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May 28th 08, 12:59 PM
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TfL £5Bn short for Crossrail
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Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 07:37:40 on Wed, 28 May 2008, Martin Edwards remarked: I still think it's difficult to argue that 35 miles away in Bedfordshire is London, while 41 miles away in Essex isn't... None of it is London, precisely the point I am making. As a native of Watford, on the very rim of Greater London, I have an axe to grind. But you can't get away from the fact that Stansted is London's official "Third Airport". Which official? -- Graeme Wall This address is not read, substitute trains for rail. Transport Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail/index.html |
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May 28th 08, 02:07 PM
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On 28 May, 13:59, Graeme Wall wrote: In message Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 07:37:40 on Wed, 28 May 2008, Martin Edwards remarked: I still think it's difficult to argue that 35 miles away in Bedfordshire is London, while 41 miles away in Essex isn't... None of it is London, precisely the point I am making. As a native of Watford, on the very rim of Greater London, I have an axe to grind. But you can't get away from the fact that Stansted is London's official "Third Airport". Which official? President of the Board of Trade Douglas Jay, in 1967 when speaking to the House of Commons. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/d...00/4295827.stm |
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May 28th 08, 02:22 PM
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Mizter T wrote: On 28 May, 13:59, Graeme Wall wrote: In message Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 07:37:40 on Wed, 28 May 2008, Martin Edwards remarked: I still think it's difficult to argue that 35 miles away in Bedfordshire is London, while 41 miles away in Essex isn't... None of it is London, precisely the point I am making. As a native of Watford, on the very rim of Greater London, I have an axe to grind. But you can't get away from the fact that Stansted is London's official "Third Airport". Which official? President of the Board of Trade Douglas Jay, in 1967 when speaking to the House of Commons. The perils of nepotism. -- Graeme Wall This address is not read, substitute trains for rail. Transport Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail/index.html |
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May 29th 08, 06:33 AM
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TfL £5Bn short for Crossrail
Graeme Wall wrote:
In message Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 07:37:40 on Wed, 28 May 2008, Martin Edwards remarked: I still think it's difficult to argue that 35 miles away in Bedfordshire is London, while 41 miles away in Essex isn't... None of it is London, precisely the point I am making. As a native of Watford, on the very rim of Greater London, I have an axe to grind. But you can't get away from the fact that Stansted is London's official "Third Airport". Which official? Good point. For a period we nearly had "London Airport, Gaydon" which is actually between Rugby and Coventry. -- Corporate society looks after everything. All it asks of anyone, all it has ever asked of anyone, is that they do not interfere with management decisions. -From “Rollerball” |
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