On Wed, 17 Dec 2008, Mizter T wrote:

On 18 Dec, 02:34, "John Rowland"
wrote:

Mizter T wrote:

Also interesting to note that the actual roadway of the roundabout
goes by the name of "Northway Circus"...
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/oldmap.sr...&y=192750&ar=N
...so it seems that this is a junction with a bit of an identity
crises.

Like Savoy Circus/Western Circus in East Acton.

It's marked as Savoy Circus on a map - well on Streetmap at least...
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/oldmap.sr...0&y=180500ar=N

...is it Western Circus on the signs there then? And more to the point,
where exactly is the purported Circus, or was this location once host to
a long gone roundabout? I realise there is a roundabout of sorts as
traffic coming off the westbound A40 that wishes to head northbound has
to go literally round a block (Old Oak Lane, East Acton Lane, Oal Oak
Common Lane), so is that the Circus?

And why on earth aren't there any Circuses at the Elephant?

Or Baker Street.

tom

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