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Now that you've told us all, I wonder how long it will remain in situ...
THC | 15.11.13 - 7:42 a.m. | #
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The crazy thing is that we can probably expect no such prompt action respecting any of the serious bugs in the London infrastructure which DG has mentioned.
Well, maybe it's not so crazy. Bow Roundabout, to take a case in point, has no easy or cheap fix - as DG has made clear. Whereas taking down a poster is not going to cost anybody anything. Sad, though.
Malcolm | 15.11.13 - 8:12 a.m. | #
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Technically that's not an advert though but a TfL information/promotional poster, all underground advert placements are subcontracted to CBS - and are subject to regular inspection.
Nicks | 15.11.13 - 8:51 a.m. | #
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Because when the staff at Canning Town finally go out and take this 11 year-old down, we'll need to know where the tube's new oldest advert is
I think this statement says an awful lot about a subculture within London that "needs to know" about many obscure things that don't affect our life at all. We need to know the shortest escalator on the underground, the least busy station in London, where the centre of London is measured from, the closest tube stations, the route of disappeared rivers etc. etc.
Pedantic of Purley | 15.11.13 - 9:32 a.m. | #
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I enjoy going back in time and reading DG's posts from a decade ago. It's amazing how many changes happen which are very subtle at the time, but are very noticeable when looking back.
James | Homepage | 15.11.13 - 10:22 a.m. | #
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we may not "need" to know but such things are something to look for on regular tube journeys which could otherwise be boring. for many years there was a very old, very dirty poster across the tracks at Mile End, near the front of the eastbound Central line platform. it's been gone for some years so is of no interest to dg now, but I still remember looking out for it and being surprised when it was finally replaced.
amber | 15.11.13 - 11:02 a.m. | #
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For as long as I can remember, there was an increasingly battered poster on the wall of the subway between the tube and NR stations at Vauxhall, beginning with the headline, "Why doesn't the Underground have litter bins?" Alas, a couple of years ago said subway was blocked off for an extensive bout of refurbishment, and when it reopened it had been completely re-tiled and there was no sign of the poster at all.
swirlythingy | Homepage | 15.11.13 - 11:20 a.m. | #
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...on a slightly different note but not totally off topic; now that 'everywhere' seems awash with Christmas ...perhaps be can all keep tabs on who/where is last to take down the decorations/ads/items?
E | 15.11.13 - 12:31 p.m. | #
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For while around 2008 there was a temporarily-uncovered poster outside the entrance to White City station advertising the number of tube stations which now had public telephones :-)
EskimoPie | 15.11.13 - 1:08 p.m. | #
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Again, on a slightly different topic, and not nearly so extreme as DG's example ... up until last week - at least - the Waterloo end of the Waterloo & City line still had plenty of stickers up giving directions to the various Olympic venues.
Nightmale | 15.11.13 - 1:51 p.m. | #
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PoP - There are a lot of little things that don't strictly "affect our lives", except that they make them a little more interesting, such as a pun on dances and dragons (taking a completely random example - see http://www.londonreconnections.com/2013/bank-station-part-3-revised-upgrade-proposals). To me that's enough.
Andrew S | 15.11.13 - 1:56 p.m. | #
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Wow, screw finding the labyrinths this is much more fun! it *will* get taken town now though, such is the power of your blog...sigh. Unless they've just lost the keys for it which i think it most likely. I would hazard a guess that other parts of the JLE are where you are also likely to find posters from ten years ago. West Acton (Central) did a pretty good job with one from 2009 until recently, but that's gone now, boo.
geofftech | Homepage | 15.11.13 - 2:37 p.m. | #
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In 2011 a poster from 2006 was still on display outside West Ham station.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24772733@N05/6228456670/in/set-72157628278281595
Kim | 15.11.13 - 4:16 p.m. | #
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As of Friday evening, it's still there.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 15.11.13 - 6:12 p.m. | #
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I remember in 2008, the previous Christmas's ads were still up on the escalator at Notting Hill Gate right through to almost the following Christmas.
Darryl | Homepage | 15.11.13 - 7:57 p.m. | #
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Ooooh - pedantic point: wasn't London Underground's website www.thetube.com when it was still run by the Government? It wasn't absorbed into TfL until 2003, once Gordon Brown had forced through part-privatisation - which will explain why it doesn't have a MAYOR OF LONDON logo on.
Darryl | Homepage | 15.11.13 - 8:00 p.m. | #
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talking of out date things... "what's on this weekend?" top right corner: still has 9th November (just saying)
dg writes: According to Time Out, nothing of any interest is happening this weekend.
E | 15.11.13 - 8:15 p.m. | #
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While on the subject of tube adverts there is a great juxtaposition of posters at Moorgate station that I noticed today - a poster for a new film about General McArthur next to a poster advertising the joys of visiting Okinawa - some poster planner knows his WW2 history!
kissenme | 15.11.13 - 10:40 p.m. | #
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Geoff - I dunno if it's lost keys, they usually all have the same key as it's a prevention against bored idiots rather than actual security.
Kirk | 16.11.13 - 8:18 a.m. | #
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On Rotherhithe New Road overlooking the Overground tracks on the approach to Surrey Quays station there is a billboard advertising Flash Forward on Five. Talk about flash backward to 2009 the show got cancelled after one season and the TV station reverted to its former name Channel 5.
| 16.11.13 - 10:28 a.m. | #
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I recall in the last year or so when I was in that corridor at canning town, there was also a bus map of a similar age to the poster: an actual map with lines for routes, rather than a spider map. perhaps the corridor there isn't overseen by underground or buses.
dogkennel | 16.11.13 - 5:53 p.m. | #
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I noticed this week that it's finally gone. Replaced with a DLR poster I think. Not a bad innings though.
Steve | 27.03.14 - 7:42 a.m. | #
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