On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 11:19:50 +0000, Graeme Wall
wrote:

On 17/03/2015 11:12, Robin wrote:
"Something along the lines of" doesn't mean "literally". In any case
is the road from Bodmin Road (now Parkway) Station to Bodmin called
"Bodmin Road"? The map I've looked at suggests not. I was under
the impression that the "road" suffix in GW parlance implied the
nearest point for a road connection to the tow/village named which is
what I was suggesting might have been appropriate in this case if
Southwark Park alone was considered insufficient.

I am sorry I misunderstood your rationale for the "Southwark Park Road"
name. I've read about that explanation in connection with Bodmin Road,
although that was miles from Bodmin in the middle of nowhere at a time
when I think it was by no means unusual for such a road (any main road!)
to the nearest "Big Town" to be known as "Big Town Road". Ditto Brixham
Road. I didn't realise it was an approach taken also in towns/cities
where stations were on a named road (let alone where the station wasn't
on the road with that name!) I've no idea what Londoners used to
stations like Spa Road, Old Kent Road, Queen's Road Peckham, and Denmark
Hill would've made of it.

I did fall into the same trap as Graeme Wall it would seem in assuming
the Oval was The Oval.

Perfectly understandable if one's never had cause to go to that area
(and for many years there were good reasons not to do so).


Still is if Millwall are playing at home.

Millwall FC is fairly peaceful nowadays and with many families in the
crowd; any trouble tends to come from away fans looking for a bit of
bother with the yobs who either aren't there any more or are now
grandads taking the youngsters in with them. There is a category C+
game coming up against Charlton on Good Friday but much of that also
attaches to expected crowd numbers, there being plenty of spare seats
last night against Brighton but usually not a lot of spare room with
more local vistors.