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Old August 20th 08, 12:06 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Who names new roads?
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(Bill Hayles) wrote:

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:14 +0100 (BST), (Colin
Rosenstiel) wrote:

"BDY" was a standard LT abbreviation for "Broadway" up to at least the
late 1960s. I remember buses to HAMMERSMITH BDY, for example.

Which, for years, I misread as "Hammersmith Boy"

I always read it as "Hammersmith Body".

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Colin Rosenstiel
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