower that's a lot that's a lot to add and they used what it's called it's called an lPS system.
No Such Thing As Deckchair Wrestling, 2022-11-04 · listen
What we tried to do here is do it cheaply, because you had, when church was government, came back in in 51, and you then had, I think the housing minister then was Macmillan, and the idea was to build quickly and cheaply. So there was the disaster that happened at Ronan Point, which was a tower block in Newham. It was built 16 stories higher than it should have been.
451: No Such Thing As Deckchair Wrestling, 2022-11-04 · listen
What a big character. He's from, I didn't realize, he's from my hometown of East Ham, East Ham from the London Borough of Newham, which is why I'm a Master West Ham fan. I never knew he was from East Ham and I was trying to find out where in East Ham and I can't, but if there's people, listeners out there, we need to get a blue plaque for this man in East Ham because he sounded the chart and possibly pioneered the music award ceremony.
432: No Such Thing As Sexygesimal Time, 2022-06-24 · listen
I was like, oh, it's the chance of the ex-jacket. Come and pick up your cat, please. She was quoted as saying, I did find it slightly ironic that I've been up at 5 a.m. trying to help 24 people who've been sleeping rough in Newham and we couldn't find anywhere to send them and then this cat gets chauffeur-driven home. She did use it for some strong political satire as well.
No Such Thing As Old Mother Bastard, 2015-05-01 · listen
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No Such Thing As The Kevin Olympics put 4 places on the map.
Coordinates: 51.5167, 0.0333