Wycombe from A-Z: L is for London Road (From Bucks Free Press)
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Wycombe from A-Z: L is for London Road
12:51am Sunday 8th July 2012 in Blogs By ivor
London Road looking towards Wycombe town centre.
After struggling to find something in Wycombe to match the letter 'L' the best yours truly could come up with 'London Road'.
Linking Wycombe with the nearby town of Beaconsfield, Gerrards Cross, Denham and onto the capital London Road is very important to Wycombe indeed over the years is has been one of the major transport arteries that has helped our town to become what it is today.
The road was so busy that at one time the stretch from Denham to Wycombe was home to no less than five toll houses or turnpikes. The turnpikes on the London Road were first erected from 1719 onwards.
Wycombe's toll house on the London road survived in various forms until 1978 when it was dismantled and moved to the Chiltern Open Air Museum at Chalfont. In 1970 a collision from a car demolished part of the derelict historic structure. (See link below from the Sharing Wycombe's Old Photographs – SWOP – site).
Today London Road forms part of the A40 which is a 256 mile long trunk road stretching from London to Fishguard originally designated in 1923.
The rise of the motor vehicle lead to the construction of the M40 to by pass Wycombe which opened in 1967 however despite the motorway the London Road is still a busy road especially when there is an accident on the motorway.
Until as recently as the late 1960's London Road was nowhere near as wide as it is now.
Around 1967 a road widening programme was instigated to upgrade the carriageway resulting in the demolition of buildings on the southern side including Pann Mill and the associated mill house.
As Wycombe grew houses spring up alongside London Road eventually lining the entire road as far a Loudwater resulting in Loudwater being consumed into the built up suburban area of Wycombe.
The fine Victorian town houses that line the road reflect the status and importance of not only Wycombe but also of the London Road itself.
Today there are several business parks, out of town shops and other commercial premises together with sporting venues such as the Wycombe Cricket Club sited along this prestigious thoroughfare.
In recent years a bus lane was added to the road however confusion as to when the lane in in operation and a lackadaisical attitude to fining anyone who drives in the lane illegally has all but rendered the lane pointless.
What do you think?
LINKS.
(SWOP) London Road Toll House: http://apps.buckscc.gov.uk/projects/swop/swop.asp?page=singleRecordFromSimpleSearch&mwsquery=({phrases}=~{04096})&x=.
(SWOP) Pann Mill in 1967: http://apps.buckscc.gov.uk/projects/swop/swop.asp?page=singleRecordFromSimpleSearch&mwsquery=({phrases}=~{04128})*x=.
*Maybe you would like to suggest other suitable topics for letters of the alphabet? If you have any ideas on what you think the letter 'M' should stand for just leave a comment and let me know.
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Comments (62)
7:15am Sun 8 Jul 12
daemonite says...
5:16pm Sun 8 Jul 12
Morag says...
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Looking back, maybe this was when Ivor got paranoid that I was after his job and that explains his reaction to the Bucks Freedom Press. So wrong.
10:18pm Sun 8 Jul 12
ivor says...
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The building you refer to is the entrance lodge and Gates to Rayners Estate which was the home of Sir Philip Rose.
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Maybe I should devote an entire blog to this building of interest?
10:19pm Sun 8 Jul 12
ivor says...
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Thank you for your valued comment.
8:59pm Mon 9 Jul 12
ImpeturbableLawrence says...
Did you shake your head sadly and wisely when you said ‘so wrong’ at the vanity and mistakenness of other people?
How seriously you take your absurd jottings and snappings in the Fem-Dom press – I don’t remember ivor worrying about you taking his job. I remember he objected to you using his blog to publicise your own.
Maybe he also didn’t want to be associated with someone who so untalented who spent so much time calling names at other people (including the editor of this paper – remember Steve the chicken?) and being complimented by other, equally stupid, middle-aged schoolgirls, for her wit and ‘aptness’.
Why is it called the ‘Bucks Freedom Press’ – what is it free FROM – humour – wit - a sense of proportion?
9:24pm Mon 9 Jul 12
ImpeturbableLawrence says...
Or maybe he was offended by the crass discourtesy of discussing him with Steve Cohen and letting him know about it afterwards:
‘Ivor has been informed of the decision although his reaction is not yet known.’
(http://bucksfreedom
press.blogspot.co.uk
/2012_04_01_archive.
html)
9:26am Wed 11 Jul 12
smuggles says...
I cant believe they still give you a forum to write this rubbish........Loudw
ater? And that's without even trying.
4:31pm Wed 11 Jul 12
Lorrainej says...
5:12pm Wed 11 Jul 12
clairebear89 says...
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I half-missed you and your hotheaded ranting (I assume the imperturbable is ironic), only to realise on your return how much I dislike you. I note you’re no longer writing S.E.X at the start of Ivor’s blogs, did someone tell you off for that? Such a shame because your wit, humour and insight is a much missed aspect of this blog. Don’t see why you hate Morag and her blog so much. You claim never to have read it and yet seem to have all sorts of opinions on what it lacks. Ivor too for that matter. Sure, they're not perfect, but why so much bile?
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Perhaps you should write your own blog and see how we like it? It’ll give you something constructive to do. I am convinced there is an intelligent person under there somewhere.
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The life of a troll is an unhappy one, you must take care of your blood pressure. (I wondered whether you might have died).
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Welcome back.
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love from The Bucks New Uni Mouseketeers: Claire, Resma, Abby and Stuart.
7:05pm Wed 11 Jul 12
ivor says...
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I think a lot of people enjoy my blogs and I do not intend to stop writing them.
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If only you had suggest Loudwater a week ago I would have written a blog on the topic.
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There haven't been any suggestions for the letter 'M' and time is running out....
7:05pm Wed 11 Jul 12
ivor says...
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At least we know Lawrence is all right and nothing has happened to him. I was starting to get rather concerned for his welfare....
7:05pm Wed 11 Jul 12
ivor says...
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I too have realised how much I miss Lawrence as he did bring a certain something to the blog.
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I can assure you that writing a blog is a very difficult thing and it takes lots of time doing the research then writing the outline fo the blog and finally the proof-reading and publication.
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At least we know that Lawrence is safe and hopefully well and that noting untoward has happened to him.
8:52pm Wed 11 Jul 12
Ivor Medium One says...
I haven’t expressed an opinion about the FemDom blog except for the first one. I recently asked why it was called after freedom and what it was ‘free’ from. I would have thought that someone who anonymously calls other people jackasses chickens and dinosaurs is more of a troll than me - none of my stuff was directed at Margo until she got on my case and ivor has said he has no problems with what I have said about him.
If you dislike me so much then why don’t you and the other mice go to the University library and do some course reading?
8:55pm Wed 11 Jul 12
ImpeturbableLawrence says...
9:29pm Wed 11 Jul 12
MrsStape says...
9:35pm Wed 11 Jul 12
ivor says...
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I am pleased to hear that you blood pressure is below average.
9:35pm Wed 11 Jul 12
ivor says...
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That wasn't a very nice thing to say....
9:35pm Wed 11 Jul 12
ivor says...
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I suppose its better than having a small one....
9:36pm Wed 11 Jul 12
ImpeturbableLawrence says...
9:41pm Wed 11 Jul 12
ImpeturbableLawrence says...
(Medium is good enough for most practical purposes.
9:43pm Wed 11 Jul 12
ivor says...
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I guess it depends what you are referring to....
9:55pm Wed 11 Jul 12
ImpeturbableLawrence says...
9:57pm Wed 11 Jul 12
ivor says...
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Ah, you were referring to the dimensions of your billiard table....
10:05pm Wed 11 Jul 12
ImpeturbableLawrence says...
Loudwater is an interesting local placename and not for explanation given in the EPNS Buckinghamshire Place Names entry.
A lot of ivor’s blogs are about fascinating subjects ruined by his ignorance of place names and local history – the London Road is a late 18th century creation (or relocation) and Desborough Road predates the town itself and may even be 2,000 years old – none of this is ever referred to in his blog.
This is to say nothing about errors of fact.
10:08pm Wed 11 Jul 12
ivor says...
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Unfortunately I am not a great scholar, if you knew how difficult it is for me to research and write my blogs you would be feeling pity for me and not giving criticism in fact for someone in my condition its amazing that a blog gets written at all....
10:44pm Wed 11 Jul 12
ImpeturbableLawrence says...
7:34am Thu 12 Jul 12
Lorrainej says...
9:26am Thu 12 Jul 12
smuggles says...
Loudwater was once served by the High Wycombe to Bourne End railway line, the station being situated at the bottom of Treadaway Hill. The line and station closed in 1970.
Does anyone else know how to operate copy and paste from Wiki?
9:28am Thu 12 Jul 12
smuggles says...
"Loudwater is home to several retail and industrial concerns - a large Tesco supermarket, the world's largest envelope supplier,an industrial estate, a small retail park, a Brewers Fayre motel and also the office of the local newspaper, the Bucks Free Press."
9:41am Thu 12 Jul 12
Lorrainej says...
11:32am Thu 12 Jul 12
Edna_Welthorpe_ says...
I wonder if Mr Crisp ever met a Bigun during his time here?
11:44am Thu 12 Jul 12
Lorrainej says...
11:51am Thu 12 Jul 12
Edna_Welthorpe_ says...
12:28pm Thu 12 Jul 12
Ivor'sbestfriend says...
1:23pm Thu 12 Jul 12
Lorrainej says...
1:56pm Thu 12 Jul 12
u5r23 says...
This series of blogs really is turning into 'Wycombe from A-Zzzzzzz'
2:33pm Thu 12 Jul 12
ImpeturbableLawrence says...
2:38pm Thu 12 Jul 12
ImpeturbableLawrence says...
Here I hope I'm not drowning you out again.
2:45pm Thu 12 Jul 12
MrsStape says...
2:50pm Thu 12 Jul 12
Ivor'sbestfriend says...
You are far too obvious to ever be accused of trolling. Anyone who gets wound up by your posts needs to take a long look at themselves in a mirror.
3:01pm Thu 12 Jul 12
Clyde the Retired Police Horse says...
Nobody asked you to come on here and attack me - which one of us needs to look in the mirror?
3:02pm Thu 12 Jul 12
Edna_Welthorpe_ says...
3:05pm Thu 12 Jul 12
Clyde the Retired Police Horse says...
I have asked this question and mocked the name several times but now I realise that all along - oooh - you needed a complete blog to 'free' yourselves of me! A completely censored blog!
Thank you - I didn't realise how powerful I was!
3:16pm Thu 12 Jul 12
ImpeturbableLawrence says...
It's obvious you all want to be in charge and regard disagreement or even speaking without permission as trolling.
Dated language apart are you quite sure it’s not the Fem Dom Press?
3:20pm Thu 12 Jul 12
MrsStape says...
3:28pm Thu 12 Jul 12
Ivor'sbestfriend says...
Trolling has nothing to do with insulting people, that's too obvious, that would mean the troll has lost it's temper and has itself been trolled.
The troll is calm and calculating, the troll never loses it's cool. It waits until this opportune moment to strike with the perfect comment designed to subtly enrage and cause others to spend hours of their time pointlessly arguing with someone who really doesn't care.
3:37pm Thu 12 Jul 12
Lorrainej says...
3:38pm Thu 12 Jul 12
ImpeturbableLawrence says...
3:54pm Thu 12 Jul 12
Ivor'sbestfriend says...
You don't get your latest information on what the cool kids are doing from the BBC by any chance do you?
3:55pm Thu 12 Jul 12
Ivor'sbestfriend says...
http://d24w6bsrhbeh9
d.cloudfront.net/pho
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4:53pm Thu 12 Jul 12
ImpeturbableLawrence says...
4:57pm Thu 12 Jul 12
ImpeturbableLawrence says...
Now just answer the question - don't give me web references so I can 'find out for myself' - just answer the question - I asked you to
' ... tell us what YOU know (if anything) - I would have guessed you were too ignorant to be able to comment on the knowledge or lack of it on other people's part. '
4:59pm Thu 12 Jul 12
Lorrainej says...
5:02pm Thu 12 Jul 12
Ivor'sbestfriend says...
I'll now stop listening to anything you have to say about the internet.
I know quite a lot of things, and trying to write all of it down would take far too much time, sorry old chap.
5:15pm Thu 12 Jul 12
ImpeturbableLawrence says...
3:05pm Fri 13 Jul 12
Edna_Welthorpe_ says...
What's your beef, blud? Is ma language not 2 ur likin bro? I am bare sorry for dat. FWIW, I ain't cussin on you, ya get me? Say wat eva u like, dnt mean a ting to me. Say it how u plz, dn't bother me. BUT u always hittin on da women, saying 'dat betch she lyke a skool gal' or 'that cow she a middle age skool gurl' n dismissin a woman cos her age or her how u judge her intellect. Why is u always being a misogynist and sayin she ignorant, she dumb, she blah blah blah. Ur poor wife puttin up with dat shyte wheneva you feel threatened or annoyed or whateva. MAAAan! Even if u think it true dere are ways of sayin it that is not disrespecting women. We good? Word. RESPECT.
ttfn,
Brenda.
ps. thought you said you were never going to speak to me again? :(
3:08pm Fri 13 Jul 12
Ivor'sbestfriend says...
10:50pm Fri 13 Jul 12
ImpeturbableLawrence says...
11:13pm Fri 13 Jul 12
ImpeturbableLawrence says...
LOL the troll is ivor's best friend!
10:54pm Sun 5 Aug 12
ImpeturbableLawrence says...
11:04pm Sun 5 Aug 12
ImpeturbableLawrence says...
11:12pm Sun 5 Aug 12
ImpeturbableLawrence says...
LOL!
Difficult to guess which lunatic is doing it.