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I find Plaistow one of the most endearing of Underground stations: It has those white canopies, the benches and a great deal of original features. Such as shame the ugly faceless Eastend outside cannot match up to the beautiful station that welcomes you.
sboy2010 | Homepage | 31.03.08 - 3:06 a.m. | #
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Plaistow used to be my local Tube station when I first left school and started working in Regent St. I used to feel so grown up standing on the platform with all the other worker bees. I also remember rolling my eyes when people pronounced it as 'Playstow' instead of 'Plarstow'.
Very familiar with East Ham station as well, pain in the arse though getting off, you have to remember to get in the end carriage or face walking all the way back down the platform. Back in the olden days one of the first things you would have seen on exiting was the old C & As shop on the corner. I spent many an hour wandering around there looking at things I couldn't afford.
SSS | 31.03.08 - 9:42 a.m. | #
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According to your 150th Anniversary page link in the section refering to Bromley-By-Bow "The station building was moved to the opposite side of the road in March 1894". Now to me that is far more impressive than moving a new bridge with a modern crane.
Is it just me but as soon as East Ham is mentioned I immediately think "one stop short of Barking ?".
Pedantic of Purley | 31.03.08 - 9:59 a.m. | #
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Alas on the 150th Anniversary page link, they seem to have swapped pictures of Plaistow station with East Ham.
Brendan | 31.03.08 - 10:38 a.m. | #
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The Fenchurch St. line was intrumental in turning Purfleet into a booming riverside destination for railway trippers. Any chance of reporting on a Victorian day out there,DG? (I enjoyed your report from the nearby RSPB Reserve)
Far more interesting than many think..
http://www.thurrock.gov.uk/herit...s\\_details&
id=19
I see that the Royal Opera has moved its set production to Purfleet, and the old powder magazine houses a delightfully cranky museum
http://www.purfleet-heritage.com...es/
history.html
The speed with which St Andrew's hospital has been torn down (and the redevelopment of the Maltings) is in odd contrast to the inactivity on the former site of Coventry Cross East,derelict for a good few years. What is going on?
Here is a picture of CC East in earlier times..
http://www.mike-stevens.co.uk/re...993a/
122b24.htm
felix | 31.03.08 - 12:52 p.m. | #
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It's sad that I know this, but East Ham has actually got five platforms like Plaistow - the fifth is by the eastbound platform. It's disused & now really overgrown and was used for trains from Barking to reverse back. You can see it on the left of the picture of the station you've taken...
Chris Applegate | Homepage | 31.03.08 - 12:53 p.m. | #
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I like the old painted notice "TEA 2d A CUP" still to be seen on the westbound platform at East Ham, goodness knows how long ago there were refreshment facilities there. On a side note, C&A's as mentioned above was built on the site of the Palace Theatre, demolished in the 50's.
TMJ | 31.03.08 - 1:14 p.m. | #
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Actually Chris Applegate, that platform was for the trains from Kentish Town which up to the sixties either went to Barking or East Ham after leaving Woodgrange Park [forerunners of the Barking/Gospel Oak line].
TMJ | 31.03.08 - 1:19 p.m. | #
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A District line regular myself, Bromley-by-Bow and Plaistow are the two stations between Barking and South Kensington that I have never ever had occasion to alight at - maybe I should rectify that sometime soon in honour of this anniversary.
East Ham though, was an all-too regular destination for me when growing up (between the ages of 10-18 ) as we would be dragged along to visit well-off relatives who had departed E1 for leafier avenues. So this particular stop holds a lot of memories (including that C&A which is to blame for many a fashion disaster!). Thanks for the fascinating post.
s | 31.03.08 - 2:00 p.m. | #
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Bromley by Bow station is planned to be rebuilt as part of the development that will be taking place on the St Andrews Hospital site adjacent to the current Station, the plans include step free access from new buildings that will be located at ground level on both sides of the tracks with a new wide underpass under the A12 to connect with Twelvetrees Crescent.
fishislandskin | 31.03.08 - 6:39 p.m. | #
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Thanks for the tip DG. Excellent work. Went to the museum shop today and picked up a copy of the Bromley by Bow poster. There was a poster for Plaistow but, my local knowledge being close to zero, I was unable to identify the building concerned.
L.
Lorenzo | 01.04.08 - 11:54 p.m. | #
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