Crewe is a town in Cheshire , England . So , throughout its history , the town of Crewe has neither been part of , nor has it encompassed first the township of Crewe , later the civil parish of Crewe , and later still the civil parish of Crewe Green adjacent to it , even though these places were the direct origin of the name of the town via the railway station which was also not part of the town before 1936 . An old , local riddle describes the somewhat unusual states of affairs : `` The place which is Crewe is not Crewe , and the place which is not Crewe is Crewe . ''