Wembley on Sunday night
Mon, 2 Nov 2009 04:22:30 -0000
A couple left the Green Day concert at 22:30, wanting to get to Waterloo for
their last train home at 1am. They walked to Wembley Park station where the
staff told them that the Met and Jubbly were shut and that they could get
trains to Waterloo from Wembley Central. So they walked to Wembley Central,
where ...
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Re: West London Line - what recession?
Sun, 1 Nov 2009 19:15:06 +0000
In message <4aeae28e$0$1783$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>, DW downunder
<noname@?.?.invalid> writes
>
>"E27002" <e27002@gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:5275c210-77a1-47d0-af3a-84c2526aa983@m7g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
>On Oct 29, 1:49 pm, David Jackson <dijack...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
>> The message
>> <1 ...
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Re: West London Line - what recession?
Sun, 1 Nov 2009 04:38:07 -0800 (PST)
On Nov 1, 8:13?am, Miles Bader <mi...@gnu.org> wrote:
> John B <s...@johnband.org> writes:
> > As a foreigner, you can refer to it however you like - however,
> > there's a fine line between "demonstrating your understanding of
> > history and your contempt for bigots" and "appearing to be an ignorant
> > prat", ...
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Borough Market Viaduct
Sun, 1 Nov 2009 12:07:27 -0000
Now that work has started on the new viaduct through/above Borough Market, I
was wondering how they will take advantage of the extra pair of tracks that
will be provided in the interim period before work starts at London Bridge
and its eastern approaches?
I suppose with a four track railway between the west e ...
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OT - Piffel tower
Sun, 1 Nov 2009 07:00:07 -0000
Plans for a tower in Stratford, higher than the Eiffel Tower.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23760698-piffle-tower-may-rise-at-olympic-park.do
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Re: West London Line - what recession?
Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:43:18 -0700 (PDT)
On Oct 31, 8:53?am, Martin Edwards <big_mart...@Yahoo.com> wrote:
> > For most of the 19th century the capital of the River Plate states was known
> > to the English as Buenos Ayres.
> Mar del Plata
I'm not sure what you are saying here.
AFAIK Mar del Plata was not a capital of anything. There was nothing ...
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TV alert: Art Deco Icons -- London Transport
Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:00:53 -0000
David Heathcote explores the dramatic 1930s London Transport HQ in St
James', London. When it was built in the1930s, it was the highest
skyscraper in London. Heathcote goes behind the scenes and uncovers the
story of a building so controversial that Frank Pick, who commissioned
it, offered to resign from the L ...
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Re: West London Line - what recession?
Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:06:39 -0700 (PDT)
On 31 Oct, 08:54, Martin Edwards <big_mart...@Yahoo.com> wrote:
> You can get Vegimite in the UK now too.
What's with the "now"? I've been buying it from Tesco for at least 10
years. Vegemite with an 'e' in the middle I mean.
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Re: West London Line - what recession?
Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:02:19 -0700 (PDT)
On 30 Oct, 12:55, "DW downunder" <noname> wrote:
> birds custard for my American apple pie
I think I'd rather have Bird's Custard on my pie than "birds
custard". ...
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Re: West London Line - what recession?
Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:11:40 +0000
In message <8jdne5tkj0h48h3b237c8aot00faqho0cr@4ax.com>
Nobody <jock@soccer.com> wrote:
[snip]
>
> How would one describe Buenos Aires... Rio de Janeiro... en Ingles?
>
For most of the 19th century the capital of the River Plate states was known
to the English as Buenos Ayres.
--
Graeme Wal ...
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