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Living by the motto WWHD (What Would Hancock Do?).
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1985: 𝘛𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥'𝘴 𝘌𝘯𝘥: 𝘚𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘉𝘶𝘴 𝘙𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦 was first broadcast. ➡️
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about 14 hours ago
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Train services for Easter, 1938. A fold-out leaflet containing the Easter timetable for the Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Committee lines, along with times of first and last trains for other Underground lines. ➡️
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1 day ago
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1988: Location filming for 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘬𝘴 took place around Waterloo. ➡️
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1 day ago
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1876: Selly Oak station was opened by the Midland Railway. ➡️
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[Top photo - Michael Westley]
3 days ago
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1886: Honor Oak Park station was opened by the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway. ➡️
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[Top photo - Steve Grindlay]
5 days ago
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1867: Kentish Town West station was opened by the North London Railway. ➡️
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5 days ago
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2017: Selly Oak library was closed by Birmingham City Council. ➡️
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5 days ago
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1865: North Weald station was opened by the Great Eastern Railway. ➡️
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[Top photo - Robin Webster]
5 days ago
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Make your own CrossRail Train. A promotional self-assembly card for building your own Crossrail train, a Class 341. From DCA Design Consultants, c.1992. ➡️
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7 days ago
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1976: The West Somerset Railway was reopened as a heritage railway. Here we see Minehead station, the northern terminus of the railway. ➡️
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[Top photo - Alan Bond]
9 days ago
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1958: The Belgrade Theatre, Coventry was officially opened by the Duchess of Kent. ➡️
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[Top photo - Fast Track images]
9 days ago
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1969: Location filming for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘳 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 took place in Seven Sisters Country Park, Exceat. ➡️
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10 days ago
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Interior of W. Thatcher & Son Ltd at 221 Kilburn High Road, 1952. 📸 Nicolas Pike ➡️
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14 days ago
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Limehouse Causeway, Limehouse ➡️
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15 days ago
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1980: Location filming for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘷𝘦 took place on Brighton beach. ➡️
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15 days ago
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1922: The rebuilt Waterloo station was officially opened by Queen Mary. ➡️
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16 days ago
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The Victoria line. A 14-page London Transport booklet from 1965 with information about London's new tube line which would begin opening in stages three years later. ➡️
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18 days ago
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NW London Time Machine
19 days ago
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1970s North West London, Finchley Road, Rain
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Uxbridge Road station, seen in the top photo, opened in 1869 to replace Shepherd's Bush station. Bomb damage on the line caused the station to close in 1940 and never reopen; the station building was demolished in 1968. ↘️
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19 days ago
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West Hampstead station, West End Lane. In the top photo we see a 1938 Stock train working a northbound Bakerloo line service to Wembley Park. In the bottom photo, a 1996 Stock train working a Jubilee line service to Stanmore. ➡️
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20 days ago
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Jubilee Line Extension - a major addition to the London Underground Network. A 1995 folded leaflet introducing the Jubilee Line Extension, including a map of the route. ➡️
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20 days ago
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Great West Road, Hounslow In the top photo we see preparations are underway for cut-and-cover construction work for the Piccadilly line Heathrow extension in 1971. ➡️
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20 days ago
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A 23-page brochure from c.1993 outlining an earlier scheme for Crossrail proposed by London Underground and Network SouthEast. ➡️
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20 days ago
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1992: The main line platforms at Westbourne Park station were closed by British Rail. ➡️
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21 days ago
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Chelsea-Hackney line. A 1991 4-page leaflet issued by London Underground with information about the proposed Chelsea–Hackney line, including a map of the route. The route had been safeguarded just a few weeks before this leaflet was issued. ➡️
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21 days ago
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1983: Location filming for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 took place in Cwm Bychan. ➡️
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21 days ago
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1899: Marylebone station was opened by the Great Central Railway. ➡️
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23 days ago
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1916: Barnes Bridge station was opened by the London and South Western Railway. ➡️
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[Top photo - Dr Neil Clifton]
25 days ago
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archivetvmusings
25 days ago
Hancock's Half Hour - The Missing Page (11th March 1960). A master at work.
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NW London Time Machine
25 days ago
Wyldes Farm, North End, Hampstead, captioned as 'Wildwood Farm' on an early 1900's colourised postcard....
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Mike
26 days ago
Happy Birthday to the Bakerloo line - 120 years old today. The initial section of the tube line was formally opened on 10 March 1906 by the Chairman of the
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CC; the brochure has this fine map showing the line along with the other UERL tubes under construction. ↘️
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Kilburn High Road, Kilburn ➡️
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27 days ago
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Dalston Lane, Dalston ➡️
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28 days ago
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1966: Bath Green Park station was closed by British Rail. ➡️
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[Top photo - Ben Brooksbank]
29 days ago
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1969: The Victoria line was formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II, the same day that stage 3 of the line was opened between Warren Street and Victoria. ➡️
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30 days ago
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Kilburn High Road, Kilburn ➡️
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about 1 month ago
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Fleet Street Hill. [left photo by John Claridge] ➡️
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about 1 month ago
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1884: St Mary's station was opened by the South Eastern Railway. ➡️
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about 1 month ago
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Kingston station, Wood Street, Kingston ➡️
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about 1 month ago
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1941: London & North Eastern Railway trains served East Finchley station for the last time. ➡️
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[Top photo - Ben Brooksbank]
about 1 month ago
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1871: West Hampstead Thameslink station was opened by the Midland Railway. ➡️
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about 1 month ago
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1880: Fulham Broadway station was opened by the Metropolitan District Railway. ➡️
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about 1 month ago
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1849: Enfield Town station was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway. ➡️
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[Top photo - Ben Brooksbank]
about 1 month ago
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1888: West Hampstead station was opened by the London and North Western Railway. ➡️
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about 1 month ago
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Corner of Parkway and Great West Road, Hounslow In the top photo we see cut-and-cover construction work for the Heathrow extension of the Piccadilly line taking place. ➡️
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about 1 month ago
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Horseferry Branch Road / Branch Road, Ratcliffe ➡️
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about 1 month ago
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2011: Transport for London reopened the Dalston Western Curve, allowing passenger services to run between Canonbury and Dalston Junction stations for the first time in 25 years. ➡️
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about 1 month ago
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1900: London Bridge station (deep-level) was opened by the City and South London Railway as part of its extension up to Bank and Moorgate. ➡️
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about 1 month ago
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1906: The Kingsway Subway was first opened to tram services. ➡️
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about 1 month ago
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The Broadway / The Mall, Ealing ➡️
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about 1 month ago
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