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The Bedford Street mentioned doesn't seem to exist any more
Probably best that you don't mention that...
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vols43-4/pp640-645
http://bombsight.org/bombs/8726/
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gbj_tester
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Yeah well, you never know if something in the East End was destroyed by an actual bomb or by the post-war razing of much of it, which it's sometimes said was worse than the bombing.
As for the unfortunate history of the 'don't mention the war' joke, it's not really something I'm susceptible to. I've lived in London for 26 years and care about it. I've probably seen most of the consequences of destruction caused by German WWII bombs, including the (generally) inferior 'replacement' architecture, and I've often stood somewhere and mourned what used to be there. I also grew up in a city where 99% of the beautiful historic city centre was destroyed by Allied bombing, not to mention the loss of life, and curse all that equally, whether it's London or somewhere in Germany. It's perfectly conceivable that someone else might have started aerial bombing of civilian targets on the scale the Nazis did it, but that they did is one of their worst crimes.
Oliver Schick
In addition to the previous answers, the Wikipedia article says this:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwall_Tunnel
The Bedford Street mentioned doesn't seem to exist any more.