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Graham Harrison · December 4th 07, 02:56 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london

"Jim Brittin" [wake up to reply] wrote in
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Many years ago (mid/late 70s) I worked in a travel agency in Fleet
Street.
Customer came in and I needed his address which he gave me as somewhere
near
Coventry. When I asked if he was just in London for the day he said
"no"
and explained that he had found that the season fare from Coventry was
less
than somewhere like Brighton or Worthing. He also pointed out that
Coventry
took no longer than Brighton and plenty of people did that journey.

Much the same arguement (timewise, don't know about the fares) can be
made
for Stafford versus plenty of South Coast "commuter" towns where nobody
would bat an eyelid.

I had wondered if you were 'that' Graham Harrison, now I know [I was
your successor at that agency]!

That's me!