IAN: In Wyndham-Brown, Phillip's testimony (under cross-examination by Hemmerde) states:-
'He asked me if the car went to Menlove Gardens East, and I said "No, you can get on No.5, 5A, 5W, or a No.7 car"'
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So, if anything, the number 5 was impressed upon Wallace, rather than 7. That could explain his later choice at Penny Lane, and he may not have heard Phillips calling after him in any case. I really don't think there is much mileage in looking for discrepancies in this stuff. And as for "I'm a stranger here" - it's a figure of speech, which we have all used.
Just think about it. We all have our home locality, which we know like the back of our hand. We visit other places, but we can never know them as well as we know home. We may gain a knowledge of the main thoroughfares and landmarks, and we may well know our way to a specific address off the beaten track (Green Lane?) but if someone stopped us to ask directions to a particular obscure street, we might well say "Sorry, I'm a stranger here." I know I certainly have done exactly that...
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