User talk:Secretlady

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Secretlady, good luck, and have fun. – Anupmehra -Let's talk! 20:52, 22 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, Secretlady. You have new messages at Jab843's talk page.
Message added 21:40, 4 August 2014 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.[reply]

Jab843 (talk) 21:40, 4 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Chingford

You made a minor edit on the Chingford branch Line page and commented about it being "an odd claim". Do you mean Chingford being a rural retreat?Davidvaughanwells (talk) 22:05, 16 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No the "for businessman" aspect. I changed to businessmen, but why just businessmen? Secretlady (talk) 22:12, 16 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If memory serves me correctly (at work now) that's how it was described in the source (London's local railways - A A Jackson) I was using. I have no doubt that this is a generalization and that Chingford would have had a number of other trades primarily support the local economy. In terms of the dominant group in numerical and economic terms I think that "businessmen" is probably the most likely. I am however open to correction!Davidvaughanwells (talk) 11:54, 17 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]