And how are things done differently there?Sheppey is in the Medway and not far from Southend
And how are things done differently there?Sheppey is in the Medway and not far from Southend
Infrequently. I also have no idea how 'different' they thought Scotland was! Although, back in the Sixties, Scotland was exotic if you lived in the South West of England.And how are things done differently there?
Well...to be fair....'They' probably thought that Scotland in the 60s was full of hordes of bagpipe-playing haggis roaming the hillsides, in black and white, pointing at aeroplanes I expect.
The two stations were built nearly 300 miles apart in the nineteenth century and serve different needs. You can't travel directly between them.One has to wonder why on earth the Great Eastern Railway, or its predecessor; did not have the sense to call its London terminus, something other than Liverpool Street
On a slightly different tack, not involving mistaken names, but humorous nonetheless, some friend of my folks came to visit them from Devon, they wanted to have a tour around the town, there is no sightseeing tours in the town because it's a sh*t town, so the went to the bus station, got on a random bus and asked for a return ticket, 'where to?' Asked the driver, 'to here of course' they replied.Some years ago, a friend of mine was going to WGC town centre and decided to go on one of the local buses, but was not too familiar with the bus routes here, so when a bus arrived at the bus stop he leant in through the open doors and asked the bus driver "Do you go to the town centre?"
"Yes" replied the bus driver.
So on he got, paid the fare, and sat down.
He wasn't really taking that much notice and the bus drove along for about 10 minutes, stopping occasionally (as they do).
And then the bus stopped and the engine turned off and the driver announced that it was the town centre (or words to that effect).
So my friend approached the front of the bus to alight and realised he didn't recognise the surroundings.
He said to the driver "Hey, I thought this was the town centre?"
"Yes it is" replied the driver....."Hatfield Town Centre".
He was stumped by this, obviously, so got off and found a bus that went to his desired destination.
Later that day when he told me about it he made the salient observation....
"You would think that when you get on a bus IN WGC, and ask if it goes to the town centre, that the bus driver would realise you mean WGC town centre, not some other town.....I guess I'm just lucky that he wasn't going to some town centre miles and miles away....."
It was told to me in good faith by my dad, who famously has no sense of humour.Oh Nosmo....that's an old joke.....but we'll let you use it as it seems likely to have happened.
There's also a place called Findo Gask, which I would have sworn was a minor character in Return of the Jedi...Dull, in Scotland, really is not interesting.
A lot of 'em seem to have derived from British place names, or names of famously know people from Britain.Well, I'd question if he was normal!
I love American city names - most with real history and interest - but who T.F. would say "I'm founding this city ..." or "This town was called that but we're now going to call it ..."
Normal?
Where is "Nothingtoseehere" or "Youmightcallitstrangebut"?
Where is "Nothingtoseehere" or "Youmightcallitstrangebut"?
OK, I'll go with WhipmawhopmagateThis is where I whip out Wetwang, isn't it?
I just love that name.OK, I'll go with Whipmawhopmagate
Where is that?Knockydowny
(Probably spelt all wrong)
OK, I'll go with Whipmawhopmagate
Still not quite right.Knock-e-Dooney.
North of the Isle of Man.
You are right it sounds Irish...a similar language.
Its the site of a ship burial.