Underground History Guest Book

Jonathan Bluestone
10.05.2009 11:08
#127

I love this site and keep returning to it. I used to live in the vicinity of Hillingdon, west london, and would often go out just at the weekend to ride as many of the Tube lines as possible as I often found the trains, the sound that they made and even the smells unique to the Underground comforting. Now based near Southampton, I do not have that luxury anymore, but try where possible to get up to London a couple of times a year to do this one simple thing - for the Tube, fascinates me both as an engineering project and as its own unique entity. I would love to know more about its history - so if you are interested, feel free to contact me. I'll contact you via email shortly with a copy of this message. Thanks!

David W
10.04.2009 13:08
#124

Terrific work, Hywel. A true enthusiast - or "Gunzel" would be the local term in Western Australia. As many have said, this is what the web is meant to be about. Now, what's a "Sandgroper" doing lurking in disused tunnels in London? - well how about 6 years working just above Chancery Lane station. Many of the places are familiar to me - of course the Aldwych branch and as a user of the BedPan line, the old Kings Cross Metropolitan/Circle platforms were daily company. I still wonder if the stairs leading up from those platforms go anywhere now? NAnd I used to stare down to the south from Farringdon to the disused Snow Hill tunnel and station - and wonder - left London b4 Thameslink happened. :

>>>>> delete this bit when you moderate ... you can let Chris (entry # 85) and Phil Whitehead (entry # 82) know my secondary email address if you have theirs, viz dw54@live.com.au Both have posted from Perth, Western Australia - and maybe we can form a local Hywel fan club there

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My interest in things subterranean was initially kindled by an Australian Railway Historical Society tour of the unused platforms and tunnels at Sydney's St James station. The unused tunnels to the south were used in WWII for bomb shelters and wartime staff - a familiar story! The catch is, that was 1987, AFTER I had left London to return to Oz. So, I missed my chances to join the organised tours back in Blighty.

So, keep up (or maybe that should be DOWN) the good work, mate.

David W
Perth, Western Australia

David W
10.04.2009 13:00
#123

Terrific work, Hywel. A true enthusiast - or "Gunzel" would be the local term in Western Australia. As many have said, this is what the web is meant to be about. Now, what's a "Sandgroper" doing lurking in disused tunnels in London? - well how about 6 years working just above Chancery Lane station. Many of the places are familiar to me - of course the Aldwych branch and as a user of the BedPan line, the old Kings Cross Metropolitan/Circle platforms were daily company. I still wonder if the stairs leading up from those platforms go anywhere now?

>>> delete this bit when you moderate ... you can let Chris (entry # 85) and Phil Whitehead (entry # 82) know my secondary email address if you have theirs, viz dw54@live.com.au Both have posted from Perth, Western Australia - and maybe we can form a local Hywel fan club there

Sean
26.02.2009 21:56
#120

Being from ireland i only ride the tube when i am on holiday in london, but the next trip to london will be even more exciting because i'll be able to look out for the disused tube stations. Thanks a million for giving up hours of your time to create this magnificent site

p.s. i looked up about the bakerloo line and found out that services beyond harrow and wealdstone stopped in 1982, when they were cut back to stonebridge park. Limited services to harrow and w. were restored in 1984 though. Just incase you still wanted to know

Jez
25.01.2009 01:44
#119

Great site, I just stumbled across! I grew up in London and was always fascinated by the underground. As a child, i used to look out the windows in a world of my own, mesmerized by the colourful cables twisting by. I used to sometimes catch in my view, what looked like old stations, most memerably what looked like an underground sign reading 'Wood Lane'. I used to call these 'Ghost stations', and I tried to imagine what they were like. I live just outside London now and rarely use the Tube, so just like to say 'Thanks for the memories'!