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Old May 13th 08, 10:30 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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On 13 May, 11:08, Tom Anderson wrote:
On Tue, 13 May 2008, MIG wrote:
On May 13, 1:42 am, Ernst S Blofeld
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MIG wrote:


Better write to FGW, then. Reading and Slough must be renamed forthwith!


Uh? Has someone chosen to call a new franchise Reading which is
totally separate from railway routes commonly known as reading?


There is the (very old) story of the foreign visitor who wanted to catch a
train from Paddington to Bristol.
He walked down the platform looking for a seat, and the sign on the coach
said 'For Reading Passengers Only'

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So he went back to the bookstall and bought a newspaper.

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Peter



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