Transport

Ticket To Ride

I thought I’d start off the countdown to Christmas a bit earlier than normal and interweave some new stories with reposts from a few years ago. On Christmas Day these days, Britain’s transport network more or less nods off. Trains, tubes, buses all take a break, leaving the streets unusually quiet. But it wasn’t always… Continue reading Ticket To Ride

Commuting Can Be Murder!

I currently have a little side project going on. I’m writing a tour which uses a train as transport rather than walking. I’m writing it along with my Dad, who”s something of a railway historian. I thought it might be nice to write a tour where the listener can sit back in the comfort of… Continue reading Commuting Can Be Murder!

Thursday Doors

One Word Sunday London Underground 1938 Stock. London Transport Depot, Acton

The Dame,the Financier and the station that never was

I already knew of one of the protagonists of this story, but not the other and only recently learnt how their opposing views created an anomaly on the London Underground system. Let me start by introducing them. Dame Henrietta Octavia Weston Barnett, was an English social reformer, educationist, and author. She and her husband, Samuel Augustus Barnett… Continue reading The Dame,the Financier and the station that never was

What a pile of s**t !

To help clear London’s air and improve public health, the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is expanding across all London boroughs from 29 August 2023. Generally speaking, low emission zones have been proven to make a considerable difference to the levels of pollutants and greenhouse gases in cities, in terms of both CO2 but also NOx (Nitrogen… Continue reading What a pile of s**t !

Echoes

I have in my collection a picture entitled Elephant and Tram taken in 1936. It shows an elephant eating an apple from the tram driver. A bit of research shows that the picture was taken in the Grays Inn Road, making the tram a number 31 (I enjoyed looking that up). So an elephant in… Continue reading Echoes

Name Theory

English as a language is a pretty difficult one to master, even if you were born in the UK! There is always something that’ll try and trip you up, some words sound the same but are spelt differently like, awe, oar, or, ore. Ok, with a bit of thought you can probably deduce which one… Continue reading Name Theory