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Old August 27th 04, 09:31 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Mark Brader Mark Brader is offline
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Default Passport to Pimlico - 2004 version?

Ian Tindale:
Why was the original film called "Passport to Pimlico"?


Terry Harper:
The point was that you needed a passport to visit Pimlico...


Yeah, but that doesn't really answer Ian's point:

I mean, a passport isn't to a specific place...


Note that people also say things like "your passport to adventure".
I think the answer is that back in the days when passports were
relatively rare and it was a big deal to have one, a passport *might*
be good only for a specific place. Presumably whoever chose the title
just liked the way it sounded by using "to".
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