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August 30th 12, 12:46 PM
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Why did the Metropolitan Railway go to Verney Junction?
On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:27:02 +0100
Graeme Wall wrote: Where I lived as a small child was well outside what people generally recognised as London. It is now well inside what people generally recognise as London. Even the county has been absorbed into London. Probably the most accurate definition today would be any built up area within the M25. B2003 |
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August 30th 12, 01:14 PM
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Why did the Metropolitan Railway go to Verney Junction?
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Where I lived as a small child was well outside what people generally recognised as London. It is now well inside what people generally recognise as London. Even the county has been absorbed into London. Probably the most accurate definition today would be any built up area within the M25. Cue howls of protest from the likes of Epsom and Watford... -- My blog: http://adf.ly/4hi4c |
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August 30th 12, 01:25 PM
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Why did the Metropolitan Railway go to Verney Junction?
On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:14:06 +0100
"Tim Roll-Pickering" wrote: wrote: Where I lived as a small child was well outside what people generally recognised as London. It is now well inside what people generally recognise as London. Even the county has been absorbed into London. Probably the most accurate definition today would be any built up area within the M25. Cue howls of protest from the likes of Epsom and Watford... Tough  )Apart from about 3 fields the built up part of watford is contiguous all the way to central london. B2003 |
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August 31st 12, 09:55 AM
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Why did the Metropolitan Railway go to Verney Junction?
On Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:00:03 +0100
Martin Edwards wrote: On 30/08/2012 14:25, d wrote: On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:14:06 +0100 "Tim Roll-Pickering" wrote: d wrote: Where I lived as a small child was well outside what people generally recognised as London. It is now well inside what people generally recognise as London. Even the county has been absorbed into London. Probably the most accurate definition today would be any built up area within the M25. Cue howls of protest from the likes of Epsom and Watford... Tough )Apart from about 3 fields the built up part of watford is contiguous all the way to central london. B2003 Crap, there is farmland on both London Road and Oxhey Lane. There's something called google maps - try using it. If you do you'll see that as I said , aprt from a few fields watford is contiguous with central london by way of south oxhey , hatch end and harrow. B2003 |
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September 1st 12, 06:56 AM
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Why did the Metropolitan Railway go to Verney Junction?
On 31/08/2012 10:55, d wrote:
On Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:00:03 +0100 Martin Edwards wrote: On 30/08/2012 14:25, d wrote: On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:14:06 +0100 "Tim Roll-Pickering" wrote: d wrote: Where I lived as a small child was well outside what people generally recognised as London. It is now well inside what people generally recognise as London. Even the county has been absorbed into London. Probably the most accurate definition today would be any built up area within the M25. Cue howls of protest from the likes of Epsom and Watford... Tough )Apart from about 3 fields the built up part of watford is contiguous all the way to central london. B2003 Crap, there is farmland on both London Road and Oxhey Lane. There's something called google maps - try using it. If you do you'll see that as I said , aprt from a few fields watford is contiguous with central london by way of south oxhey , hatch end and harrow. B2003 The jurisdictional boundary is between South Oxhey and Hatch End. -- Myth, after all, is what we believe naturally. History is what we must painfully learn and struggle to remember. -Albert Goldman |
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September 3rd 12, 08:48 AM
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Why did the Metropolitan Railway go to Verney Junction?
On Sat, 01 Sep 2012 07:56:37 +0100
Martin Edwards wrote: There's something called google maps - try using it. If you do you'll see that as I said , aprt from a few fields watford is contiguous with central london by way of south oxhey , hatch end and harrow. B2003 The jurisdictional boundary is between South Oxhey and Hatch End. And what? B2003 |
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August 30th 12, 01:29 PM
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Why did the Metropolitan Railway go to Verney Junction?
On 30/08/2012 14:14, Tim Roll-Pickering wrote:
d wrote: Where I lived as a small child was well outside what people generally recognised as London. It is now well inside what people generally recognise as London. Even the county has been absorbed into London. Probably the most accurate definition today would be any built up area within the M25. Cue howls of protest from the likes of Epsom and Watford... They may howl but they have been effectively part of London for many years. See also Salford/Manchester. -- Graeme Wall This account not read, substitute trains for rail. Railway Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail |
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August 30th 12, 10:18 PM
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Why did the Metropolitan Railway go to Verney Junction?
On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:29:29 +0100, Graeme Wall
wrote: On 30/08/2012 14:14, Tim Roll-Pickering wrote: d wrote: Where I lived as a small child was well outside what people generally recognised as London. It is now well inside what people generally recognise as London. Even the county has been absorbed into London. Probably the most accurate definition today would be any built up area within the M25. Cue howls of protest from the likes of Epsom and Watford... They may howl but they have been effectively part of London for many years. See also Salford/Manchester. England and France also share a border. |
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August 31st 12, 08:12 AM
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Why did the Metropolitan Railway go to Verney Junction?
On 30/08/2012 23:18, Charles Ellson wrote:
On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:29:29 +0100, Graeme Wall wrote: On 30/08/2012 14:14, Tim Roll-Pickering wrote: d wrote: Where I lived as a small child was well outside what people generally recognised as London. It is now well inside what people generally recognise as London. Even the county has been absorbed into London. Probably the most accurate definition today would be any built up area within the M25. Cue howls of protest from the likes of Epsom and Watford... They may howl but they have been effectively part of London for many years. See also Salford/Manchester. England and France also share a border. Can't see both sides building right up to the edge of it though. -- Graeme Wall This account not read, substitute trains for rail. Railway Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail |
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