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Post by angelislington on Nov 20, 2012 15:58:03 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2012 17:35:10 GMT
I'm sure this was flagged up and discced (on this forum?) around the time the Stratford International extension opened. Took a little while, though, didn't it?  |
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Post by rincew1nd on Nov 20, 2012 19:57:18 GMT
Where District Dave leads, others follow!
Mind you, this is the Daily Mail, I'm surprised Abbey Road station doesn't give you cancer.
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Post by antharro on Nov 20, 2012 21:35:52 GMT
Unless I'm missing something, that's not the Daily Mail. It's mail.com which is owned by 1&1 hosting (according to their logo!).
It does amaze me people would turn up without checking first. Surely if you're making a journey to somewhere special, you'd do a bit of research first and find out where it *really* is and how to get there? Or is that just me?!
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Post by rincew1nd on Nov 20, 2012 21:57:06 GMT
Well that serves me right for making an assumption!
I remember when I had just moved to Liverpool, a group of Japanese tourists coming up to me on at the side of a dual-carriageway out of town and asking "where Beatles?" I pointed them in the direction of Matthew Street and I think they were happy. If they'd carried on walking the direction they were they would have ended up in Bootle :S
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2012 21:59:45 GMT
I remember when I had just moved to Liverpool, a group of Japanese tourists coming up to me on at the side of a dual-carriageway out of town and asking "where Beatles?" I pointed them in the direction of Matthew Street and I think they were happy. If they'd carried on walking the direction they were they would have ended up in Bootle :S When I lived in Liverpool tourists would also ask you where Abbey Road was, so at least they are in the correct city. |
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Post by londonstuff on Nov 20, 2012 22:23:33 GMT
When I lived in Liverpool tourists would also ask you where Abbey Road was, so at least they are in the correct city. Evening  Slightly off topic but have you ever seen this, the Abbey Road webcam? Someone nearly gets themselves run over about every thirty seconds and it's interesting to see just how cars totally ignore the crossing. Well worth a minute or two of your life  www.abbeyroad.com/crossing |
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Post by rincew1nd on Nov 20, 2012 22:42:13 GMT
Slightly off topic but have you ever seen this, the Abbey Road webcam? Someone nearly gets themselves run over about every thirty seconds and it's interesting to see just how cars totally ignore the crossing. Well worth a minute or two of your life www.abbeyroad.com/crossingOh my, that's so much fun! Just seen four people on bicycles trying to do the "Abbey Road Thing", and it's half ten on a damp autumn night! |
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Post by bassmike on Nov 21, 2012 1:38:22 GMT
Stupid b------s
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Post by peterc on Nov 21, 2012 16:15:05 GMT
Just watched four kids hold up the traffic for their "photo op" right in front of a police van.
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Post by angelislington on Nov 24, 2012 17:56:25 GMT
Blimey, no-one seems to give a stuff about stopping for pedestrians.  |
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Post by Chris M on Nov 24, 2012 23:06:29 GMT
Welcome to London
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Post by peterc on Nov 25, 2012 10:27:39 GMT
Traffic was stopping when I watched. It was the peds who were taking the pi$$ by stopping in the middle of the crossing and posing for photos. I am not suprised if regular users of the road start ignoring the crossing (not justifying it just saying that I am not suprised)
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Post by Deep Level on Nov 25, 2012 13:48:53 GMT
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