| Re: [OT and optimistic] Wivenhoe Court |
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Group: uk.transport.london · Group Profile
Author: Tom AndersonTom Anderson Date: Sep 12, 2008 10:36
On Fri, 12 Sep 2008, John Rowland wrote:
> Tom Anderson wrote:
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>> There's a village called Wivenhoe, in the depths of Essex. It's, well,
>> mostly harmless, really.
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>> So why is there a street called Wivenhoe Court in Hounslow?
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> Why shouldn't there be?
I'm not saying there shouldn't. But things don't happen without reasons.
Except in quantum mechanics and the civil service.
>> And why is there another one in Frome, Somerset?
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> There's also a Wivenhoe Close in Peckham.
THE MYSTERY DEEPENS!
>> A MYSTERY!
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> I don't see any mystery. If there was no street in London with Wivenhoe in
> the name, that would be more of a mystery.
You think? Are there streets named after all of England's umpty hojillion
villages in London?
tom
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Subvert the paradigm!
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