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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Hidden London: Crossness Pumping Station, the cathedral of sewage

London is full of crap. So says anyone up North, and anyone who’s been to Chiltern Firehouse. There is some undeniable truth in this though, in the most corporeal sense, since the sheer numbers in the capital means a lot of waste is produced.

Thankfully we have a sewage system in play that takes away all the filth from our homes, out of our streets, through huge pipes and out to sewage plants that treat, destroy and rid the city of all effluence — so we can continue to live as if we are pure, clean, tasteful, elevated, shaved and manicured humans way above the animal world, and not the disgusting creatures that we are. Isn’t it about time our sewage systems had a bit more respect for this service they give us?

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