Thread: Rumours of Eurostar never stopping at Stratford
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Old October 11th 07, 11:39 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Rumours of Eurostar never stopping at Stratford
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(James Farrar) wrote:

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:53:53 +0100, Arthur Figgis
wrote:

spindrift wrote:

Nobody seems to have considered the fact that it may well hurt
French feelings to arrive in London at a station called
"Waterloo".......

Some sensitivity, please.

Of course it was considered - and led to the suggestion that St
Pancras station should be renamed London Agincourt.

This, of course would lead to the French retaliating by renaming the
Gare du Nord after a great French military victory over the English.

Oh, wait a minute. Something's not quite right there... ;-)

They have to make do with Austerlitz.

When I was young, we had exchange visits with a Parisian family. When we
were visiting each other's cities we were rather puzzled why stations
seemed to be named after defeats!

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Colin Rosenstiel
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