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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

The first in the world and still struggling on, even though it's 150 years old.

I wanted to go on the steam train they are putting on the mark the anniversary but it's £150 a ticket and you can't use your Oyster card.

Do any of you have memorable tube moments?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes, I used to web design work for banking clients in the City and used the tube daily. One lovely warm summer's day I was making my way to Earl's Court from Liverpool St, so I hopped on the circle line, changed to District at Tower Hill and settled in a carriage that had bench seats opposite each other. A couple of stops later a gorgeous brunette got on and sat down opposite me. She was wearing a VERY short skirt and a tight fitting top which showed her curves perfectly. The train set off again and she noticed me looking and smiled. I smiled back, and she then did a Sharon Stone on me. She was lovely, and hairy. And then she got off at the next stop.

Made my day though. One of the best looking women I've ever seen.

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Yes, I used to web design work for banking clients in the City and used the tube daily. One lovely warm summer's day I was making my way to Earl's Court from Liverpool St, so I hopped on the circle line, changed to District at Tower Hill and settled in a carriage that had bench seats opposite each other. A couple of stops later a gorgeous brunette got on and sat down opposite me. She was wearing a VERY short skirt and a tight fitting top which showed her curves perfectly. The train set off again and she noticed me looking and smiled. I smiled back, and she then did a Sharon Stone on me. She was lovely, and hairy. And then she got off at the next stop.

Made my day though. One of the best looking women I've ever seen.

I wonder if there has been one of those on each of the days for the last 150 years. Although with the long Victorian skirts it might have been a flash of an ankle rather than the full Sharon Stone.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I hate the tube, it scares me stupid.

When Ive had to go to the capital with the kids, squeezing into a packed train, and trying to keep hold of young kids in each hand whilst trying not to be thrown onto/into someone or something

What on each happens if one of your kids gets shoved out of the door, with the hord, at a stop and you cant get to them!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I walked past Russell Square tube station en route to work at Great Ormond Street Hospital shortly before the bomb went off.

Apart from that, I had plenty of fond memories of the tube when I studied and lived in London.

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum

"What on each happens if one of your kids gets shoved out of the door, with the hord, at a stop and you cant get to them!!

I read a story about that once. The woman got off at the next stop, got the train back, and found her son being comforted by people. Most people are nice when it comes to it.

I have a huge love affair going on with the Underground. I watched the recent BBC programme about it and have several books on my Kindle about its history. I find it romantic, especially the station names, and think the staff working there are excellent.

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"What on each happens if one of your kids gets shoved out of the door, with the hord, at a stop and you cant get to them!!

I read a story about that once. The woman got off at the next stop, got the train back, and found her son being comforted by people. Most people are nice when it comes to it.

Have you got the 'ghost' stations map? It's one of my favourites.

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By *ashful BazMan
over a year ago

poole dorset

Only getting lost on them!

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"I walked past Russell Square tube station en route to work at Great Ormond Street Hospital shortly before the bomb went off.

Apart from that, I had plenty of fond memories of the tube when I studied and lived in London.

That was a grim day for London. Although I then saw an Asian man with a backpack that had a sign on it saying "please don't freak, I'm a Sikh" just two days later on the tube.

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"I hate the tube, it scares me stupid.

When Ive had to go to the capital with the kids, squeezing into a packed train, and trying to keep hold of young kids in each hand whilst trying not to be thrown onto/into someone or something

What on each happens if one of your kids gets shoved out of the door, with the hord, at a stop and you cant get to them!!

You give people a hard stare and ask if the kids can have a seat.

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum

"What on each happens if one of your kids gets shoved out of the door, with the hord, at a stop and you cant get to them!!

I read a story about that once. The woman got off at the next stop, got the train back, and found her son being comforted by people. Most people are nice when it comes to it.

Have you got the 'ghost' stations map? It's one of my favourites."

Oooooh sounds interesting!

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By *o-jCouple
over a year ago

Outskirts of Notts

Jools Holland & Paula Yates , brilliant

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"What on each happens if one of your kids gets shoved out of the door, with the hord, at a stop and you cant get to them!!

I read a story about that once. The woman got off at the next stop, got the train back, and found her son being comforted by people. Most people are nice when it comes to it.

Have you got the 'ghost' stations map? It's one of my favourites.

Oooooh sounds interesting!"

It's all the closed stations, many the tube still passes through. I love the Transport Museum too.

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Jools Holland & Paula Yates , brilliant "

How many episodes were there?

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By *o-jCouple
over a year ago

Outskirts of Notts

"Jools Holland & Paula Yates , brilliant

How many episodes were there?"

It was on for most of the mid-eights , I blame it for my musical likes / dislikes , that and a shop in Notts called selectadisc .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The first in the world and still struggling on, even though it's 150 years old.

I wanted to go on the steam train they are putting on the mark the anniversary but it's £150 a ticket and you can't use your Oyster card.

Do any of you have memorable tube moments?"

My mum and dad met on the underground.. My dad was on the station and my mum was trying to find somewhere to go.. She had left her abusive husband.. was on the station with a carrier bag full of clothes.. a bruised face and looked very scared ( so my dad says)

He helped her find a b&b for the night. paid for it for the week... eventually she came back to the station and paid him back.. they went on a date and they fell in love.

I have lots of fond memories.

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"The first in the world and still struggling on, even though it's 150 years old.

I wanted to go on the steam train they are putting on the mark the anniversary but it's £150 a ticket and you can't use your Oyster card.

Do any of you have memorable tube moments?

He helped her find a b&b for the night. paid for it for the week... eventually she came back to the station and paid him back.. they went on a date and they fell in love.

I have lots of fond memories.

That is so lovely. Thank you for sharing.

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

"I walked past Russell Square tube station en route to work at Great Ormond Street Hospital shortly before the bomb went off.

Apart from that, I had plenty of fond memories of the tube when I studied and lived in London.

That was a grim day for London. Although I then saw an Asian man with a backpack that had a sign on it saying "please don't freak, I'm a Sikh" just two days later on the tube."

think it was the day it opened again after the bombings and i was using the tube, walked onto the platform and sat down next to a guy..

noticed there was a big empty space on the platform to both sides and one guy was looking toward me and the guy who i was sat next to, who was in 'traditional' Pakistani clothes..

i just started to chuckle at the absurdity of it..

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By *horstrollMan
over a year ago

Caprona

the clockwork orange is nicer

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I worked down there for 15 years. Started as a ticket collector and finished as a driver.

I saw all sorts down there.

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"I worked down there for 15 years. Started as a ticket collector and finished as a driver.

I saw all sorts down there. "

I assume you mean more than the little mice?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I worked down there for 15 years. Started as a ticket collector and finished as a driver.

I saw all sorts down there.

I assume you mean more than the little mice?"

Little mice were the least of my problems.

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By *ub bbwWoman
over a year ago

oldbury

I had a panic attack on the bakerloo line got off the train and sat on a seat possibly at baker Street trying to recover a stranger came over to me gave me his unopened bottle of water and sat with me till I was able to continue on my journey I didn't get his name but he was a gentleman who took 15-20 mins out of his day to help me. I love the tube but didn't on that day.

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"I had a panic attack on the bakerloo line got off the train and sat on a seat possibly at baker Street trying to recover a stranger came over to me gave me his unopened bottle of water and sat with me till I was able to continue on my journey I didn't get his name but he was a gentleman who took 15-20 mins out of his day to help me. I love the tube but didn't on that day."

Kindness and time - who could ask for more?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think I got stuck on the tube once for about 150 years.

But according to those miraculous "next train" timers on the Northern Line, it was only 10 minutes.

Funny that

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"I think I got stuck on the tube once for about 150 years.

But according to those miraculous "next train" timers on the Northern Line, it was only 10 minutes.

Funny that"

The Northern Line has told me that the next train would be there in two minutes which lasted for 8 by my watch. I love the Victoria Line. It covers a lot of London without too many stops.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Never change Lines at Bank.

You could end up walking for about two miles through tunnels.

Dust balls the size of tumble to contend with.

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

"the clockwork orange is nicer"

Glasgow's Subway is brilliant. I only wish I lived closer to a station.

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Never change Lines at Bank.

You could end up walking for about two miles through tunnels.

Dust balls the size of tumble to contend with."

I always think it is quicker to get above ground at Bank but then you have to tap out and in again. The walk at Kings Cross is quite long now if you exit at the wrong end.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Years back I would occessionaly have reason to travel on The Drain.

(Waterloo & City Line, a line with only Waterloo at one and and Bank at the other, built to ferry the Suburban Bankers of many a year ago from the Surrey Terminous to the pits of hell) - Square mile, sorry.

Even then, the smaller guage carriages were like something from the Victorian era.

Wooden paneled, very nice.

Like going back in time it was.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Happy birthday London Underground! London's pulse!

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Happy birthday London Underground! London's pulse!

Yes, even though the arteries are sometimes a little clogged it does a marvellous job.

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Years back I would occessionaly have reason to travel on The Drain.

Even then, the smaller guage carriages were like something from the Victorian era.

Wooden paneled, very nice.

Like going back in time it was."

Baker Street is one of those stations that gives you that feel too. I imagine the bustle skirts swishing up the stairs.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I loved the tube when I lived in London. Busy but mostly reliable and cheap as hell

why people knock London Transport I will never know x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I loved the tube when I lived in London. Busy but mostly reliable and cheap as hell

why people knock London Transport I will never know x "

It's certainly no longer cheap!

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over a year ago

Listen for the sound of running water at the far end of Slaone Square station - It's the River Westbourne, diverted and carried through a pipe (which is visable) to enable the station to be where it is.

Fantastice engineering of it's time, and not the greatest of the achievements, errm, achieved!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I loved the tube when I lived in London. Busy but mostly reliable and cheap as hell

why people knock London Transport I will never know x

It's certainly no longer cheap!"

With a Oyster card it is £5.70 return for a 90 min journey and only £1.30 for any bus ride. That to me was very cheap

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over a year ago

"I loved the tube when I lived in London. Busy but mostly reliable and cheap as hell

why people knock London Transport I will never know x

It's certainly no longer cheap!

With a Oyster card it is £5.70 return for a 90 min journey and only £1.30 for any bus ride. That to me was very cheap "

I once had a ninety minute journey, from one end of the Wandsworthj Bridge Road to the other.

£2:10, bargain

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I loved the tube when I lived in London. Busy but mostly reliable and cheap as hell

why people knock London Transport I will never know x

It's certainly no longer cheap!

With a Oyster card it is £5.70 return for a 90 min journey and only £1.30 for any bus ride. That to me was very cheap

I once had a ninety minute journey, from one end of the Wandsworthj Bridge Road to the other.

£2:10, bargain"

There you go then. Another thing noticed is School Children don't have to pay for any travel with a pass.. That's awesome

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Listen for the sound of running water at the far end of Slaone Square station - It's the River Westbourne, diverted and carried through a pipe (which is visable) to enable the station to be where it is.

Fantastice engineering of it's time, and not the greatest of the achievements, errm, achieved!"

You are beginning to sound like a bit of an underground buff. Or maybe it's infrastructure that interests you. I went into the exhibit at The Crystal (I hadn't even spotted that it was being built) next to the Emirates "Airline". It's worth a look if you are in the area and interested in this sort of stuff.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I work for the tube and I drive the district line but im no train buff but they gave us a book on the tube for the 150 year old and its worth £25 !!

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"I loved the tube when I lived in London. Busy but mostly reliable and cheap as hell

why people knock London Transport I will never know x

It's certainly no longer cheap!

With a Oyster card it is £5.70 return for a 90 min journey and only £1.30 for any bus ride. That to me was very cheap

I once had a ninety minute journey, from one end of the Wandsworthj Bridge Road to the other.

£2:10, bargain

There you go then. Another thing noticed is School Children don't have to pay for any travel with a pass.. That's awesome

It was something Ken started with the old GLC. It was missed. When he became mayor he re-instated it as part of the council tax precept for TfL.

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

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With a Oyster card it is £5.70 return for a 90 min journey and only £1.30 for any bus ride. That to me was very cheap "

A full circuit of Glasgow's Subway costs £1.40 and can take as little as 24 minutes, unless you partake of The Subcrawl which involves having a drink in the pub nearest to each of the 15 stations.

Some participants are never seen alive again.

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"I work for the tube and I drive the district line but im no train buff but they gave us a book on the tube for the 150 year old and its worth £25 !!"

Have you read it yet?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I loved the tube when I lived in London. Busy but mostly reliable and cheap as hell

why people knock London Transport I will never know x

It's certainly no longer cheap!

With a Oyster card it is £5.70 return for a 90 min journey and only £1.30 for any bus ride. That to me was very cheap

I once had a ninety minute journey, from one end of the Wandsworthj Bridge Road to the other.

£2:10, bargain

There you go then. Another thing noticed is School Children don't have to pay for any travel with a pass.. That's awesome

I was being silly. If I hadnt been so tires, and had realised in time, I could have walked that distance in 15 minutes.

As for free kids travel, well, it clogs up the system, and makes the kids lazy, hopping on/off busses for one stop journeys etc.

Not a good thing.

Red Ken did a bad thing.

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

".............

With a Oyster card it is £5.70 return for a 90 min journey and only £1.30 for any bus ride. That to me was very cheap

A full circuit of Glasgow's Subway costs £1.40 and can take as little as 24 minutes, unless you partake of The Subcrawl which involves having a drink in the pub nearest to each of the 15 stations.

Some participants are never seen alive again."

There used to be a Circle Line pub crawl but I don't know if it would still work now that the Circle Line doesn't go all the way around.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We love it! I have an Oyster card even though I'm not a 'local'. Kids go free which is brilliant. It's a little adventure in itself just travelling on the Tube. We know by heart the stations that we use to find our favourite places.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fantastice engineering of it's time, and not the greatest of the achievements, errm, achieved!

hehe, I'm no buff, but have an interest that stays with me.

An interest in the history and growth, structure and development of London all in all really.

The exhibition you mention does sound very interesting, I may well look it up.

Thanks

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nope but you can have it for a wee drink lol

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

There you go then. Another thing noticed is School Children don't have to pay for any travel with a pass.. That's awesome

I was being silly. If I hadnt been so tires, and had realised in time, I could have walked that distance in 15 minutes.

As for free kids travel, well, it clogs up the system, and makes the kids lazy, hopping on/off busses for one stop journeys etc.

Not a good thing.

Red Ken did a bad thing."

Yes, sometimes a short journey takes an inordinately long time. As to Ken doing a bad thing, this is one of the things I think was and is good. Having free transport when I was young meant I was able to go out and do things, like drama and galleries. Having free transport for children means that now we are able to go out and do things with the children.

Saturday cost us less than going to a theme park but the 'rides' were just as exciting for the kids. We took a train, a tube, the Emirates cable car, the Clipper down the river to Embankment, another tube and a bus. It was a great day out and we saw London at its best. It wouldn't have been possible if we had to pay for each and every interchange and stop for all of us.

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

Fantastice engineering of it's time, and not the greatest of the achievements, errm, achieved!

hehe, I'm no buff, but have an interest that stays with me.

An interest in the history and growth, structure and development of London all in all really.

The exhibition you mention does sound very interesting, I may well look it up.

Thanks"

Go to the Guildhall too and look at the preserved part of the Roman London Wall. There is a model that shows all the landmark buildings in London and all of those being developed.

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Nope but you can have it for a wee drink lol"

Read it - you might have a new appreciation for your job.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ah no thanks but u can still have !! Ive had my fair share of the tube even during the 7/7 so ive had enough

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Fantastice engineering of it's time, and not the greatest of the achievements, errm, achieved!

hehe, I'm no buff, but have an interest that stays with me.

An interest in the history and growth, structure and development of London all in all really.

The exhibition you mention does sound very interesting, I may well look it up.

Thanks

Go to the Guildhall too and look at the preserved part of the Roman London Wall. There is a model that shows all the landmark buildings in London and all of those being developed."

I do like the London Wall, and get a great feeling of history from some sections of it around the Museum of London etc - just odd, small remnants of the Wall wedged between modern development.

Also walking the older streets around Spital and Smithfields .... the olkder layeoit od the roads, the curves and twists, odd shaped corner building and dark, arched alleys - It all gives a great feel again for the cities history, still being able to walk these old routes.

Gawd I love this Town.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Do any of you have memorable tube moments?"

Yeah, it was brill when the Eurythmics were on in 1986, Sweet Memories 'n all that

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By *he tactile technicianMan
over a year ago

the good lands, the bad lands, the any where you may want me lands

"Do any of you have memorable tube moments?"
The London Underground is by far the best in the world, I use it regularly and always choose it as my transport option of preference. I used to commute daily on the Northern (misery) line Bank branch hopping on at Mooregate and off at London Bridge each morning about 7:30 or 8 o'clock with the throngs and throngs of other commuters, always a great spirit of 'its got to be done' Can remember converging with everyone else on a front carriage door one morning trying to squeeze on to an already jam packed tube with my guide dog. Door closing alarm goes, my dog leaps on between peoples legs and the doors shut with me still grasping the lead but on the platform. Had to drop the lead and let her go! Following train arrives 2 minutes later, hop on, jump off at Bank and there is my dog waiting with a very concerned passenger for my arrival. Happy days

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By *ikeC81Man
over a year ago

harrow

I use the tube everyday...tbh I work,in suburbs so I have to go the daily ride with the school kids going to school.....

When I worked in docklands 5 years ago..li remember having to go to work he day after 7/7 what an most awkward journey.......last ill remember it...tube was empty and everyone was watching each other

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Do any of you have memorable tube moments? The London Underground is by far the best in the world, I use it regularly and always choose it as my transport option of preference. I used to commute daily on the Northern (misery) line Bank branch hopping on at Mooregate and off at London Bridge each morning about 7:30 or 8 o'clock with the throngs and throngs of other commuters, always a great spirit of 'its got to be done' Can remember converging with everyone else on a front carriage door one morning trying to squeeze on to an already jam packed tube with my guide dog. Door closing alarm goes, my dog leaps on between peoples legs and the doors shut with me still grasping the lead but on the platform. Had to drop the lead and let her go! Following train arrives 2 minutes later, hop on, jump off at Bank and there is my dog waiting with a very concerned passenger for my arrival. Happy days

TT, that is a fantastic story.

I'm not sure if you know but there is a sign that says dogs must be carried on the escalators, except guide dogs. I always wonder if the guide dogs read the signs.

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"I use the tube everyday...tbh I work,in suburbs so I have to go the daily ride with the school kids going to school.....

When I worked in docklands 5 years ago..li remember having to go to work he day after 7/7 what an most awkward journey.......last ill remember it...tube was empty and everyone was watching each other "

It was like that for a little while but things soon got back to normal because we have to use the tube.

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

Fantastice engineering of it's time, and not the greatest of the achievements, errm, achieved!

hehe, I'm no buff, but have an interest that stays with me.

An interest in the history and growth, structure and development of London all in all really.

The exhibition you mention does sound very interesting, I may well look it up.

Thanks

Go to the Guildhall too and look at the preserved part of the Roman London Wall. There is a model that shows all the landmark buildings in London and all of those being developed.

I do like the London Wall, and get a great feeling of history from some sections of it around the Museum of London etc - just odd, small remnants of the Wall wedged between modern development.

Gawd I love this Town."

Norton Folgate is considering forming itself into an independent area in its own right away from the local authority using the Localism Act. It won't happen but I love that they spend time discussing this.

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

i loved the tube... some of my better memories are using it to go to school (child of the central line me!) or as an away football fan, using it to go to games...

actually broke my leg at fulham broadway station waiting for a tube train coming back from a chelsea arsenal game.... and some of my best and worst memories are of using it to come back from semi finals held at wembley........

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"i loved the tube... some of my better memories are using it to go to school (child of the central line me!) or as an away football fan, using it to go to games...

Either all jubilant or everyone despondent but all together.

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