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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Pete on January 09, 2013, 12:42:39 PM

Title: 150 years of the Tube
Post by: Pete on January 09, 2013, 12:42:39 PM

Not Chesterfield related, but an excellent series of pictures about the London Underground - give it a quick look, it's really interesting.

http://bit.ly/VFpord (http://bit.ly/VFpord)

Title: Re: 150 years of the Tube
Post by: Fly on January 09, 2013, 06:16:56 PM

Some nice old photo's there.

Found this on Google  :))

Title: Re: 150 years of the Tube
Post by: Seanant on January 09, 2013, 07:37:53 PM

Also celebrated on this years £2 coins

Title: Re: 150 years of the Tube
Post by: Pete on January 09, 2013, 07:43:08 PM

Coins seem popular this week. ;)

Title: Re: 150 years of the Tube
Post by: Fly on January 09, 2013, 07:49:17 PM

Just shows how little notice some of us take about everyday objects.  :)

Title: Re: 150 years of the Tube
Post by: Pete on January 09, 2013, 07:51:31 PM

I'm grateful to Seanant for posting those pictures, otherwise I would never have known.  ;)

Title: Re: 150 years of the Tube
Post by: Slacker on January 09, 2013, 09:44:13 PM

A bit more Chesterfield related
(http://i47.tinypic.com/2r295bm.jpg)

Title: Re: 150 years of the Tube
Post by: Alsatian on January 10, 2013, 06:23:22 PM

Here's a link to some more info on the tube:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2259177/London-Underground-Amazing-images-houses-demolished-Tube-1863.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2259177/London-Underground-Amazing-images-houses-demolished-Tube-1863.html)

Title: Re: 150 years of the Tube
Post by: handy on January 10, 2013, 07:18:07 PM

Very intresting reading thanks.

Title: Re: 150 years of the Tube
Post by: simondjuk on January 10, 2013, 08:09:05 PM

See the train they used for the celebrations?  A good old fashioned steam engine.