On 24/08/2023 13:05, Joe Kerr wrote:
> On 24/08/2023 00:07, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>>
>> On the whole, we don't have signs to distant places, even within
>> Britain: going north, I don't think I've ever seen one for Edinburgh,
>> at least until around Newcastle or beyond (maybe a little south);
>> never seen one for Aberdeen, say. In Germany, almost as soon as you
>> cross from Holland, Berlin appears on the signs (the ones that give
>> distances).
>
> Perhaps we should. My father (I think) was once stopped by a motorist
> somewhere in the viccinty of Spaghetti Junction[1] and asked which was
> the right road for Glasgow. During the conversation my father asked
> where they had come from and was told "Manchester".
>
> [1] A crossroads in Birmingham.

In the 80s, I was a member of a choir going on a singing tour to France.
We travelled overnight in two coaches (it was a large choir) from
Glasgow to Portsmouth from where we were crossing to Cherbourg. My
coach duly arrived, and there was some consternation when the other
coach did not appear.

An hour or so later it did. I spoke to one of my colleagues who was on
it, and he said, "I wasn't asleep, and wondered where we we were. I
spoke to the driver, and asked him if he was sure we were on the right
road for Portsmouth."

"Portsmouth? I thought we were crossing from Plymouth!"

On Thu, 24 Aug 2023 18:09:55 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk>
scrawled in the dust...

>(I am reminded at this point of the old "Harwich for the continent"
>signs, which were usually graffitied with "Frinton for ...")

I only ever heard that one as "Ashford for the continent, Eastbourne for
the incontinent", but I suppose that post dates the Chunnel.
--
Penny
Annoyed by The Archers since 1959

On Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 2:05:15 PM UTC+1, Kate B wrote:
> On 24/08/2023 13:55, krw wrote:
> > On 24.8.23 13:05, Joe Kerr wrote:
> >> On 24/08/2023 00:07, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On the whole, we don't have signs to distant places, even within
> >>> Britain: going north, I don't think I've ever seen one for Edinburgh,
> >>> at least until around Newcastle or beyond (maybe a little south);
> >>> never seen one for Aberdeen, say. In Germany, almost as soon as you
> >>> cross from Holland, Berlin appears on the signs (the ones that give
> >>> distances).
> >>
> >> Perhaps we should. My father (I think) was once stopped by a motorist
> >> somewhere in the viccinty of Spaghetti Junction[1] and asked which was
> >> the right road for Glasgow. During the conversation my father asked
> >> where they had come from and was told "Manchester".
> >>
> >> [1] A crossroads in Birmingham.
> >
> > Whilst roads do indeed cross each other in that vicinity I think to
> > describe the Gravelly Hill Interchange using a form of Italian pasta to
> > be potentially racist and ageist as some people may not be old enough to
> > know the name as well as being misleading as none of the roads are
> > really upset.
> >
> Though none of them go to Glasgow by way of Wigan Pier.

Are we still allowed to talk about Wigan Pier or will we get cancelled?
<https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001pmbn>

Nick
nickodell49@yahoo.ca