> On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:33:25 +0100, "Paul" nospam.eclipse.co.uk>
> wrote:
>

>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7528342.stm

>

>>I keep 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?

>

>>Paul

>
> I rather like John Betjeman's comments about the demise of the old
> Euston and its replacement.(written in 1972)
>
> "What masterpiece arose on the site of the old station? No
> masterpeice. instead there is a place where nobody can sit; and
> underground taxi entrance so full of fumes that drivers, passengers
> and porters alike hate it. A great hall of glass looks like a
> mini-version of London Airport, which it seems to be trying to
> imitate. On its expanse of floor and against its walls passengers lie ...