On 28/12/12 12:31, Clive D. W. Feather wrote:


So is much of north of the Thames. Places like Knightsbridge. Kensington
was a place that was difficult to get to because of the state of the
roads. When I was young West Ham was one of the largest towns in Essex.
Hammersmith was a place that rich stockbrokers lived because they liked
to be out in the country - why do you think *three* railways built lines
there from London?

The Gorbals was originally developed as an upmarket residential area for
rich Glaswegians who wanted to move out of the city centre.

Ian