I found this page because the chain/necklace around my neck just broke tonight.
...Let me explain!
You see, on my first Inter Rail trip around Europe (starting from Finland) in the early 80's, me and my pal couldn't afford any real hotels or even hostels, so we stayed at Tent City. And what a wonderful time we had, even caught a Rip Rig & Panic gig downtown with a 17-year-old Neneh Cherry fronting them.
Well, as anybody who ever stayed at Tent City can remember, you could leave your belongings at the site for the day in a big army bag that you could lock up with a chain and a small padlock, and just take the key with you for the day's adventures.
But after we left town, I seemed to have forgotten the chain and padlock (totally accidentally, I can assure you) in my rucksack, and only found them back home. I decided to make a "neck chain" out of it -- and have been wearing it for the past 28-29 years non-stop, night and day... (Basically because there's no clasp mechanism, I just needed to "hammer up" the chain tight).
So now that it broke for the first time, I thought of googling up Tent City for the memories -- and THIS is what the world has come to?? No cheap haven for the world's youth to come to in London anymore?
Shame on you, whoever it was that caused this abomination!
WHAT? So Tent City is no more??
What a pity!
I found this page because the chain/necklace around my neck just broke tonight.
...Let me explain!
You see, on my first Inter Rail trip around Europe (starting from Finland) in the early 80's, me and my pal couldn't afford any real hotels or even hostels, so we stayed at Tent City. And what a wonderful time we had, even caught a Rip Rig & Panic gig downtown with a 17-year-old Neneh Cherry fronting them.
Well, as anybody who ever stayed at Tent City can remember, you could leave your belongings at the site for the day in a big army bag that you could lock up with a chain and a small padlock, and just take the key with you for the day's adventures.
But after we left town, I seemed to have forgotten the chain and padlock (totally accidentally, I can assure you) in my rucksack, and only found them back home. I decided to make a "neck chain" out of it -- and have been wearing it for the past 28-29 years non-stop, night and day... (Basically because there's no clasp mechanism, I just needed to "hammer up" the chain tight).
So now that it broke for the first time, I thought of googling up Tent City for the memories -- and THIS is what the world has come to?? No cheap haven for the world's youth to come to in London anymore?
Shame on you, whoever it was that caused this abomination!