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Olympics gets EastEnders postcode
BBC News The Olympic Park is to get the same postcode as the BBC soap opera EastEnders, the Royal Mail has revealed. The site, in Stratford, will receive an E20 code – which is currently used by the fictional district of Walford in the TV series. … EastEnders' postcode for 2012 park Olympic Park given same E20 postcode as Walford Olympic Park is a real EastEnder |
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