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Post by norfolkdave on Dec 6, 2008 11:26:21 GMT
When we were training`as guards and motormen we were trained at white City. I know the underground phased out guards, so where do you train now.
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Post by upfast on Dec 6, 2008 11:47:04 GMT
When we were training`as guards and motormen we were trained at white City. I know the underground phased out guards, so where do you train now. White City is now a shopping centre. Most training now is done at Ashfield House, an office block at West Kensington. |
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Post by norfolkdave on Dec 6, 2008 11:57:51 GMT
When we were training`as guards and motormen we were trained at white City. I know the underground phased out guards, so where do you train now. White City is now a shopping centre. Most training now is done at Ashfield House, an office block at West Kensington. "wow" times have changed, hell the tension created in white city when I was training, signalmen/guards/motormen, still it had to happen. Is it all an office block! and is headquarters still 55 the broadway!, thankyou for replying |
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Post by memorex on Dec 6, 2008 15:34:26 GMT
Hey. Yeah Headquarters is still 55 Broadway. I'm too new in the company to have been to White City but I spend most of my time in and out of Ashfield. It's an 8 story office block, you can see it to your left coming into West Kensington station from the city on the district. Quite nice, new Apprentice wing 2nd floor East opening soon  |
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Post by norfolkdave on Dec 6, 2008 17:01:14 GMT
Hey. Yeah Headquarters is still 55 Broadway. I'm too new in the company to have been to White City but I spend most of my time in and out of Ashfield. It's an 8 story office block, you can see it to your left coming into West Kensington station from the city on the district. Quite nice, new Apprentice wing 2nd floor East opening soon Hello, the last time I was in London was in 1981, having said that ,three years ago we drove down to see my wifes cousin who flew in from Malta visiting his dad was Thorton Heath, we now live in Norfolk East anglia. The last time I was on the Tube was before we moved 1977. Im afraid I couldnt get used to the way of life now, here Im so used to peace and quiet and slowness of pace of life, but this site looks great and I can reminiss about the past, the stock, the lads, the stories, the adventures. |
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Post by towerman on Dec 6, 2008 23:02:14 GMT
I've always found Ashfield House to be one of the most depressing places I've ever been in on LUL,much preferred White City.
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Post by DWS on Dec 7, 2008 0:04:57 GMT
I've always found Ashfield House to be one of the most depressing places I've ever been in on LUL,much preferred White City. Well Lambeth North , training center was a lot nearer to use by us South Londoners  |
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Post by version3point1 on Dec 11, 2008 20:58:32 GMT
A couple of pictures of the new training facilities at Ashfield House:    Seems like a lot of the bits and pieces that were lying around in the old miniature railway room on the ground floor have been taken out and installed here, whilst the railway room itself has been moved to another floor. |
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Post by ruislip on Dec 12, 2008 0:56:56 GMT
Looks like that's a mock-up of the '83 stock.
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Post by norfolkdave on Dec 14, 2008 10:25:46 GMT
"wow" thats so different than in my day, the motormans cab was only available either training on real stock, not like you have it now. In White City we only had a small section of Track, you have a lot of toys (lol) to play with, brilliant training facilities, Id love to see that, but its not possible, well done London Transport.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2008 10:56:30 GMT
I believe White City training centre closed some time in early 1996. I joined July 1996 as a guard, and trained at Ashfield House, a colleague of mine who joined a few months earlier trained at White City.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2008 3:11:31 GMT
I've always found Ashfield House to be one of the most depressing places I've ever been in on LUL. I agree. AH is horrible! I was lucky enough to visit White City in 1993 (only a young pup ha ha - with my grandad) and have a bash on their model railway with working signal frames!!!! Great piece of kit. I remember saying to the Central line DCM with us: "When I'm a grown up, if I don't get to be a driver I'd like to be a signalman......" The answer was: "Well Alex, when you're a grown up, there won't be boxes with levers - it'll all be computers!!!!" Sitting in a traditional cabin in my present role, that memory makes me chuckle  |
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