Hidden London Hangouts S3E22 - Swiss Cottage
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- Опубликовано: 11 июн 2021
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Laura and Chris - could listen to you both all Day so smart and insightful- thank you
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Thankyou 🙏
Enjoying the show! 🇨🇦
Thank you so much and welcome!
Those are beautiful tiles. I agree with the other comment. Who would paint them over - absolute sacrilege!
I am loving the dual camera shot edits!!
😘 we like to change things up a bit… break a few rules…
Hi team so love this station, i always look out of the train window as i go by these disused stations, it's so good that there is lots of heritage left
The original Bakerloo platform photos reminded me of the old Northern City platforms at Finsbury Park in the early sixties
YES!!!
@ 32:20 The first poster on the left in the photograph for Start Rite shoes. That, for me, is a total icon of the Underground and will forever be associated with tube journeys I remember as a child.
Thanks for this episode. Shows the struggle between conservation and daily use, heritage and progress as so many HLH episodes do. The Tube, especially isn’t a museum, it’s a utility that because of its 158 year history has to balance the heavy patina of London’s memory and lore against the expectation of public service. Love the HLH series for showing us how you curate, celebrate and preserve the old while embracing the new.
Love it when you guys get down and dirty. And you really tore into that poster! Love you gang x
Oh Dazzle you make my day! So glad you’re still enjoying the episodes. Hope one day we’ll meet you at the museum for a Routemaster cocktail or three x
Another brilliant video about the former metropolitan railway…3 of 3 stations now disused between Baker Street and Finchley road. I remember when I commuted between Pinner and Farringdon, sitting on the near side of an A stock at red signals looking across at the down platform, seeing the enamelled sign pointing down to ‘Swiss Cottage’ and up to ‘Marlborough Road. I also recall the up end of the platform having brick arches running its length … didn’t see that in the video? Final memory - the vent at the down end wasn’t always opened (in the 80s i don’t remember seeing daylight?). Bring on North of Amersham ‘hidden hangouts’ episodes!
Fascinating video, as never upstairs at the station, only passed through, nice to have seen the station building, as would never have thought about it. I liked the hidden bit with tour guid of the old station, just shows that with the London Transport Museum crew, may never have seen that amazing station 👍.
Very informative and unusual tube station. Worth mentioning that the working clocks hanging in the concourse are mid 1940s synchronome slave dials. The only other station that has these is Hainault on Central line
Great episode as always. thank you.
used to go to school in swiss cottage used this station every day in the mid 90s
Laura, EXACTLY!
That station has always danced in my mind because of associations with the delicious cake, the literal Swiss Roll. And I ain't had one in decades!!! Must be time to break that drought.
Swiss Cottage and the earlier Episode on Tiling prompted me to look at Photography that I did in the 1990s of Harold Stabler's work.
Stabler's Tiling was originally at St Pauls, Aldgate East, Bethnal Green, St John's Wood and Swiss Cottage.
There were Tiles with the County symbol for all the original counties served by London Transport (inc Country area and Green Line buses).
Thus tiles can be found for Surrey, Middx, London (the old LCC), Bedfordshire, Kent, Sussex, Berks, Bucks, Herts and Essex. I used to have pics of the full set.
There were Tiles for the following Buildings: Houses of Parliament, St Paul's Cathedral, Crystal Palace and 55 Broadway.
Others included the symbol for the River Thames Authority, Thomas Lord, the LT Griffin and the LT Roundel. Thomas Lord only appeared at Swiss Cottage and St John's Wood. the LT Roundel can be found in the Station Name Friezes at stations such as Wanstead.
The other significant work from Stabler was the Brass Ventilation Grille Covers at Manor House, TurnPike Lane and Wood Green.
I must scan my 35mm pictures into a computer, so that they can be shared digitally.
Looking forward to when the Station Visits restart, Mike
Stanmore sign: Through trains from the West End to Rocky Horror Central…
Poster. The Munsters. 🏳🌈 Those lights are beautiful. Escalator up lights can be changed to LED without mega destruction.
Just caught up with the latest excellent episode sorry couldn't join last night was working. On holiday next month and one of the first places on our list to visit is of course the LT Museum plus visit some of the stations to find some of the gems the fab4 have covered so can't wait.
I had been out earlier in the day and rediscovered part of my family working in the pub, so stayed out with them and missed the show. Not seen her in years, was very emotional evening for me. (peebee143)
Can’t wait for you to do Southgate with the flying saucer building with up lights on the escalators like these
Not a station I’ve ever used as far as I can remember, so great to learn the history of the station.
And seeing the hidden bits most of us never know about was a real treat.
Thanks very to you all.😀👍
My number 1 station 😀
I have been watching these videos from Series 1 Episode 1 to date. they are getting better all the time, to explore with you live stations that really have a hidden past is really interesting.
Regarding escalators, I was in Moscow with my wife in the mid 80's and was taken on the Metro system.
The stations are very deep so their escalators were VERY long, you could not see the bottom, also you had to be pretty nifty as the speed was quite fast.
Bless you for your comments x
I love these videos. Dunno how you manage to work the double-entendres into the videos. It's almost like an end-of-the-pier show at times.
Those escalators with the white-balance turning the scene rather warm. The escalators are the best bit of the station that you can see.
For me it was the tiny fragment of full-width platform for the emergency egress and that monster riveted beam with the stiffeners that had to be made by hand, unlike the RSJ that comes out of a steel works rolling mill like toothpaste out of a tube.
Can you buy a mug with whatever station name you want? Cos I want a mug with 'North End' or 'Bull & Bush'
Yet another great hangout. Great to see the old Met station. It’s good that so much remains.
I did cringe though when an RSJ was referred to as a reinforced steel joist. An RSJ is a rolled steel joist as they are made by hot rolling billets of steel. The beams next to the riveted plate girder are actually Called Universal Beams as RSJs are a different profile and only smaller sizes.
I know this is a sub surface on the met but was some of the single bored original single track cut and cover or mined? They do look quite narrow.
I have a memory of Belsize Park Station from over sixty years ago, and now wait patiently for you all to investigate "Behind the Scenes" to reveal if my memory is correct!!!
We will!!!
@@alexgrundon2346 Just watched a short video, sad with one redeeming bit, the last 10 seconds has a diagram of the Belsize Park underground shelter, and station - here;
BELSIZE PARK DEEP LEVEL SHELTER BEHIND THE SCENES EDIT BY ORAN DTE
(a search on RUclips will reveal).
Thank you "Team of Four" for entertaining and informing.
Who paints over tiles? I really can't comprehend why that decision was made, for the effort and the cost involved for no advantage. Must have been a YTS they wanted to keep occupied
It’s often done to hide the fact a station existed - to take away distractions and make it less enticing for explorers or vandals
Not an area I have ever visited, once I get back out in the big wild world, will pop out that end of the jubilee line, also need to get back to the LTM, not been for an eon
I know the door in question which is in the underpass from the Belsize Rd entrance to the station. Also there is equivalent ‘disused station’ at platform level at Swiss Cottage and Marlborough Rd which actually mentions the name. Finally, there was a Jubbly line sign above the roundel at Finchley Rd for some years that had worn away revealing the Bakerloo Line underneath.
09:47 That sign should clearly say 'No boogying beyond this point'.
Tut.
Has the Transport Museum ever considered selling replicas of the Relief tiles like we see at Swiss Cottage?
Another superb episode, thanks guys. Can I ask a quick question. I was in the museum last week and used the cafe. The place has been wonderfully decorated, but I was left wondering what the moquette is that is used on the seats? (The cafe staff were excellent in their knowledge and service, but did not know the answer).
Hello! I THINK it is a variation of the moquette by Wallace Sewell which was specifically for the cafe. A separate moquette is also in the museum’s theatre. But it’s super cool, right?
Absolutely great filming. The uplighters at Swiss Cottage are a fantastic Art Deco style. The ones at St.Johns Wood are spoilt by the fluoro tubes above, in effect the light is altered and possibly too bright. The original tile work is actually living history, and I would hope TFL would not alter. Is any of this period listed and thus protected?
Thing I find amazing is the Metropolitan used to go all the way to Brill in Buckinghamshire something to do with the original owner living out there. Is this true?
First watch of this series … so 50 more to view! I’ve been past the station on a Routemaster and had a beer in the Swiss Cottage pub … so will have to visit the Station to see the escalator up lighters and those two fantastic illuminated Bullseye signs. Living in Aylesbury, Bucks will catch the tube from Amersham (or Chiltern Railways to Marylebone) .. thank you for such an interesting episode!
You're in for a treat :-)
Thank you for answering my two questions regarding the Barman seat moquette. I have a few other questions to ask you guys and they are:
1. Does anyone know if any of the floodgates installed at some stations actually saw service during World War 2?
2. Has the Central line 92 Tube Stock received new traction motors (or was this project cancelled) and if so, do the trains now sound different?
3. Please can you cover Kings Cross/St Pancras in a Hidden Hangouts episode and show which parts survive the 1987 Kings Cross Fire?
Best wishes and take care. Kind regards, Peter Skuce. St Albans. Hertfordshire.
I went there a lot
32:28 It would be nice if they could recreate similar lights with led lights
It was not pronounced as nestlay back in the day but Nesalls...
I used these escalators in the early 70's and they would have almost certainly had the clunky wooden steps in a dirty golden colour. They were glorious but perhaps unremarkable back then. All the decoration would have been stripped out for the installation of the safer metal stairs, and I suspect that what we see now is reproduction apart from maybe one or 2 features, It looks good though.
So why would they have stoped/discontinued the metropolitan line service to Swiss Cottage.
How many disused underground stations are there. And how many of th can still be looked around?
Lallies. No bulging thews though?
Just tried to become a Patreon but when I get to the payment page it says it will charge me again on 1st July. So you only get 2 weeks membership instead of a month for the same money. Rip off.
Hi David. That’s just how Patreon works - it isn’t peculiar to the Hangouts. Patreon doesn’t offer a pro-rata charge for part of a month. Just join us at the start of the month - no rip-off.
Lots of very pejorative “darlings” being used - great video but Alex you need to think about your treatment of your colleagues , male and female, it’s ugly
Perhaps you’re new to the Hangouts - if so, welcome. But to call these amazing people colleagues sells them short. Since we began doing these, at the start of lockdown 1, we have deepened our friendship to near familial levels. Darling, babe, hon are all sincerely used. Chris and I have the deepest, most beautiful friendship that transcends work. Same with the girls. We have carried each other thru the past year. So while it may seem syrupy to watch (but please don’t say ugly - it simply isn’t), it’s real and lovely. Never, ever ugly. I hope this explains the dynamic. Watch from episode 1 to see the relationship develop. Laura calls me “Grundy”
at one point. We couldn’t take offence. It‘a all about support. Maybe one day you’ll understand if you keep watching.
@@alexgrundon2346 thanks for filling me in. They are good videos, and an amazing team. I guess as a snapshot it could look not quite the way it was intended, and intent in such a thing is key, I understand now your intent was honourable - I apologise. I’ll keep watching and enjoying.
@@mattashman4040 welcome to the hangouts Matt! Thanks for taking the time to watch , comment and join the hangout journey. As Alex suggests (if you have the time and inclination!) please please do watch a few more episodes. You’ll see how Alex is the glue that keeps the episodes together each week and how much we cherish his knowledge and enthusiasm for all things subterranean and fantastic in London! Hopefully chat again, Laura.
Thank you for walking back your opinion from your original poster so refreshing and inspiring. I’m sensitive to tone and word choice, too, so I’m glad that you recognized how important the friendship between these four is to the magic of the show. I watch as much for the glimpses of their spontaneous and genuine affection as I do the history now; it’s been a balm to raw nerves after the past…while.
THERES always one 🙄🙄🙄 LOVE ALL FOUR of these amazing guys their knowledge is above everything Bravo 👏