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Old November 1st 04, 03:46 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Troy Steadman Troy Steadman is offline
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Default Trivia: Hook Underpass (Ace of Spades)

"Neill Wood" wrote in message
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I don't often travel Londonbound on the A3, but I think the doors in
the side of the Hook Underpass are still visible.


So did I but there aren't any (I've just been to have a look) so the
generators must have been at ground level which makes sense. The Cap in
Hand (Wetherspoon) is one of the best *proper* locals in London, so I
popped in there, Harry Hawker lived at corner of Hook Rd / Orchard Rd,
so it is not surprising there was aviation interest. He is buried in the
churchyard near his house (marked with a cross on the overlaid map).

http://tinyurl.com/6fmq5

King Edward Rec is very large and quite capable I would suppose of
accomodating bi-planes. I wonder if anyone's figured out how the people
of Ace got home if they went to Mitcham on the 152?


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