Oh come on, Marlene! Kew is quite easily accessible by public transport. Travel by Underground from Chesham to Earl's Court, catch a Richmond Line train from there, and get out at Kew Gardens. The National Archives are only a 10-minute walk from there. I can do that from here. Travel by train from Didcot to Paddington, and then to Earl's Court, etc... I certainly prefer not to drive through the west London suburbs! Howie > OH NO Big Grrrrrrooooaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn > > After our dreadful journey from Chesham to Kew and an > even worse one back, wasn't ever looking forward to > going back there. Guess that might be the end of > checking results up in London. The Kew site is in a > nice building and in lovely grounds, if you drive a > car > Public Transport has gone downhill though. > > Marlene > > ``````````````````````````` >> the info in the following is quite interesting. >> >> Karen >> >> The National Archives to move its Family Records >> Centre staff and services >> to Kew >> >> The National Archives and the Office for National >> Statistics (ONS) today >> made a joint announcement about the provision of >> services to family >> historians. As part of a review of strategy, which >> has focused on the huge >> changes in information management over the last 10 >> years, The National >> Archives is announcing its intention to move its >> Family Records Centre (FRC) >> staff and services to Kew from their current >> location at Myddelton Street, >> Islington, by the end of 2008. > .....< snipped > .............. > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail. "The New Version is radically easier to use" – The Wall Street Journal > http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html > > > ==== GEN-TRIVIA-ENG Mailing List ==== > RANDOM TAGLINE - GEN-TRIVIA-ENG - MAILING LIST > Gen-Trivia-Eng listers remember Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. > > >

Howie if you had done this journey you would have felt the same way as I felt, BTW that 10minute walk as quoted by brochure and a young woman and a man as well as yourself ...took ME OVER 15 mins, .... Linda might have done it in 10mins .. I couldn't. The first 15mins, at least, of my starting to walk isn't good once the old heart gets into it then it's usually a lot better, I was still suffering after I got to the building. .........this was from our trip in May .... "" It took Over 3hours to get to Kew - 5 changes on underground, an expensive GBP3.90 to'spend a penny' and including a ten minute walk. ...< snipped > .. Journey home was almost as long, easier but because of Signal failures, as many changes cos we missed the last of the two Aldgate to Chesham commuter tube trains. Hugs Marlene `````````````````````````` Oh come on, Marlene! Kew is quite easily accessible by public transport. Travel by Underground from Chesham to Earl's Court, catch a Richmond Line train from there, and get out at Kew Gardens. The National Archives are only a 10-minute walk from there. I can do that from here. Travel by train from Didcot to Paddington, and then to Earl's Court, etc... I certainly prefer not to drive through the west London suburbs! Howie ````````````````````````````````````` OH NO Big Grrrrrrooooaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn After our dreadful journey from Chesham to Kew and an even worse one back, wasn't ever looking forward to going back there. .....< snipped > .... Marlene ___________________________________________________________ All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html