Goodge Street: Shopping, stairs and surprises | Hidden London Hangouts (S07E09)
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- Опубликовано: 16 июн 2023
- In this episode, Alex and Chris explore Goodge Street, a station that has changed its name and its appearance and has secret worlds above it and beneath.
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I’ve been on 6 hidden London trips and all of them are exceptional. The guides are amazingly knowledgable and very enthusiastic. Get yourself on one it’s well worth it. Different trips offer different insights so have a look
When you opened the ventilation duct, I somehow expected to see Bruce Willis in a vest, with a torch in his mouth, climbing up! Loved the apple green tiles.
It would have made my day
For many years ('76 to '89) I worked in Newman Street and used Goodge Street morning and evening. I was never too happy with the lifts and would use the staircase both up and down. This video brought back many memories. I don't think I could run up and down those stairs these days.
What a surprisingly interesting station. The roof garden should get an award for being a good corporate citizen, providing an attractive sight for all the neighbours.
Cheers guys i love you to bits. I'm a croydon boy and love local history. The littl garden on the roof is perfect, Cup of tea, fat joint and a newspaper during your break sat up there.
Oh the super fab four
Just a casual woman in a fox suite on the Underground. It is London, nothing unusual...
Fascinating as always the 1980s tiles are repulsive.
Another incredible episode and the exeptional history lesson from Chris "shove it in the hole" Nix was sensational.
The original tiles are beautiful.
I would be be keen for more City and South London stations if there is anything to reveal. Love your work.
Hi all from New England where weather is overcast and rainstorm so reminds me of city with public transport 🤓🙏💙
Goodge Street is the only deep level station where I have tackled the staircase to exit the station. My legs were jelly by the top.
What shade of green on the stairs? Leslie Green of course.
That Green (mixe) in the staircase is quite something! I like that. And the vertical stripe have something blue-ish to them, as you noted. They're a bit like what we call _Blaugrün_ (blue-green), or Petrol, or Turqoise, Teal (or Jade maybe?).
Loved the show, as always. Who knew that station garden competitions were still a thing - and that a deep level tube station could end up winning a trophy for theirs 😊
Fantastic episode chaps!
Absolutely loved this episode, missed Siddy but was awesome to see you both. Thank you so much , so interesting , I need to watch again
Missing Laura too.
Another fascinating episode! Thanks Chaps!
Great video gents, loved the green tiles from the original station
Oh looking forward to another episode, think I have now caught up with every episode so, far moved to Ireland last August and these episodes satisfy any home sickness, keep up the amazing work guy's
No Shakin Stevens - Grern door reference??
Excellent!
Another great episode! Not sure if I'd be able to do the Hidden London trips in person but these are always fascinating.
Loved the gorgeous apple green tiles!! Something very art nouveau about them
Made me think of the Beatles song, "Sunny Googe Street".
Another great episode. You solved a mystery for me too. I'd noticed the structure on the right of the entrance, some year's ago and I couldn't work out what it was. It's pretty obvious, when you think about it, that it's a second entrance into the deep level shelter used by Eisenhower, but the penny didn't drop for me until now. Thanks very much! Did I also notice that the vertical tile bands lower down the stair shaft changed from the darker green you talked about near the top of the stairs?
I gotta say: I don't dislike the 1980's tiling. Has some clarity to it. (I'm a bit of a Piet Mondriaan fan, so that makes one feel quite at home.)
They're certainly not as 'charming', approaching 'toilet modern' but I agree. Far worse could have been done.
Alex and Chris what a dou thank you for a great video I have learned a lot about the underground I use to live in London and this is the best Channel to learn about the underground Thanx abunch guys
Total pleasure, Wes
Love you guys and gals! 😊
Splendid! Like Chris, Goodge Street is a station I rarely used but probably went through far more often. Lovely to see the roof garden and city bees (bet the honey tastes interesting!) - I’m two week away from my first trip back to the UK in 11 1/2 years … I don’t think Goodge Street is on my itinerary so great to see this video so close to my trip! Keep it up chaps!
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Amazing book. Slightly out of my price range, so I'll continue to admire the tiles from the stations and the hidden/lost parts exposed here.
Thanks once again for going behind closed doors for us and revealing the ordinarily unseen. I visited The Depot on Friday and met Sam the head honcho and the Moquette Queen Georgia which really made my day. The staff and Museum Friends were so knowledgeable and informative. I cannot recommend this highly enough. Do any of the Museum staff or Alex ever give presentations to Railway Societies? We would like to see a talk at the Slough and Windsor Railway Society. Thanks, Rob.
Ooh I’m sure we could come along and visit!
Ooh I’m sure we could come along and visit!
Another really excellent video, fascinating information, great presentation
Can't wait for this one! Will there be a NQQ at the end? Regardless, this one looks a real treat!
I know FremantleMedia stores a number of old programmes, including some of those made by Thames TV, somewhere near to Tottenham Court Road and Goodge Street. I wonder if they're in the Eisenhower Centre?
The _Eisenhower Tower_ ?? Why not the *Eisentower* ?! They clearly missed out on one there...
Iron Hewer Tower sounds like a good reference to the builders…
Eisenhowerturm…
@ 18:30....an escapee from Calvin and Hobbes?
That darkgreen vertical tiles at top of stairs look like the horizontal 1980s replacements in the lower platform connecting passageways. It was not noted that the verticle tiles change to the apple shade as the stairs were descended, either two original batches OR some replacement for some reason at the top
I'm in love with this channel and trying to watch as much as I can! I have watched some episodes alteady, loving the tiles enthusiasm! I wonder, does each station have different colours? I assumed before that they followed the colour scheme of the line, but I have seen very different ones already in the same line. I think my faves were some light blue ones (in Baker Street?) Just amazing!
Ello! Sometimes it’s colours, sometimes it’s tile patterns. But they should all be different in some way so people who couldn’t read were able to navigate the system. Enchanting when you think about it. Thanks ever so much for finding us x
@@alexgrundon2346 thanks so much for the reply!
Listen to Sunny Goodge Street by Donovan. That’ll tell you the pronunciation.
You didn't notice as you were running down the spiral staircase that there were only 9 (if I counted correctly) double verticals of that different green - after those, it reverted to the lovely apple green again. Why do you think it was? - were they to replace loads of broken old tiles, or did they run out, or what?
I wonder if they used up tiles from the build of TCR (formerly Oxford St station)?
Excellent. Any chance you can get inside the Eisenhower Centre one day?
ask if I want that book where can I order it and if I have a cradit card is that sufficient because it seems very interesting to me English is also good for me because I am learning that and the train and metro stadiums are also me learning .as long as i can assume that they will send it from engeoland to the netherlands i like to watch julie vedios with subtitles to follow what is being said
Walked them many times over the years
I didnt know Goodge Street was TCR . However If I travel to Central London and want Tottenham Court Road (or bits of Oxford Street) I go to Goodge Street, the pedestrian exit is easier, the roads and pavements less busy and there are some better coffee etc shops south and north (mostly to the west of Tottenham Court Road itself)
6:14 I would not call that a fast moving lift. Also the levelling is appallingly bad. Should have got Schindler or Mitsubishi to have replaced the lifts. Would save 10 seconds on the journey time on the levelling alone. I have no clue why TFL uses such bad lifts, especially with the amount of people using them.
@alexgrundon Just wondering the iron work that holding up the lights on the outside of the station is that the same iron patterns and size that were above the lifts with the lift numbers in them.
166 steps (not stairs, Mr Nix 😉) equate to 9 storeys - 162 steps at 27.54 metres.
( 18 steps of 17 centimetres per storey of 3.06 metres )
No, it’s 15 storeys. It’s always 15 storeys. 😀
@@davidhamm7909 True. Usually I also comment this statistic by saying "actually equals" or "would actually equal" 😂😂😂
I wanna see u do Leytonstone on the central line
If that station has any secrets
I totally with Alex on this station. The 80’s refurb ruined it for me. It would have looked so much better with the original tiles on it. That’s why I like Chalk Farm and Mornington Crescent a lot more. Sorry Goodge Street.
I love the place for the staff who work there (an awesome bunch) but I’m not a fan of chunky tiles. The 80s didn’t always serve us well 😉
I guess Laura's the one on honeymoon, and Siddy's on Half-term 😜
Only one question! How is it pronounced?
“Goodge” 😂
@@alexgrundon2346 it's Holborn Ho-bun debate again
“Goodge” and “Holborn”. No confusion at all…… 😉
@@alexgrundon2346 I agree sir 😁
Well there's only one way to pronounce it, like St Evènage.
Go posh, or go home.
Fail - London Transport museum. Went to buy a gift voucher for my son at 5:30 pm and despite the fact the fact that they say they are open until 6 pm ticket office was closed. Staff were very unhelpful and the manager was condescending.
Jesus. That was boring.
Thanks love
Totally disagree. As do many others.
@ltmuseumvideo @alexgrundon2346 Would you consider a 'Hidden Paris' Hangout at some point? I only ask as it would be interesting to document the extension work currently taking place on Metro line 11, as well as the MP59 rubber-tyred trains that run on this line currently (the oldest on the Metro network) - these are due to be gone by next year, when the extension opens. It'd be a good excuse for sampling the odd bottle of grape-based beverage after all! 😉
A good idea there. We had thought about visit other metros including Paris and coincidentally we just recorded some site footage at one last week. Paris is a good suggestion - particularly the rubber wheeled trains. I encountered them for the first time 8 years ago and was fascinated so you are right, we should catch them while we can.
@@chrisnix6352 Thanks Chris; it does make for a surprisingly smooth ride, and the acceleration isn't bad either, from what I recall when I visited back in 2005. The Wikipedia entry for the replacement MP14 stock on Line 11 suggests that the new fleet will be fully in service by mid-July of this year, so the MP59s may be gone sooner than I had thought initially. Anyway, keep up the good work!