On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Christopher A. Lee wrote:

On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:38:56 +0100, Tom Anderson
wrote:

On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Basil Jet wrote:

Several stations are named after pubs: IIRC the Angel pub at Angel is
not the original, which is gone.

Wasn't that a cake shop rather than a pub? Oh, i see it was a pub before
that.

Anyway, everyones missed the most obvious example - Heathrow Airport,
which has not one but four stations named after it!

Heathrow was a village on Hounslow Heath, which gave its name to the
airport.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:He...War_II_Map.jpg

Firstly, i believe that was called Heath Row, not Heathrow, and secondly,
the stations aren't named after the village, they're named after the
airport.

tom

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On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:48:33 +0100, Tom Anderson
wrote:

On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Christopher A. Lee wrote:

On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:38:56 +0100, Tom Anderson
wrote:

On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Basil Jet wrote:

Several stations are named after pubs: IIRC the Angel pub at Angel is
not the original, which is gone.

Wasn't that a cake shop rather than a pub? Oh, i see it was a pub before
that.

Anyway, everyones missed the most obvious example - Heathrow Airport,
which has not one but four stations named after it!

Heathrow was a village on Hounslow Heath, which gave its name to the
airport.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:He...War_II_Map.jpg

Firstly, i believe that was called Heath Row, not Heathrow, and secondly,

Not according to the map in the above URL.


the stations aren't named after the village, they're named after the
airport.

tom

On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:48:33 +0100, Tom Anderson
wrote:

Firstly, i believe that was called Heath Row, not Heathrow


Funny, I posted to that effect yesterday.

On Fri, 24 Jul 2009, Bruce wrote:

On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:48:33 +0100, Tom Anderson
wrote:

Firstly, i believe that was called Heath Row, not Heathrow

Funny, I posted to that effect yesterday.

Yes, we posted within a few hours of each other, ISTR. Aren't we both
clever?

tom

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"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
rth.li...

Yes, we posted within a few hours of each other, ISTR. Aren't we both

Yes, and you both speak Dutch! ;-)

Ian

On Sat, 25 Jul 2009, Ian F. wrote:

"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
rth.li...

Yes, we posted within a few hours of each other, ISTR. Aren't we both

Yes, and you both speak Dutch! ;-)

Unrelated, but ij thought van another staation - Kew Gardens. You have to
pay to get in, which makes it a commercial entity in my book.

Is the Bank of England a commercial entity?

tom

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