The Missing Guide Book Entries
The transferred Entries
Due to an aborted attempt at using another guest book after the old one lost a lot of entries (see below), I signed up with guestbookdepot.com. The performance of that guest book was less than satisfactory so I left there. Here are the entries that were made in the 3 weeks I was using them:
Guest's Name: carlton gordon
Guest's Home Page: Don't Have One
Date Signed: Mon Jul 30 11:20:31 2001
Referred By: itn
great job and lots of fun!
Guest's Name: Neil Fraser
Guest's Home Page: AEC: Builders of London's Buses
Date Signed: Sat Jul 28 15:44:25 2001
Referred By: LT Webring
Great job Hywel! I love the Aldwych feature. The boys at Sub Brit are hoping to arrange a visit to Kingsway Subway in the summer ...
I've never been down there ... yet!
Cheers,
Neil
Guest's Name: David Howell
Guest's Home Page: Don't Have One
Date Signed: Tue Jul 24 14:35:59 2001
Referred By:
A superb site. I event spent one of my days in London looking for old stations.With lots of results thanks to the maps.
David Howell (Darlington)
Guest's Name: Graeme
Guest's Home Page: My Personal Home Page
Date Signed: Sun Jul 22 20:50:52 2001
Referred By:
While serching for the number of stations in the London Underground I found your site.
A very well designed site- be proud of yourself for your site.
PS still dont know how many stations are in the London Underground (abandoned or otherwise)
Guest's Name: Mike
Guest's Home Page: Mike's Home Page
Date Signed: Thu Jul 19 17:54:35 2001
Referred By: A French Paris Subway website
This is a great website. I originally was searching old Military Underground Facilities, but found a link to the Cincinnati Subway (abandoned) website. I started looking at other subways, and found a link to this site. You've done a great job here, and I learned a lot about "The Tube", and its closed stations. I live outside of Washington, DC, USA, and I wonder if our Metro Subway System will someday close stations that are under-utilized, or don't produce enough revenue.
Guest's Name: Tony McMahon
Guest's Home Page: Don't Have One
Date Signed: Mon Jul 16 14:11:31 2001
Referred By: Search Engine
EXCELLENT!
THAT'S IT.
Guest's Name: Bob H
Guest's Home Page: Don't Have One
Date Signed: Sun Jul 15 16:09:24 2001
Referred By:
An absolutely fascinating site. Thank you.
Guest's Name: Dave
Guest's Home Page: Facade
Date Signed: Sun Jul 15 15:32:39 2001
Referred By: Search engine
Hi - just wanted to thank you for your hard work and congratulate you on a superb website! Having lived at Holloway Road for much of my life, it was great to discover just what the hell was behind that fence I kept peering through!
If you haven't already seen it, I recommend finding a video of the TV series Neverwhere, or a copy of the novel. It is based in a dark fantasy London underworld where tube stations figure prominently!
Guest's Name: Grae
Guest's Home Page: Don't Have One
Date Signed: Tue Jul 10 15:34:25 2001
Referred By:
Just surfed into this fascinating site - thanks for all your research, you've done a splendid job. It's a credit to you. Cheers!
Guest's Name: Sean
Guest's Home Page: Don't Have One
Date Signed: Fri Jul 6 08:18:17 2001
Referred By: Colleague
Very interesting website, its the first site i have seen to make reference to the Bull & Bush, as site I managed to visit the site back in the early 90's when i worked for LUL.
Keep up the good work !
Guest's Name: Tom
Guest's Home Page: London Underground Interactive
Date Signed: Thu Jul 5 11:39:08 2001
Referred By: Friend
Hi, Like the site's new design, keep up the great work :-) TOM
The Lost Entries
Thanks first of all, to all those of you who took the time to sign my guest book! I'ts really great to know that so many other people appreciate the site!
All entries that appear in this guest book appear in the reverse order they were written - the most recent entry appears first.
Due to a system faliure on my old guest book's server (I assume), three months of entries were lost without explination, appology or acknowledgement to repeated requests to their support email. This apparently happened to everyone who hosted their guest books on that site. This I found very annoying, especially since so many people had made the effort of signing the guest book!
Thankfully, the guest book also emailed all entries to me and I've been able to retrieve all the lost entries. Since so many people took the time to send me a message, I've assembled these together and you'll find these in the first section below. I've then reproduced the rest of the guest book.
One point to note - the first set are undated and it would be tricky to retrieve the date without spending much more time cutting and pasting. The first section contains all the messages sent between April 1st and July 1st 2001.
Name : Kevin
Email : the-spirit@cableinet.co.uk
Homepage :
Homepage URL : http://
Referer : Just Surfed in
Comment:
What an interesing and informative site. Will be visiting often!
Name : Ian Anderson
Email :
Homepage :
Homepage URL : http://
Referer : Just Surfed in
Comment:
Hi, Fantastic site! One of the best sites I have ever seen.
I have always loved the complexity of the Underground and on my trips to London have enjoyed just travelling to different stations just to see what they are like (and I'm not even a train spotter!)
Also I find no matter how much you study the Tube map - the next day you find a station name you swear was not there the day before.
Anyway thanks for showing me even more hidden stuff that I can explore next time I return, Cheers, Ian.
Name : jk
Email : jahffifaure@hotmail.com
Homepage : londontm.5u.com
Homepage URL : http://www.londontm.5u.com
Referer : Surfed in via webring
Comment:
good site can you sign my guest book at www.londontm.5u.com please
Name : andrew duffy
Email : ineffect@ineffect.co.uk
Homepage : in-effect digital music
Homepage URL : http://www.ineffect.co.uk
Referer : Surfed in via webring
Comment:
i don't know why but the underground and all its secret tunnels has always fascinated me. thus far, i have not found any other site on the internet that has whetted my appetite for facts about this subject so much. all the time i hear people talking about how boring and stagnant the internet has become - this site is a genuine exception to the rule and it's permanently on my links page.
laters, duffy
Name : Daniel Crowhurst
Email :
Homepage :
Homepage URL :
Referer : Search Engine
Comment:
This has got to be on of THE most fascinating sites I have ever found on the web.
Name : John Hardy
Email : jhardy@n2.net
Homepage :
Homepage URL : http://
Referer : Just Surfed in
Comment:
During my many trips to London on business I have ridden the Underground and wondered just how complex it is. Your wonderful web site has shown me just that. Thanks for your efforts.
Name : Doug Young
Email : duggydoug@hotmail.com
Homepage :
Homepage URL : http://
Referer : Surfed in via webring
Comment:
Very interesting and informative site. By the way, is there a dissused station on the Victoria line at some point between Finsbury Park and Walthamstow? I thought I saw one there once (or maybe imagined it!)
Name : Robert Kimberly
Email : rkimberly@hotmail.com
Homepage : none, so go here...
Homepage URL : http://www.infiltration.org
Referer : Search Engine
Comment:
I lucked out when google gave me this site. Love the depth of research and documentation that has gone into this site.
Has anyone heard of anyone sucessfully purchasing a tube stop for private residence. Is there specific LU policy that supports/prevents such a thing. The only example I have found is at the bottom of this web page about a Northern Heights station...
http://www.appleonline.net/pendar/Transport/OGNH2.html
Name : Barry Cannon
Email : barrycannon@btinternet.com
Homepage :
Homepage URL : http://
Referer : Search Engine
Comment:
A great site for tube lovers everywhere! My new novel "TUBES" is now available at www.applebookshop.co.uk.
Could this ever happen in the Capital's Underground network?
Name : Peter
Email : LEYTR@i12.com
Homepage : LEYTR
Homepage URL : http://www.leytransport.i12.com/
Referer : Surfed in via webring
Comment:
What an excellent site ! Will certainly be adding a link to it from ours :o)
Name : Steve M.
Email : CSXT4290@popmail.com
Homepage : CSX 4290's RailFan Site
Homepage URL : http://www.angefire.com/oh3/csx4290
Referer : Yahoo!
Comment:
Great site!!!!!! Love stuff like this.
Im looking for a shirt I saw someone wering once
it was a white Tshirt with the Underground map
on the front
I want one!!!
sjm
Name : Ben Misselbrook
Email : brmisselbrook@hotmail.com
Homepage :
Homepage URL : http://
Referer : Yahoo!
Comment:
Found site on yahoo looking for train times and got distracted. Bloody interesting though, keep up the good work.
Name : Katy Meaby
Email : katy@katymeaby.freeserve.co.uk
Homepage :
Homepage URL : http://
Referer : Search Engine
Comment:
Loved your web site, I used to live in London and have always had an interest in the London Underground, used to travel on it quite regularly from Acton Town or West Acton into Central London. Now living in the sticks. Hoping to find out (possibly from yourself) if you can tell me when the Moorgate tube disaster occurred? I think it was either 1972 or 1973. Look forward to hearing from you, Best wishes Katy Meaby
Name : jane norris
Email : artfartjn@aol.com
Homepage :
Homepage URL : http://
Referer : Surfed in via webring
Comment:
Great site !! I'm really doing a study on street space inc. drainage and other forms of underground space and got distracted - but was pleased! are there any maps or plans of all these tunnels ?
Name : slug@freemail.hu
Email :
Homepage :
Homepage URL : http://
Referer : Yahoo!
Comment:
Wow!!!
Name : Simon Perry
Email : sperry@heavyfish.co.uk
Homepage :
Homepage URL : http://
Referer : Search Engine
Comment:
Excellent site! Many thanks for an interesting couple of hours. It made me wish that I had bothered to find out more when I lived in London.
Name : John
Email :
Homepage :
Homepage URL : http://
Referer : Surfed in via webring
Comment:
cool site, ive always been interested in this stuff but i never knew there was this much! keep it up, this is one of my favourites
Name : CQ
Email :
Homepage :
Homepage URL : http://
Referer : Yahoo!
Comment:
I just keep coming back to this site, which gets better and better. It's a compulsion. Ever thought of buying a proper domain name for this site like disusedstations.com etc? It's worth doing so.
Name : Mike Newman
Email : mike@gtnorthern.demon.co.uk
Homepage :
Homepage URL : http://www.gtnorthern.demon.co.uk
Referer : Newspaper
Comment:
Saw your page mentioned in the @Demon magazine - absolutely fascinating stuff. I've always been intrigued by the secret history of the Underground, but have never managed to do the tours etc. Great stuff, wonderful photos. Personal favourite bits are the "Northern Heights" section - a great story, but really sad in some ways. Thanks.
Name : Paul Buckle
Email : info@mediaireland.com
Homepage :
Homepage URL : http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/pbuckle
Referer : Search Engine
Comment:
Excellent site, with great pictures and info. Sadly it looks like I've missed my chance to go on one of the tours, but this kinda makes up for it.
Had a very enjoyable time looking around this site.
Name : Dominic
Email :
Homepage :
Homepage URL : http://
Referer : Surfed in via webring
Comment:
A real labour of love - and a really enjoyable tour of the things we rarely get to see.
Name : Julian Carder
Email : Diggers22@aol.com
Homepage : none
Homepage URL : http://
Referer : Surfed in via webring
Comment:
I have always been intersted in the history on the london underground and untill now not come accross any information. It is good to see information on thenet and i am now hooked on finding out information.
Good site
Name : pam
Email : hataitaimoxham@hotmail.com
Homepage :
Homepage URL : http://
Referer : Search Engine
Comment:
Fantastic, easy to read, lots of pictures and maps. I love it.
Name : Colin Lake
Email : c.lake@argonet.co.uk
Homepage :
Homepage URL : http://
Referer : Surfed in via webring
Comment:
A fascinating site. I have only scratched the surface so far. I will definitely come back again, it is already bookmarked
Coln
Name : mark corder
Email : mark.corder@btinternet.com
Homepage : www.mark.corder.btinternet.co.
Homepage URL : http://www.mark.corder.btinternet.co.
Referer : Surfed in via webring
Comment:
Excellent site, brought back many memories. Websites like rhis cannot be praised too highly it's what the web should be like. Many thanks and I shall visit this site often.
regards, Mark
Name : Robert Stainforth
Email : winstainforth@ukonline.co.uk
Homepage :
Homepage URL : http://
Referer : Yahoo!
Comment:
Great site, loads of usefull infomation.. I've been looking for a site like this for ages. Keep those updates coming. Welldone.
Name : Dave Richardson
Email : RichardsonDA@bigfoot.com
Homepage : Dave Web Site
Homepage URL : http://www.bigfoot.com/~RichardsonDA
Referer : Just Surfed in
Comment:
WOW, what an excellent site; full of info, its amazing what you dont see these days. I would love to see it all for myself.
Congrats and keep it up
Dave
Name : Nick
Email : nick.wood@usa.com
Homepage : not got one
Homepage URL : http://
Referer : Just Surfed in
Comment:
could i ask you a favor? well i am doing a 3d computer model of the kings Cross underground station. i have all the maps and isometric views. so i can build it. its just that i have no pictures of the inside, so i have nothing to work from when it comes to the artwork of the model. i was wondering, since i dont live in londo , and you do, would you be able to take some photo graphs of the staion and say, email them to me. please write back - nick
Name : robbo
Email : mark.robinson9@btinnternet.co
Homepage :
Homepage URL : http://
Referer : Just Surfed in
Comment:
thanks for all i have been secrectly interested in but thought it a bit trainspotting.i drive about the city and have worked in most off the main line stations operating cherry pickers for suryuers and i am very interested in the history and how they managed to do it
Name : Harvey Bowl
Email : harvey@rbowl.freeserve.co.uk
Homepage :
Homepage URL : http://
Referer : Search Engine
Comment:
Really excellent and interesting site, haven't looked at all of it yet. I plan to visit London again soon and want to look out for some of the ghost stations.
Name : Justin Brown
Email :
Homepage : www.justinbrown.co.uk
Homepage URL : http://
Referer : Search Engine
Comment:
Excellent site! I, like you, am not a trainspotter but having lived in London all my life (and used the tube until I discovered motorbikes!) I am very interested in it's history. I used to go to a school that was directly opposite the old "Marlborough St" station on the Metropolitan line than runs along the Finchley Road. I always remeber it as a Chinese Restaurant! I think it still is. If I get a chance, I'll take a photo an e-mail it to you!
Name : Stefane Katharine
Email : keziatara@yahoo.co.uk
Homepage :
Homepage URL : http://
Referer : Search Engine
Comment:
A truly inspirational website. Full of interesting facts and great pictures. Really enjoyed the visit and will visit again soon.
Name : Denise
Email :
Homepage :
Homepage URL : http://
Referer : Just Surfed in
Comment:
Interesting site, however I am attempting to locate the original london underground map of 1933 - if you have ity, would be great to publish it here
Name : k.osborne
Email : westsideuk@hotmail.com
Homepage :
Homepage URL : http://
Referer : Surfed in via webring
Comment:
great site...i work down the track at night and can take some digital pictures ,if there are any you want, let me know and i`ll see what i can do..
keep up the good work.
The guest book as it was when it closed
I reproduce all the entries that appeared in the guest book up to the time it went funny and deleted all the entries that you can see above.
1. Author: Hywel Williams (132.185.132.12)
Homepage:
Location:
Date: Wed Jul 4, 2001 12:59 pm
Referer: Just Surfed in
Comment:
THIS GUEST BOOK IS NOW CLOSED - PLEASE SIGN THE NEW ONE FOUND ON THE MAIN INDEX PAGE OF THE WEB SITE. This is a message from the Guest Book owner. I've now closed this guest book due to the fact that 3 months worth of signings vanished overnight at the end of June, meaning that anyone who signed in April, May or June has been lost. No explanation whatsoever has been forthcoming from the company who run this guest book service despite repeated requests to their "support" email and forum - and a lot of other people are rather unhappy about this too. I've taken the step of shutting down the guest book and starting another. Please accept my appologies if you signed in the last three months - it's not my fault!! If you like, sign the new one linked to on the main welcome page.
2. Author: scardy (205.188.196.24)
Homepage: TBA
Location: Farnborough, England (GU14)
Date: Thu Mar 29, 2001 10:47 am
Referer: Just Surfed in
Comment:
Brilliant! Love the web site! Ive been intersted in the underground ever since I can remember. Sometimes I travel all the way to london just to ride it! So much so that Ive basicaly developed a fear of going on the surface! In my opinion there is more to see under london than on top (if you know where and when to look). Ive noticed most of the guests here have been to some abandoned stations. I want to visit one (I never have). Ive tried the transport museum but they refuse to help me and ive been desperate to visit one of these places for years!!! Can somebody please give me some advice that will WORK so that I will one day become one of the 'chosen ones' and get to explore one of these forgoten stations and write my name in the dirt on the wall. Please please please somebody write to: scardy@funnything.co.uk Thanx! David Scard, 18
3. Author: Andy (62.7.249.8)
Homepage:
Location: UK
Date: Thu Mar 29, 2001 7:51 am
Referer: Search Engine
Comment:
Excellent site! I've travelled on the tube since I was 11 years old, and - though no trainspotter myself - have always been fascinated by the "ghost" stations and other "underground" London stuff. When I was at school, I went for a tour of Mark Lane station, and I think that is what got me hooked. I have also been to see the Royal Mail (Consignia?) underground, which is totally separate from the underground system, with totally different rolling stock, track gauge and so on. There are more underground systems out there than you realise! Moving on - does anyone have any idea what the station was that is sited by the Brompton Oratory and what it is now?The building has to be an old station - it looks just like the other stations built by the Yerkes Group. For fiction, try Underground, by Tobias Hill (faber & faber - ISBN - 0-571-20116-4). For fact, try, London Under London, by Richard Trench & Ellis Hillman - (John Murray- ISBN 0-7195-4617-6) Andy
4. Author: Joe Matlock (216.136.28.102)
Homepage: Joe Matlock, Author
Location: San Antonio Texas
Date: Thu Mar 29, 2001 6:57 am
Referer: Just Surfed in
Comment:
I wished I had known about your site when I was researching my last book. I would have given more color to an underground scene! Joe
5. Author: Tom Lagden (158.94.181.70)
Homepage: Can You See That.
Location: Enfield
Date: Wed Mar 28, 2001 12:39 pm
Referer: Search Engine
Comment:
This site has helped me a great deal in my attempts to write a script for a documentary on the history of The London Underground for a university project. An interesting and useful site.
6. Author: amanda (213.38.89.20)
Homepage:
Location:
Date: Wed Mar 28, 2001 10:22 am
Referer: Just Surfed in
Comment:
although i found this page by accident, it kept me enthralled for nearly two hours!! well done, it's refreshing to find a site that: a)is not trying to sell you something; and b) is written by someone passionate about their subject.
7. Private Message
8. Author: Philip Lazenbury (195.182.182.26)
Homepage:
Location: Nottingham
Date: Mon Mar 26, 2001 2:52 pm
Referer: Just Surfed in
Comment:
You may be interested to know that there is actually a VIDEO AVAILABLE about Disused Underground Stations! It's called something like "Disused Underground Stations", and is produced by ONLINE VIDEO. I believe that it costs about £16.99 and is 60 minutes long. Great site! One of the best I've ever visited! Phil
9. Author: Tom (Headstorm3K) (62.253.128.4)
Homepage: Jan Anderson.org
Location: Colchester
Date: Fri Mar 23, 2001 10:30 pm
Referer: Newsgroup
Comment:
Just like to say i really like your site, great design and interesting. Just have to have a day out on the tube now looking for some of the places!!
10. Author: Pablo (62.254.0.4)
Homepage:
Location: notts/london
Date: Thu Mar 22, 2001 10:25 pm
Referer: Just Surfed in
Comment:
Just to say well done to a wicked site, no train spotter but i like to "station spot"..! Ill keep my eyes open for all the places you have talked about! Cheers and i look forward to reading more!
11. Author: tarun patel (194.80.160.2)
Homepage:
Location: Gloucester, England
Date: Wed Mar 21, 2001 11:13 am
Referer: Search Engine
Comment:
Firstly, fantastic site, really good to see hard work and dedication on the internet (makes a change). Like you, I'm no train-spotter, but I've always had a thing for disused public places in recent history (from stations to football stadia). As for an 'insight' into operations at Aldwych, read the fictional 'Rogue Male' (by Geoffrey Household).
12. Private Message
13. Author: rory hayden (212.139.172.216)
Homepage:
Location:
Date: Mon Mar 19, 2001 10:17 pm
Referer: Yahoo!
Comment:
i was looking for a topographical map of the underground when i came across your site.it it truly excellent work,keep it up
14. Author: Ray Crossdale (152.114.1.30)
Homepage:
Location: Northampton
Date: Mon Mar 19, 2001 12:58 pm
Referer: Search Engine
Comment:
Thanks! I thoroughly enjoyed browsing the site
15. Author: Jonathan Ehret (63.151.193.6)
Homepage:
Location: Lewisville, Texas, USA
Date: Sun Mar 18, 2001 9:17 pm
Referer: Search Engine
Comment:
This is an unbelievably fascinating and well-done site. So much to read, so many helpful photos and maps. Makes me feel like flying to London tomorrow! I truly appreciate all the hard work you've done to make this site so impressive.
16. Author: Nick Hennesy (62.60.83.98)
Homepage:
Location: Richmond, Surrey
Date: Sat Mar 17, 2001 7:50 pm
Referer: Just Surfed in
Comment:
Really impressed to come across a site which bears the evidence of so much dedication and hard work; doubly refreshing given the profusion of sites which honestly make you wonder why their designers bothered in the first place. Your enthusiasm for the subject matter really communicates itself and allows the content to transcend the boundaries of minority interest. Tiny snippets of incidental detail that send the mind spinning down disused, boarded-up avenues of speculation, fascinating photos - crowned, for me, by the one depicting the exotic chimaera of the lost London tram veering down fifty feet of sharp incline to vanish into the quotidian darkness of the Kingsway underpass - and what's more - ye gods! a visual concept . . . one that actually works! If I have the tiniest complaint it's that the 'sign my guestbook' option's currently highlighted which means I can't do paragraphs. Cheers.
17. Author: Alan b (213.1.102.199)
Homepage:
Location: UK
Date: Fri Mar 16, 2001 10:34 pm
Referer: Just Surfed in
Comment:
Found this site by link on offical London Underground site. I relised ghost stations exisited but I never relised there was so many. A great site and an interesting read.Keep up the good work.
18. Author: Toby O'Sullivan (159.104.224.20)
Homepage:
Location:
Date: Fri Mar 16, 2001 4:50 pm
Referer: Just Surfed in
Comment:
There was my checking on the latest news on the Tube Strike on The tube's main site, and I clicked this link by accident. Brilliant reading. Nice One!! I'm sure Aldwych tube station was the one used in Tomb Raider 3 as I think I recognised some of the settings..
19. Author: catherine fréchet (213.36.82.225)
Homepage:
Location: france
Date: Wed Mar 14, 2001 9:18 pm
Referer: Surfed in via webring
Comment:
As I was looking for the year the tube was first brought into service( i must admit i haven't found the precise answer yet!), i popped into your site. it's really interesting and i think i'll come back to it to read a bit more about this underground; congratulations for your work.
20. Author: Groovycathers (62.213.135.161)
Homepage: Total Ear Wax
Location:
Date: Wed Mar 14, 2001 2:34 pm
Referer: Just Surfed in
Comment:
Great site - came across it via the "offical" LU site. As a Londoner born and bread, I was aware of some of these ghost stations, but not to the extend that you have on this site. Keep up the good work - I'll certainly be back for a second visit.
21. Author: Richard Randall (62.252.64.4)
Homepage:
Location: Stevenage
Date: Tue Mar 13, 2001 9:57 pm
Referer: Surfed in via webring
Comment:
More about the epping ongar line please Kool Site Richard
22. Author: E J Ivatts (213.1.107.84)
Homepage: www.tedivats@btinternet.com
Location: Ruislip Middlsex
Date: Mon Mar 12, 2001 3:57 pm
Referer: Just Surfed in
Comment:
I feel that I have found a real pearl in your site. The subject of Londons Underground has always intested me and your accounts of the unknown bits of the systems are both entertaining and enlightning. For your information I was in the Territorial Army from 1947 to 1965 and was based at the Drill Hall in Brompton Road. I was the Quartermaster of the Regiment and had access to all parts of the Drill Hall itself including the underground bit. I visited the platform levels on many occassions. I had friends who were cleaners for LT and appeared at regular intervals for their night shifts. )They always arrived before the Sgts Mess Closed on drill nights. I believe that the AA Control Centre came into being about 1940 and was manned and active until the closure of Ack Ack Command in the mid 1950s. The frontage of the Station housed the QM Stores and offices on the ground floor with the Orderly Room on the first floor. These where within the original Station building. Another floor was added in the late 1930s which became the Officers Mess. This part of the Station has now all disappeared with the widening of Brompton Road and worse still the excellent pub 'The Gladstone' which was on the corner of Brompton Rd and Cottage Place Surround by the Stn and Drill Hall, went with it. Kelly (The Manager) never recovered. Thank you for an entertaining few hours of memories. Ted Ivatts
23. Author: E J Ivatts (213.1.107.84)
Homepage:
Location: Ruislip Middlsex
Date: Mon Mar 12, 2001 3:47 pm
Referer: Just Surfed in
Comment:
I feel that I have found a real pearl in your site. The subject of Londons Underground has always intested me and your accounts of the unknown bits of the systems are both entertaining and enlightning. For your information I was in the Territorial Army from 1947 to 1965 and was based at the Drill Hall in Brompton Road. I was the Quartermaster of the Regiment and had access to all parts of the Drill Hall itself including the underground bit. I visited the platform levels on many occassions. I had friends who were cleaners for LT and appeared at regular intervals for their night shifts. )They always arrived before the Sgts Mess Closed on drill nights. I believe that the AA Control Centre came into being about 1940 and was manned and active until the closure of Ack Ack Command in the mid 1950s. The frontage of the Station housed the QM Stores and offices on the ground floor with the Orderly Room on the first floor. These where within the original Station building. Another floor was added in the late 1930s which became the Officers Mess. This part of the Station has now all disappeared with the widening of Brompton Road and worse still the excellent pub 'The Gladstone' which was on the corner of Brompton Rd and Cottage Place Surround by the Stn and Drill Hall, went with it. Kelly (The Manager) never recovered. Thank you for an entertaining few hours of memories. Ted Ivatts
24. Author: Kieran O'Connor (62.125.152.214)
Homepage: cambridge tax practice
Location: Suffolk, England
Date: Fri Mar 9, 2001 9:41 pm
Referer: From a Friend
Comment:
Stunning. I lived in London for about 12 years and as a frequent tube traveller often wondered about areas I though might be disused stations - particularly on the Met line (the station I now know to have been Lords). If this site (and the internet) had been around 10 years ago I would have been out there checking them out. This is the next best thing.
25. Author: Pete Rooney (154.32.128.79)
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Date: Thu Mar 8, 2001 2:11 pm
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Thank you for a interesting and amazing site.
26. Author: Frank Schwalm (193.159.54.115)
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Location: Cologne, Germany
Date: Tue Mar 6, 2001 12:29 am
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very interesting and and detailed website. I live in Germany but I am interested in the Tube History. I would like to recommend "The London Underground - A Diagrammatic HHistory" by Douglas Rose. This also give you details about changes of station names.
27. Author: Tom Bowers (159.92.100.104)
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Love the site, bit of a fan of LT "folklore" as it were, so this was quite an interesting find.
28. Author: Lisa Bullock (62.7.79.250)
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Date: Sun Mar 4, 2001 10:37 pm
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Really fascinating site, well informed and presented. Was researching Early Modern London for my degree dissertation, and stumbled on you by accident, but really glad I did!
29. Author: paul (62.6.101.248)
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Date: Sun Mar 4, 2001 3:09 pm
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Very interesting. Could you include a full underground map from pre-closures? Paul
30. Author: Paul (205.188.193.31)
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Date: Fri Mar 2, 2001 9:39 pm
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a truly interesting page, not a transport buff but there's somthing very cool about the abandoned stations!
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32. Author: Mrs O (62.6.73.141)
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Date: Wed Feb 28, 2001 10:02 pm
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Well done Hywel. A very interesting site. I loved the Aldwych details and look forward to updates.
33. Author: Anna Hill (62.7.81.139)
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Date: Mon Feb 26, 2001 2:09 am
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Fascinating!!! My boyfriend and I have been peering out at South Kentish Town station on our way to work!
34. Author: Dennis (172.133.112.202)
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Date: Sun Feb 25, 2001 10:16 pm
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Found the site by accident looking for a tube map. Just lost the evening looking at all the excellent reviews and information available. This is what the web is all about!! Keep up the good work - a great site
35. Author: Steve Payne (195.92.67.74)
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Location: Naphill, Bucks
Date: Sun Feb 25, 2001 1:47 pm
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Brill
36. Author: Dave and Deb Adamson (62.252.64.4)
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Location: luton, bedfordshire
Date: Sat Feb 24, 2001 6:09 pm
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Absolutely brilliant!! We have always been enthusiastic about the underground and this is the best piece we have ever seen refering to the unknown of the London Underground. We will certainly be looking out for the features you have described next time we travel to London. Thank you
37. Author: Chris Topliss (62.254.0.4)
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Location: Leicester, England
Date: Sat Feb 24, 2001 9:45 am
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Its great to know I am not alone, I used to be a supplier of suspension components to LUL, and on my weekly visits to over 7 depots, I would marvel at the whole system and the way it operates. On every trip to London I find myself drawn to the tube, and look for signs of disuse etc. My wife cannot quite get as excited about it, but she likes the DLR. Keep it up, excellent research and well illustrated.
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40. Author: John Wright (208.186.184.45)
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Date: Sat Feb 24, 2001 12:21 am
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very interesting. From London originally, but living in the US and have always been fascinated with trains and the Tube. I used it extensively when I lived there for work and play, and always explore the Underground when I go back for a visit.
41. Author: Paul (195.92.194.20)
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Date: Fri Feb 23, 2001 11:06 am
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If I need to let another whole morning slip by without working I know now where to come. Great site.
42. Author: Patricia Lee (204.174.252.144)
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Location: Leicester, England
Date: Mon Feb 19, 2001 11:19 pm
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excellent pages for those who are interested in the history of the tube. would you consider putting up more pictures? i'll, definitely and regularly, return for the new stuff.
43. Author: Simo Melenius (194.89.126.3)
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Location: Finland
Date: Mon Feb 19, 2001 9:19 am
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This a very nice and extensive site, I enjoyed reading it and I will definitely come back again. Like someone else said, this is what the WWW is for. Thanks to the author for having had the effort putting all this online! While reading on I started wondering if there's a place online where like-minded people could gather and discuss the fascination and thrill that we feel underground? That there's more to it than you'd think - the (London) subways aren't just plain tunnels excavated in the ground. Perhaps a mailing list, a WWW bulletin board system or an IRC channel? Does anyone know? Please reply to this guestbook or send me mail directly. And of course, you can send me email about what you think about it below the surface :-) best regards, Simo
44. Author: Liz Jones (62.7.131.149)
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Date: Sun Feb 18, 2001 10:53 pm
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Thank you VERY much for a very interesting visit to your site - I shall return! A fascinating account of the Down Street station and I shall be looking out for the 1872 ababdoned under-Thames 'bollard'(?) near the Tower. I'm amazed that this hasn't been revived to combat commuter traffic jams!. Congratulations on the site.
45. Author: VONCILLE PLUNKETT (168.191.155.229)
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Location: mauriceville, texas usa
Date: Fri Feb 16, 2001 11:16 am
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I LOVE THIS INFORMATION. THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT AVAILABLE SINCERELY, VONCILLE PLUNKETT globalgerl@yahoo.com
46. Author: Rod Pettet (202.138.42.150)
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Location: Australia
Date: Fri Feb 16, 2001 1:38 am
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Excellent and very interesting web site. Keep adding to it1
47. Author: Steve Gwinnett (62.252.64.4)
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Location: Stevenage
Date: Fri Feb 16, 2001 12:47 am
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Comment:
...the 'Friend' being someone unknown to me, but overheard on a train mentioning 'starfury site, 'closed tube stations', and 'very good' in same sentence! Have had inceasing interest in closed London stations for many years, since fuelled by the excellent books from Connor & Butler on the subject: I got hold of a "Forgotten Stations of Greater London" (1st edition), and they've been getting better ever since. Your site really is great in complementing descriptions of the stations available from other sources like those.
48. Author: thelma (205.188.197.173)
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Date: Thu Feb 15, 2001 5:37 pm
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wow that was realy exciting and i enjoyed the pictures i never knew about underground tunnels untill i saw a program about mass. building now an underground tunnel, thanks
49. Author: John Benson (160.9.128.21)
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Date: Thu Feb 15, 2001 12:18 pm
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An excellent site that has helped me with my university work.
50. Author: Ron Canham (62.172.148.130)
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Date: Thu Feb 15, 2001 10:45 am
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Top hit by copernic search of search engines Good site
51. Author: Martin Sears (again) (213.1.69.175)
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Location: right near headstone lane st
Date: Wed Feb 14, 2001 9:52 pm
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ive noticed that quite a few people in the guest book have been asking where they can get hold of old maps of the london underground. Well i've just found this good site where there's about 20 different maps from 1900 to the present, so you can see how the underground has changed over the years, and you can also see some of the old stations that youve mentioned on your site that don't appear on modern maps. i don't know whether you've seen this list of maps because if you haven't you should definitely include them on your site. the site where all the maps are is http://www.sitw.f2s.com/london/maps.html i hope this is useful to you, or anyone else who is trying to get hold of the old maps. they are fascinating to look at if you go through them in order!
52. Author: Martin Sears (213.1.69.175)
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Location: Harrow Weald
Date: Wed Feb 14, 2001 8:18 pm
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Ive always found the london underground fascinating, i can't get my head around how they built it all and linked it all up. This site is brilliant and ive been on it for a few hours now. its not often you find a site as interesting, informative and well organised as this
53. Author: Darren Parmenter (64.210.241.103)
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Location: Spain
Date: Sun Feb 11, 2001 6:58 pm
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Having has the Internet for almost 2 years, I have to congratulate you on probably THE most interesting and informative web site that I've ever visited. I've lived in Spain for over 11 years and confess to not missing the daily travelling on the Tube (I used to live near to Upton Park and travelled to Embankment) but seeing and reading your site brought back some nostalgic memories. I can remember travelling to the original Tower Hill Station on the District Line and equally remember passing through it most mornings when I later worked in London and seeing the peeling film posters still on the former platform walls! I agree wholeheartedly with an earlier contributor who said "this is what the internet is for". An excellent and informative site and I look forward to many more additions in the future.
54. Author: Oliver Cornfield (195.147.230.65)
Homepage: MotorheadbangersWorld Online
Location: London, UK
Date: Sun Feb 11, 2001 1:53 am
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An absolutely fascinating site. I just found it by chance from Yahoo and I think you've done a great job. Are there any books you could recommend on this subject? I've had a look but I haven't found many. Cheers, Oliver PS Why was Mornington Crescent closed for so long? Think it deserves a mention!
55. Author: M Gilsenan (195.92.194.13)
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Date: Sat Feb 10, 2001 7:03 pm
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Nice site enjoyed this. I have been intrested since reading a book years ago London Below our feet.
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57. Author: Sid Davis (209.86.203.159)
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Location: Bethesda,MD USA
Date: Sat Feb 10, 2001 2:55 am
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In 1969 my two sons, my wife, and I went on holiday to London for one month, staying in the Sloane Square area. We utilized the Underground throughout. Each night I would take my older son, then six, to see the lights in Piccadilly Circus, with the added treat of a Kit Kat Bar. This, we did for some 30 days. I told him how the tubes were used for shelter during the blitz. My son was fascinated by the Underground, Piccadilly and the lights.He could name virtually every station on the routes we used. We purchased Underground posters and map for his bedroom at home.He is a physician today. He visits London fairly often and makes the pilgrimmage to Piccadillly as we did 32 years ago, though I am not certain that he takes a Kit Kat Bar along. My son discovered your website and guided me to it to reminisce with him about that wonderful time. I have enjoyed the revisit and the history. Thank you.
58. Author: Tony Sault (172.162.51.46)
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Location: Birmingham, UK
Date: Fri Feb 9, 2001 11:25 pm
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Fantastic site! Having played Tomb Raider 2 and enjoying all aspects of the Tube, it was great to see the real Aldwych. Having seen more disused stations than I knew existed, I have decided to contact the underground to see if they will arrange access or visits. Thank you for a most informative and easy to navigate site.
59. Author: Martin Hyndman (193.131.136.196)
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Location: London, UK
Date: Fri Feb 9, 2001 12:13 pm
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Comment:
Superb - just what the internet was designed for. You've been bookmarked!
60. Author: Steve Cahill (208.159.224.253)
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Location: Beds. UK
Date: Fri Feb 9, 2001 10:27 am
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This is a truly awesome source of information. I have lived/worked in London for most of my life, and have always held a huge interest and affection for the Tube. As well as the essential practicalities of everyday transportation, the Tube is the most vibrant and relevant part of London's history. It deserves recognition, and this site should be made essential reading for anybody who uses it. The depth of information and research deserves the highest commendation.
61. Author: Tim Sandman (213.1.214.2)
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Date: Thu Feb 8, 2001 4:08 pm
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This is a truly beatiful and facsinating site
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63. Author: Adam Meyerring (134.129.75.35)
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Location: North Dakota - USA
Date: Wed Feb 7, 2001 9:34 pm
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After spending all summer 2000 in Europe traveling the metro in most large cities I still remember my 2 weeks on the tubes as the fondest memories. They are a facinating thing to me, since the only transportation I use at home is my automobile. Keep up the good work.
64. Author: Rachel (152.163.213.211)
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Date: Mon Feb 5, 2001 8:07 pm
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nice one!
65. Author: Mr Rhys Honor (195.184.228.170)
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Location: Reading
Date: Sun Feb 4, 2001 5:05 pm
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Really interesting site. I'm Impressed.
66. Author: Jeff Powell (195.92.67.73)
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Date: Sun Feb 4, 2001 4:50 pm
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Just wanted to say that I thought you sight was absolutely fascinating! I too was extremely interested in the history surrounding the derelict underground stations, as I work quite close to the dissused strand station. Your site was extremely insightful. Excellent!
67. Author: Gobion and Hannah (163.1.103.104)
Homepage: Steel Law
Location: London
Date: Sun Feb 4, 2001 2:04 am
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wow! what a cool site. we were fascinated by the Tube and abandoned tunnels, inspired by Neverwhere. A really informative, excellent site. And it's great to see a site updated so regualrly and recently to include Jubilee Line extension etc
68. Author: Michael Cook (213.1.141.182)
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Date: Fri Feb 2, 2001 9:43 pm
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Very interesting as an employee of about 3 years it is interesting to learn more of the history.
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70. Author: Harprit (193.132.157.4)
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Date: Wed Jan 31, 2001 5:10 pm
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I've lived in London all my life but there's always soemthing you dont know!!!
71. Author: GARY FOREMAN (212.67.98.117)
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Location: SOUTH KENSINGTON LONDON
Date: Wed Jan 31, 2001 1:00 am
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ABSOLUTLY GREAT WEBSITE! I have always been intrigued about the "Ghost Stations" in the city and why they closed. You have answered a lot of my questions ( and created more ) in this site. Please keep up the good work I will be visiting again soon.
72. Author: George Kohout (198.164.200.232)
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Date: Wed Jan 31, 2001 12:57 am
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Interesting
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74. Author: Tabitha (134.225.16.2)
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Location: Near London
Date: Tue Jan 30, 2001 2:54 pm
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I just happend on this site and I am reaaly impressed by it. I had heard a lot about 'ghost stations' from my father who works on the tubes, and was fascinated by these underground 'time capsules'. This site informed me about many stations I was awre of and many others that I wasn't. Keep up the good work, I'll be back another time!
75. Author: Paul Hawkins (195.92.198.79)
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Date: Mon Jan 29, 2001 9:50 pm
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Excellent informative sight, keep it coming, especially the pictures if possible.
76. Author: ewald (62.158.8.217)
Homepage: Bahnhof-809-8
Location: germany
Date: Sat Jan 27, 2001 8:35 pm
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Fascinating site. I will link to your site. regards
77. Author: Chris Fisher (62.254.64.4)
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Location: Teesside
Date: Sat Jan 27, 2001 8:29 pm
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Excelent site, just what I was looking for, some history on one of the world greatest civil engineering achievements. My interest in Ghost Stations was kicked off bt Neil Gaimans, Neverworld, and references to the tram tunnel in James Herberts 49' (recomended reading). Keep up the good work , I WILL be back. Thanks
78. Author: Stuart Caplan (62.172.104.135)
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Location: London UK
Date: Thu Jan 25, 2001 4:04 pm
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I was already aware of what lies below, and it is good to see that others are interested in what could be a rather dry and esoteric subject
79. Author: William Gomaa (66.7.0.217)
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Location: Washington, DC, USA
Date: Wed Jan 24, 2001 11:05 pm
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Amazing, amazing site! I've been fascinated by the Tube ever since I was little. I have rarely been so intrigued by a website--your through research and insights make this a pleasure to surf. Keep it up!
80. Author: Chris McKenna (210.48.1.2)
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Location: Greytown, New zealand
Date: Wed Jan 24, 2001 3:52 am
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I have just spent 4 weeks staying at Wimbledon South and was absolutely fascinated by the whole Underground concept and very much enjoyed every journey. I do not as yet have a Homepage of my own but I do know that if I do set one up that it will have some form of rail activity (NZ perhaps) as an overall theme. I have found reading your informative pages very stimulating. Well done!
81. Author: Andy Robus (194.165.163.215)
Homepage: Computer Repairs - Ireland
Location: County Sligo, Ireland
Date: Wed Jan 24, 2001 1:36 am
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Brilliant website and great photos. I wish I had the chance to walk around the closed down parts of the Underground, I find it really facinating and eerie. I used to live in Luton and used to travel down to London on the Bedford to St. Pancras line quite reguarly and I used to love the Tube trains. Although most people hated it, I used to love the "warm" musty breeze you would get as you go down underground on the huge esculators. (I would buy a ticket for 20p I bet they are a lot dearer now!!) I am hoping now to visit the UK with my family in Feb. 2001 and my 7 year old boy is mad into trains, I wonder what he will make of the Underground when we visit London. I know I will enjoy it again.
82. Author: fergus milton (62.252.96.4)
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Location: andover (hants)
Date: Wed Jan 24, 2001 12:26 am
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Thanks for all the effort you've put into this. It's fascinating to read and I will keep my eyes open more on the tube in future ! I will also write and ask for the tours to be started again. Thank you !
83. Author: Richard Wadwell (213.122.188.247)
Homepage: Richard Wadwell's Homepage
Location: North Yorkshire
Date: Mon Jan 22, 2001 6:42 pm
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This is one of the most fascinating things I have seen on the Internet for some time. I had no idea that there were all these abandoned stations - I will never experience a journey on the Underground in quite the same way again!
84. Author: Marianne van Rees vellinga (212.83.68.134)
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Location: Netherlands
Date: Mon Jan 22, 2001 8:51 am
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This is great! I have always hoped this would exist. I intended to do a bit of research myself on the 'hidden' underground, but never came round to do it. I have several old underground maps and saw the differences in stations. Besides 'Mornington Crescent' is my old favourite due to the radio 4 programme'Sorry I haven't a clue'. I did not find anything about this, may be I overlooked. My most treasured one is an underground map from 1932.
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86. Author: Richard.dona (195.121.6.99)
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Location: Netherlands
Date: Sat Jan 20, 2001 10:46 pm
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This is interesting and informative page the northern line is wonderfull.
87. Author: Andrew (213.120.56.61)
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Location: UK
Date: Sat Jan 20, 2001 7:16 pm
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A well researched and fascinating site. Who would have thought so much was underfoot! Well Done.
88. Author: Martin Speed (195.194.178.252)
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Location: Derby, UK
Date: Sat Jan 20, 2001 4:00 pm
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I've seen some stations from the train window, and read about them in books, but this site is easily the most informative. Well done, excellent site!
89. Author: Martin Doyle (206.47.244.56)
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Location: Toronto, Canada
Date: Sat Jan 20, 2001 3:17 am
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Absolutely fascinating. Have held an interest in the Underground for a very long time and found this site to be a gem. It has been bookmarked. Thanks for taking the time to put it together and updating it. Cheers,
90. Author: matt willis (193.116.20.221)
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Date: Fri Jan 19, 2001 5:44 pm
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very interesting and informative - have recently been working for LUL and the site provided us with useful information on history of the Northern Line around Highgate area
91. Author: John Norris (195.50.96.195)
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Date: Fri Jan 19, 2001 2:17 pm
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Excellent. I've been interested in the disused stations for some time, and plan to visit some (or attempt to!) soon. This is one of the most imteresting aspects of London history for me, if not the best. What I like is as you pointed out a couple of times, that these disused stations are stuck in a time warp. This is a very interesting and detailed site, and will help me as a map in itself when I go 'exploring' Best regards John
92. Author: B.Beshaw (203.26.29.4)
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Location: Australia
Date: Thu Jan 18, 2001 4:03 am
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We all have distant memories from our childhood and one of mine is sitting on my fathers lap on a tram going down that very ramp that you have pictured, I must have been extremly frightened for that memory to stay with me all these years. Years later as a adult I would sometimes walk past the old entrance to the tunnel area in Kingsway and the images would come flooding back of that tram ride descending into the bowels of the earth. Thank you for your site enjoyed the visit.
93. Author: J.P. Quinn (205.188.197.54)
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Date: Tue Jan 16, 2001 7:56 pm
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I was attempting to purchase Visitor's Travelcards for an upcoming trip to London, noticed the website and spent an amusing hour reading the information you have gathered. Thank you so much! I find the "underground" to be a fascinating one. A few years back I took a marvelous tour titled "The Underground During WWII" but it is no longer being offered. Thanks again for an interesting afternoon. JP Quinn
94. Author: Hywel Williams (193.193.32.55)
Homepage: Ask Jesus
Location: 'Up There'
Date: Tue Jan 16, 2001 9:25 am
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Hello, as a fellow Hywel Williams I was disgusted by your wilfull use of a fine name, alongside your sad, trainspotter passtimes. The London Underground is NOT an exciting passtime, maybe if you spent some time away from your weird Manna Cult you would realise that. You sad, depraved fool.
95. Author: Kat Pettit (62.253.128.4)
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Location: Colchester, Essex, UK
Date: Sun Jan 14, 2001 7:54 pm
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This is a truly fantastic site. You've obviously spent a lot of time getting across the atmosphere of the stations in question. Keep up the good work! I love it.
96. Author: richard (212.228.255.70)
Homepage: na
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Date: Sat Jan 13, 2001 9:54 pm
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AltaVista search on behalf of a Brazilian friend who I met over the net - and travelled 5000 miles to see me this Christmas 2000-2001. She was fascinated by the tube system and I was surfing to find out the origin of the word 'charing' in Charing Cross. If interested, the answer may be as follows: Not from chère reine, in honour of Eleanor, the dear wife of Edward I., but la chère reine (the Blessed Virgin). Hence, in the Close Roll, Richard II, part I (1382), we read that the custody of the falcons at Charryng, near Westminster, was granted to Simon Burley, who was to receive 12d. a day from the Wardrobe.
97. Author: Chink (194.9.188.1)
Homepage:
Location: London
Date: Fri Jan 12, 2001 11:33 pm
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Very interesting site, having watched a program about wartime Britain and the underground recently, I was curious to find some of these disused stations, now I know.
98. Author: mark dowden (62.7.5.243)
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Date: Wed Jan 10, 2001 11:50 pm
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It is just what I was looking for
99. Author: peter spence (213.123.22.156)
Homepage:
Location: southern end of bakerloo line
Date: Mon Jan 8, 2001 8:34 pm
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Comment:
Wha a great site. All these years traveling on the tube, and not knowing what your are passing, carry on i WILL BE BACK.
100. Author: Dani (194.168.3.18)
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Date: Mon Jan 8, 2001 3:38 pm
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Utterly fascinating.....never knew I was interested until I found your page!!!!
101. Author: Robert Bird (212.161.71.254)
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Date: Mon Jan 8, 2001 3:38 pm
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A very fascinating site
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103. Author: Gerald Smith (212.159.1.4)
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Location: Kent
Date: Sat Jan 6, 2001 2:13 am
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Comment:
Really fascinating stuff. A native Londoner, I have ridden the tube countless times and always wondered about all the ghost stations I know are there, but have never seen and know nothing about. Particularly interested to read about the Kingsway Underpass, into whose disused entrance I have stared on many occasion not knowing that a station stood only feet from the locked gates! Your site has been firmly bookmarked in my favourites folder.
104. Author: Fateha Uddn (194.81.44.192)
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Location: London
Date: Fri Jan 5, 2001 10:45 am
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Knowing that I am extremly fascinated by the London Underground, it was truly entertaining to read your studies. To feed my interest, I went to the London transport museum to find out information that I wanted to know about but unfortunatley they didn't provide that typed of information. It was truly amazinging to find your website because this was the kind of facts I have been longing to know about. The hidden tunnels and the closed down stations, I didn't even have time to blink when reading your facts and by the time I finnished reading, my eyes were burning!! THANK YOU.
105. Author: Sime (193.113.185.131)
Homepage: Creative Castle
Location: Derbyshire
Date: Tue Jan 2, 2001 11:14 am
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What a wonderful site!!! I've been fascinated by the Underground in general, and the hidden and little-known parts of it in particualar, for years. This is a great source of information about many of these places. It will be a regular port of call from now on!!!! Thanks :)
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107. Author: Malcolm (208.187.58.203)
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Date: Sun Dec 31, 2000 6:42 am
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Amazing site! Been longing to research for subway relics like this! Interesting! signed by subways freak!
108. Author: Tasha (62.252.0.4)
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Location: London
Date: Sun Dec 31, 2000 12:18 am
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Heya, really great site. Myself and a friend have been obsessing about hidden tube stations for ages now and this has givven us a great place to start. Thank you!!
109. Author: Greg B. (194.200.241.2)
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Date: Fri Dec 29, 2000 10:57 am
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Thanks for an excellen site. I was trying to find this kind of info a couple of years ago so was delighted when I found your site. Cheers
110. Author: vicki (194.216.132.99)
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excellent, really interesting.
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112. Author: David (203.54.57.213)
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Date: Mon Dec 18, 2000 12:40 pm
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I have been to London twice, each time i remember for me riding the underground was a tourist attraction itself! My interest in this topic was sparked when i was a child. My father work at Flinders St station in Melbourne. Down the tunnels is an old station called Princess Bridge. I used to play on the old platforms there. Most of its platforms were closed during the 60s, the rest in the 70s when the melbourne underground was linked. You can still see it as you travell from Flinders Street to Richmond. I have had a passion for things like that ever since! Exellent site! Most of my questions have been ansewed! It's a pity they did not close more stations for you to explore! Just Kidding!!!
113. Author: Mary Kane (152.163.201.206)
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Fantastic site. I first heard of Ghost stations on Blue Peter. This site told me what I'd been looking for a book on ever since. It's wonderful.
114. Author: Mark J (213.104.156.33)
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Excellent site! the best i have seen so far. Did you know there is a disused station at Angel, i think it was when they Built a new station just slightly further north of the old station?
115. Author: ben r (152.163.201.189)
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Absolutely fascinating! I always wondered about the kingsway tram underpass!!! Its amazing to see how many people sign your guestbook and how regularly.
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117. Author: Beverly Trujillo (137.240.240.244)
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Wonderful information. As I child growing up in London I would ride the tubes all day in the summers for something interesting to do. Next time I go back I will make a day of checking out these old stations. Thanks.
118. Author: Anne-Marie K. Hurteau (207.253.110.197)
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Date: Wed Dec 13, 2000 5:21 am
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Hello, Just like you, I find the London Underground utterly interesting! I was wondering if you collect maps (cos I do) and if you knew where I could get scans of very old maps... E-mail me if you have time, cheers, Anne-Marie
119. Author: Steve Conway (198.26.122.12)
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Date: Tue Dec 12, 2000 7:40 pm
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A fascinating look at the Underground. As a member of the US Air Force, stationed in the UK from 1993 to 1998, I had many opportunites to travel on the Underground as more than the average tourist. All of those nooks, crannies, and grilled-up passageways were quite interesting. Now some of my questions have been answered, and my appetite is whetted once again to return to London. Cheers!
120. Author: Robin Thompson (134.151.112.23)
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Date: Tue Dec 12, 2000 1:01 pm
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After having spent a year in Paris and having noticed "ghost" stations on the Metro, this is really interesting - in Paris there are only about 4 unused stations. Really informative.
121. Author: Barbara West-Kelsey (195.92.198.79)
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Absolutely brilliant site - I haver notice many of the 'odd bits' mentioned on my extensive travels on the underground, and ofen wondered about the history behind them, tho I was aware there were some 'ghost stations'.This has set me off on a long projected nose around! Thanks..
122. Author: Malc Oakley (193.113.185.163)
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Location: Surrey
Date: Mon Dec 11, 2000 10:02 pm
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Very interesting stuff..........I'll find time one day to keep my eyes open next time I'm on the tube. When I was a small kid I used to be scared of the flashes and sparks from the 3rd rail, my mum was always telling me not to have my nose pressed up against the window.
123. Author: Mick Gee (194.73.183.158)
Homepage: Heath Rovers FC
Location: Bishops Stortford, Herts
Date: Mon Dec 11, 2000 11:49 am
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Great website. I've always been interested in the History of the London Underground and this site has given me a lot of valuable information. Thanks very much!
124. Author: Mike (212.140.19.211)
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Date: Fri Dec 8, 2000 9:10 pm
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All these old stations, so many journeys through empty walls........Where are the echos of the bangs and crashes of those old trains that used to run on the District line in the late sixties?
125. Author: Marianne (213.40.67.65)
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Date: Thu Dec 7, 2000 9:09 pm
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This is such a fabulous site! Fascinating history, great photos, funny accounts, and a well designed site. Having a passion for the Underground this site could have been written for me.
126. Author: Robyn Swan (195.92.32.71)
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Date: Thu Dec 7, 2000 12:48 pm
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I stumbled onto this page while looking for another site and I stayed for an hour or so. This site is great, very informative. I learnt alot. As a recent arrival to this country the underground is something that intrigues me. It was definitely incredibly interesting to read about it's earlier history and remnants of that history!
127. Author: Matt Jolley (151.170.240.10)
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Date: Wed Dec 6, 2000 3:38 pm
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Very interesting reading. I've been looking for a site like this for ages. Great stuff!
128. Author: Paul Osborne (212.113.26.17)
Homepage: UK Airshow Review
Location: London
Date: Wed Dec 6, 2000 2:41 pm
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Most interesting reading. I remember using the Aldwych branch line when I was younger. You could hear the train starting off from the other station while waiting on the platform and many a time you would get to the platform just as the train was pulling out meaning a lengthy wait until it came back again. I use the Jubilee line now which is a complete contrast to the designs of the earlier stations but I'm glad to see reliability is the same as ever!
129. Author: Michael Thwaite (195.173.112.150)
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Date: Wed Dec 6, 2000 1:05 pm
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Fantastic research, it sends a shiver down my spine just thinking about the history, the event and the people who must have walked before you down those dimly lit passageways. Thanks for bringing that to us ;-)
130. Author: Emma (193.113.185.131)
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Date: Tue Dec 5, 2000 8:16 pm
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Your website is so great! It really helped me with my "Transport in the 19th Century" Project that I had to do for my History class at school. I was amazed at all the info on disused stations! Thank You again Luv Emma xxx
131. Author: T ony Dalton (195.194.83.10)
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Location: London
Date: Mon Dec 4, 2000 12:42 pm
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Hi Well this site came as a surprise! I didn't know that such a site existed and I found it really fascinating. I've been interested in the tube since I was about eight or nine, and especially the disused stations. I've been trying for ages to get on a tour but as yet have not been able to......Here's hoping! Thanks for producing the site and all the best in the future. Tony Dalton
132. Author: guy (62.188.146.68)
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Date: Sun Dec 3, 2000 9:24 pm
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well done! I've travelled on the tube a lot in the past and I've always been curious about the shut stations and what goes on beneath london. A good resource.
133. Author: Nickey Calver (193.62.3.247)
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Date: Fri Dec 1, 2000 8:40 pm
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Really interesting, I travel on the tube a lot and always look out for abandoned stations, now I know exactly where to find them. Excellent!
134. Author: Van Clomp (213.40.67.65)
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Date: Thu Nov 30, 2000 10:39 pm
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Does anyone know of any Pub Crawls Connected with the Underground utilising different Tube lines / Stations.
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136. Author: rick blackman (195.195.147.214)
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Yeah great page always glad to see people researching stuff about London and its tube...however how about a page with tube stations that used to have pubs on the platforms...I remember Slone Square, Kings Cross and Kew Bridge having bars but how many others were there
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138. Author: A guy called Jonn (193.113.185.163)
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Date: Tue Nov 28, 2000 6:50 pm
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Really nice site. I found you via Yahoo whilst searching for a London Underground map. Very interesting. I've been down to London and did wonder whether there were disused stations before as i'd heard about the British Museum Station.
139. Author: Dave Hughes (212.88.35.197)
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Date: Sun Nov 26, 2000 7:16 am
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Very enjoyable website. This is a subject that has long fascinated me. Very well researched and written and a very professional website.
140. Author: Dan Ferris (62.60.32.26)
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Date: Sun Nov 26, 2000 1:40 am
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Wonderful site! Mention of the unused Fleet Line tunnel beyond Charing Cross reminds me of unexpectedly being whisked off on a trip up the lengthy DLR headshunt when a suspected bomb was found on the platform at Bank. Consider youself bookmarked!
141. Author: Alan Rutherford (205.188.200.57)
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Date: Sat Nov 25, 2000 3:04 pm
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A very interestng site. Have always wanted to know. Use the tube quite a bit. Much enjoyed. Many thanks.
142. Author: Mike Baldwin (62.252.64.4)
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Date: Fri Nov 24, 2000 4:43 pm
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Fascinating...well done! Another issue of possible interest to some people might be the changing names of existing stations (eg Arsenal was Gillespie Road), and the reasons for them. Just a thought....!
143. Author: A.Leung (202.72.17.137)
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Date: Fri Nov 24, 2000 1:39 am
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I had been living in London for 3 years but I didn't know much about the tube before I found this interesting website. I will come back again!
144. Author: Mark Hoile (62.6.119.201)
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Date: Fri Nov 24, 2000 12:45 am
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INTERESTING LINK. I WRITE SHORT ARTICLES FOR A BEER MAGAZINE RELATING TO NORTH LONDON PUBS WITH HISTORICAL INTEREST AND COVERED THE BULL AND BUSH IN A LAST EDITION.I GAINED GOOD INFORMATION FROM A PARK WARDEN AT GOLDERS HILL PARK WHO HAD WORKED THERE (IN THE PARK) FOR SOME TIME AND HAD GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF THE STATION. DO YOU KNOW OY ANY OTHER STATION LINKS TO PUBS?
145. Author: Roger Burrows (193.113.185.163)
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Very interesting and well presented.
146. Author: Rudy Red (213.200.5.219)
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Date: Sun Nov 19, 2000 1:57 pm
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... now where is your page?!
147. Author: Peter Kaufman (12.98.132.43)
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An awesome site. Great work!
148. Author: Nigel Callaghan (64.0.99.137)
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Date: Sat Nov 18, 2000 2:42 pm
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A most interesting and intriguing site, you have some good photographs, one or two of these are most unusual. (The entrance to the Tower Subway is a good example) I have enjoyed my visit very much, there is so much of this stuff that the general public and LT users know absolutely noting about or what lies beneath their feet and those mysterious locked steel doors. Kepp up the good work, your site is a credit to you and expresses your enthusiasm and interest very nicely. My best wishes and kind regards to you Nigel Callaghan Fenstanton, Nr St Ives Huntingdonshire
149. Author: Ian Frith (158.234.10.144)
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Absolutely fascinating!
150. Author: Mark (195.107.47.195)
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Date: Fri Nov 17, 2000 3:58 pm
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Excellent. I keep coming back to read it again.
151. Author: Mike (195.40.201.86)
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Date: Wed Nov 15, 2000 12:59 am
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hi, i have just come back from a trip to London, and the underground totally fascinated me. your webpage is interesting and i will be coming back here again in the future. thanks for a great read. i will be looking out the window a lot more often now when IM on the underground.
152. Author: Jon Richmond (212.159.1.4)
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Date: Mon Nov 13, 2000 10:48 pm
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Fascinating reading of some of London Undergrounds hidden secrets.
153. Author: Chris Fields (213.48.163.46)
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Date: Sun Nov 12, 2000 9:23 pm
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I just love all things old about our cities. This site has some fascinating information on it and I will be looking to book up on a trip around some of these sites. Very good.
154. Author: Robin (64.12.104.189)
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Date: Sat Nov 11, 2000 11:46 pm
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I can't wait until my next trip to London. I'll certainly be looking for these sights. Thanks so much for an interesting history lesson.
155. Author: Steven Creasey (141.241.2.14)
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Date: Fri Nov 10, 2000 8:30 pm
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An excellent site and i'm amazed at what there is beneath the streets of London. I'll certainly be looking out the window more often when on the underground. Superb.
156. Author: Graeme Ford, Ph. D. (205.208.131.192)
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Location: South Africa
Date: Thu Nov 9, 2000 6:07 pm
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I have lived in and around London for years, but never realised that the tube lines were hiding such great pieces of history. I never knew so much about this.
157. Author: Phil Lennox (166.120.203.200)
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Date: Wed Nov 8, 2000 1:52 am
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Great site. Always wanted to know more about these stations etc. from my time in London. Is there any site that will show a cross section of London to better illustrate the rises and falls in the lines, or top views to show the paths of the lines?
158. Author: Andrew (62.7.249.8)
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I am interested in building facades that are used to disguise roads and railways, e.g. at Leinster Gardens where the Circle and District lines surface briefly. Does anyone know any more please?
159. Author: JAMES MARCH (205.188.199.158)
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I'm relieved to see that you are not a trainspotter. Neither am I, but for some reason I find these disused stations fascinating. Thanks for an interesting read.
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162. Author: Dr. Craig Smith (168.16.205.210)
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Date: Tue Oct 31, 2000 6:59 pm
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Great site with fascinating info. Can't wait to visit again to London and the site.
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164. Author: Yuki (210.164.174.130)
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Date: Mon Oct 30, 2000 7:01 am
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I enjoyed this site very much! I'm writing a dissertation about London Underground design, so this site is very useful and interesting for me. Thank you!
165. Author: CQ (195.92.198.80)
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Back again. Nerds like myself who enjoyed this page will also like the link as above. Good photos
166. Author: Ernst (62.7.76.171)
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Thanks A very interesting site. Ernst
167. Author: Rick Siffleet (193.128.16.2)
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Cracking stuff..!! I knew this existed but to get it in one site is superb. Shame you don't do this as a fortnight's holiday for locals and tourists alike. I'm sure that people would really go for a holiday where they could stay in London, sleep during the day, a few 'social' drinks and a meal in the evening and when the tube system stops, tour all of these hidden treasures 'till the undergraound opens in the morning. What a blast...! I'm no anorak either but all ths under peoples feet......! Awsome..!
168. Author: Simes (203.97.100.45)
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Date: Thu Oct 26, 2000 2:40 am
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This is a great site; well researched, informative and a pleasure to read. I printed out the whole thing so I could read it offline! I lived in london for 10 years and was intrigued by all those ghost staions I glimpsed through the windows. Now I live in New Zealand and miss those undergroung journeys... this site really made me homesick! Keep up the excellent work. Cheers Simon
169. Author: Mark Holland (62.7.110.187)
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Date: Wed Oct 25, 2000 10:22 pm
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I very much enjoyed reading your site. Have you noticed the shaft that goes off to the right when going westbound between either Bond St and Marble Arch or Marble Arch and Lancaster Gate (I can't remember exactly which right now)? Anyone, where does that go and why? Mark
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171. Author: Andrew Davies (193.113.185.131)
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Thank you for a very interesting site! Keep up the good work. I'll be back.
172. Author: David Wyman (208.184.10.39)
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Date: Tue Oct 24, 2000 12:37 am
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LOVE the site and will return. My son at university put me onto this. A picture book, please! I believe many would buy.
173. Author: Paul snelling (212.126.153.78)
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Date: Sun Oct 22, 2000 4:23 pm
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Well done! well researched, and great pix! as a driver on the Piccadilly Line, your facts are spot on!!
174. Author: CQ (143.252.80.110)
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Date: Sun Oct 22, 2000 1:35 pm
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I agree with those below. Really brings out the nerd in me. The subway pass by All Bar One that used to be Mark Lane is quite spooky (I pass through it on the way to work), where you can hear the trains pass right underneath you. When you go Westbound from Tower Hill and seat yourself facing north, you can still see the lights to this old station. What is going on here? Or am I imagining it?
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176. Author: Howard (202.67.238.252)
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Just one word - very good!
177. Author: lynne (195.92.194.107)
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i am really interested in the london underground since my first visit to london only last year! i would like to see more history of the underground though but your site is really good
178. Author: benr (143.52.2.80)
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Date: Wed Oct 18, 2000 5:23 pm
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An amazing and interesting site ecspecially the kingsway tram bit, I always wondered what that was there for!
179. Author: Robert Forbes (12.8.189.242)
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I found it very interesting - keep it up
180. Author: sherri (206.10.72.101)
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Loved your site. I found it very interesting and I learned so much. Thank you for the information. Sherri
181. Author: Kees Jan Lok (213.116.118.208)
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Compliments for your interesting website! Nice photographs and stories.
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183. Author: Clare Lorimer (194.112.46.160)
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This is absolutely fascinating, well done, keep up the good work!
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185. Author: Tomas G (212.151.102.231)
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Excellent site for all of us interested in London Underground history and ghost stations. As beeing a Swede I hope soon to have my homepage on the Tube in Swedish ready! Thanks for a great work! Tomas G
186. Author: Tracey Gordon (203.96.26.98)
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Date: Sat Sep 30, 2000 3:55 am
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A great site!! I lived in London for 5 years and was always fascinated by the ghost stations. If only I'd found this site before I'd left London! It bought back some great memories of the sights and sounds of the Tube. Keep up the great work!
187. Author: Milo Thurston (163.1.103.104)
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Date: Fri Sep 29, 2000 4:24 pm
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A very interesting site - this topic is peculiarly fascinating.
188. Author: Peter Lloyd (131.176.60.35)
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Date: Thu Sep 28, 2000 5:52 pm
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This is a truly excellent web site on the Underground. Great work!
189. Author: Dan McGuire (209.255.68.181)
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Date: Thu Sep 28, 2000 1:53 am
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Being a huge fan of the London Underground myself I was delighted to find your page. It is well researched, interesting and informative. Keep up the good work.
190. Author: BoB Bridges (195.92.194.44)
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Nice site.
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192. Author: John Woods (62.252.109.168)
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Date: Sun Sep 24, 2000 2:19 pm
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I like your site, being from London I have been to many sites that you write about 1 down the drain (Kingsway Tram tunnel) by tram of course.2 Working for B.R. at Kensington Olympia we some times went to the White City Hole, just to be nosey, and as a lad went all over the Underground network in the early 50's. You would be surprised how far a 2d would take you. thanks for the trip back in time. J.W.
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194. Author: Andy Reynolds (194.222.23.171)
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Date: Wed Sep 20, 2000 1:48 pm
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Great Site. I was particularly interested in your coverage of the projector sites on Holborn 5. I have a photograph of these taken along the platform if you would like to have a look at it (and include it on your site if you wish). Regards -- Andy Reynolds
195. Author: John Grieve (194.205.100.82)
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Date: Wed Sep 20, 2000 4:18 am
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What an intresting site , I will vist again soon Regards
196. Author: Big Dave, Gloucester Road (195.12.224.66)
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Fantastic - I love trains, this is great. The London Underground will never be the same again.
197. Author: Benjamin Mackay (203.134.37.177)
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Date: Tue Sep 19, 2000 2:40 am
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An excellent site I will be coming back to often. So many facts to contemplate etc. Highly well organised and an immense pleasure to find & visit.
198. Author: Edmond Wip (213.75.65.82)
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Date: Sun Sep 17, 2000 8:09 pm
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Great Site!! Keep it up. As a regular visiter to London I'm always interested in these unused Underground Stations. Thanks to you I can visit a few of them. Thanks again. All the best, Edmond Wip, The Netherlands
199. Author: John Roots (193.113.185.130)
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Date: Sat Sep 16, 2000 10:15 pm
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I stumbled across this site whilst trying to find a web based map of the london underground. I found it to be an extremely interesting and readable site. Having travelled on the L Underground hundreds of times whilst in London on business over the last 20 years or so, stories of different coloured tiles on tunnel walls I could easily identify with!
200. Author: Ed Potter (195.224.46.30)
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Great stuff! Chanced upon this place while looking for the LU homepage at Yahoo, and what a find! Your research is absolutely fascinating - let's see more of it! Cheers.
201. Author: damian (213.48.13.18)
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Date: Wed Sep 13, 2000 2:55 pm
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Fascinating website. Do you know of the unused Underground line that exists in Streatham (between Streatham and Streatham Common Connex rail stations?). I have read that it is proposed by the detr to extend this line to Croydon. Do you have any further info? Damian
202. Author: Alan Miles (195.107.47.212)
Homepage: www.alanmiles.co.uk
Location: England
Date: Tue Sep 12, 2000 1:11 pm
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This is a really interesting Site, well done !
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204. Author: Elaine (212.126.142.150)
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Location: Glasgow
Date: Sun Sep 10, 2000 5:51 pm
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Ace site and just what I was looking for! btw to change color font in internet explorer it is - tools/options or internetoptions, General, Color.
205. Author: Godfrey Stevens (206.172.106.130)
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Location: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Date: Sun Sep 10, 2000 12:30 am
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Congratulations on a most interesting and well laid out website. I have read it from start to finish and all the links as well. Also I have bookmarked your site and look forward to future additions. Keep up the good work. Regards
206. Author: Peter Jewell (47.211.0.12)
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Location: Guildford, Surrey, UK
Date: Fri Sep 8, 2000 4:00 pm
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More! More! More! What a fantastic site! I have been intrigued by the sheer number of closed Underground stations around London, ever since I managed to purchase one of those special maps from the London Transport Museum... What maps? LT Museum publish a map showing the opening and closing dates of every line and station on the Tube network. (Did you know that the 'District' used to run services down the GWR main line to Slough?) Also courtesy of LT Museum (my children were members of the Wheelies club), I was able to partake of a tour of (the new) Angel station and walk in a section of the original tunnel that was by-passed when the new platform was built. This tunnel section is accessed through a door in the wall at the end of the new platform. The track is still in place (too expensive to remove it, apparently). Looking forward to the next additions to the site!
207. Author: Fionn Tomas Carroll (194.75.128.2)
Homepage:
Location: London
Date: Fri Sep 8, 2000 12:58 pm
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Comment:
Cracking site. I've always wondered and now I know. Thanks.
208. Author: Lindsay (212.1.133.24)
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Location: Suffolk
Date: Thu Sep 7, 2000 5:59 pm
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Comment:
An Lush site. I found it really intresting im also very intrested in photographs of the London underground reflecting life in London. As a cockney i miss my old London i moved away a few years ago and my best memorys and most intresting were all from the london underground. thanxs for an excellent site.
209. Author: Darren Niman (212.67.152.52)
Homepage:
Location: Manchester
Date: Wed Sep 6, 2000 10:18 pm
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Comment:
Brilliant! Most Interesting!! I used to live in London and still visit friends there regularly. Fascinating.
210. Author: Chris Horne (195.92.67.78)
Homepage: none
Location: Corby, Northants
Date: Fri Sep 1, 2000 11:51 am
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Comment:
What a excellent and interesting site! I've always had an interest in abandoned civil engineered works, recently visiting London refired that curiosity. I live in Corby, Northants - which was formally a steel working town. I'm aware of abandoned minings/rail networks in the area - I may look into investigating them. How did you go about investingating the abandoned stations & networks in London?
211. Author: Mike Stubber (194.132.52.1)
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Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Date: Thu Aug 31, 2000 10:04 am
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Comment:
Very good site, lots of information. I particularly like to ghost station info and I will try to get on one of those LT museaum tours. When I lived in London I used the tube and looked out for ghost stations, it must be like going back in time, amazing!
212. Author: George Stammers (212.41.37.188)
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Date: Wed Aug 30, 2000 11:28 pm
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Comment:
A very well-presented site that I thought would be boring but turned out to be a fascinating read. And you know, I DID wonder why it took so long between Calendonian Rd and King's Cross St. Pancras! Thanks for a wonderful webpage!
213. Author: Brigitte (62.7.249.8)
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Location: Sheffield
Date: Wed Aug 30, 2000 4:57 pm
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Comment:
Fantastic site, found accidentally searching for a current map of the underground. Ok, so I'm a Tombraider fan, and I can't believe that Aldwych really exists! This site has led me into a world I knew nothing about, and the whole thing is fascinating. I have just got to get myself on one of the tours you descibe! I must also say that I think your site design is excellent, please keep it going!!!
214. Author: Chris L (139.184.14.18)
Homepage: Catmachine
Location: Brighton UK
Date: Tue Aug 29, 2000 3:03 pm
Referer: Just Surfed in
Comment:
Excellent site, documenting one of my childhood obsessions which still holds a fascination for me today. As a sometime occupant of Cranley Gardens and East Finchley, the disused "Northern Heights" lines and stations were the scenes of many of my childhood games in the seventies (this was before they were developed into the "Parkland Walk").
Obviously some people still have access to these "ghost" stations - I recall that during the British Gas share offer in the eighties I happened to be on a tube that stopped at a signal whilst in British Museum station. There in the dust on the wall, someone had written "If you see Sid, tell him"
215. Author: Simon Key (208.161.240.35)
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Location: Balham/Tooting/Clapham
Date: Sat Aug 26, 2000 10:35 am
Referer: Yahoo!
Comment:
Fascinating! I was born and raised here and this whole subject enthralls me. This is what 'Neverwhere' and 'Death Line' were all about. The hidden world beneath us becomes more and more complex almost daily... Great stuff!
216. Author: Paul McCann (212.82.80.18)
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Date: Thu Aug 24, 2000 12:14 pm
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Comment:
Really impressed with the site. I recently attended a lecture at London Undergroung Museum about this subject but I found your site more informative with easy to understand diagrams and descriptive text. Keep up the good work.
217. Author: Joe Faulkner (140.90.150.194)
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Location: Baltimore, Maryland USA
Date: Tue Aug 22, 2000 7:02 pm
Referer: Yahoo!
Comment:
Outstanding web page. My family lived in London from '79-'87 and used the tube as our major mode of transportation. Can't believe how much hidden information you have on your page. When I get back to the UK (hopefully soon - I miss it dearly), I will make sure I make arrangements with London Transport for a tour. Well done ! Cheers, Joe Faulkner USA
218. Author: Tony Castles (212.49.245.133)
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Date: Tue Aug 22, 2000 6:35 pm
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a few years ago I visited some disused Tube tunnels around Goodge St. (Museum?) They were used during the war as troop 'barracks' - some writing can still be seen on the walls/ceiling. They are now used by Security Archives ltd. for storing film/documents/computer records. They are accessible from street level via a circular concrete 'blockhouse' off Tottenham Ct rd (near a Building/Construction Engineering standards body) an ancient lift carries you to the tunnels - lit by the eery glow of the largest mercury-arc rectifier I have ever seen!
219. Author: pukkaboy (195.92.67.69)
Homepage: pukkaboys winamp skins
Location: northants
Date: Mon Aug 21, 2000 2:00 pm
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Comment:
hey there hywel, I think you know who i am anyway, hi and bye:)
220. Author: Jacco (195.96.120.202)
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Location: the Netherlands
Date: Sun Aug 20, 2000 8:49 pm
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Comment:
Hi, this is a very intresting site to read. I've recently been to London (august 3-6 2000)and travelled a lot with the tube. It's cool to read that's there's alot of hidden things there. Cool site! Jacco
221. Author: Adam Syed (216.68.15.177)
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Date: Sat Aug 19, 2000 11:11 pm
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Comment:
Hey, Thanks for the info on all the ghost stations... having grown up in Ohio where passenger trains, and public transport in general, don't exist, I've become quite fascinated with railway since studying long-term in London (I'm a classical violinist studying at the Guildhall school at the Barbican). At first I thought it was just me who had a fascination with disused LU stations and was blown away to find out I wasn't! I was particularly fascinated with the Aldwych station and the Epping-Ongar branch of the central line. At any rate, GREAT WEBPAGE AND GREAT RESEARCH!!! P.S. I'll be interested to see what you can find about the Ongar branch.
222. Author: Jon Bylo (212.211.12.28)
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Location: St Albans
Date: Sat Aug 19, 2000 10:21 pm
Referer: Search Engine
Comment:
Very interesting! Do you have any information on Kings Cross Underground and St Pancras area?
223. Author: Julian Martin (195.92.198.74)
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Date: Thu Aug 17, 2000 7:55 pm
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Comment:
What an interesting site! An excellent piece of reserach. It would be great to assemble a companion list to print out and use while travelling the tube network, giving cues as to when disused sites could be seen! Keep up the good work.
224. Author: Jez (212.111.133.146)
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Location: Ford, Wilts
Date: Wed Aug 16, 2000 11:16 pm
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Comment:
Do you know of any 3D maps of the London Underground that are in existnce
225. Author: jez (212.111.133.146)
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Date: Wed Aug 16, 2000 11:08 pm
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Comment:
Do you know of any 3D maps of the London Underground that are in existence? R.S.V.P.
226. Author: Steve Picco (212.126.153.66)
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Location: Southampton
Date: Tue Aug 8, 2000 5:13 pm
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Comment:
Very interesting.
227. Author: Brin Jones (212.140.118.187)
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Location: slough
Date: Sun Aug 6, 2000 9:54 pm
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Comment:
very, very interesting.
228. Author: Alastair Bayliss (193.128.61.65)
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Date: Tue Aug 1, 2000 12:00 pm
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Comment:
Fantastic site!!!!!!!!! Enthralled and spent a lot more time than planned NOT doing the work I should have been!
229. Author: Donna W. (193.113.185.130)
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Location: London
Date: Mon Jul 31, 2000 9:01 pm
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Comment:
Fascinating! Apparently it is possible to go on guided tours of several of these disused stations from time to time. They are arranged by LUL. I've not yet been on one but I'm hoping to soon. Thanks for providing so much info.
230. Author: Duncan Brown (195.92.194.13)
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Location: Sheffield
Date: Mon Jul 31, 2000 2:07 pm
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Comment:
Excellent stuff! Just what I'd been looking for.
231. Author: Graham Smith (152.163.207.53)
Homepage: na
Location: London
Date: Sun Jul 23, 2000 8:24 pm
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Comment:
Congratulations on a fantastic site. What a wonderful insight into London's hidden sub-terranean secrets! These huge "time capsules" are so intriguing. Keep up the good work and please show us more!
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233. Author: Graham Howard (24.113.31.229)
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Location: Vancouver Canada
Date: Fri Jul 14, 2000 3:54 am
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Comment:
Excellent pages, you bring those long dead stations to life with your discriptions. I will be looking forward to more from you in the near future, hope you can get some more photographs from them to display.
234. Author: Aaron Pouncy (193.130.113.2)
Homepage:
Location: London
Date: Thu Jul 13, 2000 2:43 pm
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Having recently moved to London,I wanted information on the oldest tube lines and the order of their development, I still haven't found a timescale of this, but had many other questions answered from your site. I particularly like the romanticism that you use to describe the old stations, I'm only 24 and do not have memories of the tubes being used for anything other than transport, but you brought the other uses to life, I now want to read more about the real old (Victorian? Steam?) London Underground, any suggestions where to surf next?
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236. Author: Rob (62.6.15.129)
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Location: London
Date: Thu Jul 6, 2000 8:58 pm
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Comment:
Please note that the date for the St Mary's bombing was 22nd October 1940 - thanks for the lead!
237. Author: wayne Pendle (194.196.205.33)
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Location: High Wycombe, England
Date: Thu Jul 6, 2000 5:26 pm
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Comment:
Excellant , i found this site by mistake trying to find an underground map. A friends father has told me about these stations and i was fascinated. I also like abandoned airfields and ghost towns in the West America. At last i have found a site depicting these stations that have basically been set in time. Thanks and i will review regulary. I also pass through Holborn and Tottenham Court Road so will look out for British Museum. Fascinating
238. Author: KEITH (194.117.133.4)
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Location: ESSEX
Date: Tue Jul 4, 2000 5:52 pm
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Comment:
HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A SITE ABOUT THESE STATIONS FOR AGES...THANK YOU. I WORK ON THE TRACK AT NIGHT AND HAVE BEEN TO ABOUT 10 OF THE STATIONS MENTIONED..... (AND NO, I HAVNT SEEN NO GHOSTS......YET )!
239. Author: Michael Schmidt (196.36.52.107)
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Location: Johannesburg
Date: Sat Jul 1, 2000 11:46 am
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Comment:
I was just reading this book "King Rat" by China Mieville (publ: MacMillan) and on page 138 there is a reference to a ghost station on the Northern Line between Euston and Camden Town. Does this station exist or is it only a fictional device? - Michael Schmidt
240. Author: Terry (212.1.144.124)
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Date: Thu Jun 29, 2000 4:08 pm
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Very cool and interesting site, i wonder if there are any photos of these stations... or tours! (what an idea for a new enterprise! the tourists would love it)
241. Author: Ellen (209.239.207.113)
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Location: far northwestern California
Date: Wed Jun 28, 2000 9:28 am
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Comment:
Very good site, nicely designed. You give the best overview of the subject I've seen on the net so far. I like your background tunnel graphic, too. I will check back often to see what you add to it!
242. Author: bill (195.92.67.78)
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Location: battersea
Date: Thu Jun 22, 2000 9:20 pm
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Comment:
Very good! I work for LUL at oxford street station & ive just finished in a records "office"(!) under the station in a disused foot tunnel. There were a number of posters on the walls dating pre-decimalisation in 1970 as they carried advertisements giving return fares from london to scotland of £1/10 shillings - if only it was that cheap today!
243. Author: r.palmer (63.23.97.69)
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Location: Los Angeles, CA USA
Date: Sun Jun 18, 2000 5:31 am
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Comment:
Love this site. Have always been a fan of London and the Underground. Keep up the good work and give us more history as you learn it. And, of course, "Mind the gap!"
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245. Author: The Mole (195.173.63.165)
Homepage: Going Underground
Location: London
Date: Fri Jun 9, 2000 2:08 pm
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Good site and thanks very much for signing MY guestbook. If anyone wants news of ghosts actually on the underground have a look at this page on my site. http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/finsbury/254/ghosts.html
246. Author: Ben Leach (194.200.143.1)
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Location: London
Date: Mon Jun 5, 2000 12:02 am
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Comment:
Excellent site - very interesting and original. If you haven't already done so, you might be interested to read a short story by Betjeman on South Kentish Town station. It's published in a book called Railway Ghosts, the details of which I don't have to hand. I also saw an unintentionally amusing horror film set in Russell Square station, which suffered visits from a monster who inhabited the disused British Museum station, and came out to eat passengers at night! The only words he could speak were "Mind the Doors!". Do you know anything about the tram underpass in Holborn?
247. Author: Teifion (62.253.85.192)
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Location: new york
Date: Sat May 27, 2000 12:22 am
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Comment:
Really interesting site. Loved the eclipse site as well. sent the link to the n.u.t.
248. Author: Shaun Best (62.60.22.137)
Homepage:
Location: London
Date: Wed May 24, 2000 7:32 pm
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Comment:
A really great site. I found it really interesting!! Keep up the good work.
249. Author: John Boyer (132.185.132.13)
Homepage: none at present
Location: kw
Date: Fri May 19, 2000 8:00 am
Referer: Just Surfed in
Comment:
Like the pages on the history of the tube.
250. Author: Roger J. (198.190.223.103)
Homepage:
Location: Florida USA
Date: Tue May 16, 2000 4:00 am
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Comment:
I am an American with a fascination for London's Underground system. I have read about some of the closed Underground stations in various books, but not in such great detail as provided by this web site. Since I cannot personally explore the Underground at length (except for an ocaassional short visit), this web site is of great value to me.
251. Author: Peatea (212.49.232.101)
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Location: Dorset
Date: Sat May 13, 2000 9:26 pm
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Someone has to be first in the book ! I like the site, as a child in London I sat with my face pressed against the glass of the tube train looking for that elusive hidden station. Have yet to vist one though, what`s the fascination ? I dont know really.
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