Quote: "I was born upon the banks of the river, in a hospital I hasten to add, in Hampton Court in the borough of Twickenham."
Sounds like St Mary's Cottage Hospital, now closed down of course.
Quote: "Does this mean I can call myself "Phileas Fogg Upon Thames"?
Maybe, but does it also mean that the borough of Twickenham can be Twickenham Upon Thames?
Quote: "On the subject of Staines...One friend of mine just asked on facebook where exactly Staines-Upon-Thames was...she has known it was Staines her whole life and was asked to go to SUT for something but wasn't sure if it was the same place."
It's a place best avoided. If they want to "posh it up", how about calling it "Ashford West". What a waste of public money!
Quote: "Or Haymarket Station (there are others) with Platform 0?"
London-King's Cross comes to mind. Probably to avoid having to renumber all platforms. Should have been "1A" in both cases.
At Twickenham, there's only platforms 3, 4 and 5. Again, it's to avoid having to renumber all the platforms.
Last edited by Fairdealfrank; 29th Jun 2013 at 19:50.