Open space
The Carrs
Riverside common and unofficial decision-making zone.
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Official visitor orientation
Welcome to Whapperton.
A historic market town known for civic pride, reasonably direct rail links and an unusually well-documented sewer network.
TODAY IN TOWN
The Carrs are open. The circumstances at 9tyfi5 remain contained.
Current archive exhibit
Jedson Leather is now on record.
Artwork, sample performances and a growing music catalogue have been lodged with the borough. The files lead outward into a much larger register of people, places and long-running disagreements.
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Double A-side archive exhibitArchive guide
A town too large for six names
41 records are now open. Start with a strand, then follow the links wherever the borough insists they go.
01 · Music files
Jedson Leather & associates
Tracks, sleeves, guest vocals and the expanding family around the town's most argued-over band.
Enter this file →02 · Police serial
The Thacker Chronicles
Thacker, Reid, Crocker, Anne and the increasingly connected Frainstone sequence.
Enter this file →03 · Night economy
Masks, Dolls, Sewers and more
The clubs, their regulars and the people most likely to be remembered differently the next morning.
Enter this file →04 · Outer borough
The Perimeter files
Noel's aerial jurisdiction, Mbotwe's cello and the territory outside ordinary civic explanation.
Enter this file →HIGH STREET
CIVIC WAY
EVENING STREET
STATION APPROACH
PHIL COLLINS
MEMORIAL PARK
MEMORIAL PARK
RIVERSIDE GREEN
CENTRAL WARD
STATION QUARTER
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The CarrsVegetablesFlip the LettuceNot DollsCigz & MagzChez SalmonPhil Collins Memorial ParkMemorial SquareWWAFCBryam CourtMark's HouseOli's HouseSlinky JoshMarceauPresbyterian Church9tyfi5StridesTaxi RankHatsMasksChristian's Corduroy CentreDollsDunc's GaffWhapperton CentralEDCTown HallSewersThe PerimeterNorth Whapperton MoorsSalmon HouseMcNugget MansionWHAPPERTON BOROUGH SURVEY · NOT TO SCALE · DO NOT RELY ON THIS DURING WEATHER
For first-time visitors
Featured locations
A small selection of places that make Whapperton, for better or for administrative reasons.
Restaurant
Vegetables
The established vegetarian restaurant on the high street.
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Flip the Lettuce
A newer vegetarian restaurant, just round the corner.
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Chez Salmon
Fine-ish dining, close to the bypass.
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Phil Collins Memorial Park
A quiet civic tribute with several drums.
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WWAFC
The club with a strong home record, occasionally.
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Whapperton Central
The station that makes the town official.
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Sewers
The least reputable night club in the borough.
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The Perimeter
The outer boundary, under intermittent aerial observation.
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Location directory
01The CarrsOpen space→02VegetablesRestaurant→03Flip the LettuceRestaurant→04Not DollsNightclub→05Cigz & MagzNewsagent→06Chez SalmonHospitality→07Phil Collins Memorial ParkOpen space→08Memorial SquareCivic→09WWAFCSport→10Bryam CourtResidential→11Mark's HouseResidential→12Oli's HouseResidential→13Slinky JoshCharacter→14MarceauRetail→15Presbyterian ChurchCivic→169tyfi5Late-night shop→17StridesNightclub→18Taxi RankTransport→19HatsNightclub→20MasksNightclub→21Christian's Corduroy CentreRetail→22DollsNightclub→23Dunc's GaffResidential→24Whapperton CentralTransport→25EDCCivic→26Town HallCivic→27SewersNightclub→28The PerimeterDistrict→29North Whapperton MoorsOpen space→30Salmon HouseResidential→31McNugget MansionResidential→
Borough personnel register
People
A growing register of Whapperton's people: performers, witnesses, investigators and the figures repeatedly found where they should not be.
Person
Recorded
Mike Thacker
The detective at the centre of the borough's least regulated police serial.
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Recurring account
DCI Reid
Thacker's boss, operational lead and the series' most immediate response to a call.
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Recurring account
Ian Crocker
Thacker's investigator, occasional driver and the man asked to explain the plot.
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Recurring account
Anne Thacker
Thacker's wife, a domestic presence with a separate and unpredictable archive trail.
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Recurring account
Mbotwe
Keeper of the low strings; often heard before being located.
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Unconfirmed
Ainsley / Harriott
One unstable presence, recorded under two names and best kept in the margins.
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Recurring account
Craig Sweetman
Camera carrier, self-directed observer and an enduring loose end.
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Recurring account
Anders Flanderz
Memorial Square's walking, talking one-man band.
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Recurring account
Peter Christian
Corduroy specialist, exacting fitter and the name above the Centre.
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Recurring account
Penny “Onions” Campbell
Club regular, Campbell sibling and a name corrected by Salmon.
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Recorded
Slinky Josh
The Slinkmeister and Wizard of Slink: performer, designer and long-standing borough complication.
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Recurring account
Phil Collins
Namesake of the memorial park and an irregularly listed member of the aerial patrol.
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Recurring account
Noel Edmonds
Perimeter administrator, occasional club visitor and a suspected off-book authority.
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Recurring account
Garvage
Diphthong poet, roaming lyricist and an intermittently audible problem.
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Recorded
Chris Whippy
Cigz & Magz custodian, regular witness and a lasting absence from the Memorial Square accounts.
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Recurring account
Salmon
Perimeter cruiser, belt enthusiast and a recurring presence at the edge of a scene.
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Recurring account
Paul Boross
The other Calypso Twin, often listed as a performer and occasionally deployed as a lure.
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Unconfirmed
Ron Green
A Hats regular, dancer and character whose warm-up is more documented than his arrival.
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Recurring account
Dunc
Owner of the Gaff, occasional night-club regular and a person the archive advises watching out for.
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Recurring account
Sue / Su Leather
Guest vocalist, early arrival and a recurring feature of the town's musical outskirts.
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Recorded
Marcel Marceau
Head of the Marceau Mob, local mime authority and an occasional falafel customer.
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Unconfirmed
Matt the Hat
A Strides-to-Hats regular whose adopted name may be a statement of intent.
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Unconfirmed
Bri
A reported arbiter of access at Masks.
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Recurring account
Gavin “Gav” Sweetman
Craig Sweetman's brother, pantomime dame and an active member of the wider cast.
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Recurring account
Jeff Jedson
Old timer, ghost-like club mover and the Jeff who must not be confused with Jef.
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Unconfirmed
Jef Whippy
Chris Whippy’s cousin, one-F substitute and a profoundly unhelpful resemblance.
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Recurring account
Percy Pepper
The Mask King: early regular, occasional centre stage and a figure of unsettling ceremony.
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Recurring account
Chris Tulip
A comic fixture whose material carries farther than his venue's publicity.
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Recurring account
Sandy Salmon
Salmon's wife and the quiet centre of a noticeably less quiet household.
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Recorded
Jed Jedson
Geordie Jed the Head: flatmate, local institution and the Jedson in Jedson Leather.
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Recurring account
Pete Leather
Trading Standards investigator, solo musician and the Leather not called Jedson.
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Recorded
Mrs Moa McNuggets
Mansion resident, reader, gardener and the borough's most reassuring source of open tabs.
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