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Old December 13th 09, 05:19 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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In article 8b2e3ca3-3444-4bac-aed6-
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On 13 Dec, 16:15, "Basil Jet"
wrote:
I just noticed that the Royal Oak pub at Porchester Road/Bishops Bridge Road
has changed its name to The Porchester. I cannot imagine the business
benefit of renaming one of the few pubs in Britain to have had a train
station named after it.

Perhaps they are banking on TfL re-naming Royal Oak station to become
The Porchester station.

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gordon


Doubtful, in Leytonstone the Green Man Roundabout lives on, having never
succumbed to being O'Neills Roundabout!
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