"Jason" wrote in message
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On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 11:00:50 +0000 (UTC), "Jonn Elledge"
wrote:

Our local stops have recently received letters. Those round the
Bricklayer's
Arms roundabout have two letter codes beginning "B" (BC, BQ etc); further
down the Old Kent Road, the prefix is "E" for stops towards New Cross and
"W" for those heading into town. I'm assuming this is for East and West.

These codes currently serve no function whatsoever - the area isn't
spider-mapped, and there isn't even a "where to catch your bus" poster.
Does
the appearance of these letters mean that maps like these are likely to
appear soon, or could there be another reason?

I don't know the area, but do the maps at
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/buses/spiders/borough.shtml or
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/buses/spiders/lewisham.shtml make any sense of
this?



Sadly not. The relevent borough is Southwark, but there are no maps listed
for Old Kent Road or Bricklayer's Arms. I don't think it helps that it's one
of those identity-less areas that only exists to get between other areas,
wedged somewhere between Bermondsey, Borough, Elephant and Peckham. If there
was a spider map I don't think they'd be quite sure what to call it (estate
agent speak used to be "SoBo", but since a rather nice cafe-cum-art-gallery
popped up with the name as an ironic joke they've rather gone off the idea).
MAybe that's the problem, come to think of it...

Thanks for your help though.

Cheers,
Jonn