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Author: thagor2008thagor2008 Date: Aug 1, 2008 01:09
Given this new station on the H&C seems to be literally a stones throw
from White City on the central , wouldn't it have made more sense to
call it white city rather than having another daft Bank-Monument
situation?
B2003
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Author: Colin RosenstielColin Rosenstiel Date: Aug 1, 2008 02:06
> Given this new station on the H&C seems to be literally a stones throw
> from White City on the central , wouldn't it have made more sense to
> call it white city rather than having another daft Bank-Monument
> situation?
An alternative view is that White City should be revert to its old name
given that the stadium is long gone.
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Colin Rosenstiel
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Author: BoltarBoltar Date: Aug 1, 2008 02:58
On Aug 1, 10:06 am, rosenst...@ cix.co.uk (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote: >> Given this new station on the H&C seems to be literally a stones throw
>> from White City on the central , wouldn't it have made more sense to
>> call it white city rather than having another daft Bank-Monument
>> situation?
>
> An alternative view is that White City should be revert to its old name
> given that the stadium is long gone.
Seems sensible. Though is that area now known as white city to the
locals? Anyway , having 2 stations seperated by 50 metres being given
different names seems absurd especially since Hammersmith station on
the H&C shares its name with Hammersmith on the District & Piccadilly
even though they're physically separate.
B2003
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Author: John RowlandJohn Rowland Date: Aug 1, 2008 03:48
Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
>> Given this new station on the H&C seems to be literally a stones
>> throw from White City on the central , wouldn't it have made more
>> sense to call it white city rather than having another daft
>> Bank-Monument situation?
>
> An alternative view is that White City should be revert to its old
> name given that the stadium is long gone.
The area is called White City, and the area inside Australia Rd is called
the White City Estate.
Wood Lane, on the other hand, is the name of roads in Highgate, Stanmore and
Kingsbury: Also, the southern end of Wood La W12 will have Shepherds Bush as
its nearest station, so Wood Lane is a bad name for the new station.
However, I suspect the fire brigade don't want the new station to be called
White City.
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Author: asdfasdf Date: Aug 1, 2008 03:56
On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 01:09:54 -0700 (PDT), thagor2008@ googlemail.com
wrote:
>Given this new station on the H&C seems to be literally a stones throw
>from White City on the central , wouldn't it have made more sense to
>call it white city rather than having another daft Bank-Monument
>situation?
As they're two physically separate stations, it's more of a Bow Road /
Bow Church situation.
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Author: John RowlandJohn Rowland Date: Aug 1, 2008 05:42
Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
>> Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
>>> In article
>>>
>>>> Given this new station on the H&C seems to be literally a stones
>>>> throw from White City on the central , wouldn't it have made more
>>>> sense to call it white city rather than having another daft
>>>> Bank-Monument situation?
>>>
>>> An alternative view is that White City should be revert to its old
>>> name given that the stadium is long gone.
>>
>> The area is called White City, and the area inside Australia Rd is
>> called the White City Estate. ...
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Author: BoltarBoltar Date: Aug 1, 2008 05:51
On Aug 1, 1:42 pm, "John Rowland"
journeyflow.spamspam.demon.co.uk> wrote:>> Given the name of the nearby
>> late lamented station it was an odd decision to go for "Wood Lane".
>> Why would the Fire Brigade object to the White City name, though?
>
> They don't like two stations having the same name.
How do they cope with Hammersmith, Shadwell or Canary Wharf then?
B2003
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Author: John RowlandJohn Rowland Date: Aug 1, 2008 06:05
Boltar wrote:
> On Aug 1, 1:42 pm, "John Rowland"
> journeyflow.spamspam.demon.co.uk> wrote:>>> Given the name of the nearby
>>> late lamented station it was an odd decision to go for "Wood Lane".
>>> Why would the Fire Brigade object to the White City name, though?
>>
>> They don't like two stations having the same name.
>
> How do they cope with Hammersmith, Shadwell or Canary Wharf then?
The same way that you cope with Planet Earth, despite not liking anything in
it.
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Author: Tom AndersonTom Anderson Date: Aug 1, 2008 06:27
On Fri, 1 Aug 2008, John Rowland wrote:
> Boltar wrote:
>> On Aug 1, 1:42 pm, "John Rowland"
>> journeyflow.spamspam.demon.co.uk> wrote:>>>> Given the name of the nearby
>>>> late lamented station it was an odd decision to go for "Wood Lane".
>>>> Why would the Fire Brigade object to the White City name, though?
>>>
>>> They don't like two stations having the same name.
>>
>> How do they cope with Hammersmith, Shadwell or Canary Wharf then?
>
> The same way that you cope with Planet Earth, despite not liking
> anything in it.
Oh snap! TOLD!
tom
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Faith in chaos.
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