If only I was old enough to have used them. Would like to have used the Mayflower too.Manchester Central the daddy, with Manchester Victoria+Exchange the mummy.
If only I was old enough to have used them. Would like to have used the Mayflower too.
If Clitheroe merged with the town of Chatteris or Diss, would it ne known as Cliteriss...Clitheroe.
If Clitheroe merged with the town of Chatteris or Diss, would it ne known as Cliteriss...
Dam it. It was the Mayfield station of course.I dont think the railways were created when she was sailing
For national connectivity, it has to surely be Birmingham New Street - even though it's a bit of a dive.
In terms of making a dramatic entrance to the City, any of the London terminals that still has a good trainshed. I particularly like London Victoria - you alight at a big important station, then through a hole in the wall, there's an even bigger important station !
High fives for Victoria, an unpretencious station next to the busiest bus station in London that goes about its business without shouting about itself all the time
Liverpool Road. No other Station counts regards the title.
Edge Hill?
Longest continuously-used railway station in the world!
Allegedly.
[And it feels like it!]
A station at Edge Hill, yes, - but not the current platforms - remember the original line in Liverpool went to Crown Street. The section to Lime Street only opened in 1836, needing a different alignment at Edge Hill.
So, if we think of stations still on original sites, then other original stations on the L&M are older than the current Edge Hill, including Earlestown and Huyton.
Hi everyone.
This is my first post to the site and I would like to say that Manchester Piccadilly station is the godfather of British railways.
According to the BBC, they were ranked Britain's best station ( as of 2007).
Daddy? What on earth does that mean? :roll:
It's a hipster word to describe something which can be considered in the uppermost category or level of something; the yardstick against which all others are measured.
Hipster? What on earth does that mean? :roll:
Oh and while we're at it, Stratford, far more interesting than the over-hyped Clapham Junction. (Cue abuse from south of the river).
Hipster? What on earth does that mean? :roll:
Oh and while we're at it, Stratford, far more interesting than the over-hyped Clapham Junction. (Cue abuse from south of the river).
That would be the River Avon?
In short, they're t***s who think that wearing pre-distressed clothes, growing "interesting" facial hair and being in a "creative" business makes them intellectual, anti-establishment and superior to the average office drone. In practice, they're often unbearable types with less genuine creativity in their entire body than most "office drones" have in their ear lobes and appropriate the simple pleasures available to all, turning them into niche affectations only affordable to those with large bank balances (despite his clean-shaven appearance, I always consider Heston Blumenthal a typical example of the breed).Wish I hadn't asked
In short, they're t***s who think that wearing pre-distressed clothes, growing "interesting" facial hair and being in a "creative" business makes them intellectual, anti-establishment and superior to the average office drone. In practice, they're often unbearable types with less genuine creativity in their entire body than most "office drones" have in their ear lobes and appropriate the simple pleasures available to all, turning them into niche affectations only affordable to those with large bank balances (despite his clean-shaven appearance, I always consider Heston Blumenthal a typical example of the breed).