London capitals

[E. Zackatackali]

If London boroughs were independent states, I'd like to
think that the neighbourhoods that would be their
capitals (based on transport links, facilities, etc.)
would be:

Barking and Dagenham - Barking
Barnet - Edgware
Bexley - Bexleyheath
Brent - Wembley
Bromley - Bromley
Camden - Camden Town
City - ???
Croydon - Croydon
Ealing - Ealing
Enfield - Enfield Town
Greenwich - Woolwich
Hackney - Hackney
Hammersmith and Fulham - Hammersmith
Haringey - Wood Green
Harrow - Harrow
Havering - Romford
Hillingdon - Uxbridge
Hounslow - Hounslow
Islington - Finsbury Park
Kensington and Chelsea - Chelsea
Kingston-upon-Thames - Kingston
Lambeth - Brixton
Lewisham - Lewisham
Merton - Wimbledon
Newham - Stratford
Redbridge - Ilford
Richmond-upon-Thames - Richmond
Southwark - Peckham
Sutton - Sutton
Tower Hamlets - Whitechapel
Waltham Forest - Walthamstow
Wandsworth - Putney
Westminster - ???

EZ

[Robin May]

Post by E. Zackatackali
If London boroughs were independent states, I'd like to
think that the neighbourhoods that would be their
capitals (based on transport links, facilities, etc.)
Newham - Stratford

Hmm, I'd have said East Ham. It just feels more like the spiritual
heart of Newham. Gosh, I never thought I'd see East Ham described as
anything spiritual, certainly not by me.

[big]

Post by E. Zackatackali
If London boroughs were independent states, I'd like to
think that the neighbourhoods that would be their
capitals (based on transport links, facilities, etc.)
Barking and Dagenham - Barking
Barnet - Edgware
Bexley - Bexleyheath
Brent - Wembley
Bromley - Bromley
Camden - Camden Town
City - ???
Croydon - Croydon
Ealing - Ealing
Enfield - Enfield Town
Greenwich - Woolwich
Hackney - Hackney
Hammersmith and Fulham - Hammersmith
Haringey - Wood Green
Harrow - Harrow
Havering - Romford
Hillingdon - Uxbridge
Hounslow - Hounslow
Islington - Finsbury Park
Kensington and Chelsea - Chelsea
Kingston-upon-Thames - Kingston
Lambeth - Brixton
Lewisham - Lewisham
Merton - Wimbledon
Newham - Stratford
Redbridge - Ilford
Richmond-upon-Thames - Richmond
Southwark - Peckham
Sutton - Sutton
Tower Hamlets - Whitechapel
Waltham Forest - Walthamstow
Wandsworth - Putney
Westminster - ???
EZ

someone has too much time on their hands!!

[John Rowland]

Post by E. Zackatackali
If London boroughs were independent states,
I'd like to think that the neighbourhoods that
would be their capitals (based on transport
Barnet - Edgware

I was in Edgware tonight, and there is nothing of note there. Before LB
Barnet was formed, Edgware was a minor part of the Middlesex Borough of
Hendon. Hendon has more facilities then Edgware in every way. The Broadwalk
Centre versus Brent Cross? One tube station versus a tube station and a
Thameslink station? Edgware's pitiful library versus the massive Hendon
Library?

Post by E. Zackatackali
Camden - Camden Town

The Euston - St Pancras corridor wins hands down over Camden Town.

[Mad Fan]

Post by John Rowland

Post by E. Zackatackali
If London boroughs were independent states,
I'd like to think that the neighbourhoods that
would be their capitals (based on transport
Barnet - Edgware

I was in Edgware tonight, and there is nothing of note there. Before LB
Barnet was formed, Edgware was a minor part of the Middlesex Borough of
Hendon. Hendon has more facilities then Edgware in every way. The Broadwalk
Centre versus Brent Cross? One tube station versus a tube station and a
Thameslink station? Edgware's pitiful library versus the massive Hendon
Library?

Post by E. Zackatackali
Camden - Camden Town

The Euston - St Pancras corridor wins hands down over Camden Town.

Don't talk pish man.
It's got to be Camden Town.
I do however take exception over Finsbury Park being a 'capital' of
Islington - that's got to be Angel surely?
Finsbury Park is where you live if you can't afford N1 or the terribly cool
part of London that is forever Clerkenwell...

[David Constable]

Post by John Rowland

Post by E. Zackatackali
Barnet - Edgware

I was in Edgware tonight, and there is nothing of note there.

The residents of the Barnets (East, New, Friern, Chipping, High) that give
the Borough its name would (continue) to be pissed off about it. It is
already bad enough that we are run from Hendon, but Edgware really is the
pits.

In addition, the fact that due to its position in one corner of the borough,
Edgware sprawls across into Harrow.

Sadly, due to the current administrations obsession with selling EVERY bit
of freehold property it owns anywhere (except Hendon), it is very unlikely
that 'Barnet' will be run from Barnet for many years to come. Anyone know
how much they got for the public toilet and flowerbed (on the traffic island
opposite the Odeon) sold last week?

Dave

[Yanart Amin Ari]

Post by E. Zackatackali
If London boroughs were independent states, I'd like to
think that the neighbourhoods that would be their
capitals (based on transport links, facilities, etc.)
Barking and Dagenham - Barking
Barnet - Edgware
Bexley - Bexleyheath
Brent - Wembley
Bromley - PENGE
Camden - Camden Town
City - ???
Croydon - Croydon
Ealing - Ealing
Enfield - Enfield Town
Greenwich - THAMESMEAD

[Malcolm Knight]

Post by E. Zackatackali
If London boroughs were independent states, I'd like to
think that the neighbourhoods that would be their
capitals (based on transport links, facilities, etc.)
Barking and Dagenham - Barking
Barnet - Edgware
Bexley - Bexleyheath
Brent - Wembley
Bromley - PENGE
Camden - Camden Town
City - ???
Croydon - Croydon
Ealing - Ealing
Enfield - Enfield Town
Greenwich - THAMESMEAD

A huge chunk of Thamesmead isn't within the borough of Greenwich.

[Seanie O'Kilfoyle]

Post by Malcolm Knight

Post by E. Zackatackali
If London boroughs were independent states, I'd like to
think that the neighbourhoods that would be their
capitals (based on transport links, facilities, etc.)
Barking and Dagenham - Barking
Barnet - Edgware
Bexley - Bexleyheath
Brent - Wembley
Bromley - PENGE
Camden - Camden Town
City - ???
Croydon - Croydon
Ealing - Ealing
Enfield - Enfield Town
Greenwich - THAMESMEAD

A huge chunk of Thamesmead isn't within the borough of Greenwich.

So you DO NOT DENY that Costa del Penge is the rightful capital of London

[big]

Post by E. Zackatackali
If London boroughs were independent states, I'd like to
think that the neighbourhoods that would be their
capitals (based on transport links, facilities, etc.)

Barking and Dagenham - PENGE
Barnet - PENGE
Bexley - PENGE
Brent - PENGE
Bromley - PENGE
Camden - PENGE
City - PENGE
Croydon - PENGE
Ealing - PENGE
Enfield - PENGE
Greenwich -PENGE
Hackney - PENGE
Hammersmith and Fulham - PENGE
Haringey - PENGE
Harrow - PENGE
Havering - PENGE
Hillingdon - PENGE
Hounslow - PENGE
Islington - PENGE
Kensington and Chelsea - PENGE
Kingston-upon-Thames - PENGE
Lambeth - PENGE
Lewisham - PENGE
Merton - PENGE
Newham - PENGE
Redbridge -PENGE
Richmond-upon-PENGE
Southwark - PENGE
Sutton - PENGE
Tower Hamlets - PENGE
Waltham Forest - PENGE
Wandsworth - PENGE
Westminster - PENGE

izzernit

[Yanart Amin Ari]

Post by big

Post by E. Zackatackali
If London boroughs were independent states, I'd like to
think that the neighbourhoods that would be their
capitals (based on transport links, facilities, etc.)

Barking and Dagenham - PENGE
Barnet - PENGE
Bexley - PENGE
Brent - PENGE
Bromley - PENGE
Camden - PENGE
City - PENGE
Croydon - PENGE
Ealing - PENGE
Enfield - PENGE
Greenwich -PENGE
Hackney - PENGE
Hammersmith and Fulham - PENGE
Haringey - PENGE
Harrow - PENGE
Havering - PENGE
Hillingdon - PENGE
Hounslow - PENGE
Islington - PENGE
Kensington and Chelsea - PENGE
Kingston-upon-Thames - PENGE
Lambeth - PENGE
Lewisham - PENGE
Merton - PENGE
Newham - PENGE
Redbridge -PENGE
Richmond-upon-PENGE
Southwark - PENGE
Sutton - PENGE
Tower Hamlets - PENGE
Waltham Forest - PENGE
Wandsworth - PENGE
Westminster - PENGE
izzernit

*ROTFLMFAO*

Nice one bigfellah

Like yer shtyle !

[Zobo Kolonie]

Post by Yanart Amin Ari

Post by big

Post by E. Zackatackali
If London boroughs were independent states, I'd like to
think that the neighbourhoods that would be their
capitals (based on transport links, facilities, etc.)

Barking and Dagenham - PENGE
Barnet - PENGE
Bexley - PENGE
Brent - PENGE
Bromley - PENGE
Camden - PENGE
City - PENGE
Croydon - PENGE
Ealing - PENGE
Enfield - PENGE
Greenwich -PENGE
Hackney - PENGE
Hammersmith and Fulham - PENGE
Haringey - PENGE
Harrow - PENGE
Havering - PENGE
Hillingdon - PENGE
Hounslow - PENGE
Islington - PENGE
Kensington and Chelsea - PENGE
Kingston-upon-Thames - PENGE
Lambeth - PENGE
Lewisham - PENGE
Merton - PENGE
Newham - PENGE
Redbridge -PENGE
Richmond-upon-PENGE
Southwark - PENGE
Sutton - PENGE
Tower Hamlets - PENGE
Waltham Forest - PENGE
Wandsworth - PENGE
Westminster - PENGE
izzernit

*ROTFLMFAO*
Nice one bigfellah
Like yer shtyle !

So come the revolution we'll know where to attack first. PENGE :-)
--
ZK - When I die accelerate my body to light speed, I always wanted a burial
at c

[Tom Anderson]

Post by Zobo Kolonie

Post by Yanart Amin Ari

Post by big

Post by E. Zackatackali
If London boroughs were independent states, I'd like to
think that the neighbourhoods that would be their
capitals (based on transport links, facilities, etc.)

Barking and Dagenham - PENGE

etc

Post by Zobo Kolonie

Post by Yanart Amin Ari
Nice one bigfellah
Like yer shtyle !

So come the revolution we'll know where to attack first. PENGE :-)

no no no - Penge is where the glorious revolution will *begin!*

tom

[big]

Post by Yanart Amin Ari

Post by big

Post by E. Zackatackali
If London boroughs were independent states, I'd like to
think that the neighbourhoods that would be their
capitals (based on transport links, facilities, etc.)

Barking and Dagenham - PENGE
Barnet - PENGE
Bexley - PENGE
Brent - PENGE
Bromley - PENGE
Camden - PENGE
City - PENGE
Croydon - PENGE
Ealing - PENGE
Enfield - PENGE
Greenwich -PENGE
Hackney - PENGE
Hammersmith and Fulham - PENGE
Haringey - PENGE
Harrow - PENGE
Havering - PENGE
Hillingdon - PENGE
Hounslow - PENGE
Islington - PENGE
Kensington and Chelsea - PENGE
Kingston-upon-Thames - PENGE
Lambeth - PENGE
Lewisham - PENGE
Merton - PENGE
Newham - PENGE
Redbridge -PENGE
Richmond-upon-PENGE
Southwark - PENGE
Sutton - PENGE
Tower Hamlets - PENGE
Waltham Forest - PENGE
Wandsworth - PENGE
Westminster - PENGE
izzernit

*ROTFLMFAO*
Nice one bigfellah
Like yer shtyle !

thx

[Zobo Kolonie]

Post by E. Zackatackali
If London boroughs were independent states, I'd like to
think that the neighbourhoods that would be their
capitals (based on transport links, facilities, etc.)
Barking and Dagenham - Barking
Barnet - Edgware
Bexley - Bexleyheath
Brent - Wembley
Bromley - PENGE
Camden - Camden Town
City - ???
Croydon - Croydon
Ealing - Ealing
Enfield - Enfield Town
Greenwich - THAMESMEAD

A fair chunk of which is (was?) in LB Bexley akshually.
--
ZK - When I die accelerate my body to light speed, I always wanted a burial
at c

[Seanie O'Kilfoyle]

Post by Zobo Kolonie

Post by E. Zackatackali
Greenwich - THAMESMEAD

A fair chunk of which is (was?) in LB Bexley akshually.

Isn't she a teacher nowadays ?

[Dave Arquati]

Post by E. Zackatackali
If London boroughs were independent states, I'd like to
think that the neighbourhoods that would be their
capitals (based on transport links, facilities, etc.)

(snip)

Post by E. Zackatackali
Kensington and Chelsea - Chelsea

They don't actually *do* anything from Chelsea and it's all a bit *too*
posh anyway :-) Got to be Kensington - the Town Hall is quite
impressive... (or at least I thought so). And Kensington High Street
still sounds reasonably classy but still reasonably affordable... Oh,
and much better transport than Chelsea (no tube at all!).

[Mad Fan]

Post by Dave Arquati

Post by E. Zackatackali
If London boroughs were independent states, I'd like to
think that the neighbourhoods that would be their
capitals (based on transport links, facilities, etc.)

(snip)

Post by E. Zackatackali
Kensington and Chelsea - Chelsea

They don't actually *do* anything from Chelsea and it's all a bit *too*
posh anyway :-) Got to be Kensington - the Town Hall is quite
impressive... (or at least I thought so). And Kensington High Street
still sounds reasonably classy but still reasonably affordable... Oh,
and much better transport than Chelsea (no tube at all!).

I think you'll find there's plenty of tubes in Chelsea! (Scottish joke ..)

[arachedeux]

Post by E. Zackatackali
If London boroughs were independent states, I'd like to
think that the neighbourhoods that would be their
capitals (based on transport links, facilities, etc.)
Westminster - ???

The secret tube line under the commons.
What no Mornington Crescent collective?
cheers,

[Peter]

I prefer:
Lambeth - Waterloo
Southwark - Borough
Islington - Highbury

P

Post by E. Zackatackali
If London boroughs were independent states, I'd like to
think that the neighbourhoods that would be their
capitals (based on transport links, facilities, etc.)
Barking and Dagenham - Barking
Barnet - Edgware
Bexley - Bexleyheath
Brent - Wembley
Bromley - Bromley
Camden - Camden Town
City - ???
Croydon - Croydon
Ealing - Ealing
Enfield - Enfield Town
Greenwich - Woolwich
Hackney - Hackney
Hammersmith and Fulham - Hammersmith
Haringey - Wood Green
Harrow - Harrow
Havering - Romford
Hillingdon - Uxbridge
Hounslow - Hounslow
Islington - Finsbury Park
Kensington and Chelsea - Chelsea
Kingston-upon-Thames - Kingston
Lambeth - Brixton
Lewisham - Lewisham
Merton - Wimbledon
Newham - Stratford
Redbridge - Ilford
Richmond-upon-Thames - Richmond
Southwark - Peckham
Sutton - Sutton
Tower Hamlets - Whitechapel
Waltham Forest - Walthamstow
Wandsworth - Putney
Westminster - ???
EZ

[Mad Fan]

Post by Peter
Lambeth - Waterloo
Southwark - Borough
Islington - Highbury

Doesn't some French team play at Highbury?

[E. Zackatackali]

Post by Peter
Lambeth - Waterloo
Southwark - Borough
Islington - Highbury

Eh? Waterloo doesn't have much of a 'town centre' feel to it -
most people only think of it as a railway station. As for
Borough, I doubt if people even know that it exists.

EZ

[Jonn Elledge]

Post by E. Zackatackali

Post by Peter
Lambeth - Waterloo
Southwark - Borough
Islington - Highbury

Eh? Waterloo doesn't have much of a 'town centre' feel to it -
most people only think of it as a railway station. As for
Borough, I doubt if people even know that it exists.

I think this is the problem with a lot of the inner boroughs that spill into
central London. Peckham is obviously the most important town centre in
Southwark - but I've lived in the borough two years and never been there
except to visit friends. In terms of where I consider to be my local centre,
it's definitely the southbank (which is closer, but only marginally so). The
north and south ends of boroughs like Southwark, Lambeth, Camden and
Islington have very different feels to them, as the city centre turns into
inner London. What is a simple matter of "where's the most important town
centre" in the suburbs is more complex - because for large portions of these
boroughs, the local centre is the centre of town itself.

[Yanart Amin Ari]

Post by Jonn Elledge

Post by E. Zackatackali

Post by Peter
Lambeth - Waterloo
Southwark - Borough
Islington - Highbury

Eh? Waterloo doesn't have much of a 'town centre' feel to it -
most people only think of it as a railway station. As for
Borough, I doubt if people even know that it exists.

I think this is the problem with a lot of the inner boroughs that spill into
central London. Peckham is obviously the most important town centre in
Southwark -

Aiiiiyyyy if you iz a druggie, for real

[Yanart Amin Ari]

Post by E. Zackatackali

Post by Peter
Lambeth - Waterloo
Southwark - Borough
Islington - Highbury

Eh? Waterloo doesn't have much of a 'town centre' feel to it -
most people only think of it as a railway station. As for
Borough, I doubt if people even know that it exists.

Which Borough are we referring to ?

[Phil Clark]

On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 03:50:25 -0000, "Yanart Amin Ari"

Post by Yanart Amin Ari
Which Borough are we referring to ?

*The* Borough. West of London Bridge station, has its own Tube
station (Northern Line), home to Borough Market and a number of
excellent pubs. Although where Borough ends and Southwark begins I'm
not quite sure.

[Jonn Elledge]

Post by Phil Clark
On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 03:50:25 -0000, "Yanart Amin Ari"

Post by Yanart Amin Ari
Which Borough are we referring to ?

*The* Borough. West of London Bridge station, has its own Tube
station (Northern Line), home to Borough Market and a number of
excellent pubs. Although where Borough ends and Southwark begins I'm
not quite sure.

I tend to think of Borough as a subset of Southwark these days, since the
area that was once called Southwark tends to be referred to as Bankside.
Today's Southwark seems to consist of Borough and Bankside, and by some
definitions (mainly those based on the boundaries of the old borough, and
trying to disguise the location of the following districts) Walworth and the
Elephant too.

Jonn

[Gordon Joly]

Post by Phil Clark
On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 03:50:25 -0000, "Yanart Amin Ari"

Post by Yanart Amin Ari
Which Borough are we referring to ?

*The* Borough. West of London Bridge station, has its own Tube
station (Northern Line), home to Borough Market and a number of
excellent pubs. Although where Borough ends and Southwark begins I'm
not quite sure.

Indeed....

As you say, for Borough Market go to London Bridge station(s). No
sense in going to Borough on the Northern Line and walking from
there... unless you want a pint at "The Royal Oak", the only Harvey's
pub in London:-)

Gordo

[Peter]

Well - I suppose it depends what you look for in a capital

Waterloo has the Station, the National Theatre, National Film Theatre,
Hayward Gallery, Lower Marsh shopping area etc.

Borough has Borough Market and Southwark Cathedral

both sound like a capital to me

responsing to various comments

[Nice But Dim]

With the current influx of eastern Europeans into Hillingdon the
Capital would be more likely to be Warsaw than Uxbridge !

NBD


On Tue, 2 Mar 2004 22:33:59 -0000, "E. Zackatackali"

Post by E. Zackatackali
If London boroughs were independent states, I'd like to
think that the neighbourhoods that would be their
capitals (based on transport links, facilities, etc.)
Barking and Dagenham - Barking
Barnet - Edgware
Bexley - Bexleyheath
Brent - Wembley
Bromley - Bromley
Camden - Camden Town
City - ???
Croydon - Croydon
Ealing - Ealing
Enfield - Enfield Town
Greenwich - Woolwich
Hackney - Hackney
Hammersmith and Fulham - Hammersmith
Haringey - Wood Green
Harrow - Harrow
Havering - Romford
Hillingdon - Uxbridge
Hounslow - Hounslow
Islington - Finsbury Park
Kensington and Chelsea - Chelsea
Kingston-upon-Thames - Kingston
Lambeth - Brixton
Lewisham - Lewisham
Merton - Wimbledon
Newham - Stratford
Redbridge - Ilford
Richmond-upon-Thames - Richmond
Southwark - Peckham
Sutton - Sutton
Tower Hamlets - Whitechapel
Waltham Forest - Walthamstow
Wandsworth - Putney
Westminster - ???
EZ

[Graham J]

Post by E. Zackatackali
If London boroughs were independent states, I'd like to
think that the neighbourhoods that would be their
capitals (based on transport links, facilities, etc.)

If London boroughs were independent states you'd probably see a new world
record for the most civil wars within the smallest area.

Post by E. Zackatackali
Enfield - Enfield Town

Here being a case in point. The A10 would be the no man's land between the
front lines.

Regardless of where the Civic Centre was plonked (and really that should
have been in Edmonton Green), it should never have been the named the
borough of Enfield in the first place. The borough of Southgate was in the
parish of Edmonton for a long time and the whole of the parish of Enfield
and a lot more besides was part of the hundred of Edmonton. The church has
the Bishop of Edmonton. Seems to me that Edmonton was the most appropriate
choice.

[Zobo Kolonie]

Post by E. Zackatackali
If London boroughs were independent states, I'd like to
think that the neighbourhoods that would be their
capitals (based on transport links, facilities, etc.)
Barking and Dagenham - Barking
Barnet - Edgware
Bexley - Bexleyheath

Why not Old Bexley?

Post by E. Zackatackali
Brent - Wembley
Bromley - Bromley

Already is the adminitrative centre of the borough IIRC (I used to live in
LB Bromley).

Post by E. Zackatackali
Camden - Camden Town
City - ???
Croydon - Croydon
Ealing - Ealing
Enfield - Enfield Town
Greenwich - Woolwich

Whut?
Yes indeed Peggy Middleton House (LB Greenwich place) is in Woolwich but
anyone with an ounce of common sense would nuke Woolwich from orbit and make
Greenwich the 'capital' (I went to polytechnic in Woolwich therefor I know
of which I write).

Post by E. Zackatackali
Hackney - Hackney
Hammersmith and Fulham - Hammersmith
Haringey - Wood Green
Harrow - Harrow
Havering - Romford
Hillingdon - Uxbridge
Hounslow - Hounslow
Islington - Finsbury Park
Kensington and Chelsea - Chelsea
Kingston-upon-Thames - Kingston
Lambeth - Brixton
Lewisham - Lewisham
Merton - Wimbledon
Newham - Stratford
Redbridge - Ilford
Richmond-upon-Thames - Richmond

Funny that, I'd agree, but currently the administrative centre is actually
Twickenham (I live in LB Richmond).

Post by E. Zackatackali
Southwark - Peckham
Sutton - Sutton
Tower Hamlets - Whitechapel
Waltham Forest - Walthamstow
Wandsworth - Putney
Westminster - ???

--
ZK - When I die accelerate my body to light speed, I always wanted a burial
at c

[Andy]

Have you ever read anything so *parochial*?

Post by E. Zackatackali
If London boroughs were independent states, I'd like to
think that the neighbourhoods that would be their
capitals (based on transport links, facilities, etc.)
Barking and Dagenham - Barking
Barnet - Edgware
Bexley - Bexleyheath
Brent - Wembley
Bromley - Bromley
Camden - Camden Town
City - ???
Croydon - Croydon
Ealing - Ealing
Enfield - Enfield Town
Greenwich - Woolwich
Hackney - Hackney
Hammersmith and Fulham - Hammersmith
Haringey - Wood Green
Harrow - Harrow
Havering - Romford
Hillingdon - Uxbridge
Hounslow - Hounslow
Islington - Finsbury Park
Kensington and Chelsea - Chelsea
Kingston-upon-Thames - Kingston
Lambeth - Brixton
Lewisham - Lewisham
Merton - Wimbledon
Newham - Stratford
Redbridge - Ilford
Richmond-upon-Thames - Richmond
Southwark - Peckham
Sutton - Sutton
Tower Hamlets - Whitechapel
Waltham Forest - Walthamstow
Wandsworth - Putney
Westminster - ???
EZ

[Tom Anderson]

Post by Andy
Have you ever read anything so *parochial*?

nah, mate - it's about boroughs, not parishes, innit.

THERE.

tom