• Parking at Earls Court
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ON a number of occasions I have been to some show or other at Earls Court, London, and each time several of the people in my party have commented upon the extremely poor arrangements for parking coaches. As a Londoner I have not been at all flattered by the remarks passed by these folk from the provinces. A recent visit to the circus there was no exception. Coaches and buses were just shoved anyhow into Philbeach Gardens (a crescent-shaped road, looping off
Warwick Road, close by the exhibition hall). We even found them crowded three abreast, filling the whole road space and most were nose to tail but some even the other way round, whilst there were a few cars and motorcycles. In short, a complete lack of organization.
This sort of thing seems to happen every time there is anything big on at Earls Court which involves parking and it seems to have been the case for many years. Surely something better could be arranged by the police or other authorities.
Philbeach Gardens seems to be the chosen spot for coaches. Here they arrive and discharge their passengers, often returning later to pick them up. It has been suggested that the vehicles should be parked down one side with their tails to the kerb so that a clear passage could be left at the other side of
the road, but 1 doubt it this particular road is wide enough to permit such a scheme to be adopted.
Bletchley, Bucks. A. J. pARRIS. '