Tuesday, October 13, 2020
It's been a while since I undertook a random psychogeographical task. I used to pick boroughs out of jamjars but I completed that. I continued by visiting boroughs just outside London but that wasn't random, I tried riding random bus routes, visiting random grid squares and researching the environs of random stations, but gave up long before even scratching the surface. Let's have another go.
These are the 25 wards of the City of London, administrative districts of medieval origin with an electoral function. They vary greatly in size and shape, the largest being those once outside the city walls. Each elects one alderman and a number of councilmen commensurate with their resident and working population. They're also all within walking distance of home, which is useful should limited horizons remain a feature of our future. Many of them have cracking names.
Aldersgate, Aldgate, Bassishaw, Billingsgate, Bishopsgate, Bread Street, Bridge, Broad Street, Candlewick, Castle Baynard, Cheap, Coleman Street, Cordwainer, Cornhill, Cripplegate, Dowgate, Farringdon Within, Farringdon Without, Langbourn, Lime Street, Portsoken, Queenhithe, Tower, Vintry, Walbrook
I haven't enlisted my jamjar this time, simply numbered the wards alphabetically and used a random number generator. I used it on Sunday morning when the streets were quieter and the weather brighter, so I already know where I'm going, indeed I've already been. I'll bring you my report tomorrow, and then let's see if I can ever be bothered to go random warding again.
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