SE13
In memoriam
RIP 23-Oct-2013
Glorious Gooner
Posts: 9,737
|
Post by SE13 on Feb 5, 2008 4:56:50 GMT
Another single part question for you today,  *Click for larger version* |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2008 10:15:59 GMT
Rayners Lane
|
|
metman
Global Moderator
5056 05/12/1961-23/04/2012 RIP
Posts: 7,421
|
Post by metman on Feb 5, 2008 10:46:02 GMT
Have they built a new wall on the eastbound platform?
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2008 10:55:21 GMT
Debden eastbound?
|
|
metman
Global Moderator
5056 05/12/1961-23/04/2012 RIP
Posts: 7,421
|
Post by metman on Feb 5, 2008 10:57:31 GMT
Wherever it is, it's new. The bricks look new and the platform furniture looks new!
|
|
TMBA
you like images? check this out - http://www.flickr.com/photos/upminsterthroughtheyears/sets/
Posts: 364
|
Post by TMBA on Feb 5, 2008 11:47:09 GMT
Theydon Bois ;D ;D
|
|
|
|
Post by gavelex on Feb 5, 2008 12:52:27 GMT
nother one for Theydon...
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2008 16:33:43 GMT
Aye, Theydon. E/B?
|
|
|
|
Post by hotelinspector on Feb 5, 2008 16:39:24 GMT
Theydon Bois W/B.
|
|
|
|
Post by superteacher on Feb 5, 2008 19:25:45 GMT
Yep, Theydon Bois it is!
|
|
SE13
In memoriam
RIP 23-Oct-2013
Glorious Gooner
Posts: 9,737
|
Post by SE13 on Feb 6, 2008 4:54:17 GMT
Well done all, we are looking at Theydon Bois westbound.  *Click for larger version* |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2008 10:09:07 GMT
Just out of interest, how is that station supposed to be pronounced, or what does Sonia say? Being one to never have any cause to go out to that part of the world it's always intrigued me.
Boyce, Boys or Boi?
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2008 10:18:35 GMT
Theydon Boys... I believe it has some relavance to France... I'll wiki it again!
|
|
Oracle
In memoriam
RIP 2012
Writing is such sweet sorrow: like heck it is!
Posts: 3,234
|
Post by Oracle on Feb 6, 2008 13:08:01 GMT
I have been looking up some history of Theydon Bois, and it appears that the history goes back to Doomsday, so I would suggest that as Theydon was a consistently-used name, associating with 'bois', which I would imagine was Norman French for 'wood', that this was a initially a small village in/near a wood that acquired a church, and then charter, manor hall, etc.
|
|
|
|
Post by version3point1 on Feb 6, 2008 16:11:43 GMT
You're not far wrong there. When I was at school, my French teacher used to get annoyed at the fact everybody pronounced it Theydon 'Boys' as opposed to 'Bwah', because it is indeed a French word for 'wood'.
|
|
|
|
Post by hotelinspector on Feb 6, 2008 17:55:09 GMT
Yes, absolutely correct. Although Sonia says Theydon "Boys" but with a rather sharp 's' on the end.... almost "Boyce"....
I live very close to Theydon Bois. It's set in a small village and is set behind two pubs and a lovely lovely bakers. I certainly recommend Theydon Bois Bakery!
Anyway...back to business...
Yes - it's a very quiet station. It's neighbour Debden is getting more and more busy than it used to be - especially with the number of students for Epping Forest College increasing. I was rather surprised the other day... I had to wait at Debden for the next Epping train and the number of students was a real shock to me!
Theydon Bois on the other hand is much calmer...they do like their flower beds on that platform, that's for sure!
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2008 17:56:50 GMT
Hmm, nice pub in the entranceway to the station!  If only the bakers opened a sub-outlet in Leytonstone or West Ruislip! |
|
|
|
Post by hotelinspector on Feb 6, 2008 18:51:43 GMT
Yes...but have you tasted the bacon sarnies at Loughton!? Can always smell the scent of bacon at Loughton. What a tease to the passing T/Ops!
|
|
|
|
Post by angelislington on Feb 6, 2008 18:55:32 GMT
I got my copy of 'What's In A Name?' out to have a look.
"Theydon Bois was known as Thayden de Bosco and held by Hugh de Bossco in 1240, but this family name seems to be of local and not French origin and is derived from the wood in Theydon. Theydon itself means, perhaps, a 'valley where thatch was obtained'.
"The station was opened as THEYDON by the Great Eastern Railway on 24 April 2865; re-named THEYDON BOIS on 1 December 1865. First used by Undergound trains on 25 September 1949."
There are several 'boys/bois' around - Chesham Bois is pronounced 'boyce' or 'boys' and there's a village called Blackboys in East Sussex which is nothing to do with children but is, again, based on 'bois' (pron. bwah), French for wood. |
|
|
|
Post by abe on Feb 8, 2008 11:27:31 GMT
Chesham Bois is pronounced 'boyce' or 'boys' ...and that's because it has nothing to do with woods, but is from the name of the landowners many years ago ('du Bois', and later 'du Boyes'). |
|
