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It takes just a couple of minutes to walk from one end of Southampton’s Oxford Street to the other. But that’s plenty of time to experience just what the Titanic tragedy means to the city that crewed the great ship.
Little is left hidden in the red light district of Amsterdam. Here, generally, display is rather more to the point. But, pick your way past the brightly-lit shop windows with their array of human goods and you find something truly hidden – a secret Catholic church created in the loft of a 17th century, canal-side merchant’s house on Oudezijds Voorburgwal.
The waters of St Winefride’s Well never waver from an icy 50 degrees farenheight. To plunge in fully clothed can take your breath away. Yet, even on an overcast and cloudy day, the pilgrims are not deterred.
Now, if this were Memphis, say, or Liverpool, you would be left in no doubt that a very famous rock star indeed hailed from these parts. Visiting those cities, no one could remain oblivious to Elvis's Graceland, or The Beatles' Penny Lane.