PERSONAL IMPRESSIONS
If only we kept a bullet-point journal of all our journeys on the tube….
If you've been in or near London. you are sure to have interesting memories of the Tube as the gateway to London:
Here are some of ours:
- · Gordon’s daily commute to work.
- · Share travel-thrills with friends.
- · Our son, Michael's first holiday with us in the UK. We ate ice-cream on the train – quickly before it melted!
- · Michael's painful trips to Royal Marsden, on the purple Piccadilly Line Kensington.
- Our daughters & husbands who prop up our sleeping grandchildren on the tube train at the end of an exciting day in the city.
- Our first view of Big Ben from the Westminster’s exit.
- Feeling and hearing the rumble of an underground train as we enjoy a church service at All Souls, Langham.
The bitter and the sweet of the Tube:
- The London underground - where someone asks around for a cork to open a bottle of wine on the way to Ascot horse races - many hats and the odd top hat.
- The Tube stations where people took shelter during World Wars.
- The Tube where many stand or sit and read, and eye-contact is taboo.
- The Tube stations where terrorist bombs exploded and killed in July 2005. And the same people who never greeted helped each other and even saved lives.
Despite all the moans.........what an efficient network!
A last PS – memory regarding…..armpits.
Armpits are the pits on a stinking hot day on an overcrowded Tube train. Bless the commuter who sprays herself or himself to smell "ooh la la". Now that will get you eye-contact and a grin, with the option to avoid and still get away with it!
Viva the London Underground!
Are you interested in seeing a small selection of key London Tube photographs taken through the years?
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