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Leytonstone Station via Wanstead (the heart of the metropolis!), then along the East London / West Essex dual carriage poetry of the Eastern Avenue. The swirling mass of tooting cars at Gants Hill, the concrete arch of Newbury Park, then a glimpse of green (and claret & blue) as Chadwell Heath flashes past. Finally, as if it couldn't get any better, the picturesque market town of Romford.

There's an American version too, though not as good.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Friday, 14 November 2003 12:26 (twenty-two years ago)

the american version exists only in lierature and some historical markers now

― amateur!st (amateurist), Friday, 14 November 2003 12:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Eastern Avenue and Western avenue are actually pretty similar (Gants Hill vs Hanger Lane)

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 14 November 2003 12:42 (twenty-two years ago)

some of the original road in America is still there (but not a lot)

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 14 November 2003 13:32 (twenty-two years ago)

don't forget route 666 - the low road to Bolton (which reminds me, I have pictures for Gareth of it)

Also I could have sworn this was a Gareth thread and not a G thread.

The western avenue gets a hella lot more mentions than the Eastern, why is that?

― chris (chris), Friday, 14 November 2003 13:34 (twenty-two years ago)

cos we love the Tesco

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 14 November 2003 13:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Not just on here Steve, listening to London radio as I do in the morning, the A40 always gets a mention, the eastern though - nothing at all

― chris (chris), Friday, 14 November 2003 13:41 (twenty-two years ago)

the eastern is the A12 no?

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 14 November 2003 13:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Arrrh, tis so. They be one and the same, big Stevie.

The bus ticket says 'Route 66' in big letters too.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Friday, 14 November 2003 13:47 (twenty-two years ago)

gants hill is my home and i miss it sort of. you can take the boy out of ilford etc....

― Bob Shaw (Bob Shaw), Friday, 14 November 2003 13:49 (twenty-two years ago)

there was a route 666 in arizona also, but has been renamed (191?)

― charltonlido (gareth), Friday, 14 November 2003 14:06 (twenty-two years ago)

We have a route 66 that connects Oxfordshrie of Wiltshire via the 66 bus. It passes through Faringdon, and got in trouble the other day by slinging out a girl instead of going into one of the villages like it should have done.

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Friday, 14 November 2003 14:30 (twenty-two years ago)

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