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To be honest, I should've added more info to my profile page as I don't think this should be mentioned on this or any other thread. It will be updated.

Yes, that's the traditional home of Cockney lingo. Nowadays, you can hear many dialects . I moved to Kent almost 20 years ago. Not far from London and not from the sea which is great.

Hiya Pioneer1, No, I'm not black. I'm a white East End of Londoner, born and bred. Here for the literature, of course 👍

Ahhh yes, while reading a Baldwin biography, the Harlem based one, it was mentioned there. I think . 😀

I only found about Dark Days myself a short time ago. And talking of short, it's only 64 pages long. What the hell, it's another Baldwin for my book shelf 😀

I last ordered from Amazon less than a week ago. Books,that is. Two actually. Dark Days by Baldwin arrived today and the last one is being sent by snail Mail from the States. Another book, Baldwin related. But that's it. No more.

And now we kind of have our own Trump in miniature . Yes, I'm talking about Boris. Of course, he's nowhere near as bad as Trump, but I'm pretty sure he will be pulling Boris' strings an awful lot.

Watched this some time ago. Very enjoyable.

I've just deleted my book wishlist on Amazon. I will endeavour to find my reading material elsewhere, by hook or crook 😀 I found this London based indie and the black section seems to have a very good selection. https://bookmarksbookshop.co.uk/stockItem/searchByCategory?category.id=7&category.name=null&currentPage=0

Gotta hold my hands up here. I buy lots of books on Amazon. Particularly in the Market Place. Some books that I'm after, while not exactly obscure, they seem to be fairly hard to locate at decent prices. Don't buy e books at all. Some have been out of print for years so I don't suppose I can buy them direct from the publisher. Or can I ? Doesnt seem to be any black bookshops that I know of here in the UK but I can pick up some titles from left wing book shops but again full price. I can't afford to be really doing that, unfortunately.

I do hope so. Might have to travel though. Thanks for the welcome. Good to be here.

Thanks for the heads up. Just hope it shows in England.