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Post by londonstuff on Oct 5, 2008 15:07:03 GMT
All,
If anyone is going on the Aldwych visit and can get a spare ticket, I'd absolutely love to go - of course I'll pay, etc. I'd be sooooo grateful!
You can direct message me through here.
Thanks (hopefully in advance!)
Michael
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2008 23:43:35 GMT
Ditto. I am also willing to share any and all pictures I take with you as well.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2008 23:21:19 GMT
Did I miss anything?
(would love to participate if it is still possible?)
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Post by londonstuff on Oct 9, 2008 9:57:35 GMT
Just to add to my previous post: if anyone finds that someone that they're taking pulls out, please could you let me know. I live near Aldwych so could be there in 10 minutes if needed! Fanks!
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Post by Alight on Oct 9, 2008 21:31:39 GMT
The visit sounds intriguing - shame there probably aren't anymore tickets!
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Post by Tubeboy on Oct 10, 2008 0:09:39 GMT
There are no tickets, one guest is being admitted for every staff member on production of their staff pass.
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Post by hobbayne on Oct 10, 2008 17:22:56 GMT
I wish i hadnt mentioned it now!!  Still, when the tour is finished, everyone could meet round my house!  I,ve just painted the spare room and your all welcome to watch the paint dry!! ;D  |
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Post by londonboy on Oct 12, 2008 12:21:18 GMT
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Post by Tubeboy on Oct 12, 2008 13:58:02 GMT
Thanks for that, were you the bloke in the tweed jacket?
I was wearing the long sleeved grey t shirt, people really stuck with their guest, they didnt intermingle at all. Lots of females too turned up, which was was pleasantly surprising.
The biscuits/sweets/free goodies was good!
The goodies were LU film office stuff, keyrings, reflective cycle strip, postcards, and a bag.
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Post by upfast on Oct 12, 2008 13:59:48 GMT
Thanks for that, were you the bloke in the tweed jacket? I was wearing the long sleeved grey t shirt, people really stuck with their guest, they didnt intermingle at all. Lots of females too turned up, which was was pleasantly surprising. The biscuits/sweets/free goodies was good! The goodies were LU film office stuff, keyrings, reflective cycle strip, postcards, and a bag. Not a cup? LU not giving away cups!!!! Blimey, that's a turn up for the books  |
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Post by Tubeboy on Oct 12, 2008 14:13:19 GMT
No cups, but we did have Abbey Well bottled Water! ;D
The biscuits were good, pulled all the stops out there. ;D
The 72ts unit was in the platform, it seemed noisy even when we nowhere near the platform. No machinery noise from former equipment rooms, and no lifts of course, so it seemed eerily quiet.
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Post by tubeprune on Oct 12, 2008 14:13:42 GMT
The lifts look like the original 1906 Otis. Did anyone on this forum ever do their lift training on one of these? "Punching up" in manual?
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Post by Tubeboy on Oct 12, 2008 14:19:08 GMT
I saw the sign in the lifts, it said a maximum of 45 people could be conveyed. Even by modern standards, thats a huge number, they are big lifts! Trapezium shaped too.
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Post by londonboy on Oct 12, 2008 14:45:23 GMT
Thanks for that, were you the bloke in the tweed jacket? I was wearing the long sleeved grey t shirt, people really stuck with their guest, they didnt intermingle at all. Lots of females too turned up, which was was pleasantly surprising. The biscuits/sweets/free goodies was good! The goodies were LU film office stuff, keyrings, reflective cycle strip, postcards, and a bag. No I Had a Black Cardigan on with Jeans I was with me Dad |
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Post by antharro on Oct 12, 2008 19:25:50 GMT
londonboy - Great pics.  It's really great to get an insight into places we're not allowed to see!
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Post by londonstuff on Oct 12, 2008 20:09:42 GMT
Tubeboy - if you were on the 10am one, the tweed jacket bloke was me ;D If you weren't on the 10am one, it wasn't I too was impressed with how well organised it was - the Station Supervisor of Charing Cross, John, was so knowledgeable and enthusiastic - a real credit - as were all the staff running it. I'm really very grateful to them all... londonboy - I was asked not to publish my photos online as we were told they were for 'personal' use only - did nobody say this to you?
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Post by ducatisti on Oct 12, 2008 20:19:16 GMT
nice pics - jealous.
Was busy riding round in circles at mallory park and then getting shunted from behind in a van on Sunday on the M1
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Post by Tubeboy on Oct 12, 2008 21:46:56 GMT
Yes John was good, mind you he is an ex Northern line man! ;D
Ahh, so how did you get in if you werent staff?.....gatecrash?
I noticed when I first went in, and they had to mark me off their list, my grade on the sheet was service controller! I work in a station control room, not a line based one!
Twas a good day.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2008 23:29:58 GMT
Interesting pics - the main platform looks to be better decorated for filming than when it was actually open for passenger services!
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Post by Tubeboy on Oct 13, 2008 6:16:53 GMT
Only a section of platform wall about 1 or 2 cars long is repainted, not the whole platform.
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Post by londonboy on Oct 13, 2008 8:18:51 GMT
Tubeboy - if you were on the 10am one, the tweed jacket bloke was me ;D If you weren't on the 10am one, it wasn't I too was impressed with how well organised it was - the Station Supervisor of Charing Cross, John, was so knowledgeable and enthusiastic - a real credit - as were all the staff running it. I'm really very grateful to them all... londonboy - I was asked not to publish my photos online as we were told they were for 'personal' use only - did nobody say this to you? I was not told by anybody not to publish my Photos |
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Post by tubeprune on Oct 13, 2008 20:11:47 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2008 23:39:16 GMT
It's a shame the replacement lifts are not as large. I'm guessing the change to smaller, rectangular lifts was for one of two reasons (or both): to allow replacement with a more-or-less 'off the shelf' design, or because passenger numbers were at an historic low when the lift replacement programme occured in the early 80s?
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Still, when the tour is finished, everyone could meet round my house! 
I,ve just painted the spare room and your all welcome to watch the paint dry!! ;D 
