I recently read an article regarding a baby that was born on a London Bus in Hackney, which made me wonder how much of a regular occurrence this was. I couldn’t find any documented numbers, although the search did turn up several instances. However, there is documentation regarding babies born on London Underground. This comes… Continue reading Is There A Doctor On The Train?
Tag: Underground
Stairway to Heaven
A few weeks ago I went on a bit of a “Jolly Boys outing” taking in both the London Transport Museum depot at Acton and later a tour of Dover Street underground station. Never heard of it? Well, the reason is that it’s an abandoned station that sits within the structure of todays modern Green… Continue reading Stairway to Heaven
Trivialising Matters
Trivia seems to be the lifeblood of any good tour. Back in the day when I used to take actual people on actual tours and actually talk to them I could go into an interesting ramble about pre stressed concrete construction and at the end get barely a flicker of appreciation. However, deliver a decisive… Continue reading Trivialising Matters
STAAAAAANDAAAAART!
I threatened last week to start posting reminiscences of childhood in Metroland. Well here’s the first one and goes back to the late 60s when I was around ten years old. For a ten year old back then there were three types of gainful employment, one poor, one middling and the third the pinnacle. The… Continue reading STAAAAAANDAAAAART!
A Suburban Boy
Born into 1960s “Metroland” as I was, its not difficult to see why the love of Art Deco and the 1930s has stayed with me. By the time I was conscious of my surroundings a lot of the housing estates, shops and public buildings had only just crept into middle age. There were symbols and… Continue reading A Suburban Boy
Thursday Doors
Transport
One Word Sunday London Underground 1938 Stock. London Transport Depot, Acton
Stairway to Heaven
I’ve always wondered at the design of the escalator system on many of London’s underground stations. It is such a simple idea, but the machinery involved is quite complex. The only design limitation came when they were retro fitted to existing stations with limited space. It was in 1892 that the first working escalator materialised,… Continue reading Stairway to Heaven
Wordless Wednesday
Red
One Word Sunday