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Thames

River Thames
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About Thames

The River Thames, known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At 215 miles (346 km), it is the longest river entirely in England and the second-longest in the United Kingdom, after the River Severn.

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There was a floating ice rink on the Thames, just where the Hungerford Bridge is. It had a glass ceiling that went all over it.

from No Such Thing As A Love Potion For A Vole, 2017-06-23 at 00:04:36 · read transcript

Other times Thames came up

  1. What's extraordinary about it as well, so it was the South Bank in London where the Royal Festival Hall is now, which is a very iconic venue and I've been there many, many times, didn't realize it was built for the festival of Britain, it was part of the big structure. The whole of the South Bank right along the Thames was just turned into this place of the future.

    417: No Such Thing As A Guide Dog Called Neil, 2022-03-11 · listen

  2. I think second place would get it, no? Yeah. The people used to swim loads in the Thames, didn't they? Yeah. I read that in 1880 there was a man dog race in the Thames, and the dog won. Really? Really? I think Windsor Baths were, they used to have little bits of the Thames, as James said at the start. I think like Lido's set apart, so you could swim in them, and they had to move Windsor Baths in 1870, because it allowed Queen Victoria a view of the naked men.

    61: No Such Thing As Jesus's Magic Wand, 2015-05-15 · listen

  3. Something bad will happen if they all go off. Bad for the fish, probably. Really bad for the fish. Really bad for Shea Ness, which is the nearest town. There's a theory that it could flood London if they go. If it'll create a five-meter wave, which will just come up the Thames and swamp London. Wow. Yeah. I reckon I'm five metres above the Thames. We're all right here.

    No Such Thing As The Gunfight At The Amazing Corral, 2021-01-29 · listen

  4. Bad for the fish, probably. Really bad for the fish. Really bad for she and S, which is the nearest town. There's a theory that it could flood London if they go off. It'll create a five-meter wave, which will just come up the Thames and swamp London. Wow, five meters. I reckon of five meters above the Thames. We're all right here. I'm upstairs at the moment.

    358: No Such Thing As The Gunfight At The Amazing Corral, 2021-01-29 · listen

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