On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, Richard J. wrote:
Tom Anderson wrote:
On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, Dave Arquati wrote:
Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article , (Dave
Arquati) wrote:
Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article , (Dave
Arquati) wrote:
You have routes like the N74 (Roehampton - Putney), N28
(Wandsworth - Camden Town) and N31 (Clapham Junction - Kilburn)
which cross the centre without terminating.
How does the N74 cross the centre between Roehampton and Putney
then?
Oops. I was trying to correct Putney to Roehampton, but
accidentally corrected Baker Street to Roehampton. It's meant to be
Baker Street to Roehampton.
Thanks. I'm not sure I even count Roehampton to Baker Street as
crossing the centre either as it happens.
Depends on your definition of the centre! It enters the congestion
charging zone and it spends a significant portion of its journey in
Zone 1.
Doesn't go anywhere central, though, does it? Hyde Park Corner? Park
Lane? Marble Arch? All distinctly west.
Considering that Hyde Park Corner was at one time the point from which
distances from London were measured (before being replaced for that task
by Charing Cross), it would seem to eminently central.
Key phrases here are "was at one time", "were measured", and "before being
replaced", all of which pertain to past states of affairs, rather than
those holding at the present
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The centre of London is like the magnetic north pole - it drifts. In
particular, it seems to drift from palace to palace - from the Tower, to
Buck House (the era when Hyde Park Corner was central, presumably), to
Westminster, and, most recently, the Palace Theatre.
tom
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