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« Reply #15 on: May 20, 2010, 09:59:09 »
If you find yourself in a John Lewis store and they announce a time check, head for the door.  It is, (or certainly used to be), code that a bomb threat had been received.  FGW▸ (First Great Western) also have a code for 'on train staff' to request assistance.
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« Reply #16 on: October 15, 2013, 22:22:14 »
Dragging up an old thread, but I heard "Would Mr Neptune please go to the town centre immediately" at a London Overground station (Willesden Junction) earlier.  Has Inspector Sands had a name change?
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« Reply #17 on: October 15, 2013, 22:33:19 »
At the other end of the scale I was talking to a member of platform staff at a large station the other day when he had a call on his radio.

"Rail 1 to Rail 2, what's the secret code for the mess room door?"   Huh

We did laugh.
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