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Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square
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About Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square is a public square in the City of Westminster in Central London. It was established in the early 19th century around the area known as Charing Cross. Its name commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar, the British naval victory in the Napoleonic Wars over France and Spain that took place on 21 October 1805 off the coast of Cape Trafalgar.

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The clock tower has just fallen to the ground along with Big Ben. The noise you just heard was the Savoy being blown up. Theophilus Gooch has been intercepted by the remnants of the crowd and is being roasted alive in Trafalgar Square as I speak. The BBC just received thousands of letters saying, what's going on?

from No Such Thing As A Cheesus Christ, 2022-01-21 at 00:27:29 ยท read transcript

Other times Trafalgar Square came up

  1. Yes, we thought there was going to be some sort of counter-revolution. Right. The idea was the BBC were going to lead this from this secret room. and they're basically going to take down all the telephone lines and done it as a drama. They've cut tanks in Trafalgar Square. It was all a completely faked coup where nothing had taken but people thought it had, so they all stayed home. Right.

    No Such Thing As Monet's Bog Cottons, 2024-03-14 ยท listen

  2. Yeah. I don't love it. There used to be loads in Trafalgar Square. There used to be pigeons, hundreds of pigeons flocking around the place. Yeah.

    No Such Thing As Billions Of Checkers Boards, 2026-03-05 ยท listen

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