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Title: One word in another - Corby in Corbyn Post by: grahame on February 23, 2019, 09:25:40 Ten years ago today, Corby station re-opened. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-47337015
Quote A railway station opened 10 years ago has made a "massive" difference to a town that was once the largest in the UK not to have one, an MP said. Corby station opened on 23 February 2009 with a service of one train a day to and from London ahead of the launch of a full service two months later. MP Tom Pursglove said the station had "boosted jobs in our local economy". The MP and rail staff cut into a birthday cake at a ceremony to celebrate the anniversary. Searching for a thread to follow up on with this story (the Coffee Shop has been open longer than the current Corby station) I found references drowned out by the antics of a chap called Jeremy Corbyn. Yeah, I know our search needs improvement. Anyone else come across one word / name in another? Anyone care to quote the 'classic' examples for new readers? Title: Re: One word in another - Corby in Corbyn Post by: plymothian on February 23, 2019, 11:27:59 Scunthorpe
Title: Re: One word in another - Corby in Corbyn Post by: JayMac on February 23, 2019, 11:34:20 Huddersfield
Title: Re: One word in another - Corby in Corbyn Post by: TaplowGreen on February 23, 2019, 12:17:42 Scunthorpe ......certainly appropriate in the Corbyn context! 😂 Title: Re: One word in another - Corby in Corbyn Post by: IndustryInsider on February 23, 2019, 12:33:09 Scunthorpe ......certainly appropriate in the Corbyn context! 😂 You forgot to highlight the letters, TG? ;) Title: Re: One word in another - Corby in Corbyn Post by: Surrey 455 on February 23, 2019, 12:46:51 The train service through your local station is a Melksham
Title: Re: One word in another - Corby in Corbyn Post by: martyjon on February 23, 2019, 13:08:11 I ate on my train from Yate.
Title: Re: One word in another - Corby in Corbyn Post by: Clan Line on February 23, 2019, 13:24:15 Lots of station names inside others:
acton bridge basingstoke ardwick chorleywood rochester Title: Re: One word in another - Corby in Corbyn Post by: martyjon on February 23, 2019, 13:25:45 There's a heavy weight in Southampton, maybe its the weight of the Southampton sandwich filling for that long rail journey Southampton on a train drawing a single Southampton.
Title: Re: One word in another - Corby in Corbyn Post by: martyjon on February 23, 2019, 13:44:14 Lots of station names inside others: acton bridge basingstoke ardwick chorleywood rochester as well as ;- acton bridge basingstoke chorleywood Title: Re: One word in another - Corby in Corbyn Post by: RA on February 23, 2019, 20:36:58 Lots of station names inside others: acton bridge basingstoke ardwick chorleywood rochester Parkstone gives you two for the price of one. Title: Re: One word in another - Corby in Corbyn Post by: grahame on February 23, 2019, 20:47:40 Parkstone gives you two for the price of one. Tickets to / from Par have an "*" on the end to stop Title: Re: One word in another - Corby in Corbyn Post by: Richard Fairhurst on February 23, 2019, 20:53:10 Or Paris Gare du Nord?
Title: Re: One word in another - Corby in Corbyn Post by: Surrey 455 on February 24, 2019, 00:58:23 There are two West Hams on the Jubilee line.
West Ham to the east & West Hampstead to the North. Title: Re: One word in another - Corby in Corbyn Post by: PhilWakely on February 24, 2019, 10:09:37 .....
Title: Re: One word in another - Corby in Corbyn Post by: stuving on February 24, 2019, 10:33:25 Returning to the original idea, I'm surprised we've not had this one, if only to meet the requirement for platform balance:
Maybole Going back a bit, there are several more on similar lines... Davenport (or Camelon?) Blair Atholl Smitham Llantwit Major Croftfoot Eden Park ...and even... Gobowen British Steel Redcar ...with a special encore by popular request for Scunthorpe Title: Re: One word in another - Corby in Corbyn Post by: grahame on February 24, 2019, 10:45:21 Returning to the original idea ... Not quite - I gave you a needle in a haystack and I think you have given me a haystack in a needle. Title: Re: One word in another - Corby in Corbyn Post by: chuffed on February 24, 2019, 12:34:26 My home town, Port-is-head gives you three for the price of one !
If you really want to stretch the point of the original post you could have We... West...ton...sup... per....ma...mar....mare all without rearranging any letters ! Title: Re: One word in another - Corby in Corbyn Post by: stuving on February 24, 2019, 12:39:29 Lots of station names inside others: acton bridge basingstoke ardwick chorleywood rochester Round here we're greedy, and have two in ours: Wokingham Wokingham Title: Re: One word in another - Corby in Corbyn Post by: stuving on February 24, 2019, 14:29:46 Returning to the original idea ... Not quite - I gave you a needle in a haystack and I think you have given me a haystack in a needle. Hmmm - the question as posed was ambi...whatever. And the rider was slanted the other way - unless you do think there are well-known examples of rude words containing station names (and not just innuendos; far too easy). But back in the sheep-fold, all we've got is Ashdown. PS: for personalities floreatting before Beeching, are we allowed the longer list of contemporary station names? Title: Re: One word in another - Corby in Corbyn Post by: grahame on February 24, 2019, 15:01:59 PS: for personalities floreatting before Beeching, are we allowed the longer list of contmporary station names? Hey - it's the lighter side - frankly almost anything goes! Title: Re: One word in another - Corby in Corbyn Post by: TonyK on February 24, 2019, 15:03:13 Scunthorpe That one foxed the first issue of spam and virus protection at the House of Commons. The member for Scunthorpe (I think a Mr Morley) wondered why he wasn't getting any emails, weeks after everybody else started receiving them. Title: Re: One word in another - Corby in Corbyn Post by: Clan Line on February 24, 2019, 16:18:19 Let's go a bit further afield................ ::)
"One word in another"............it has a rail museum too ! Title: Re: One word in another - Corby in Corbyn Post by: Bmblbzzz on February 24, 2019, 16:22:24 Lots of station names inside others: acton bridge basingstoke ardwick chorleywood rochester Parkstone gives you two for the price of one. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |