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Old December 22nd 09, 01:47 PM posted to uk.railway,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.transport.london
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Default Baker St. memorial.

On Dec 22, 2:10*pm, "Basil Jet"
wrote:
Robert Coe wrote:

Ob tr cont: One wing of that building is a huge rectangular marble
dining hall with a row of doors on each of its long sides. It looks
like nothing so much as an early-20th-century railroad station, with
the doors being the gates to the tracks.


This reminds me of Barnet's "Spice Carriage" restaurant, which makes good
use of a ridiculously narrow site by decorating it like a carriage from the
Orient Express.
http://bit.ly/66xVkj http://bit.ly/8BG0Tw


Ha, that's absolutely excellent stuff. I knew I was missing
*something* by seldom venturing into the outer suburbs...

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