In article , Annabel Smyth
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I doubt the average American, or ecen European, has heard of Suffolk or
Sussex. I'd wager a good number of Brits confuse them.
We have just had American guests who confused them..... we had planned
to take them to Sussex, but it didn't happen.

Earlier this week I saw a road sign pointing to the Hull-Wakefield steam
train service. Unfortunately I didn't have time to investigate further.

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On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 07:37:33 +0100, "Clive D. W. Feather"
wrote:

Earlier this week I saw a road sign pointing to the Hull-Wakefield steam
train service. Unfortunately I didn't have time to investigate further.

They have a website somewhere. I tried to go there in June, but the
inter-provincial public transport had a lack of integration which .uk
would be proud of, and I missed the train.

--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

In message , Arthur Figgis
] writes

On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 07:37:33 +0100, "Clive D. W. Feather"
wrote:

Earlier this week I saw a road sign pointing to the Hull-Wakefield steam
train service. Unfortunately I didn't have time to investigate further.

They have a website somewhere. I tried to go there in June, but the
inter-provincial public transport had a lack of integration which .uk
would be proud of, and I missed the train.

Are we sure we are not thinking of the famous Canadian Hull-Wakefield
steam service?

http://www.steamtrain.ca/english.asp

--
Paul Terry

SNIP all

Anybody who is still interested in the topic of naming new rail stations
will probably be fascinated by the discussion reported in today's issue of
the "SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER " under the title : "Name that light rail
station":
Sound Transit seeks new ideas for 7 of planned system's stops

By JANE HADLEY, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/transp...transit24.html

Regards,

- Alan (in Brussels - mind the spamtrap)

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 00:29:15 +0100, David Boothroyd
wrote:


Incidentally are there only two streets in London which have fractional
numbers in them? (Balls Pond Road and London Wall)

Nope.

Association of London Govt is at 59 1/2 Southwark Street.

Rob.
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rob at robertwoolley dot co dot uk

Robert Woolley wrote in message . ..
On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 00:29:15 +0100, David Boothroyd
wrote:


Incidentally are there only two streets in London which have fractional
numbers in them? (Balls Pond Road and London Wall)

Nope.

Association of London Govt is at 59 1/2 Southwark Street.

Rob.

Could you imagine trying to give that number to one of those stores
who ask for your postcode and house number? I think the phrase "you're
taking the ****, mate" would enter into it somehow...

James wrote:
Robert Woolley wrote in message
. ..
On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 00:29:15 +0100, David Boothroyd
wrote:


Incidentally are there only two streets in London which have
fractional numbers in them? (Balls Pond Road and London Wall)

Nope.

Association of London Govt is at 59 1/2 Southwark Street.

Rob.

Could you imagine trying to give that number to one of those stores
who ask for your postcode and house number? I think the phrase
"you're taking the ****, mate" would enter into it somehow...

Or perhaps "where's ½ on this keyboard?"

I looked up the address in the postcode directory (www.afd.co.uk), and
it's listed as
59 & A Half, Southwark Street
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

"Helen Deborah Vecht" wrote in message
...
"John Rowland" typed

Incidentally are there only two streets in
London which have fractional numbers in them?
(Balls Pond Road and London Wall)

I think there's one in Barnard Hill, N10. Also,
The Vale in Childs Hill has a number 0.

pedant I'd say that end of The Vale was in Golders Green.

So would I, except I prefer the name of Childs Hill so use it wherever
vaguely feasible.

I have just found another fraction: 1 1/2 Southern Road, N2.

--
John Rowland - Spamtrapped
Transport Plans for the London Area, updated 2001
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acro...69/tpftla.html
A man's vehicle is a symbol of his manhood.
That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line -
It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes

"John Rowland" typed


"Helen Deborah Vecht" wrote in message
...
"John Rowland" typed

Incidentally are there only two streets in
London which have fractional numbers in them?
(Balls Pond Road and London Wall)

I think there's one in Barnard Hill, N10. Also,
The Vale in Childs Hill has a number 0.

pedant I'd say that end of The Vale was in Golders Green.

So would I, except I prefer the name of Childs Hill so use it wherever
vaguely feasible.

I have just found another fraction: 1 1/2 Southern Road, N2.

So where should I say I live, then?
Postally, I'm Stag Lane, Edgware.
Letters I send to the local press, when printed, invariably state 'Stag
Lane, Kingsbury' despite having no reference to Kingsbury in the letter.
I live in the Queensbury ward of the borough of Brent.
My nearest Tube station is Burnt Oak...

--
Helen D. Vecht:
Edgware.

"Helen Deborah Vecht" wrote in message
...

So where should I say I live, then?
Postally, I'm Stag Lane, Edgware.
Letters I send to the local press, when printed, invariably state 'Stag
Lane, Kingsbury' despite having no reference to Kingsbury in the letter.
I live in the Queensbury ward of the borough of Brent.
My nearest Tube station is Burnt Oak...

Middlesex and damn the lot of them. :-)