"paul" wrote in message
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On 21 Oct 2003 04:55 (Hatty Ling) wrote:
I was thinking of people could come up with examples of where the
underground is in close proximity to very expensive houses? One I can
think of is when the Northern Line comes overground just before East
Finchley, you can see the start of 'Millionaires Row' from the bridge.
Any other examples?
Hell, why, what immediately comes to mind is the Chigwell - Roding Valley
section who had a bloke living in a house that backed on to the Cental Line
up there, on the outer road, who, before ATO days used to regularly
complain about the 20mph speed restriction, as it was then, being constantly
flouted (sometimes deliberately by the drivers to get his back up who also
used to try and make his life even more miserable by blowing their
whistles!). Although he didn't actually live in one of the 'millionaires
row' kind of property that exists nearby (swimming pools at the ready) he
acted as though he was the only person that ever who backed on to a railway
line. Could you imagine the speed restrictions if every house that backed on
to a railway line had the right to dampen down rail noise? the whole of
london and the rest of the country for that matter would grind to a halt!
Anyway this self-interest old moaner used to make life a right misery for
the station staff at Grange Hill, they once told me. He's gone now, probably
dead I dunno, but he had some 'clout' as it was rumoured he was on the
London Underground Users Consultative Committee thing and was a councillor
up there to boot. On one occasion many years ago now of course, I clearly
recall, they arranged with the Central Line Line Manager, a speed gun of the
kind that is used for traffic and he held it out at the bottom of his garden
to catch passing trains! No word of a lie, that IS gospel because a lot of
drivers were repremanded as a result.
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regards,
Pre`38 tube [DR]
westLondon, UK