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This website is simply a scrolling list of scribblings and musings in no particular order. To see if there is anything that interests you, check the 'Contents' index above; all the posts are linked from there.  

It isn't a diary or a diatribe. Rather, it is a collection of notes from the remote periphery of everyday relevance, on offbeat places, real and imagined, and the events and people that shaped them. The content wanders but has a London bias. My gaff, my rules. 

I don't have an excuse for the typos and factual errors, but it hopefully now has LESS FEWER TYPOS AND SLIGHTLY IMPROVED GRAMMAR! 

Why Oil Drum Lane? The boomers among you might recall the TV comedy 'Steptoe & Son'.  They were Rag & Bone men, living and working in an imagined scrapyard in West London. Just the place to go looking for gems in the dust! 

If you are looking for my bike routes with their detailed notes on places to go & see, go to  Pootler

If you are looking for the reliquary of my former professional involvement in planning and development, focusing on the economics of making things happen, but also some moaning about it, go to urbanspaceman 

If you want to get in touch, use mail(at)mickbeaman.co.uk