Old Kent Road - UK (London) edition
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The Old Kent Road the first of the two cheapest (Brown) properties on the British (London) standard Monopoly board. It is equivalent property to Mediterranean Avenue on the original 1935 edition (which used dark purple instead of brown).
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Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/27/2007
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I would hazard a guess that the modern Old Kent Rd is the least glamourous Monopoly property in
any set, anywhere. It does, however, have a good deal of interesting history
The humble Old Kent Road follows the course of
Watling Street the Roman
Road that connected London with Canterbury to the South East (as well as other points to the
North West).
Charles II travelled along it on his way from Dover to the restoration of the crown in 1660.
Unlike me, he probably did not have to wait in the rain for a 172 bus.
It was on the Old Kent Road that Charles Dickens' David Copperfield was reduced to selling his waistcoat to Mr Dolloby for ninepence.
The Old Kent road has long been known for the number of inns and pubs. The World
Turned Upside Down is one of the oldest (although the present building looks fairly modern)
and is the pub nominated for the Old Kent Road on the Monopoly Pub Crawl. It still has a wide
assortment of pubs, clubs, and all kinds of restaurant - including an Elvis-themed Chinese
restaurant.
The Old Kent Road also lends its name to an old Music Hall song "Wotcher! Knocked 'em in the Old
Kent Road" originally by Albert
Chevalier but also performed by such luminaries as Shirley Temple in The Little Princess
(1939) and The
Muppets sung by Fozzie Bear in pearly king dress.
It has its own Wikipedia Entry