Comments on: Missing my first election

By: VICTORY!

VICTORY! — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 08:09:14 +0000

[…] know I petulantly boycotted the ballot, but I’m so proud of democracy I could […]

By: Cyril Richert

Cyril Richert — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 18:08:59 +0000

I think rebranding it “Asda Paris” will actually attract more customers, Yorkshire tourists and will certainly create a spot in tourist guides of most surprising locations. I will vote for that 🙂

By: James

James — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:34:28 +0000

In reply to Merlin Fulcher. Not the good people of Battersea, that's for sure!

By: Merlin Fulcher

Merlin Fulcher — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:33:22 +0000

In reply to James. Yes that is pretty silly. Who would be fooled?

By: James

James — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:27:11 +0000

In reply to Merlin Fulcher.

Unfortunately they’ve chosen to brand themselves ‘Asda Clapham’, which is very different to ‘Asda Clapham Junction’. It would be like assuming that the area around Charing Cross is ‘Charing’.

On the more general point I’m aware that places change (otherwise I’d be defending Patricesey rather than Battersea) but think that change should be signalled by something a little more profound than a new store manager who doesn’t know the area.

By: Merlin Fulcher

Merlin Fulcher — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:14:29 +0000

Railways radically altered the face of south London, making Clapham Junction a busy cosmopolitan place.

The naming is a tribute to this fact, not a snub to Battersea?