Here I am, going through the Mayflower Arch, looking like I'm on my way to the states. As it happens, the pilgrims actually left from Immingham on the Humber bank, called in at Boston and eventually ended up in Plymouth, where history records the sailing of the Mayflower to America. There was a memorial erected at the site in 1924, but this area subsequently got surrounded by the refineries and Immingham dock (which is right next to where I work) , so the memorial was moved to near St Andrews church in Immingham where it can be seen today. Apparently a lot of street names in the area have Pilgrim connections.
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