Frederick Stanley Mockford, a senior radio officer in London, was put in charge of finding a good distress signal. He reasoned that because so much of the air traffic flew between Croydon and Le Bourget Airport in Paris, it might make sense to use a derivative of a French word. He came...
For a non-stop 30-minute service to London Victoria, take theGatwick Express. Alternatively, take the slower but cheaper localSoutherntrain to London Victoria via East Croydon and Clapham Junction. Southern services will also get you to Brighton, Eastbourne, Southampton, and Portsmouth, whileThames...