Limit LCY redemptions to those living in Newham and Greenwich
May 10, 2018, 9:57 am
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Can someone just clarify where the Independent State of Balham fits in? We're zone 3 (I know, the horror), so not far south enough for LGW, not far west enough for LHR, therefore I think we should also be permitted access to LCY redemptions. But obviously only for those of us who are also GCH or above and have a double-barrelled name.
May 10, 2018, 10:04 am
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May 10, 2018, 10:14 am
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Can someone just clarify where the Independent State of Balham fits in? We're zone 3 (I know, the horror), so not far south enough for LGW, not far west enough for LHR, therefore I think we should also be permitted access to LCY redemptions. But obviously only for those of us who are also GCH or above and have a double-barrelled name.
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May 10, 2018, 10:31 am
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Howay man, I think you will find that the airport estate also sits in the county of Northumberland, thank you very much. The boundary goes through the back of the Britannia (their car park is two thirds in Northumberland), and through the long term car park, the carpark office bungalow being just into Newcastle, the rest is in Northumberland.
May 10, 2018, 10:38 am
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Howay man, I think you will find that the airport estate also sits in the county of Northumberland, thank you very much. The boundary goes through the back of the Britannia (their car park is two thirds in Northumberland), and through the long term car park, the carpark office bungalow being just into Newcastle, the rest is in Northumberland.
For the record, Edinburgh is totally in the Edinburgh boundary so only EDI flyers should get EDI redemptions
May 10, 2018, 11:33 am
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May 10, 2018, 11:57 am
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Holders of Clapham passports may transit Balham into and out of Tooting only by using the 155 bus.
May 10, 2018, 12:16 pm
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Does nobody here recognise that “London” is actually a connurbation of “villages”, each with its own culture and traditions?
It is a blob on the map,that expands to meet its own aspirations, without much sense or meaning. HOW did the Richmond, Surrey, of my upbringing metamorphose into something in “South West London”? Whither Middlesex?
It is London CITY airport, and there still remains a CITY of London, with well-beaten boundaries as highlighted upthread. Thus they are conjoined, by title. Any others purporting to be “CITY” dwellers should be forced by the Constabulary, Bailiffs and all other forces of Law, Order and Sanity, to use London GATWICK for a period not exceeding 3 years. (Edit = and London LUTON for repeat offenders)
It is a blob on the map,that expands to meet its own aspirations, without much sense or meaning. HOW did the Richmond, Surrey, of my upbringing metamorphose into something in “South West London”? Whither Middlesex?
It is London CITY airport, and there still remains a CITY of London, with well-beaten boundaries as highlighted upthread. Thus they are conjoined, by title. Any others purporting to be “CITY” dwellers should be forced by the Constabulary, Bailiffs and all other forces of Law, Order and Sanity, to use London GATWICK for a period not exceeding 3 years. (Edit = and London LUTON for repeat offenders)
May 10, 2018, 2:11 pm
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That sounds like cruel and unusual punishment.
May 10, 2018, 2:24 pm
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May 10, 2018, 3:25 pm
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Locals can't afford to go to COWDO's not with the rate of inflation we have here. Just as well, it'll be full of Americans taking advantage of the exchange rate.