On the Northbound Great Northern Electric out of Moorgate we always had
trains to Welwyn Garden City, Letchworth and Hertford North.

Then all of a sudden we started getting trains to Letchworth Garden
City. Where is this idyllic home of the Gods ? :-)

First of all I thought it was screwed up announcement board, but the
station announcers all talk about trains to this suburban shangri la.

What gives ?


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Edward Cowling London UK

In article ,
Edward Cowling London UK wrote:
On the Northbound Great Northern Electric out of Moorgate we always had
trains to Welwyn Garden City, Letchworth and Hertford North.

Then all of a sudden we started getting trains to Letchworth Garden
City. Where is this idyllic home of the Gods ? :-)

Tis true, hard to believe as it may be, Letchworth's Garden City title
is older than Welwyn's - when I lived in the area it always claimed to
have been the first one in the world.

Google can probably tell you far more than the little I ever knew ...

Nick
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writes
In article ,
Edward Cowling London UK wrote:
On the Northbound Great Northern Electric out of Moorgate we always had
trains to Welwyn Garden City, Letchworth and Hertford North.

Then all of a sudden we started getting trains to Letchworth Garden
City. Where is this idyllic home of the Gods ? :-)

Tis true, hard to believe as it may be, Letchworth's Garden City title
is older than Welwyn's - when I lived in the area it always claimed to
have been the first one in the world.

Google can probably tell you far more than the little I ever knew ...


Wikipedia does says it's normally called plain old Letchworth, so I
wonder why the train announcement changed ? Perhaps the great and the
good of Letchworth got jealous of Welwyn ? :-)

The only colony of Black Squirrels in the Country it appears according
to Wiki are in Letchworth..... you learn summat every day ;-)


--
Edward Cowling London UK

Edward Cowling London UK wrote:

Wikipedia does says it's normally called plain old Letchworth, so I
wonder why the train announcement changed ? Perhaps the great and the
good of Letchworth got jealous of Welwyn ? :-)

It normally *is* plain old Letchworth, but it's in the same vain as
Royal Leamington Spa and Royal Tunbridge Wells

Cheers,

Barry

On 9 Mar, 21:40, Edward Cowling London UK
wrote:
Wikipedia does says it's normally called plain old Letchworth, so I
wonder why the train announcement changed ? Perhaps the great and the
good of Letchworth got jealous of Welwyn ? :-)

Locally everyone refers to it as just "Letchworth", whilst in the case
of WGC the full name is normally used. I've always understood this to
be because there is a separate village called just "Welwyn", therefore
the name WGC is used to avoid confusion.

Apart from maybe a few purists, nearly all of the population of
Letchworth call it just that.

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On 9 Mar, 21:40, Edward Cowling London UK
wrote:
Wikipedia does says it's normally called plain old Letchworth, so
I wonder why the train announcement changed ? Perhaps the great
and the good of Letchworth got jealous of Welwyn ? :-)

Locally everyone refers to it as just "Letchworth", whilst in the
case of WGC the full name is normally used. I've always understood this

to be because there is a separate village called just "Welwyn",
therefore the name WGC is used to avoid confusion.

Apart from maybe a few purists, nearly all of the population of
Letchworth call it just that.

The station name plates have used Letchworth Garden City for some years
now. There is also a train in the WAGN picture trains series of the
Hertfordshire Garden Cities, featuring WGC and Letchworth.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Barry Salter wrote:
Edward Cowling London UK wrote:

Wikipedia does says it's normally called plain old Letchworth, so I
wonder why the train announcement changed ? Perhaps the great and
the good of Letchworth got jealous of Welwyn ? :-)

It normally *is* plain old Letchworth, but it's in the same vain as

Vanity, vanity .... all is vanity! ;-)

wrote:
On 9 Mar, 21:40, Edward Cowling London UK
wrote:
Wikipedia does says it's normally called plain old Letchworth, so I
wonder why the train announcement changed ? Perhaps the great and the
good of Letchworth got jealous of Welwyn ? :-)

Locally everyone refers to it as just "Letchworth", whilst in the case
of WGC the full name is normally used. I've always understood this to
be because there is a separate village called just "Welwyn", therefore
the name WGC is used to avoid confusion.

Also, don't forget there is another station, Welwyn North, so using just
"Welwyn" might be confusing.

Robin

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R.C. Payne wrote:
wrote:
On 9 Mar, 21:40, Edward Cowling London UK
wrote:

.....there is a separate village called just "Welwyn", therefore
the name WGC is used to avoid confusion.

Also, don't forget there is another station, Welwyn North, so using just
"Welwyn" might be confusing.

I can just imagine the annoucements at Hitchin now.

"This train is for Lechwuff, Lechwuff Nawf, Ashwell and Royston" ...

Nick
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