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The Charles Holden pub does have some nice photos of Holden stations inside. But I always thought it was a frankly odd name for the pub. It's not like Holden has any Colliers Wood connections other than the tube station!
In contrast the pub's old name - the Victory - comes from the fact that Nelson used to live in the area. |
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I'm glad it wasn't called Balham North as it would have made Clapham lopsided. As it is you get the nicely symmetrical North-Common-South.
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No mention of Tooting Bec's original name? Though I admit that Tooting Bec is a vastly better one, if only for how it looks and sounds.
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It's interesting to see the change in writing style experiments continue. I'd never have expected DG to use the phrases 'yadda yadda' or 'much love'. I'm totes emosh.
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"god developer"
a typo? Or maybe not. |
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I don't know why the extension to Sutton never happened but it still could as the Morden depot, which is a short distance from the station, is directly adjacent to the Sutton - Wimbledon Loop. Always think this is a missed opportunity to reach into a key population centre - although capacity on the Northern line may be a factor. Although TfL could be put off by your designation of Sutton as the most boring borough in London.
Merton Abbey Mills near South Wimbledon (the other side of the Sainsburys Hypermarket is (or was) a little gem of a craft market in a almost picturesque location (if you ignore the hypermarket and the pylons!). |
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The extension to Sutton didn't happen because of opposition by the Southern Railway, whose competing plan to build a branch from Wimbledon to Sutton found more favour with yhe powers that be.
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I met two Scottish ladies on the 488 bus last week. They got on at Roman Road. They were planning to alight at Clapton Pond as they wanted to go to "Clapton South". I said I'd never heard of such an area. I thought they maybe meant Lower Clapton Road, or even somewhere in Camden Town? They insisted they'd been to Clapton South before. Turns out their intended destination was in fact CLAPHAM SOUTH tube station! I did a check of the street address they were going to, and in actual fact it was halfway bewtween Clapham NORTH and Brixton... a long way from E5!
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So were you able to point these two lost lassies in the right direction for SW4?
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Well, I told them to stay on till the last stop, i.e. Dalston Junction, and to get instructions from the station staff there. I presume they were sent from there to Highbury & Islington and then via the Victoria to Brixton.
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