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Does anyone know of a countryside getaway?

Posted by whenthiswasfields about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 15 responses

This summer we’d really like to explore the outer reaches of London. Does anyone have a good recommendation for some remote and unmanicured countryside locations at the end of the tube for summer picnics? I really like the idea that the tube can get us from city to country and back, but am not entirely sure th...

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Is there really a secret underground tunnel?

Posted by whenthiswasfields about 1 year ago
Last active 3 months ago 25 responses

I am interested in secret underground London. I have been told there is a secret tunnel from Buckingham Palace to Paddington Station.It was built during the second world war in case we were invaded.The Royal family could then get to Paddington, train to the west coast, then boat to North America. Does anybody kno...

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Why do they 'kangaroo start'?

Posted by whenthiswasfields about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 2 responses

Can any Tube drivers / electrical engineers out there tell me why underground trains often do a “kangaroo start” when they’re moving off – a lurch that is often accompanied by a loud popping sound. District/Circle line trains seem especially susceptible to this – and usually when they&#...

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Shiny London or derelict London?

Posted by Simone about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 5 responses

One of my favouritest websites is www.derelictlondon.com, which documents the grimier side of life in London. No new shards of glass here, just the tatty, the rundown, but also the most historically interesting places in London. So what about you kids? You have any favourites here? I like Scotland Green in Totten...

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Wheelchair-friendly places in central London?

Posted by MonkeysAhoy! about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 6 responses

I find myself possibly on the receiving end of playing general host and guide to a group of American visitors this summer (ugh, Americans). Students, to boot (ugh, students). One of them is in a motorized wheelchair, and their group leader has been asking me about how accomodating central London will be to the whe...

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What is the small(ish) box shaped building near The Monument?

Posted by lozza81 about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 1 response

Someone must know what this is? It is a smallish single storey building that appears to be built with stones. It has one small window (which seems to give a view to a kitchen and the rear end of a microwave) as well as a wheelchair sign indicating that there is an elevator if assistance is needed. Why is it there...

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Has anyone noticed me?

Posted by whenthiswasfields about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 9 responses

I was just wondering if anyone has ever seen me on the tube and thought I was lovely? Helen

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Same time next week?

Posted by whenthiswasfields about 1 year ago tipped with 1K
Last active 2 months ago 0 responses

Picture the scene – its late Thursday night, an underground carriage full of people slowly winds its way south, picking up the last of the office workers and pub goers, taking them back home after a long day and longer night. Everything appears to be normal, nothing out of the ordinary – the same places,...

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Does anyone else imagine they're in a video game when they're underground?

Posted by whenthiswasfields about 1 year ago
Last active 7 months ago 28 responses

Not specifically lift-related but more tube in general: I find that a couple of months playing that damned Resident Evil game on the PlaySatan has left me unable to complete a tube journey on my own without idly working out a) the quickest routes from A to B to avoid the clutches of zombie commuters b) how to get in...

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Why is there an old-fashioned newsagents underground?

Posted by whenthiswasfields about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 4 responses

Near Gloucester Road Underground station, if you walk along the tube tracks for two minutes (toward South Kensington on the District line) and turn left down a small passage before you reach South Kensington, there is the remains of a small shop which looks like an old fashioned newsagents. The windows are broken, a...

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Has anyone else seen the 'off' man?

Posted by whenthiswasfields about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 4 responses

Riding up on the Wimbledon branch of the District Line every morning is essentially a tedious experience, as is trying to get off the train at Earl’s Court when it’s typically rammed. But, occasionally at least, the journey is made more enjoyable by a middle-aged man who, when wanting to leave the train,...

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What does 'good-service' actually mean?

Posted by whenthiswasfields about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 5 responses

I recently e-mailed LUL to ask them about their policy regarding the wording on the whiteboards they use in most Tube stations to inform passengers of the status of services on all lines. I queried the widespread and irksome use of “Good service” to denote an absence of delays. Whether it’s a go...

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Have you had a lovely moment on the Northern Line?

Posted by whenthiswasfields about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 14 responses

I saw a heart-warming thing on the tube the other day that I thought I would share with you all. It was in the middle of a particularly stuffy afternoon on a stalled Northern line train outside of King’s cross. The carriage was about half-full and a woman in her 50s started to cough. At first it seemed like qu...

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Is there a map of the inside of the tube stations?

Posted by whenthiswasfields about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 6 responses

Can you get a map of inside actual Tube staions anywhere? I would love to know why I am walking so far when changing lines as I hane no sense of direction and can\’t picture the staions as a whole. K

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Am I just a common oyster card thief?

Posted by whenthiswasfields about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 7 responses

By borrowing my flatmate’s monthly travel card on oyster (not a photo one) to avoid extortionate tube fares, am I risking being fined / thrown into jail etc if I come across one of the spot- checks (which they seem to have in Brixton tube quite frequently?) Even if he has given me permission to use it would th...

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Did anyone else used to walk along the tube lines at night?

Posted by whenthiswasfields about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 4 responses

When much younger I used to love the frisson of walking along the tube lines when too drunk to sleep (room-spin, head in bin). The power goes off after 1am and apart from the occasional fox this 70 foot wide strip of London is all mine and no one else’s. Sitting on top of a signal gantry watching the summer su...

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Can I just say 'thank you' to the staff at Harrow on the Hill tube station?

Posted by whenthiswasfields about 1 year ago
Last active 12 months ago 3 responses

I just wanted to let you know that there are some helpful station staff out there after all. At the beginning of this week i was on the Metropolitan Line travelling to Harrow on the Hill Station. On the train I started to feel very dizzy and faint and my vision became blurred (due to the unbearable heat on packed...

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By airheads for airheads?

Posted by whenthiswasfields about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 3 responses

TFL have got a new leaflet out, ‘produced by women for women’ about travelling on the tube. I’d like to meet the women responsible. And smash them round the head with a bottle of pinot grigio. It seems it was designed with a particularly fragile sub- species of the capital’s female population...

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How can I keep from vommiting on public transport?

Posted by whenthiswasfields about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 1 response

I have often thought a public information campaign for both genders on succesful vomit-free drinking would be a wise investment for any number of government departments. But no…maybe LbL is the place to share useful tips… For example, I have found a sobering walk for maybe half an hour BEFORE leaping on ...

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Where are your manners, young man?

Posted by whenthiswasfields about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 4 responses

For a long time I’ve been astounded by the rudeness & selfishness of people on the tube. What has happened to a bit of courtesy and manners? I was on a packed northern line train the other day (defective train somewhere or other) totally squished, when the train duly pulled in to Angel tube station. There ...

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