I haven't read Blackout yet, though some people have expressed similar quibbles about The Doomsday Book.
I get around these errors by regarding them as small hints that we're looking at a story set in a slightly alternate history. :)
Re London and blocks, growing up in Manchester, we didn't talk about something being, "A few blocks further on," we would say, "A few streets further one." However, we would say, "I'm just going for a little stroll around the block."
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I get around these errors by regarding them as small hints that we're looking at a story set in a slightly alternate history. :)
Re London and blocks, growing up in Manchester, we didn't talk about something being, "A few blocks further on," we would say, "A few streets further one." However, we would say, "I'm just going for a little stroll around the block."