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    We know it’s a motorway but it’s its birthday OK?! Spaghetti Junction in the West Midlands turns 40. It was hailed as the ‘the future of motoring’ at the time, but the labyrinth of five levels of motorway became known as gridlock central and Britain’s most terrifying junction

    We know it’s a motorway but it’s its birthday OK?! Spaghetti Junction in the West Midlands turns 40. It was hailed as the ‘the future of motoring’ at the time, but the labyrinth of five levels of motorway became known as gridlock central and Britain’s most terrifying junction

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    Shakespeare on a Tube map - an oldie but a good one.
Madrid’s equivalent Oxford Street, the shopaholic Puerta del Sol stop, has been snapped up by Samsung in a month-long deal and renamed Sol Galaxy Note. What would you rename stations on the London Underground?
Liking newenergyspace’s suggestions:

Toshiba-kerstreetMars-enalFujiCam-den RoadSloans-for-you-SquarePremium Bond StreetLadbroke’s GroveBarclays-water

    Shakespeare on a Tube map - an oldie but a good one.

    Madrid’s equivalent Oxford Street, the shopaholic Puerta del Sol stop, has been snapped up by Samsung in a month-long deal and renamed Sol Galaxy Note. What would you rename stations on the London Underground?

    Liking newenergyspace’s suggestions:

    Toshiba-kerstreet

    Mars-enal

    FujiCam-den Road

    Sloans-for-you-Square

    Premium Bond Street

    Ladbroke’s Grove

    Barclays-water

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