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Old July 19th 10, 11:23 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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On 19 July, 06:29, solar penguin wrote:
On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:11:47 +0100, Tom Anderson wrote:

This question gets asked occasionally; we really ought to compile a
comprehensive list.


The guys on ILM have tried:


http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelec...rollerServlet?


boardid=41&threadid=23486



But sadly the guys on ILM are all congenital syphilitics. An
unidentified human or humans have done well:


http://tubechallenge.pbworks.com/TubeSongs


Both useless. *They don't include Willie Rushton's "Neasden", a song
which also mentions Tufnell Park, Golders Green, Harlesden, Ongar ("on
the dear old Central line"), Ruislip, and Tooting Bec ("where sheep may
safely graze"), as well as Orpington and East Sheen out in NR territory.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsLa-KfO7m0


The fictitious "next stop on the tube: Marylebone Road" is mentioned
in Barry Andrews's wonderful "Rossmore Road NW1". It contains a
mixture of true things and things that were probably only true about
adjacent roads.

It also mentions "Regents Park", but referring to the park.