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Marius Hancu - 15 Jul 2009 09:07 GMT

Hello:

Was/Is this "Barnes" a well-known stadium, close to London?

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[Widmerpool boasting about his sports activities]

'I don't get much time for games now,' he said. 'Though once in a way
I make a point of going down to Barnes, and driving a ball into the
net.'

Anthony Powell, A Dance to the Music of Time: Spring, p. 96
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Thanks.
Marius Hancu

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HVS - 15 Jul 2009 09:37 GMT

On 15 Jul 2009, Marius Hancu wrote

> Hello:
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> Anthony Powell, A Dance to the Music of Time: Spring, p. 96

It's a suburban area in Surrey, southwest of central London (near
Mortlake, Kew, and Richmond).

It's a "good address" -- leafy suburb, and all that -- near the part
of the Thames where they hold the annual Boat Race.

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Cheers, Harvey
CanEng and BrEng, indiscriminately mixed

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Mike Barnes - 15 Jul 2009 10:08 GMT

In alt.usage.english, Marius Hancu wrote:

>Was/Is this "Barnes" a well-known stadium, close to London?
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[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>Anthony Powell, A Dance to the Music of Time: Spring, p. 96
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Not a well-known stadium but a district of London which has a sports
club.

http://www.barnessportsclub.org/index.shtml

I don't think the club is particularly eminent today, but it might have
been better known then (it's been going since about 1920).

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Mike Barnes
Cheshire, England

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Marius Hancu - 15 Jul 2009 10:36 GMT

> >Was/Is this "Barnes" a well-known stadium, close to London?
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> I don't think the club is particularly eminent today, but it might have
> been better known then (it's been going since about 1920).

Thank you both.
Marius Hancu

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