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PRAR wrote:

The park is called Betts Park.


Here's a web site with a blow by blow account of the route of the canal
at the present day.

http://www.canalsguide.co.uk/croydon/bhd-spbr.html

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PRAR wrote:

The park is called Betts Park.


Here's a web site with a blow by blow account of the route of the canal
at the present day.

http://www.canalsguide.co.uk/croydon/bhd-spbr.html


Fantastic website, thanks for the link, I wonder if there's one
somewhere for the Surrey Iron Railway.


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On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 20:54:39 +0000, Dave Newt wrote:



Matthew Church wrote:

...built for a public railway which is still in-situ and still
performing the service for which it was built?

Clue: it lies within the M25.


The old guy at South Kensington who always goes a bit Norman Collier
when he tries to use the tannoy?


Heh - I know who you mean :-)

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Tim wrote:
On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 20:54:39 +0000, Dave Newt wrote:



Matthew Church wrote:


...built for a public railway which is still in-situ and still
performing the service for which it was built?

Clue: it lies within the M25.


The old guy at South Kensington who always goes a bit Norman Collier
when he tries to use the tannoy?



Heh - I know who you mean :-)


I'm glad someone does - I'd given up on a reply to that post!


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