The tenth entry on the list wonders if the East London Line extension will dilute south-east London's distinctive identity:
There aren't many examples in this country of communities so near, but so separate. When I took the photo of the old Charing Cross Pier at Millennium Mills last week, I couldn't help gawping at the view of my home territory from the north bank of the river - particularly how Charlton was dominated by The Valley, which looks enormous from Thames Barrier Park. (It reminded me of being able to see the glow of West Ham's floodlights from the Charlton riverside when I was a teenager, a glimpse of another world.) The stroppiness of south London always feels like the natural attitude for this area. I couldn't ever imagine saying I'm from "east London" - trips through the Blackwall Tunnel or across the Woolwich Ferry still feel like crossing international frontiers.
