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What was the old market replaced by? A  Newmarket. How's the tree doing today? Elmswell.

Chesterton opened and then closed in 1850, Cambridge North opened on more or less the same site in 2017.

I believe Cambridge is one of them.

March only applies one month of the year ;) I'll get my coat...

Another one I've just remembered is Manorbier on the Pembroke Dock branch. Pronounced as 'manor beer' in English, but I've heard a few try and pronounce it as 'man-OR-bee-ay' as though it's French!

It's Ee-lee! Another one which springs to mind is Cheshunt.

Not a station, but I did once hear a guard's announcement welcoming passengers on board a 'Greater Angular' service!

Ely often gets mispronounced as 'Ee-lye' by those not from the area. Wymondham is also a classic example.

On the subject of apostrophes, the NXEA station signs at Bishop's Stortford omitted it. The current GA signage includes the apostrophe, as does the (presumably) BR-era sign on the signal box.

Hainault and Fairlop (and possibly Barkingside from Fairlop too? Been a while since I was out that way!).

Harlow Mill - Harlow Town.

I'm not sure why they chose to rename it from Pannenhuis when it re-opened - it means the name no longer matches that of the adjacent Metro station (although the original station barely lasted two years after the Metro interchange opened, despite receiving a comprehensive refurbishment)...

On a similar note, both Seven Sisters and Bishops Stortford still used an old BR system right up to 2011-2 when they were replaced with Anne.

A passenger came up to me today and asked me whether the screens were new. I told him they were fairly new, and he went on to tell me how brilliant and easy to read he thought they were and asked if I would pass his comments on to management. At least someone's happy with them!

I caught the 1627 Stansted so wouldn't have been me. I'm on the same service today and the text to speech announcements are still there.

I noticed yesterday that Ely was using what sounded like a text-to-speech voice for the announcements rather than the usual woman. Cambridge - Norwich services were all showing as formed of 5 coaches at both Ely and Cambridge.

They've been doing the latter all day, showing the platform as TL - the Through Line! I did actually see 'Cambridge 00:00' listed as a stop on the external displays of an Azuma passing through, not entirely sure how it's all happened...

The Cambridge - Kings Cross stopper used to be shown as Finsbury Park at Cambridge, or as Foxton at Kings Cross, but this seems to have ceased.

Sad news, RIP. Am I right in saying that the Class 333 on-board announcements were also voiced by him?

They were still quite common in Luxembourg when I was travelling on CFL last year: https://www.flickr.com/photos/max_rail_photos_ii/13540343695/in/photostream/ In Germany they have died out somewhat in more recent years though.