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Old May 21st 08, 11:12 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Banglatown: calls to rename East End station

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 03:26:43PM -0700, MIG wrote:

to name a station after people who are
assumed to live there has no precedent in London as far as I know.


You mean that Chancery Lane isn't named after all the dodgy chancers in
the area? And Old Street isn't named after all the old biddies going to
Moorfields hospital for their cataract ops?

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