...") Johnson. Remembered and checked. See "Hogfather". Oops! I blame it on these fingers! He would, I'm sure, have designed a Euston Arch that would have fitted very nicely into a luggage rack. Undoubtably -- Graeme Wall This address is not read, substitute trains for rail. Transport ...

... Bergholt Studdley please... Bergholt Stuttley ("Bloody Stupid") Johnson. Remembered and checked. See "Hogfather". He would, I'm sure, have designed a Euston Arch that would have fitted very nicely into a luggage rack. Colin McKenzie -- No-one has ever proved that cycle helmets make cycling ...

...nospam.eclipse.co.uk> wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/... to check when I'm up at Euston, but am I right in thinking the arch would not have been in the ... of the 1960s development anyway? IIRC The "old" Euston was closer to Euston ...However, last time I saw the Euston Arch I was a child. The... at best. It was about halfway between the current Euston and the Euston ...

... <p...@nospam.eclipse.co.uk> wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7528342.stm ... forgetting to check when I'm up at Euston, but am I right in thinking the arch would not have been in the way of the 1960s development anyway? IIRC The "old" Euston was closer to Euston Road. So I think you are corect. However, last time I saw the Euston Arch I was a child. The memories are ...

... fine earlier work. But their own building were generally good. That is, of course, a matter of opinion Agreed. It's an opinion that is as valid as the opinions that Euston is "a rather good modern station" (Richard J) and "one of the finest examples of 1960s architecture in Britain, and indeed one of Britain's very best railway stations" (Tony Polson). The second ...

... fine earlier work.  But their own building were generally good. That is, of course, a matter of opinion Agreed. It's an opinion that is as valid as the opinions that Euston is "a rather good modern station" (Richard J) and "one of the finest examples of 1960s architecture in Britain, and indeed one of Britain's very best railway stations" (Tony Polson). rIGHT ON!

..., destroy some fine earlier work. But their own building were generally good. That is, of course, a matter of opinion Agreed. It's an opinion that is as valid as the opinions that Euston is "a rather good modern station" (Richard J) and "one of the finest examples of 1960s architecture in Britain, and indeed one of Britain's very best railway stations" (Tony Polson).

...<p...@nospam.eclipse.co.uk> wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7528342.stm... forgetting to check when I'm up at Euston, but am I right in thinking the arch would not have been in the way of...s comments about the demise of the old Euston and its replacement.(written in 1972) ...and the Irish drunks who have always haunted Euston. You can see people with their hands to...

.... But disfunctional junk (with the possible exception of the Great Hall) is a good description of the old Euston that was swept away and replaced by a rather good modern station. In particular the arch was just a pretentious status symbol. Its proportions were awful, with the columns at variable distances apart to suit...

...  between the two lodges on Euston Road - and funnily enough that is ...us thought that the Arch was close to Euston Road rather than a...cars passing to and fro along Euston Road right next to columns. ...s a great shame that the arch couldn't have been moved ... the decision to destroy the arch altogether, and bury *them* at ..., compares with it. The new Euston sucks raw lemons. Of course ...