Sunday Times Where Was I? Competion 26Th March 2017

philnevett | 18:31 Mon 27th Mar 2017 | Arts & Literature

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Answer 2 : Name of Poet

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Buenchico

Link to help others:
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/travel/where-was-i/

The first station is clearly Broad Street, with the second being Liverpool Street.

The only poem about Liverpool Street station mentioned in Dow's Dictionary of Railway Quotations is the one by John Davidson, so that would have to be my guess for the identity of the poet.

philnevett

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Thanks-thought so, as it is also quoted on Wikipedia as a cultural reference
for Liverpool Street Station. Couldn't find a direct reference to a sweetheart or walking shoes etc.

Buenchico

I've solved the mystery!

Knowing that he was famous for his railway poems, I took a stab in the dark at John Betjeman being the poet you're seeking by googling 'Betjeman Liverpool Street' and look what I found . . . :-)

http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/poem/2478/a-mind%26%23039%3Bs-journey-to-diss.html

philnevett

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You're a star. Well done and thanks.

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