30 May 2025 / 10 House
‘Whale I never...’
A whale in the Thames!
It would be stretching things to the extreme to try and think up an Aztec connection (though they say the Sunstone weighs as much as a blue whale...), but we couldn’t resist uploading a few snaps we took ‘in our own backyard’ on Friday January 20th. 2006, the day a northern bottlenose whale came up the River Thames to spend its final 48 hours in good old Battersea (where we’ve lived for 30 years). (Written/compiled by Ian Mursell/Mexicolore)
Truly, a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Crowds gathered in their hundreds (if not thousands) along the promenade-side of Battersea Park to catch a glimpse of her...
Sadly, all the goodwill in the world couldn’t save her...
Her final resting place will be the Natural History Museum in central London.
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A whale in the Thames!
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