London Fog

One of the traditional aspects of London that I've been kind of missing has been the fog. All the stories about the "pea-soup" fog of London, the long coats by the company called London Fog, all remind us of the fog. So where is it?

It turns out that it wasn't a natural fog. Well, it wasn't unnatual, but it was man-made. Before 1956, residents used to burn a soft coal for heat that produced a yellowish smog that hung thick in the city. This had been going on for centuries, but then they passed the Clean Air Act, and the fog lifted.

So, it turns out that it's better to breathe than to experience romantic smog.

Dave