On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 06:53:47 GMT, "Robin Cox"
wrote:

And if so, why did they change the name?

Probably a marketing thing. They renamed Forton to Lancaster, and
Burton-in-Kendal to plain "Kendal", and it caused so much confusion
that they had to change them back - or at least label the former
"Lancaster (Forton)" and do something similar with the other one.

Given that people leave the motorway at junctions, and don't tend to
do so at services (unless they know of the sneaky back way out, and I
realise there are a few) it makes no sense to rename them, as people
tend to know the names already and just get confused when they change.
It doesn't matter if you know where Forton is or not, for example -
that's just the name for the service area.

On a slight aside, Tebay (say it out loud and think about what you
might get from the cafe there) always struck me as a brilliant name
for a service station - and, being an independent station, is one of
the best I've been to. I'll get my coat...

Neil

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