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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2012 10:12:05 GMT
In BBC Broadcasting House's new Machine Room 2 is a secret door, where it goes to NOBODY KNOWS. But it's got this sign on it:  Now quick someone spread a rumour about the BBC getting their own station ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2012 10:45:28 GMT
Never heard of the term protocol used on LU before. And wasn't aware of the Bakerloo Line having a signalling centre at Oxford Circus. The plot thickens. Have a read of underground-history.co.uk/bbcbh.php regarding the BBC & Bakerloo Line. Plus I think this has been discussed before. |
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Post by trt on Jun 19, 2012 12:22:00 GMT
The basement is obviously where they keep the hideously deformed child of Gerry Rafferty and Anni-Frid Lyngstad in a kind of bizarre homage to The Ghoul. I suppose H&S legislation must mean that they warn people of the danger, but they do so in a slightly more believable, yet coded way. ;-)
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Post by castlebar on Jun 19, 2012 12:52:24 GMT
auxy told me that ceilingcat had told him that it is where the BBC keep Olly Murs hidden.
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Post by londonstuff on Jun 19, 2012 13:37:20 GMT
That sounds fascinating. The mind boggles.
Is there anywhere else like this that has strange access. Eisenhower Centre maybe?
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Post by mrfs42 on Jun 19, 2012 14:00:21 GMT
The basement is obviously where they keep the hideously deformed child of Gerry Rafferty and Anni-Frid Lyngstad in a kind of bizarre homage to The Ghoul. Nah, with those parents the child will be singing mournful ballads about the Stockholm Metro. Instead of Baker Street it'd be something like Gamla stan. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2012 15:00:00 GMT
I can't believe any of you are taking this seriously. It's a joke notice referencing a long-since debunked rumour about Broadcasting House having a "secret" platform.
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Post by programmes1 on Jun 19, 2012 15:28:18 GMT
In BBC Broadcasting House's new Machine Room 2 is a secret door, where it goes to NOBODY KNOWS. But it's got this sign on it: Now quick someone spread a rumour about the BBC getting their own station ;D Well it's not the right month of the year for such things, so someone has done a spoof sign and they have not done a good job why would the BBC have this on their side of any so called tunnel connection Tfl sign. Option 7 at least you have started people talking about this I suppose at Buckingham Palace there must be a similar sign for the Vic line. |
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Post by trt on Jun 19, 2012 15:50:31 GMT
Now quick someone spread a rumour about the BBC getting their own station ;D Pfff! Last time I checked my dial, they have at least 30 stations of their own. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2012 16:15:55 GMT
In BBC Broadcasting House's new Machine Room 2 is a secret door, where it goes to NOBODY KNOWS. But it's got this sign on it: Now quick someone spread a rumour about the BBC getting their own station ;D Well it's not the right month of the year for such things, so someone has done a spoof sign and they have not done a good job why would the BBC have this on their side of any so called tunnel connection Tfl sign. Option 7 at least you have started people talking about this I suppose at Buckingham Palace there must be a similar sign for the Vic line. The sign does not look correct for LUL at all. There would be atleast a dozen metal signs screwed to that door. NO ENTRY UNLESS AUTHORISED DANGER - MOVING TRAINS DANGER - HIGH VOLTAGE CAUTION - MIND YOUR HEAD CAUTION - MIND THE STEP REPORT TO SIGNALLING CENTRE HIGH VISIBILITY JACKETS MUST BE WORN NO SMOKING FIRE DOOR KEEP SHUT KEEP LOCKED THIS DOOR IS ALARMED PRIVATE |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2012 17:22:56 GMT
I emailed a friend who has researched these things thoroughly for his book 'London's Secret Tubes', and he says it is just a hoax sign. There is no such connection to the Bakerloo line and there never has been.
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Post by trt on Jun 20, 2012 8:57:17 GMT
And it's not just the Underground that has them. There was/is a maze of tunnels around most of the hospitals/universities in London. I walk past them almost every day - long, dark tunnels that hide behind grates that haven't been opened since WW2 by the look. I know there was one that went from UCH's cruciform building to another hospital building on Tottenham Court Road which went through the cellar of the Jeremy Bentham pub on University Street, separated off by a simple metal grille. It was bricked up in the 70s after a student raiding party snaffled a large quantity of booze.
I suspect some of the ones around Guy's hospital connect with the old passenger tunnels for London Bridge.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2012 16:58:09 GMT
I also read a book recently which mentioned a cable link between Broadcasting House and the BBCs premises at Lisson Grove. The idea being that if Broc House was put out of action, the BBC would relocate to temporary studios at Lisson Grove. Another emergency studio was in Woodside Park and another adjacent to the District line near Ealing Broadway.
The book laid claim to the fact that Lisson Grove and Broc House were linked by cables through the Bakerloo Line.
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Post by slugabed on Jun 20, 2012 17:05:45 GMT
Railtechnician is absolutely right....there's a lot down there,and older than one might think. For instance,Bazalgette's scheme incorporated pre-existing sewers,some of which were medieval,or possibly even Roman in origin.London is not the only place this is true....apparently York has an extensive network of Roman sewers. www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=1137 |
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