Great Western Coffee Shop

Where on the FGW can you find something very Parisian (its not edible)

Newport claims its own "Left Bank" - http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Newport.aspx

See I saw left bank and read Persian not parisian and immediately thought of Israel and the middle east for some god only knows reason

A copy of Le Metro left on every seat.

It's not outside the railway boundary
Something with of little more substance

Anything made by alstom

Montpelier?

Are you trying to warn us of a strike?

That is not very Parisian more Med coast

Staff being rude to any Japanese tourists they happen to encounter?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/6197921.stm

A lot of people will see this every day but pay very little attention to it

I still say it's the Metro.

Not the Metro, its something longer lasting, more substantial, some would say a better to look at and you can wrap your chips in it

The clue is here http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/7047.aspx (http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/7047.aspx)

The clock?

This one?  http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7202193.htm
 :D ;D

Yeah that one.
Heres an idea I might just submit to FGW. Charge a supplement of ^15 to everyone's season ticket and give them a free clock. They might just actually for a change turn up on time and not delay trains further by running at the last min!

The Lawn and concourse remodelling was designed by Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners, in conjunction with Rodney Fitch, the management contractor was Taylor Woodrow and the steelwork, including the reinstatement of the ornamental gable scrollwork, was by Eiffel.

Ahh...that does indeed sound very Parisian. Although...


...am I suffering from an imagination failure here? I've never tried wrapping my chips in ornamental gable scrollwork!

Yes ... that 'clue' rather confused me, too!  :o

Is this what we are talking about?

(http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/bignosemac/IMG_0093.jpg)

Bit of a typo on my part  :-[  :-[

Ther very thing

explain

And to think I was going to include that very image in my recent picture quiz (http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=8092.msg81882#msg81882)! Plumped for the GWR logo on the pavement outside the Paddington Hilton instead.  ;)

The iron scroll work was designed by Gustave Eiffel

And a fine piece of work it is as well. Top marks Monsieur Eiffel!

I've travelled to and from Paddington countless times and never really noticed that gable screen before. I had, just before taking that photo, snapped away at a brace of HSTs on the platforms then turned around and noticed the Christmas tree. Whilst composing a shot of said tree I noticed the screen above The Lawn and was slightly taken aback by it. I think the light was just right for me to really notice it.

One of my favourite pictures from recent travels on the FGW network.

"Eh: Mon Dieu!", you no doubt thought, (continuing the Parisian theme here)  ;) ::) :P

Um, actually my French isn't that good. "Blimey O'Reilly!", is probably closer to what I thought.  ;) ::) :P

The entrance hall of the long demolished 2 BBR (Bishops Bridge Road) had a fantastic GWR roundal mosaic, shame as I do not think it was rescued

Yes, a shame; I bet that, too, was an eyeful?  :P :-[ ::)

*Groan*

Have another glass of red, Chris, and keep working on those puns!  :P :P :P