A station pub named ‘The Tap on the Line’ – a clever double pun on the beer tap and the railway line, right on Kew Gardens station
The Tap on the Line holds eighteen hundred and sixteen reviews and a 4.3 – a solid score on a large sample – and it carries a genuinely clever name, full of double meaning: “The Tap on the Line,” a lovely pun marrying the beer tap and the railway line, for a pub sitting right on the platform at Kew Gardens station.
The clever double pun
“The Tap on the Line” is a genuinely clever and delightful name, working beautifully on two levels at once. On the one hand, “the tap” is the beer tap – the fresh pour of good beer, the heart of the good pub. On the other, “on the line” refers to the railway line – for this is a station pub, sitting right on the railway line at Kew Gardens station. And the two meanings marry perfectly: “the tap on the line” is both the beer tap (right there for the thirsty traveller) and the pub on the railway line. There is real wit in it – the double meaning working perfectly, the beer tap and the railway line united in one clever, memorable phrase. It is exactly the kind of clever, punning, characterful name that this survey enjoys – the beer tap on the railway line, wit and refreshment combined.
The station pub
The Tap on the Line sits right at Kew Gardens station – and there is a genuine and lovely appeal to the good station pub. The station pub is a wonderful institution – the welcoming refuge right by the platform, the perfect spot for a pint while waiting for a train, the warm and convenient haven for the traveller. There is something genuinely appealing about it – the good pint right by the railway, the convenient refreshment for the journey, the warm welcome by the platform. And Kew Gardens station is a particularly lovely spot – the pretty station serving the world-famous Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, one of the great glories of London and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. So the Tap on the Line enjoys a lovely position – the clever station pub, right by the platform, serving travellers to and from the beautiful Kew Gardens. It is a convenient, welcoming, characterful spot.
The gardens of Kew
The pub’s position by Kew Gardens gives it a lovely further association – for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, are one of the genuine wonders of London and indeed the world. Kew is the world’s most famous botanic garden – a vast, beautiful, historic garden of extraordinary scientific and horticultural importance, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, home to the world’s largest and most diverse collection of living plants, magnificent Victorian glasshouses, and centuries of botanical science and beauty. It is one of the great glories of London – a place of extraordinary beauty, science and heritage. A pub named for its position on the line to Kew Gardens enjoys this lovely association – the beautiful world-famous gardens, the beauty and heritage of Kew, the perfect spot for refreshment before or after a visit to one of London’s great glories. It adds a lovely note of botanical beauty to the clever station-pub name.
There is genuine wit and appeal in the whole thing – the clever double pun of “the tap on the line,” the welcoming station-pub position, the lovely association with the world-famous Kew Gardens. It is a clever, characterful, convenient, appealing pub, with a genuinely delightful name. Its solid score across a large sample marks it as a genuinely good and popular pub, worthily bearing its clever name. The Prat’s naming desk, delighted by the double meaning, orders a fresh tap on the line, admires the Kew connection, and enjoys the wit of it all.
The pub
A solid, popular station pub doing a good 4.3 across a large sample, cleverly named “The Tap on the Line” – a lovely double pun on the beer tap and the railway line, right at Kew Gardens station.
Verdict
Solid, popular, and cleverly named – the Tap on the Line, a witty station pub at Kew Gardens station, marrying the beer tap and the railway line.
Have a pint at the Tap on the Line by Kew Gardens station, and enjoy the clever name – “the tap on the line,” the beer tap and the railway line united in one lovely pun, right by the world-famous gardens of Kew.
Alan Nafzger was born in Lubbock, Texas, the son Swiss immigrants. He grew up on a dairy in Windthorst, north central Texas. He earned degrees from Midwestern State University (B.A. 1985) and Texas State University (M.A. 1987). University College Dublin (Ph.D. 1991). Dr. Nafzger has entertained and educated young people in Texas colleges for 37 years. Nafzger is best known for his dark novels and experimental screenwriting. His best know scripts to date are Lenin’s Body, produced in Russia by A-Media and Sea and Sky produced in The Philippines in the Tagalog language. In 1986, Nafzger wrote the iconic feminist western novel, Gina of Quitaque. He currently lives in Holloway, North London. Contact: [email protected]
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