On Fri, 18 May 2007, Ian Jelf wrote:

In message , Tom Anderson
writes
On Thu, 17 May 2007, Boltar wrote:

On 16 May, 07:20, Bob wrote:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/a...ails/Marble+Ar...

quote Marble Arch may have to give way for a bus station

Might be a blessing for the arch. Its in a lousy location right now

It's not so much that the arch is in a lousy location as that Cumberland
Gate is in a lousy location!

and since its not in its original location anyway a precedent has already
been set. Perhaps if it is moved the area might revert to its old name of
Tyburn , who knows!

That would be nice. I am looking for similar schemes to bring the name
Ossulstone back into common use ...

Be good as a solitary world

I assume you mean 'word' here, although now you mention it, perhaps
campaigning to have the first British-discovered exoplanet named
Ossulstone might be a better and/or yet more crackpot plan ...

on the DDA-compliant destination screens of buses on - say - the
159.......

Be even funnier if it was the destination of the 100. ;-)

Have to confess that my lack of knowledge of buses means this joke is
completely lost on me :'(.

tom

--
Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.

In message , Tom
Anderson writes
On Fri, 18 May 2007, Ian Jelf wrote:

In message , Tom
Anderson writes
On Thu, 17 May 2007, Boltar wrote:

On 16 May, 07:20, Bob wrote:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/a...ails/Marble+Ar...
quote Marble Arch may have to give way for a bus station
Might be a blessing for the arch. Its in a lousy location right

It's not so much that the arch is in a lousy location as that
Cumberland Gate is in a lousy location!

and since its not in its original location anyway a precedent has
already been set. Perhaps if it is moved the area might revert to
its old name of Tyburn , who knows!
That would be nice. I am looking for similar schemes to bring the
name Ossulstone back into common use ...

Be good as a solitary world

I assume you mean 'word' here,
I did!

although now you mention it, perhaps campaigning to have the first
British-discovered exoplanet named Ossulstone might be a better and/or
yet more crackpot plan ...

on the DDA-compliant destination screens of buses on - say - the
159.......

Be even funnier if it was the destination of the 100. ;-)

Have to confess that my lack of knowledge of buses means this joke is
completely lost on me :'(.

Sorry, a bit too subtly.

Ossulstone was the name of the "Hundred" which covered what is now
Central London in Mediaeval times. ("Hundreds" were the ancient
subdivisions of counties and usually had names which are totally lost
today. Birmingham was in "Hemlingford, for examples, much of South
Staffordshire "Offlow" and so on.)
--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk

Tom Anderson wrote:

to bring the name Ossulstone back into common use ...

Do you know there is an Ossulston St in Somers Town, and an Ossington St in
Notting Hill Gate?

On Sat, 19 May 2007, John Rowland wrote:

Tom Anderson wrote:

to bring the name Ossulstone back into common use ...

Do you know there is an Ossulston St in Somers Town,

Yes.

and an Ossington St in Notting Hill Gate?

No.

The cycle route from Bloomsburyish up to Camden goes along Ossulston St,
which is one of the reasons i've remembered the name.

tom

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Orange paint menace

On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 08:51:42AM -0700, Boltar wrote:
On 16 May, 07:20, Bob wrote:
Marble Arch may have to give way for a bus station
Might be a blessing for the arch. Its in a lousy location right now
and since its not in its original location anyway a precedent has
already been set. Perhaps if it is moved the area might revert to its
old name of Tyburn , who knows!

I bet that we'll continue to call the place Marble Arch even after the
arch has gone, in the same way as the Strand wasn't renamed after it was
no longer the riverbank.

And if they move it to Hyde Park Corner, then all the idiot tourists too
stupid to read a map who think that the Wellington arch is Marble Arch
would be less confused.

--
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Hi willað eow to gafole garas syllan,
ættrynne ord and ealde swurd,
þa heregeatu þe eow æt hilde ne deah.
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On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 08:51:42AM -0700, Boltar wrote:
On 16 May, 07:20, Bob wrote:
Marble Arch may have to give way for a bus station
Might be a blessing for the arch. Its in a lousy location right now
and since its not in its original location anyway a precedent has
already been set. Perhaps if it is moved the area might revert to its
old name of Tyburn , who knows!

I bet that we'll continue to call the place Marble Arch even after the
arch has gone, in the same way as the Strand wasn't renamed after it was
no longer the riverbank.


Are you saying it wasn't erected there to commemorate the invention of the
game of marbles?

Paul

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writes

"David Cantrell" wrote in message
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On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 08:51:42AM -0700, Boltar wrote:
On 16 May, 07:20, Bob wrote:
Marble Arch may have to give way for a bus station
Might be a blessing for the arch. Its in a lousy location right now
and since its not in its original location anyway a precedent has
already been set. Perhaps if it is moved the area might revert to its
old name of Tyburn , who knows!

I bet that we'll continue to call the place Marble Arch even after the
arch has gone, in the same way as the Strand wasn't renamed after it was
no longer the riverbank.


Are you saying it wasn't erected there to commemorate the invention of the
game of marbles?

Of course it was. By Lord Elgin, as I recall.
--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk