"Peter Masson" writes:

Bill Hayles has a lovely story of confusion between Oval and Yeovil. ;-)

The best one (possibly apocryphal) I have heard was a foreign woman at
Paddington who wanted to get to Turkey (presumably via Heathrow) but
was sold a ticket and put on the train to Torquay.

Then there are always the people who arrive in Leeds (Yorkshire)
looking for the castle (Kent).

Graham Murray wrote:
"Peter Masson" writes:

Bill Hayles has a lovely story of confusion between Oval and Yeovil. ;-)

The best one (possibly apocryphal) I have heard was a foreign woman at
Paddington who wanted to get to Turkey (presumably via Heathrow) but
was sold a ticket and put on the train to Torquay.

Then there are always the people who arrive in Leeds (Yorkshire)
looking for the castle (Kent).

Someone else posted here of the search for "Fort Neath". Of course, what
they really wanted was "Thornton Heath" :-)

--
MatSav

The best one (possibly apocryphal) I have heard was a foreign woman at
Paddington who wanted to get to Turkey (presumably via Heathrow) but
was sold a ticket and put on the train to Torquay.




A woman with an eastern european accent once stopped me in Paddington
underground station, and asked how she could get to Sweden. I soon
discovered that she meant Swindon.

On Mar 3, 6:18 pm, "chris" wrote:
The best one (possibly apocryphal) I have heard was a foreign woman at
Paddington who wanted to get to Turkey (presumably via Heathrow) but
was sold a ticket and put on the train to Torquay.

A woman with an eastern european accent once stopped me in Paddington
underground station, and asked how she could get to Sweden. I soon
discovered that she meant Swindon.



A former colleague, who was approached by a blonde lady in pub who was
from Sweden, thought that she was from Swindon.

MIG wrote:
On Mar 3, 6:18 pm, "chris" wrote:
The best one (possibly apocryphal) I have heard was a foreign woman at
Paddington who wanted to get to Turkey (presumably via Heathrow) but
was sold a ticket and put on the train to Torquay.
A woman with an eastern european accent once stopped me in Paddington
underground station, and asked how she could get to Sweden. I soon
discovered that she meant Swindon.



A former colleague, who was approached by a blonde lady in pub who was
from Sweden, thought that she was from Swindon.


Must have been her accent

"MIG" wrote in message
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On Mar 3, 6:18 pm, "chris" wrote:
The best one (possibly apocryphal) I have heard was a foreign woman at
Paddington who wanted to get to Turkey (presumably via Heathrow) but
was sold a ticket and put on the train to Torquay.

A woman with an eastern european accent once stopped me in Paddington
underground station, and asked how she could get to Sweden. I soon
discovered that she meant Swindon.



A former colleague, who was approached by a blonde lady in pub who was
from Sweden, thought that she was from Swindon.

Cue the Diana Dors joke:

quote

According to Dors autobiography, she was once asked and readily
agreed to open a fete in her home town of Swindon, England. Prior
to the festivities, Dors lunched with the local Vicar, during which
she informed him that her real name was Diana Fluck. The Vicar
became somewhat worried about his planned speech. After lunch,
they arrived at the fete at the appointed time. The Vicar, totally
unnerved about mispronouncing "Fluck", introduced Diana with these
immortal words:

"Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great pleasure that I introduce
to you our star guest. We all love her, especially as she is our
local girl. I therefore feel it right to introduce her by her real
name; Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome the very lovely
Miss Diana Clunt."

/quote

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Dors


michael adams

....

Graham Murray wrote:

The best one (possibly apocryphal) I have heard was a foreign woman at
Paddington who wanted to get to Turkey (presumably via Heathrow) but
was sold a ticket and put on the train to Torquay.

I've heard that one too, although at Waterloo and presumably hoping to get a
train through the channel tunnel.

On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 02:57:08 -0000, "Tim Roll-Pickering"
wrote:

Graham Murray wrote:

The best one (possibly apocryphal) I have heard was a foreign woman at
Paddington who wanted to get to Turkey (presumably via Heathrow) but
was sold a ticket and put on the train to Torquay.

I've heard that one too, although at Waterloo and presumably hoping to get a
train through the channel tunnel.

When I booked from Liverpule Street via the Hook Continental I asked
for specific cities.