Have you ever been somehwre unfamiliar on the tube

[Ash]

As anyone who has ever made the mistake of taking the tube to Heathrow knows, there are vast, mysterious wastelands of West London as yet untouched by civilisation.

I have walked from Acton Town to Heathrow via all the stations to explore these exotic wastelands. The tube journey now seems tame by comparison.

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

I have walked from Acton Town to Heathrow via all the stations to explore these exotic wastelands. The tube journey now seems tame by comparison.

Mercy me a, you must have passed through the living hell called Hayes Town. Those of us who have lived near its environs simply call it the Open Prison. I knew a Hayes girl who had her anus tatooed to resemble a pouting cherub with the caption "gizza kiss" on her buttocks*

*may have made that up, convinced she probably exists

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

To be honest, virtually everywhere west of Paddington is 'Here Be Dragons' territory as far as I'm concerned.

Millwall nut-jobs".

( I think we've been through this a few times b ).

[Ash]

To be honest, virtually everywhere west of Paddington is 'Here Be Dragons' territory as far as I'm concerned.

I used to think that but know most of it now. You might like leafy Chiswick. Though one cannot get a pwopah breakfast there until you literally cross the border into Hammersmith. West Hammersmith is quite plush too tbf.

[Ash]

and had to stop and gawp at a tube map like a tourist, or some sort of yokel?

It's fúcking embarrassing.

A problem I sometimes have is when wandering around somewhere central with a book in hand pointing out some hidden historical curiosity or significant architectural detail, and someone 'helpfully' asks me if I'm lost or near directions.

[Sir C]

A problem I sometimes have is when wandering around somewhere central with a book in hand pointing out some hidden historical curiosity or significant architectural detail, and someone 'helpfully' asks me if I'm lost or near directions.

Enough to make the strongest man shudder, a.

A simple, "Why, do I look like a furrin?" should set them straight.

[Ash]

As we are seeing, where London starts and ends depends on many things, some tangible and others not. The Roman City, The Medieval City, the Georgian, the Victorian, the Edwardian. Whether it is urban or rural. The political geography of the 32 boroughs, or the Post Office's definition, where for example the vast endless metro-land of the north-west is given a Harrow postcode to make it bloody clear it isn't London. Nor is Romford FFS.

And let's face it, if the post office should know where London is. They know where everywhere is.

For me, it's the North Circular. Not sure about Down There but I am working on it slowly. eg: The river marking the border between Tooting and the borough of Croydon is definitely the edge of London.

[Burney]

As we are seeing, where London starts and ends depends on many things, some tangible and others not. The Roman City, The Medieval City, the Georgian, the Victorian, the Edwardian. Whether it is urban or rural. The political geography of the 32 boroughs, or the Post Office's definition, where for example the vast endless metro-land of the north-west is given a Harrow postcode to make it bloody clear it isn't London. Nor is Romford FFS.

And let's face it, if the post office should know where London is. They know where everywhere is.

For me, it's the North Circular. Not sure about Down There but I am working on it slowly. eg: The river marking the border between Tooting and the borough of Croydon is definitely the edge of London.

Is that the Graveney? If so, I would broadly agree with this.

[Ash]

Is that the Graveney? If so, I would broadly agree with this.

Pre-1965 it marked the border between London and Surrey.

https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2...-graveney.html