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Offramp writes
On Oct 25, 6:17 pm, Tom Anderson wrote:

If a girl ever told me that she lived at Thornton Heath our
relationship ended with the full stop that ended that sentence. Apart
from the fact that the area is like a cross between Threads and The
Equalizer,
A phrase I seem to recall coining many years ago to describe my one and
only visit to Wembley Central.......

the only way to get there is by abseiling down from a
rented Zeppelin.
When I was studying in London, I stayed in Thornton Heath. The rail
service was pretty good (fantastic for a non-Londoner) and buses did
everything I needed, too. It was the pubs that put me off the area,
not the transport!
--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

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