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Post by Nogbad on Feb 15, 2024 12:06:49 GMT
It's political correctness gone mad! Continued in the Heil, pages 1-666, today, tomorrow and every other day until the end of time. I did sigh and tut a bit thinking of how it looks like naming the lines is part of a healing process but it makes a change from naming lines after royalty (Victoria, Jubilee and Elizabeth). The nickname for the soon-to-be Suffragette Line used to be the Goblin Line (Gospel Oak to Barking) but you can’t expect upper management to have a sense of humour. Healing, like anything else that seems like a good thing to the rest of us, is bad in Heil-land. |
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Post by Stammerhead on Feb 15, 2024 12:09:36 GMT
The lines are pre-existing, they’re just being rebranded to make things less confusing for the easily confused. Sorry! I need to work on my sarcasm more. I actually travelled on the 'Mildmay' line once, all the way between Richmond and Stratford - it was my commute for a brief while and I was experimenting to see whether it might be quicker than overland to Waterloo, then the Drain, then the Central Line. It wasn't! Stopped everywhere and took absolutely sodding ages. Yeah, it’s not always the best option. The Goblin Line (as I’ll be calling it until Name Change Day) is great for cutting through the underground lines. |
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Post by Stammerhead on Feb 15, 2024 12:28:08 GMT
There were plans to give them names based on their locations and are mentioned in this video. I do agree with Jago that these are almost perfect (he prefers The Goblin Line) but I guess they didn’t get enough healing points during the planning stage.
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Post by Nogbad on Feb 15, 2024 12:38:45 GMT
My most London moment ever was sitting on a train in Norbiton station, looking out the window on a bright sunny day, with St Etienne's Hobart Paving playing on my Walkman. Thirty years ago, yikes.
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Post by Stammerhead on Feb 15, 2024 13:56:07 GMT
My most London moment ever was sitting on a train in Norbiton station, looking out the window on a bright sunny day, with St Etienne's Hobart Paving playing on my Walkman. Thirty years ago, yikes. I’ve never been to Norbiton. It’s one of the funniest place names ever created. |
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Post by Nogbad on Feb 15, 2024 18:05:40 GMT
My most London moment ever was sitting on a train in Norbiton station, looking out the window on a bright sunny day, with St Etienne's Hobart Paving playing on my Walkman. Thirty years ago, yikes. I’ve never been to Norbiton. It’s one of the funniest place names ever created. It's also one of the least memorable parts of London I've been to (or strictly speaking, through), but it is indeed a good name. I was on my way to a conference at Kingston Poly. Kingston was much nicer, but clearly no normal person could afford to live there. |
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Post by Stammerhead on Feb 15, 2024 18:42:18 GMT
I’ve never been to Norbiton. It’s one of the funniest place names ever created. It's also one of the least memorable parts of London I've been to (or strictly speaking, through), but it is indeed a good name. I was on my way to a conference at Kingston Poly. Kingston was much nicer, but clearly no normal person could afford to live there. I walked along both sides of the Thames (in stages of course) and as someone who lives in the more post industrial East London I did notice a vast upgrade when it comes to housing in that area. |
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Post by Nogbad on Feb 15, 2024 18:44:55 GMT
It's also one of the least memorable parts of London I've been to (or strictly speaking, through), but it is indeed a good name. I was on my way to a conference at Kingston Poly. Kingston was much nicer, but clearly no normal person could afford to live there. I walked along both sides of the Thames (in stages of course) and as someone who lives in the more post industrial East London I did notice a vast upgrade when it comes to housing in that area. I recall seeing pics you posted years ago. A friend of mine in Edinburgh had a workmate who was given to waxing lyrical about growing up in Thamesmead, which IIRC was one of the places you photographed. A refreshingly different perspective to the usual! |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Feb 16, 2024 20:48:35 GMT
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Post by Carl LaFong on Feb 18, 2024 10:37:02 GMT
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Post by Stammerhead on Feb 18, 2024 11:03:24 GMT
This is why they should have used locations as a basis for the names. Let’s you know roughly where you are and takes away the temptation to rename the lines all over again. |
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Post by thorshairspray on Feb 18, 2024 12:08:01 GMT
My most London moment ever was sitting on a train in Norbiton station, looking out the window on a bright sunny day, with St Etienne's Hobart Paving playing on my Walkman. Thirty years ago, yikes. I’ve never been to Norbiton. It’s one of the funniest place names ever created. I like near a place called Wet Wang. Just saying |
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Post by Nogbad on Feb 18, 2024 12:58:48 GMT
I’ve never been to Norbiton. It’s one of the funniest place names ever created. I like near a place called Wet Wang. Just saying Wasn't whatsisface from Countdown the mayor thereof at one point? I got slightly carried away the other day and boosted your county's economy considerably, buying five fleeces and a jumper from Tog24, based in Heckmondwike. Which is also a rather splendid name. |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Feb 18, 2024 13:24:45 GMT
I like near a place called Wet Wang. Just saying Wasn't whatsisface from Countdown the mayor thereof at one point? I got slightly carried away the other day and boosted your county's economy considerably, buying five fleeces and a jumper from Tog24, based in Heckmondwike. Which is also a rather splendid name. Richard Whiteley of the Channel 4 quiz show Countdown held the honorary title Mayor of Wetwang from 1998 until his death in 2005. On 25 June 2006, local weather forecaster Paul Hudson from BBC Look North was invested as Whiteley's successor. |
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Feb 18, 2024 15:47:50 GMT
What or who are “Weaver” and “Mildmay”? And is “Lioness” related to the nickname of the English Women’s Football team?
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