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Old February 9th 15, 11:41 AM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway
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On Fri, 6 Feb 2015 19:45:21 -0000
"michael adams" wrote:
So which word or words in the 12 word sentence from your own link

" These plans were shelved at the outset of the Second World War,"

are you having the biggest difficulty with ?


Eh?

So there were plans before the war.


Err, yeess.


But then what happened ? Can you remember ? Or do you need a clue ?

Hint:
" These plans were shelved at the outset of the Second World War,"

http://underground-history.co.uk/shelters.php





slowly
Which means that they weren't first envisaged as shelters and then to be
converted into a tube tunnel but the other way around.


No. The way they were first envisaged was shelved.

" These plans were shelved at the outset of the Second World War,"

Otherwise there would have been nothing to shelve, would there ?

And then you'd have been correct !

But they were shelved. And so you're wrong.

(See above)


Which is my point.


/slowly


Which is obviouly wrong as those plans were shelved.


Perhaps you should learn to follow a thread?



All I need do is follow your own links -

" These plans were shelved at the outset of the Second World War,"



michael adams

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