Remains of Southwark Park station unearthed
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Remains of Southwark Park station unearthed
On 16/03/2015 08:41, Basil Jet wrote:
http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2015...-network-rail/ Nice piece -- Graeme Wall This account not read, substitute trains for rail. Railway Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail |
Remains of Southwark Park station unearthed
"Basil Jet" wrote in message
... http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2015...-network-rail/ Here's a 6-inch/mile OS map (1913-1914, published 1920) from the National Library of Scotland site http://s17.postimg.org/exnnse1v3/Image1.png Southwark Park station was due south of The Oval cricket ground and slightly east of South Bermondsey which was on the other line. |
Remains of Southwark Park station unearthed
On 16/03/2015 09:38, NY wrote:
"Basil Jet" wrote in message ... http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2015...-network-rail/ Here's a 6-inch/mile OS map (1913-1914, published 1920) from the National Library of Scotland site http://s17.postimg.org/exnnse1v3/Image1.png Southwark Park station was due south of The Oval cricket ground and slightly east of South Bermondsey which was on the other line. 403 error -- Graeme Wall This account not read, substitute trains for rail. Railway Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail |
Remains of Southwark Park station unearthed
On 16/03/2015 09:38, NY wrote:
"Basil Jet" wrote in message ... http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2015...-network-rail/ Here's a 6-inch/mile OS map (1913-1914, published 1920) from the National Library of Scotland site http://s17.postimg.org/exnnse1v3/Image1.png Southwark Park station was due south of The Oval cricket ground and slightly east of South Bermondsey which was on the other line. Southwark Park is nowhere near the Oval and somewhat north-east of it. -- Graeme Wall This account not read, substitute trains for rail. Railway Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail |
Remains of Southwark Park station unearthed
On 2015\03\16 09:08, Graeme Wall wrote:
On 16/03/2015 08:41, Basil Jet wrote: http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2015...-network-rail/ Nice piece Thanks. Oh, you mean the webpage. |
Remains of Southwark Park station unearthed
On 16/03/2015 10:09, Basil Jet wrote:
On 2015\03\16 09:08, Graeme Wall wrote: On 16/03/2015 08:41, Basil Jet wrote: http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2015...-network-rail/ Nice piece Thanks. Oh, you mean the webpage. Down boy! -- Graeme Wall This account not read, substitute trains for rail. Railway Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail |
Remains of Southwark Park station unearthed
On 2015\03\16 09:45, Graeme Wall wrote:
On 16/03/2015 09:38, NY wrote: "Basil Jet" wrote in message ... http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2015...-network-rail/ Here's a 6-inch/mile OS map (1913-1914, published 1920) from the National Library of Scotland site http://s17.postimg.org/exnnse1v3/Image1.png Southwark Park station was due south of The Oval cricket ground and slightly east of South Bermondsey which was on the other line. Southwark Park is nowhere near the Oval and somewhat north-east of it. If you can get the map to appear, there seems to have been another "The Oval" cricket ground in Bermondsey. |
Remains of Southwark Park station unearthed
On 16/03/2015 10:13, Basil Jet wrote:
On 2015\03\16 09:45, Graeme Wall wrote: On 16/03/2015 09:38, NY wrote: "Basil Jet" wrote in message ... http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2015...-network-rail/ Here's a 6-inch/mile OS map (1913-1914, published 1920) from the National Library of Scotland site http://s17.postimg.org/exnnse1v3/Image1.png Southwark Park station was due south of The Oval cricket ground and slightly east of South Bermondsey which was on the other line. Southwark Park is nowhere near the Oval and somewhat north-east of it. If you can get the map to appear, there seems to have been another "The Oval" cricket ground in Bermondsey. Access Denied (403) You are attempting to use this server as a web proxy. This is an invalid use of this server as it is not a web cache proxy. Re the Bermondsey Oval, it is still, more or less, in existence, had an artificial wicket installed around 2007 for local schools to use. It is west of the Southwark Park Sports Complex: https://goo.gl/maps/h6ZgM -- Graeme Wall This account not read, substitute trains for rail. Railway Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail |
Remains of Southwark Park station unearthed
On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 09:45:06 +0000, Graeme Wall
wrote: On 16/03/2015 09:38, NY wrote: "Basil Jet" wrote in message ... http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2015...-network-rail/ Here's a 6-inch/mile OS map (1913-1914, published 1920) from the National Library of Scotland site http://s17.postimg.org/exnnse1v3/Image1.png Southwark Park station was due south of The Oval cricket ground and slightly east of South Bermondsey which was on the other line. Southwark Park is nowhere near the Oval and somewhat north-east of it. Maybe the railway that named it should have followed GW practice and named it something along the lines of "Southwark Park Road"? |
Remains of Southwark Park station unearthed
Maybe the railway that named it should have followed GW practice and
named it something along the lines of "Southwark Park Road"? Wasn't it rather a long way from Southwark Park Road - with Rotherhithe New Road a major road much closer? PS There are historical maps at http://maps.southwark.gov.uk/connect...ical_Selection for anyone having problems with the link. The 1915-20 survey shows the station and other maps the before and after. -- Robin reply to address is (meant to be) valid |
Remains of Southwark Park station unearthed
On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 14:21:12 -0000, "Robin" wrote:
Maybe the railway that named it should have followed GW practice and named it something along the lines of "Southwark Park Road"? Wasn't it rather a long way from Southwark Park Road - with Rotherhithe New Road a major road much closer? PS There are historical maps at http://maps.southwark.gov.uk/connect...ical_Selection for anyone having problems with the link. The 1915-20 survey shows the station and other maps the before and after. "Something along the lines of" doesn't mean "literally". In any case is the road from Bodmin Road (now Parkway) Station to Bodmin called "Bodmin Road"? The map I've looked at suggests not. I was under the impression that the "road" suffix in GW parlance implied the nearest point for a road connection to the tow/village named which is what I was suggesting might have been appropriate in this case if Southwark Park alone was considered insufficient. I did fall into the same trap as Graeme Wall it would seem in assuming the Oval was The Oval. |
Remains of Southwark Park station unearthed
"Something along the lines of" doesn't mean "literally". In any case
is the road from Bodmin Road (now Parkway) Station to Bodmin called "Bodmin Road"? The map I've looked at suggests not. I was under the impression that the "road" suffix in GW parlance implied the nearest point for a road connection to the tow/village named which is what I was suggesting might have been appropriate in this case if Southwark Park alone was considered insufficient. I am sorry I misunderstood your rationale for the "Southwark Park Road" name. I've read about that explanation in connection with Bodmin Road, although that was miles from Bodmin in the middle of nowhere at a time when I think it was by no means unusual for such a road (any main road!) to the nearest "Big Town" to be known as "Big Town Road". Ditto Brixham Road. I didn't realise it was an approach taken also in towns/cities where stations were on a named road (let alone where the station wasn't on the road with that name!) I've no idea what Londoners used to stations like Spa Road, Old Kent Road, Queen's Road Peckham, and Denmark Hill would've made of it. I did fall into the same trap as Graeme Wall it would seem in assuming the Oval was The Oval. Perfectly understandable if one's never had cause to go to that area (and for many years there were good reasons not to do so). -- Robin reply to address is (meant to be) valid |
Remains of Southwark Park station unearthed
On 17/03/2015 11:12, Robin wrote:
"Something along the lines of" doesn't mean "literally". In any case is the road from Bodmin Road (now Parkway) Station to Bodmin called "Bodmin Road"? The map I've looked at suggests not. I was under the impression that the "road" suffix in GW parlance implied the nearest point for a road connection to the tow/village named which is what I was suggesting might have been appropriate in this case if Southwark Park alone was considered insufficient. I am sorry I misunderstood your rationale for the "Southwark Park Road" name. I've read about that explanation in connection with Bodmin Road, although that was miles from Bodmin in the middle of nowhere at a time when I think it was by no means unusual for such a road (any main road!) to the nearest "Big Town" to be known as "Big Town Road". Ditto Brixham Road. I didn't realise it was an approach taken also in towns/cities where stations were on a named road (let alone where the station wasn't on the road with that name!) I've no idea what Londoners used to stations like Spa Road, Old Kent Road, Queen's Road Peckham, and Denmark Hill would've made of it. I did fall into the same trap as Graeme Wall it would seem in assuming the Oval was The Oval. Perfectly understandable if one's never had cause to go to that area (and for many years there were good reasons not to do so). Still is if Millwall are playing at home. -- Graeme Wall This account not read, substitute trains for rail. Railway Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail |
Remains of Southwark Park station unearthed
In message , at 11:12:50 on Tue, 17 Mar
2015, Robin remarked: I did fall into the same trap as Graeme Wall it would seem in assuming the Oval was The Oval. Perfectly understandable if one's never had cause to go to that area (and for many years there were good reasons not to do so). I walked round The Oval - on the outside because it was shut - last week. First time I've been there for ages. That's because I was half an hour early for a meeting, on account of using a 2tph train most of the way, and not wanting to risk being late. -- Roland Perry |
Remains of Southwark Park station unearthed
On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 11:19:50 +0000, Graeme Wall
wrote: On 17/03/2015 11:12, Robin wrote: "Something along the lines of" doesn't mean "literally". In any case is the road from Bodmin Road (now Parkway) Station to Bodmin called "Bodmin Road"? The map I've looked at suggests not. I was under the impression that the "road" suffix in GW parlance implied the nearest point for a road connection to the tow/village named which is what I was suggesting might have been appropriate in this case if Southwark Park alone was considered insufficient. I am sorry I misunderstood your rationale for the "Southwark Park Road" name. I've read about that explanation in connection with Bodmin Road, although that was miles from Bodmin in the middle of nowhere at a time when I think it was by no means unusual for such a road (any main road!) to the nearest "Big Town" to be known as "Big Town Road". Ditto Brixham Road. I didn't realise it was an approach taken also in towns/cities where stations were on a named road (let alone where the station wasn't on the road with that name!) I've no idea what Londoners used to stations like Spa Road, Old Kent Road, Queen's Road Peckham, and Denmark Hill would've made of it. I did fall into the same trap as Graeme Wall it would seem in assuming the Oval was The Oval. Perfectly understandable if one's never had cause to go to that area (and for many years there were good reasons not to do so). Still is if Millwall are playing at home. Millwall FC is fairly peaceful nowadays and with many families in the crowd; any trouble tends to come from away fans looking for a bit of bother with the yobs who either aren't there any more or are now grandads taking the youngsters in with them. There is a category C+ game coming up against Charlton on Good Friday but much of that also attaches to expected crowd numbers, there being plenty of spare seats last night against Brighton but usually not a lot of spare room with more local vistors. |
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