Oval Tube Station's Original Features - Hidden London Hangouts (S05E11)
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- Опубликовано: 6 май 2022
- In this episode, the Hangouts team go in to bat at Oval, exploring behind the scenes of the original City and South London Railway station. They discover fabulous tilework and artwork with links to the nearby cricket ground.
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Siddy - this is how cricket works - You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out.
Greetings from Australia - I have just found your site and love what you, Chris, Alex and Laura do - loved using the Tube, when I was in London back in 1993, and really enjoyed it. I am sure that things have changed and I would love to get back to London so I can use the Tube again
Oh those tiles, shame so few are left. They are stunning. The glaze, shape, style, just stunning. Great visit. I always thought the lights didn't work correctly in Oval.
This is such a awesome station. Chris, Alex, Laura and Siddy are just so lit and a absolutely fabulous team. So great together. This used to be my local station when I younger. Its insane how busy this place can be when there's cricket. Beautiful station. It's incredible to think this station opened in 1890. Wow what a life this one has had.
Funnily enough, as I was watching this episode and reveling in the gorgeous tiles, the work of art diagrams, the vintage posters, the photos of the original station front and booking hall (and superb comment, Siddy, on how difficult it must have been to take pictures back then-that was food for thought), the raw staircase, and repurposed lift shaft, I was grateful all over again for the time you spent on the Elizabeth line of late. I’m quite sure I would have disliked the modern stations at first sight had I not studied them with you first and learned what to look for and how much there is to appreciate. The juxtaposition of the glorious old and the splendid new makes the London UndergrounD that much more endearing and marvelous (as are, in fact, you four). As always, my thanks and love.
The one thing that does my head in, is the sheer number of PA announcements in the station. It is literally overload!
BING BONG!
Great to hear that Thought for the day started in Oval 2004. I remember seeing them on the way to work back.
Love these video's , to think the number of times I have used Oval station apart from many others in the years I worked in London and yet so much history and features we never get to see in our every day travels.
Looking forward to this one! Oval was my home station when I first moved to London in 1994.
After watching...I'd say it's certainly much nicer now than it was then!
It was my local station between 1996-2003
Laura, have you visited the Jackfield Tile Museum? They produced tiles between 1840 and 1960 and even produced tiles for the LU. I highly recommend going with your hidden london collegues!
OH WOW. Let’s do this.
@@alexgrundon2346 Well worth a visit. The museum even has a replica of Covent Garden Station.
Much more my cup of tea in terms of subject matter, some smashing old tileage !!!
We mix it up. Something for everyone. Glad you liked
Another good one guys. I don't think I have ever seen a door marked "Lift Shaft" before.
The booking hall is to die for. Such clean lines. So little clutter. I think you guys covered this but the picture really sums it up.
I appreciate the Elizabeth Line pillow
At about 08:30 in when showing the shot of the ticket hall the percimiters are bathed in sunlight probably from the smaller of the two domes anybody !..
On second thoughts maybe not 😉
Brilliant episode guys.... Welcome back to Yesterday. Charing Cross was inspired.
Ooh Matron! I thoroughly enjoyed this episode. The cricket posters are sensational.
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Great to see you back after your break. Another fantastic episode guys. This one had it all. Historic architecture, tiles, shaft, brickwork, spiral staircase and posters. Definitely one of my favourite episodes. Keep up the good work and roll on next week. A big shout to Siddy too. Episode 1 of the new series of Secrets of the London was awesome.
Yeah we are loving the telly show too. Kudos all round. Cheers Gaz!
Love the cricket motifs - designed by Minale Tattersfield in the 1970s, but not installed until the 1990s!
Thanks for a interesting episode yet again
Reminder set: Oval it is 👍
Another great show today. Interesting that at Oval they managed to design the escalators into the space without having to move the entrance. Also hadn’t realised it was a tube station with platforms above one another rather than side-by-side.
Oval has always been one of my favourite tube stations. If you ever get the chance, do the track walk from Oval to Stockwell. You’ll pass through Portland Place, South Island Place, the old Stockwell station cavity and old depot tunnel for the CSL. It’s a must!
I hope that you are recharged after your break. I use this station to go to the cricket ground, so will be pleased when the line reopens. It is unfortunate that the shoe repair shop has closed down.
Believe that I had only used the station once in the 40 years living in London, never saw the cricket ground, thought the 1915 photo of the frontage of the station looked impressive, less so now, also all very bland in the ticket hall, never used the staircase, one wonders the point of escalators when the lifts would have been far quicker, as I found out at Angel after conversation in 1992, amazing to see that old lift shaft for the first time with impressive plans of the station, well worth watching, Siddy and Laura looked very nice as usual, still thinking about the Moorgate tour Laura.
Mmmm...Oval station has been my local for +50 years..!! But nice to see behind the scenes! And during cricket season, due to crowds, we locals sometimes have to use the down stairs (both escs being then used for up). And sometimes also they open the side doors for out (one way system - main entrance being in).
Yet another station I need to visit! I love how little pockets of those C&SLR fleur-de-lis tiles still exist. And who could forget about the big fist poster? 👊
Give us a nice big fist and a wink.
Welcome back
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On a side note, Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed EP1 of the new series of 'Secrets of The LU'
Im sure I saw Alexs foot prints still on the Kennington Dome ladder !!!
Absolute triumph.
Cant wait for EP2 and cant wait to see Oval too.
You STAR! Yes my clodhoppers got everywhere on those trips. The museum is so proud of this new series. Just lifts the lid on so much of what the tube has to offer - and the Hangouts and the telly series are companions to one another for you guys.
Hey Alex, I noticed that during the last series, you never mentioned Chris Nix’s contribution to Secrets of the LU. Maybe that was his choice but I reckon he should get the credit he deserves :-)
David you make a very good point. It was a conscious decision to put the spotlight on Siddy and Tim as the lead presenters but Nixy knows I’m his biggest and most loyal fan (behind his lovely wife) and as the series goes on, he gets more on-air time. It’s telly convention to promo the launch presenters to begin with but Chris will get loads of plaudits, I guarantee. He’s actually the series consultant so gets onto the credit roll at the end of each show. V pleased about that.
@@alexgrundon2346 very much enjoyed / enjoying all of both !!!
I have been watching a few of your films now and I love them. I have been fascinated by Railways all my life and the London Underground in particular, which has charmed me since my early 20s when I lived on the outskirts of London and spent my weekends there, usually unsuccessfully chasing girls. I think the four of you bring so much passion, knowledge and enthusiasm about the Underground to the channel. I can't think of another mass transit system that has contributed so much to the technological, economic and also cultural fabric of a nation than the London Underground. Your videos and the four of you display this effortlessly. Incidentally, does Chris have a home workshop? I think I can see a drill press and other precision tools in the background of his piece to camera. I have a workshop too which features on my own tiny corner of you tube.
Thank you all four for your wonderful films.
Superb episode (sorry I missed it live - was heading to Euston for a return to Manchester). Question - were many tilings made up from sheets of tiles - I had assumed that all tiles were individually placed
Thank another so fascinating and interesting video x
Those fleur-de-lis tiles look more like egg and dart. I worked at a 18th century Manor House as a handyman for four years. The cornice had egg and dart like that.
Kensal Green cemetery used to have a hydraulic powered cataphelk. . Supplied by the London hydrolic company
The first entrance dome looks like a WWI soldier looking through some binoculars.
Thoroughly enjoyed the Oval video. I used to work near there many years ago and used the station daily. I wasn't aware that the lift shaft was still there. I knew about the air shaft by Kennington Park. Was there a tunnel linking the vents at the platform to it you could have easily walked through? I remember on your Kennington station video, you went under a similar air shaft with the rain coming down. Was that in Kennington Park? Keep up the good work.
Looks like the exterior of a Turkish bath to me.
I subscribed!!!!
Siddy - here are the rules of cricket:
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in.
Each man that’s in the side that’s in the field goes out and when he’s out comes in and the next man goes in until he’s out.
When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in.
When they are all out, the side that’s out comes in and the side that’s been in goes out and tries to get those coming in out.
Sometimes there are men still in and not out.
There are men called umpires who stay out all the time, and they decide when the men who are in are out.
Depending on the weather and the light, the umpires can also send everybody in, no matter whether they’re in or out.
When both sides have been in and all the men are out (including those who are not out), then the game is finished.
This is wonderful. You forgot the rule about getting drunk watching the game at Lords and the insistence you fall asleep and get sunburnt
(Graham Cash) Have you ever visited the London Event at the East Anglian Transport Museum in Carlton Colville near Lowestoft? The only place you can ride LT trams, trolleybuses and buses in one location. Plus they have static exhibits including an LT booking hall, rare signs and tiles! This year it’s July 9-10 2022.
OOOOOOH can you send us more info?
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Some signs at platform level at these old stations will always be higher up and some lower. It has to do with better visibility for passengers
The Ticket Hall with the (tiled) depictions of Cricket players reminded me more of a Gym or a Public Bath (or is it called a Swimming Bath or a Swimming Hall?).
Also, the way Mr "Grundy" described the Architeture style of Mr Charles Henry Holden* reminded me of what in Germany is known as the "Neue Sachlichkeit", a term for the Modern architecture in the 1920's and 1930's mostly used in German-speaking Europe, in English known as "New Objectivity" or "New Sobriety". _Sachlich_ also meaning *factual.*
* not to be confused with Mr Herny Charles Beck, the "Map Man" ;)
Hiya. I said Charles Holden. Didn’t even know his midname was Henry. And most people call map man Harry Beck although he had a different name on his birth certificate 😉
Hey Alex. Sorry for the confusion. The mentioning of his middle name and the note to not confuse Holden and Beck (by name) was just a little showing-off move by the nerd that I am, as well as a little side gag. Nothing related to you. :D But I admit that it was set up (= appeared) in a misunderstanding manner.
And yes: Harry he was actually only to his friends. Correspondence with LT was always under his formal name. -- I think we should therefore all actually only refer to him as Henry and not Harry, also on the Tube Map itself. (Stop nerding, will you, Raph!)
The staircase and adjacent tunnels look so raw and grimy especially in contrast to the friendly, brightly lit entrance hall. You really aren't supposed to use it?
Make sure you put plenty of factor 50 on your inner circle .
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When lived near there I am sure there was seats at there shaft outside near the unground toilet. (if thats still there)
The present frontage of Oval Station is so drab and grey and although the canopy to shelter any passengers,sorry customers, that can't access the station due to crowding is welcome it's design is unimaginative. Personally I would have liked to see white stone cladding with echoes of the Victorian past built into them along with a metal work canopy painted green with again a Victorian influence. The canopy could have really been a feature instead of being merely functional.The cricket mural inside is great I just feel the lack of design of the canopy and the cladding let the station down.
Not the Underground but it is underground, transport related and in London, how about going to the Rotherhithe Tunnel, and the decorative ironwork of the disused staircases located in air shafts 2 and 3? I have seen the outside of the surface buildings and it's possible to walk right up to No. 3 in King Edward VII Memorial Park, but not to see anything inside.. I've also seen the bottom couple of steps from inside the tunnel when there was a replacement bus route running through it during closure of the East London Line.
Surprisingly, the Rotherhithe Tunnel is still open to pedestrians; I must take a walk through it sometime.
I’d love to have a nose round there
anyone else think that the dome above the entrance and the 2 round circles below look like a british soldier in his helmet?
if siddles sends me her address I can lend her most of the Carry on films on DVD 🤣 Then she'll get the gist ... Ooooo Matron🤣🤣🤣
@alex grundon, I think I’ve said this before, but I want the picture of the Lisbon trams off your wall.
This is classic. It’s actually from a DIY store called LEROY MERLIN. It’s about 4 years old and everyone who sees it, loves it. I paid €40 and adore it.
It just reminds me so much of the wonderful day we spent in Lisbon, riding the trams, while on a cruise a couple of years ago.
Thanks for another great episode. Just one thing Alex, did my ears deceive me or did Siddy say she hadn’t heard of the great Kenneth Williams?
Some education required on your part I think 👍
Remember, she’s young (well, about 20 years younger than me) , also she’s not originally from the UK .
Doctor Soaper will see her now
Have you done Green Park? If not would you ever consider it?
YES…or DOVER STREET, as we plan to call it. Fab statiok
In Affectionate Remembrance
of
ENGLISH CRICKET,
which died at the Oval
on
29 August 1882,
Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing
friends and acquaintances
R.I.P.
N.B.-The body will be cremated and the
ashes taken to Australia.
Why did they put metal on the tiles?
I would imagine they were cheaper to make than the ceramic tiles. They are enameled in much the same way as metal bath tubs are. A powdered coloured glass is sprinkled on the steel. It is then heated in a kiln until the glass melts and fuses to the metal, giving a smooth shiny finish.
It is so upsetting that we talk about how nice, impressive ect but we then change them to be lesser.
Upgrade to outside in 30's, more like a down grade. YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Even now. Inside great.
People still have not found a way to tell people how to keep a door that is used, locked or closed at all times. 🏳🌈