A name of two halves. For the Charing bit, look to the river. It comes to us from the Old English word 'cierring', which means 'turning' — a likely reference to the sharp bend in the Thames at this point. The Cross relates to the final Eleanor Cross, a series of monuments marking the nightly resting places of the eponymous queen's body, following her death near Lincoln in 1290. The original London memorials have long vanished, but a Victorian pastiche can still be seen in the taxi rank of the station. Further references can be found in David Gentleman's wonderful murals down on the Northern Line platforms.
Andrew Lim said: "I used to feel and say exactly what you have just said - but after having my own son, I am very sympathetic to parents travelling with kids.
"If you're not happy with a screaming child in the cabin, then I am more than happy [for] you to try and reason with them."
Deirdra Hardimon said: "Babies are not capable developmentally to 'plan' crying or screaming."
Other Twitter users said noise-cancelling headphones were the answer.
Jene Johnson said: "Wow... get some noise cancelling headphones and go about your day."
"I don't understand people that complain about babies crying on planes. I put on my headphones and I hear nothing."
According to the website flyingwithababy.com, one of the most family-friendly airlines is Etihad, which has extras such as free pushchairs to use at hubs.
Japan Airlines has introduced a feature on its seat booking system that shows where young children are seated.
A "child" icon appears when a passenger is travelling with children aged under two years.
One traveller said the feature let him know where babies "plan to scream... during a 13-hour trip".
But some Twitter commentators urged him to be tolerant, while others said the problem could easily be solved with noise-cancelling headphones.
Japan Airlines' website says the icon "lets other passengers know a child may be sitting there". However, the airline warned the tool was not foolproof, as the icon might not appear if a ticket was booked through a third party or if there was a last-minute change of aircraft.
Even so, venture capitalist Rahat Ahmed sent a tweet on Tuesday thanking Japan Airlines for "warning" him about where children were sitting.
"This really ought to be mandatory across the board, " he said, adding that Qatar Airways should "take note".
"I had three screaming babies next to me on my [New York to Doha] flight two weeks ago," he added.
His tweet attracted a number of responses, with some offering support for the "awesome" website booking feature.
However, other Twitter users urged people to be tolerant.
"They are babies, as we all once were. We need to learn tolerance or will soon start needing a map of seat locations for mouth breathers, droolers, farters, drunks, and perhaps a lot more things in life," said Twitter user G Sundar.
I checked my e-mail account the first time in a while, then I found the bill which knowing nothing about from Apple. It was a junk mail I doubt, but I thought it was so finely appearance, then it might be that many people be doubted. What a terrible world.
After checking e-mail for the first time in a while, an unrecognized charge came from apple. As I suspected, it was a junk e-mail, but I thought that many people were deceived because it looked so sophisticated. It ’s a bad world.
Counter-intuitively, this station and the street it inhabits have nothing to do with either religious canons or fighty cannons. Cannon Street is, rather, a 17th century shortening of Candelwrichstrete — the street of candle makers, as first noted in 1190. The origins are still hinted at today; Cannon Street falls within the Ward of Candlewick, one of 25 ancient subdivisions of the City of London.
Following its recent revamp, Blackfriars has become the only station to span the Thames, with entrances on both banks. It's named for a priory of the Dominican order, established at the foot of Ludgate Hill in 1276. Dominican friars traditionally wore black garments, and hence their hangout became known as Black Freres (black brothers) and later Blackfriars. This is the only mainline station to get its name from an article of clothing.
