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Cycle hire goes red with Santander
On 27/02/2015 16:28, Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 16:09:32 on Fri, 27 Feb 2015, Mizter T remarked: Regarding the schemes eponymous nickname, Bozza said "If anyone still persists in calling them 'Boris bikes' rather than Santander I will change my name to Santander Johnson." I expect the name could be as long lived as : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belisha_beacon or even: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_boot Any older offerings with a vague transport connection? William Baker, of Baker Street - partial (and unwitting) contributor to the Bakerloo line name. Started laying out the street in 1755: http://blackcablondon.net/2012/08/08/baker-street-part-one-tubes-beatles-lost-property/ Perhaps fortuitous that the flashing beacons accompanying zebra crossings took the second part of Leslie's double-barrelled surname, rather than the first. |
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