Comments on: Now calling at Wetherspoon Station number 278 http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=295 Nick Barlow's weblog Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:41:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Joe http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=295&cpage=1#comment-235698 Joe Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:41:17 +0000 http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=295#comment-235698 In a vaguely related note, the Russian word for 'railway station' derives from 'Vauxhall', due to an association with pleasure gardens which acquired the generic name 'vokzal' in a nod to the famed Vauxhall Gardens. In a vaguely related note, the Russian word for ‘railway station’ derives from ‘Vauxhall’, due to an association with pleasure gardens which acquired the generic name ‘vokzal’ in a nod to the famed Vauxhall Gardens.

]]> By: Matthew http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=295&cpage=1#comment-235697 Matthew Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:29:27 +0000 http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=295#comment-235697 "Sometimes it's a matter of new money for old venues: the Oval became Foster's Oval, though it's now the Brit Oval" I'm sure I remember they asked London Transport to rename the tube station the Foster's Oval too, but they refused. “Sometimes it’s a matter of new money for old venues: the Oval became Foster’s Oval, though it’s now the Brit Oval”

I’m sure I remember they asked London Transport to rename the tube station the Foster’s Oval too, but they refused.

]]> By: john b http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=295&cpage=1#comment-235696 john b Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:53:45 +0000 http://www.nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=295#comment-235696 "Farringdon station would have to become Guardian station, of course." King's Cross St Pancras these days, of course... “Farringdon station would have to become Guardian station, of course.”

King’s Cross St Pancras these days, of course…

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