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Post by metropicc on Feb 15, 2008 17:46:31 GMT
When I went to school using the District line in the mid 60s I distinctly recall an elderly gentleman (remember I was a mere lad), who was a District line guard, (remember them?).
His claim to my memory is that at each station he sung out the name of the station and I think possibly the destination of the train.
Is this just a false memory or does any one else remember the said gentleman?
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Post by tubeprune on Feb 15, 2008 21:09:03 GMT
When I went to school using the District line in the mid 60s I distinctly recall an elderly gentleman (remember I was a mere lad), who was a District line guard, (remember them?). His claim to my memory is that at each station he sung out the name of the station and I think possibly the destination of the train. Is this just a false memory or does any one else remember the said gentleman? Oh Yes. He was still around in the mid 60s. He eventually became test train guard. I just wish I could remember his name. *edit* Wally Burrows! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2008 19:57:17 GMT
When I went to school using the District line in the mid 60s I distinctly recall an elderly gentleman (remember I was a mere lad), who was a District line guard, (remember them?). His claim to my memory is that at each station he sung out the name of the station and I think possibly the destination of the train. Is this just a false memory or does any one else remember the said gentleman? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2008 19:58:19 GMT
There certainly was a singing guard on the DR - station names and destinations. I encountered him a few times in 1965-66.
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Post by dannyofelmpark on Jun 16, 2008 19:10:18 GMT
my mum claims that there was a station man at Liverpool Street, central line who used to sing "mind the gap" when the train arrived could this be the same person?
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Post by tubeprune on Jun 16, 2008 19:27:15 GMT
my mum claims that there was a station man at Liverpool Street, central line who used to sing "mind the gap" when the train arrived could this be the same person? No, Wally left the running job to become test train guard. |
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Post by solidbond on Jun 16, 2008 20:55:41 GMT
my mum claims that there was a station man at Liverpool Street, central line who used to sing "mind the gap" when the train arrived could this be the same person? Ahh - that would have been the signalman there, Gus - he would also announce, in his distinct deep booming voice, all the stations that the train would call at  |
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Post by ruislip on Jun 17, 2008 20:16:55 GMT
When I went to school using the District line in the mid 60s I distinctly recall an elderly gentleman (remember I was a mere lad), who was a District line guard, (remember them?). His claim to my memory is that at each station he sung out the name of the station and I think possibly the destination of the train. Is this just a false memory or does any one else remember the said gentleman? Did he also include the set number and/or the type of stock he was on in his lyrics? |
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Post by maxtube on Jun 18, 2008 9:04:11 GMT
Also at Liverpool Street, on the Central Line, was a random man which always stood on the platform shouting "All Change"! As this was the 1962 stock days, there was no DVA to confirm, so all the passengers would get off, only to be redirected by station staff!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2008 14:07:00 GMT
Also at Liverpool Street, on the Central Line, was a random man which always stood on the platform shouting "All Change"! As this was the 1962 stock days, there was no DVA to confirm, so all the passengers would get off, only to be redirected by station staff! Like it!! |
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Post by maxtube on Jun 18, 2008 18:16:09 GMT
Also at Liverpool Street, on the Central Line, was a random man which always stood on the platform shouting "All Change"! As this was the 1962 stock days, there was no DVA to confirm, so all the passengers would get off, only to be redirected by station staff! Like it!! Yes it's hilarious! I never saw it myself, but read about it in Rob Griffith's "Mind The Doors". |
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Post by ruislip on Jun 18, 2008 20:17:16 GMT
Also at Liverpool Street, on the Central Line, was a random man which always stood on the platform shouting "All Change"! As this was the 1962 stock days, there was no DVA to confirm, so all the passengers would get off, only to be redirected by station staff! I guess this was on the eastbound platform, for short-workings ex-Marble Arch or ex-White City which reversed at Liverpool St? |
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Post by superteacher on Jun 18, 2008 23:19:58 GMT
Also at Liverpool Street, on the Central Line, was a random man which always stood on the platform shouting "All Change"! As this was the 1962 stock days, there was no DVA to confirm, so all the passengers would get off, only to be redirected by station staff! I guess this was on the eastbound platform, for short-workings ex-Marble Arch or ex-White City which reversed at Liverpool St? Yes, but he still said it for trains that weren't terminating there! |
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