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Title: Language Row Over Southall Station Signs Post by: Lee on September 11, 2007, 11:14:33 Bilingual signs at a west London railway station are to be taken down after complaints from ethnic groups (link below.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6987495.stm Signs at Southall station appear in English and Punjabi. Two weeks ago First Great Western decided to remove the signs after receiving calls for other languages to be displayed. FGW said it would be impossible to display every language and it would be consulting the community to find a permanent solution. Title: Re: Language Row Over Southall Station Signs Post by: vacman on September 15, 2007, 15:20:45 Bilingual signs at a west London railway station are to be taken down after complaints from ethnic groups (link below.) Why not..................................... English maybe? after all, last time I looked it was our first language!http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6987495.stm Signs at Southall station appear in English and Punjabi. Two weeks ago First Great Western decided to remove the signs after receiving calls for other languages to be displayed. FGW said it would be impossible to display every language and it would be consulting the community to find a permanent solution. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |