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Apart from the Tricycle theatre, you also past on your left what was once the worlds largest theatre the State Kilburn. Where the A40 flyover crosses Edgware Road, is about where the once famous Metropolitan Music hall stood. Before vast numbers of Arabs moved in during the late 70’ onwards, Edgware Road had many radio parts and electronics supply shops, the only one remaining today in Edgware Road is Henry’s radio. I spent many a happy Saturday in those old shops in the early 1960’s |
I think I'm going to write a silly name on a tag and tie it to my bag. |
This post is DG-tastic! Fab, wonderfully fab. |
If you like long posts about bus routes, there are seven here and eight more here. |
Thanks for this trip down memory Lane. Cricklewood Broadway is where I first lived when I moved to London back in November 1994. The top floor flat above a Sari shop, next door to a Halal butcher. I regularly used the Laundrette mentioned too. |
What's the etiquette when doing a journey like this? Do you ask to go "all the way" or do you specify the destination precisely? |
Rick: you're obviously not from round here. You get on the bus, you touch your Oyster (electronic travel card) on the pad by the driver's cab and you go and sit down. Even if you are using "cash" on your Oyster, rather than a season ticket, the fare is the same (90p) however far you are going, thus in true stereotypical "unfriendly London" fashion, not a word need ever be exchanged nor, usually, even eye contact made. Out here in the outer suburbs, a brief, grunted "Thanks" or similar may - occasionally - be heard from passenger or driver, but that's as far as it goes. |
DG really does know his bus routes, doesn't he? Unfortunately, I'm not too familiar with the ol'16. However, it's always good when you manage to get one of the front seats on a double decker. Further to Kenromford's answer (for the benefit of non-Londoners), it is worth remembering that flat fares may apply on London buses, but not on the tube/DLR, where the fares vary depending on which zones you travel into. In addition, Oyster coverage on National Rail routes is patchy at best - it is best to check whether your route is valid before you travel on National Rail using your Oyster card. |
I once had an ugly exchange with a driver on a 66 (I think) in 1976,which went a roundabout way to its destination from Romford, one which no-one in their right mind would have taken all the way. I had time on my hands. When I finally got off, the said driver came bounding up to me accusing me of overriding, and showing him my season ticket, I made the mistake of calling him chummy. At which he threatened to trap me in the doors. Charming.Thank goodness for Oyster Cards and flat fares. |
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