tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post5913998928730556084..comments2023-10-05T16:43:07.222+01:00Comments on The Clerkenwell Kid: CATCHING THE LAST TRAIN HOMEUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post-73282718666738687712010-01-29T21:00:39.539+00:002010-01-29T21:00:39.539+00:00Wonderful - thanks
- and a very cool bogWonderful - thanks<br /><br />- and a very cool bogclerkenwell kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15252849232777734394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post-74067854373135541032010-01-29T19:51:17.046+00:002010-01-29T19:51:17.046+00:00On an unrelated note, colour photos of Piccadilly ...On an unrelated note, colour photos of Piccadilly Circus and Shaftesbury Ave in the 1940's. I've not seen photos as detailed as this before but then I'm no archivist.<br /><br />http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2010/01/1940s-london-in-stunning-hi-res-colour/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09336638580827707008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post-72848323162517040092010-01-27T22:05:06.757+00:002010-01-27T22:05:06.757+00:00PS, I do hope you are in charge soon.PS, I do hope you are in charge soon.Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00015426228872504504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post-47373962259732696052010-01-27T22:02:36.722+00:002010-01-27T22:02:36.722+00:00Absolutely amazing.
Just took the TGV in France -...Absolutely amazing.<br /><br />Just took the TGV in France - the SNCF platform jingle is more like incidental music, intentionally <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO9-glP5sx0&NR=1&feature=fvwp" rel="nofollow">perhaps</a> :)Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00015426228872504504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post-69457172660642952612010-01-25T23:20:36.971+00:002010-01-25T23:20:36.971+00:00There is a interesting novel about the Necropolis ...There is a interesting novel about the Necropolis Railway by Andrew Martin - http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2002/aug/10/featuresreviews.guardianreview7Doctorwithwoundnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post-57139811207429381182010-01-25T20:52:01.181+00:002010-01-25T20:52:01.181+00:00now that is cool.
there is a whole world up above...now that is cool.<br /><br />there is a whole world up above the rooftops in south london tooclerkenwell kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15252849232777734394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post-6221760387971011232010-01-25T17:51:58.537+00:002010-01-25T17:51:58.537+00:00That's an amazing picture, the signals with no...That's an amazing picture, the signals with nobody to see or hear. Worthy of sneaking up with a video camera, perhaps? In New York, they've built a park on unused railway track:<br />http://www.thehighline.org/ArtSparkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875996639432864367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post-41035383865065912672010-01-25T14:02:26.879+00:002010-01-25T14:02:26.879+00:00Yes - hundreds of people now pass it everyday with...Yes - hundreds of people now pass it everyday without realising - but this once would have been a very significant place for Londoners. The railway ran from the middle of the the nineteenth century until the Luftwaffe saw it off so would have carried hundreds of thousands of the dead.<br /><br />I often wonder who the last (deceased) passenger was - and whether you had to have an advance ticket for them.clerkenwell kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15252849232777734394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post-62606282454084572972010-01-25T02:30:58.466+00:002010-01-25T02:30:58.466+00:00That's funny how people just pass by this plac...That's funny how people just pass by this place all day and probably do not know what happened there back in the war. That was a fun read.<br /><br />I wonder if I have any places like this around where I live :)<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Jason<br />http://truckerweekly.blogspot.comJason Hiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10002889629683500880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post-17468559006299508152010-01-25T02:22:49.463+00:002010-01-25T02:22:49.463+00:00Another delicious treasure, hidden in plain view. ...Another delicious treasure, hidden in plain view. I wonder how many others walk past it every day, unaware of its original purpose or ultimate fate?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15094739184191373698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12981649.post-364719432403949022010-01-24T22:41:58.466+00:002010-01-24T22:41:58.466+00:00How interesting, the Necropolis pun, although not ...How interesting, the Necropolis pun, although not intended by the company itself, it obviously has a nice ironic touch to the current status of the station as well now.<br /><br />Looking forward to boarding there when you take over, ceased or living; first, second or third class.. I'm sure we'll all have a swell time.Rainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11673687186129279955noreply@blogger.com