Unlocking Baker Street, the 160-year-old Underground Station | Hidden London Hangouts (S07E04)
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- In this episode, the team are handed the keys of Baker Street, which opened on 10 January 1863. They explore the secrets of its 160 years of history, starting from its Metropolitan line origins and the development of the Bakerloo line, all the way to the complex interchange station of today.
Featuring photos, diagrams and posters from the Museum's collection.
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That original Bakerloo colour scheme is a delight. Should definitely bring it back! Petition Tfl. 😊
I was a 16 year old apprentice draftsman and spent much time at Bakers Street and Charing Cross stations to and from work between 1948 and 1951, from home in Kenton, an early Metroland area. I belonged to the Rifle Club where we used the Carnaby Street L.E.B. sub-station tunnels for practice. Wonderful memories you share, including the B & W historic photos.
Thanks for bring to life more history of my beloved home city.
Rodney Maennling Vancouver Island Canada
Great episode.
When I was a little kid I thought Baker Street was THE CENTRE Of LONDON because it’s where we always had to change when we went somewhere.
Nope, *just* the centre of the universe ;)
My Dad worked for London Transport from the 50s for 30ish years at Chiswick Works and they had so many clubs ! He was heavily involved in the Cine Club (making films with 8mm cameras) and they had a very small scale cinema in an old air raid shelter at the bus works, complete with proper red velour tip up seats rescued from the local cinema that had closed down.
Such an iconic station. Has many happy memories for me. I came here for my interviews when I was applying for an apprenticeship. Would pay my uncle Alf a visit as he worked in the offices here and he we’d have a cuppa!
36.42 what a beautiful passage!!!! Baker Street is my favorite station for sure. Thanks for getting down and dirty for us.
Thanks for watching!
One of my favorites, watching from flat in Chiltern Court. If I had known I would have had you all up for a cup of tea!
Wow that’s perfect. Does your flat look like our photo?
In fact, CAN we come for a cuppa? 🥰
On the 5th floor so don’t have the massive high ceilings like on the lower floor. The flat looks onto to the station
Yes you can
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Loved the show today. Have only stood on Baker Street stn once or twice (changing trains, no doubt). What a labyrinth! The old tiles looked quite something curving around the tight corner of the foot tunnel and with that lovely pale blue colour.
I remember the trapezoid lifts at Kennington when I was a boy. They had very distinctive sounds from the winding gear, along with the clatter as the gates opened and closed. Also remember the lift number on a gadget (small cube?) that went up and down a pole outside the lift doors at the top to indicate where it was. There was something about those lifts that necessitated some rather odd wooden structure on the outside of the station dome; gone now.
The odd thing ps that stick in your mind.
The indicator!
Thank you.
I'd forgotten about that.
The old tilework is absolutely beautiful. If the Bakerloo line platforms ever get refurbished again, its definitely should be done in the original colour tiles.
The station site is far larger than i ever thought, wow.
At 30:00 I was with you! I well remember in 1964 when I started secondary school I would use the lifts at London Bridge station to access the Northern Line. I can still indeed remember how we fitted in the trapezoildal space, then the lift operator would manually slide the Collapsible gates shut. Then I would watch him push the brass lever to start the lift.
A couple of years later, the first (of now many) escalators were installed to replace them.
Ohhh the blue tiles..and to think that for a brief time I started my commute from this station
Love this station. As a lad in the late 50's early 60's I visited Baker Street on countless occasions with a friend, riding on a "Twin Rover" ticket which gave unlimited daily travel on red buses and The Underground. In those days trolleybuses (electric) ran by the station continuously along with RT class buses and Routemasters and there was always a service vehicle in the forecourt. The number of platforms, the complexity, the period decor and ambiance made this a magical place as it still is. Great video guys!
The Tube will never cease to amaze me… I remember being in London last August and my mum and I stayed in Marylebone and we went out for Pizza and got lost and then randomly found a co-op and at the back of the co-op was a Tube station to take us one stop back to Marylebone 🤣 I believe it was Baker Street station, but from that one station inside the Co-op I’d have never have guessed how big Baker Street station was 😅
New York subway and Berlin U-Bahn is also very interesting!
Hope you get to visit the old British Museum underground station remains
Those preserved old adverts are great.
A brilliant production, probably the best episode yet.
Love you guys feeding my Hidden London addiction
Eight year old me is jumping around in my chair. All those rich details and the memories that come with it. Now I know what they mean. One of my favourite stations has layers that I never knew existed.
Hi, thanks (among other things) for the picture of the old Leslie Green Bakerloo station entrance. I've done a bit of homework to find out exactly where that was, and looked on Google street view to see what is there now. Oh dear ...
What an amazing station! Thanks for another great episode. There's so much, I'll have to watch it again.
Installed the new PA and CCTV with new control room at Baker Street so know the station well, also another great show well done guys n gals 😊
What an amazing video. I’ve been using Baker Street for 30 years and have never noticed so much of this. I’m going to go there for a day out now that I’ve retired ❤
LOVE THIS MY FAVOURITE STATION SHERLOCK HOLMES eliminatory My Dear Watson 😂
Just lovely
Looking forward to it - My favourite station.
I was there just a couple of hours ago to give my boy his first introduction to the iconic and gorgeous Baker Street station ☺️.
I remember the signal box here when I was an apprentice many moons ago!
Thanks for a very interesting video of Baker Street station. I particularly enjoyed the video being introduced by a couple of fabulous beauties. I think that there were two women there, as well.
Baker St is cavernous! Loving the pairing format, particularly the return of Laura. Great station with lots of tangible insights to the past, loved it.
Also, a subtle but perfect HLH classic innuendo from Mr Nix at 29.29.👌
Nix and I were on the verge of laughter the entire day. It was a dream to film.
I remember the Circle Line platforms being extensively refurbished in the 90's, to reflect something of the original design, with lighting being placed into the old ventilation shafts in the ceiling, which had been sealed off and covered up for years! Also, the southbound Jubilee Line platform was originally one of two southbound Bakerloo Line platforms, and was decorated in a style similar to St John's Wood and Swiss Cottage stations.
What a fascinating Journey through a rich and varied history, thank you for showing us around.
Baker street is up there as one of my favorite stations to visit because as Laura said, it’s like stepping back in time when you step off. Looking forward to the next one
And the seats on the Bakerloo stock are still old enough to be before comfort was forgotten/outlawed/deemed unnecessarily costly.
Bounce bounce.
Nice gems and a nice potted history ,well done team and Alex i'll dust the turntable off in anticipation of your second album . 😃
Well done team, another highly informative video on something I will never get to see but would be a dream come truth.
Brill episode. Thanks everyone!
Loving this episode
Reminds me of James Street underground station in Liverpool, the oldest deep-level underground station in the world!
I was on that platform a few days ago when I was in London thinking of you guys, looking around and I noticed behind the black paint trackside, is white tile behind it. Also I noticed the Sherlock heads that make up the Sherlock head.
Good to see Laura back, another brilliant video 💪👏
Great to be back too thanks! 👍🏻
Absolutely fabulous.
Brilliant! One bit you missed was the reproduction poster for "Chiltern Court, London's New Restaurant", in the cut-through from platform 5 to 1 and 2. I remember when the original (presumably from the early 20th century) was uncovered, in a poor but readable state. I was chuffed when they decided to use the space for a reproduction, rather than for modern advertising.
Rifle ranges in the City were more common than you might think. I was the secretary and armorer of the CEGB rifle range under Walden House. There were leagues where you shot the targets and posted them to the league organiser. You would be suprised how many large companies took part in thrdr leagues. we did have one amusing problem when buying ammumition. O n ptesenting out licence seing the London address they would start to wright Metropolitaun Police as the licence isuer. As we were in the square mile our licence was issued by the City Police Snow Hill police station
Great introduction for me to this station. Loved it. So so much to explore and so much history too.
Hi team, all i have to say is FANTASTIC ! thank you Baker street is my fav 💖💖
So odd when you walk out the "Roundel doors" the building is so grey, I thought it was an old B & W photo at first, with you two sort of "green screened" in with your bright orange vests..Odd visual effect.
I love these hidden area vids. Had you been feeling a bit more mischievous , you should have sailed some paper airplanes off the balcony in front of the lost property office down onto the platform, just to see the people looking around trying to figure out where they came from
Fun stuff! Thanks for sharing..LIKED!👍
Chris and Alex not uttering a word😳😂they must have been bursting to comment😁
Fingers on lips
Favourite episode. Amazing all the stuff hidden away at Baker Street, so well preserves too!!
Best episode yet. Such a massive area to explore, fascinating. I used to quite like trains but after watching your videos I'm a 'T' nerd - trains, tube, tiles and tunnels - and love a good shaft
You should go on a tour and see the F in fans they put in the shafts. Gi-blummin-normous.
One thing I know about the layout of the deep level tube tunnels at Baker Street, the junction that used to see Bakerloo trains head for either Watford Junction or Stanmore heading north still exists (if you look out of the left hand side of northbound Bakerloo trains, you can see the pointwork of the junction, which is only used to allow engineers trains to access the Jubilee). Bearing in mind that there was no separate northbound platforms for the two branches, the northbound Jubilee line platform had to be built from scratch
I loved this episode, and I love the camera work. It’s so difficult to keep people in focus and motion whilst walking down a staircase without falling down the thing yourself. The narration you guys do flows wonderfully and is so polished. It’s just simply fantastic…
Wow! I visited London in 1984 and 85 and Baker Street was my favorite station on the Underground. I never knew there was this much more behind the scenes. ;-)
I love this station too, although I think the most cosy atmospheric and picturesque is Great portland St.
The company rifle ranges were very common at one time - the company my dad worked for in Leicester had one for the employees' Rifle Club. They were started after WWI to teach young men how to shoot in case there was ever another war requiring a mass callup of conscripts, and persisted into the 1960's and 1970s'. I shot for Leicester & Districts Ladies' Team for about 10 years about then, but I think most have now disappeared, We used to go to all the big Open Shoot meetings through the summer, all over England.
My school had them too when I was there in the 80s.
I bet they're Hydroponic nurseries now.
Kids, rifles and schools are a depressingly hot topic these days.
Fantastic… first used baker street station back in the 70’s travelling to Leicester Square Hammersmith and during the 80s,Farringdon where I worked. Last used Baker Street in 2012, last time I was in the UK.
Looking forward to using it again in the summer on my first trip back to the UK.
Hey guys - will I see you there?
One topic which was not given much attention during what fog me, was a fascinating video about one of my favourite aspects of London, is the contrast berween those parts of the complex which were underground routes created by the ‘cut& cover’ construction, and the later and deeper lines which were constructed using the tunnelling machinery. The latter being very much in evidence by the the ‘tube’ or literally rounded shape of the tunnels. First used by Marc Brunel, & still in principle used today, in th67construction of Cross Tail.😊
Really enjoyed this one. Went on the actual tour last month and had a fabulous time. I would recommend it to anyone.
What an amazing episode! This was well filmed and edited! Thank you! So much more than what I had expected!😁
Great episode guys! I visit Baker Street whenever I am in London .... the last time being October 2022. I never really appreciated how enormous the station is. It's great that we got to see everything. Well almost everything....we never actually got to see "The Canteen"😜
Don’t worry we’ll be back to see something else at Baker Street and we’ll take you to the canteen then.
Works canterns are not often visually appealing. But they always do a decent cuppa.
Great show, fantastic banter, thank all
Amazing tour team, hoped Siddy and Laura got there meals, 46:07 liked to have seen more, 46:07 never knew that there was that much hidden away from every day views, all that heavy engineering in 1906 for the Bakerloo branch to Stanmore, without a doubt, worth watching this gem 💎 of a visit, now looking forward to your next venture team 👍.
Brilliant video, loved the story behind the station also loved how you split the presentation between you all
Thank you!
I have always loved this station and have often visited it just for the sake of it from 1980 on and so remember the restoration.
Brilliant coverage of the place and its history. This is a gem of a video with lots of humour and history and highly recommend it. Thank you for creating it.
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i love what you do, but it's hard to take it seriously since I discovered that Alex is doing it as Dale Winton and everything is gorgeous.
Hello Bill. Why not go wild in the aisles…….. think of the fun you could be having on Supermarket Sweep 😉
Cracking episode, guys, and hey! I've finally caught up with the public stuff at least (still about a year's worth of patreon extras to go) since I first discovered the channel.
So glad you found us!
Kenneth Williams used to use this station as he used to have a flat nearby.
With his friend Sandy?
Really interesting. Especially as it's baker Street and the metropolitan rly, thanks for that tour!
Yet again another brilliant episode guys. Love seeing the original tiles and parts of the station the public don't get to see. A fascinating history lesson. Well done gang. Keep up the great work 😊
Thank you for your kinds words!
Fascinating, really good and well presented.
I worked at Baker Street for quite a few years, and am fortunate enough that I managed to see many of these unknown areas of the station, including the shooting range when it was in use!! To get to that part of the station you go through a brown door to the right of the Starbucks in the 'main' booking hall
Used to walk right past lost property office when at Baker Street and the windows showed off top hats early cell phones and more😳😍
Fantastic,love the hang out series,just got into them.Sure I've got a video that Chris did some of the commentary on.
How fantastic was this! Regards from Sydney, Australia
We love our watchers from Down Under!
I'm always fascinated with the history of the underground, even though I'm not a London resident, and I rarely visit London.
I remember some stations still had lifts in the 70s, rather than escalators and there were many long and sometimes dimly lit corridors.
Upon further investigation I have found that many stations still have lifts, but are any of them the original trapezoidal ones I remember?
@@baldyhead As they mentioned; only two left are at the Strand/Aldwych station.
I had the pleasure of riding in them when the place was still running and the smell, the musty smell! So evocative.
Do yourself a favour and do a tour. It's disused London UndergrounD gold and you might recognise it from a film or two too.
Toot toot!
Love you Siddy, need to see you back on tv xx
Did not know this part of the under ground had so much history thank you for visual tour
Hopefully they'll get to see what is left of the Rifle range and some bits of the extension station.
Looking forward to doing the Hidden London tour of Baker Street when I'm down in November. Have got my tickets booked.
Going down a passageway past a rifle range that I only was told recently where it was. Busmans holiday
As always I'm very much looking forward to this! And hoping for a few NQQ's along the way- maybe a name check just once as it was I who suggested Archway but it was simply attributed to 'a viewer'- it's ok though I'm over it now and I only have to see my therapist 4 times a week now.....! Ha Ha, only joking!
Best wishes to all concerned, I'm sure we're in for an 'elementary' expose of Baker Street!
Love to go on One of these walks they are so interesting. My great grandfather was on the railway in 1881 .thank you for a great video 😊
Looks exactly the same (duck egg) blue and cream tiles as Russell Square which is very much still intact with some replication...
Quite Dover Streety too
Baker Street should also have a framed portrait of Gerry Rafferty.🎷
I got off here two week ago❤
Thanks
Great videos and interesting details. Have you thought of exploring the foot tunnels under the River Thames. I've walked through both located in the Borough of Royal Greenwich. Loads of steps and I think they have some of the original tiles.
Yes but not for a while yet
You should challenge them to the Telegraph cable tunnel by Tower Bridge that once had cable-hauled carriages.
Or the really Urbex~y hot water pipes tunnel from Bat. Pwr. Stn. under the Thames to the Mansion blocks of Dolphin Square.
Various videos are available. You get rather wet though.
Reminds of James Street station in Liverpool that has plenty of original features and was oldest deep-level underground stations in the world.
One of my favourite stations ❤it
You should have a look underneath Victoria and Piccadilly stations in Manchester
I loved the pre-80's styling
Totally fascinating, I often travel through or interchange at Baker Street and never knew of all that is now hidden away from passengers view. Amazing video.
I enjoyed this episode I think it was on Secrets of the London Underground. Have you done an episode of Down Street? 😊
Yup and I think Baker St is on this coming series of Secrets
We did Down Street right back at the start in S1 during lockdown - studio only. We covered Baker Street on SOTLU series 2.
@@chrisnix6352 I'll have a wee look thank you 😊
@@alexgrundon2346 Baker Street was the very last episode of Series 2 😊
Good work, I used to go there a lot in the 90s
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Personally I’m here for the Gerry Rafferty references and the Wenzels. I fear I may be disappointed….
Copyright is a bitch x
Baker Street has 10 platforms! My guess is platforms 1 2 3 4 for metropolitan line trains and 5 6 for the circle and H&C line and platforms 8 9 for the bakerloo line and finally platforms 7 10 for the jubilee line.
I also had my tests in the offices that are now Wetherspoons.
The metropolitan line sign❤❤❤❤
Treats at Baker Street do good doughnuts well with
I love a donut
Pisces here too. lol
Did you know you missed the Air raid shelter . I was the Head residential Porter and lived in Chilton Court for 10 years you were stood right next to it where the escalator goes up 👍 . And the Residential engineer office was still in use in the 80s. It was used by the boiler man who used to run the boilers for Chilton Court .