Coming from the west, the five stations in Worthing are named as - Goring-by-Sea, Durrington-on-Sea, West Worthing, Worthing, East Worthing.
Clearly no problem with the last three, all very logical and in order, or I guess the first one, as the area is called Goring-by-Sea, despite being on the coast, so logically should be called Goring-on-Sea.
The Durrington-on-Sea station name does my head in, because it's actually in Goring, Durrington is to the north, and is certainly not on the bloody sea'!
Why not just Goring West and Goring East, followed by West Worthing, Worthing, East Worthing.
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I'm sure, like me, you've always puzzled over why Knockholt station (above) is nowhere near Knockholt village, or Knockholt Pound for that matter. Puzzle no more; Wiki informs me that:
The village of Halstead (which is under Sevenoaks District and Kent County) is also served by TfL bus services - the R5 and R10 both stop opposite Halstead Hall, where Edith Nesbit lived for a time as a child. She later incorporated some of her childhood memories of the village and what was later Knockholt Station into The Railway Children.
Halstead has the dubious honour of being approximately equidistant between Pratts Bottom and Badgers Mount
Because it's more interesting than talking about a racist posh coke fiend with appalling sausage-cooking abilities and an overinflated sense of self-worth?
I quite agree.
SNDP
If there's problem, why not call it Tarring station, which is the area on the bloody line between Goring and West Worthing, and not Durrington-on-Sea, when there's no such fucking place, there's a Durrington to the north of Goring, which is not on the line, and certainly not on the bloody sea.
It's like when even the local rags refer to 'Adur & Worthing Council', they have made that shit up, there's no such council, there's Adur District Council and Worthing Borough Council, they share services, so it would be acceptable to refer to them as 'Adur & Worthing Councils', but not 'Adur & Worthing Council'!
Both of these things bloody bug me, and I've turned 60, so I have every right to be pissed off with this nonsense.
Yours.
Victor Meldrew.
Just call it Maybridge station, or if that's too down market, why not Strand station?If there's problem, why not call it Tarring station, which is the area on the bloody line between Goring and West Worthing, and not Durrington-on-Sea, when there's no such fucking place, there's a Durrington to the north of Goring, which is not on the line, and certainly not on the bloody sea.
It's like when even the local rags refer to 'Adur & Worthing Council', they have made that shit up, there's no such council, there's Adur District Council and Worthing Borough Council, they share services, so it would be acceptable to refer to them as 'Adur & Worthing Councils', but not 'Adur & Worthing Council'!
Both of these things bloody bug me, and I've turned 60, so I have every right to be pissed off with this nonsense.
Yours.
Victor Meldrew.
In West Berkshire, Midgham station is named thus even though it’s in Woolhampton, to avoid confusion with WolverhamptonBack on thread with more SNDP/'Greater Orpington' trivia....
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I'm sure, like me, you've always puzzled over why Knockholt station (above) is nowhere near Knockholt village, or Knockholt Pound for that matter. Puzzle no more; Wiki informs me that:
He manages to act like a prat everyday.
That's no act!He manages to act like a prat everyday.
Chris Farlowe recorded the first version of My Way of Giving, written by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane. The Only Ones later covered it.
He didn’t know whether to smoke it or snort it
Twat has always been ok as far as I remember. It's fuck and cunt that cause problems.
