Stations named after commercial entities
On Jul 23, 3:08 pm, Roland Perry wrote:
In message
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06:35:07 on Thu, 23 Jul 2009, "
remarked:
I see that the DLR has "Custom House for ExCel", the latter being
somewhere that might not survive in its current form during an extended
recession.
Why would that be a problem any more than the fact that there hasn't
been a working Customs House there for ages either?
The Customs House still exists I presume (just like the Royal Exchange I
was in yesterday, but re-purposed). The Custom House is much less likely
to disappear than ExCel is to be turned into something completely
different with a new name, after people give up trying to run trade
shows in a falling consumer market.
And I don't think another famous DLR station is anywhere near a
working Wharf for ships from the Canary Islands...
As with many examples floated here, that's the name of the district now.
Although the same could be said for Olympia.
And don't forget Centrale in Croydon.
What's that named after?
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Roland Perry
another pub ??
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