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Fascinating - great read thanks. Top half of the tunnel for me please, the bottom half looks pretty claustrophobic. Amazing what people went through during the blitz.
Classic DG. I had read another's report of the visit, but your narrative brought the place to life
A wonderful article, thank you very much.
But just to show what an irritating pain in the neck I am, may I quibble about the use of the phrase 'naval general' in the third paragraph? These officers have been referred to as admirals since the Restoration of Charles II, although during the preceding Interregnum the most senior naval officers were called Generals at Sea. Not sure if Blake and Monck (Cromwellian Generals at Sea) are used as dormitory names there, but all of those shown on the photos would conventionally be admirals.
I'll fetch me coat.
Did the Northern Express plans ever get far enough to decide where it *would* stop? I'm sort of surprised it would have skipped Camden Town (since it has a shelter), but the other station skips make sense. Or would have, since Stockwell's only been busy since the Victoria was built.
Informative excellent post. But what's the status of the three bus stops on the bow road?
I agree with Nick.
The Nelson whose name is on one of the signboards will be the "Naval General" whose pillar is in Trafalgar Square. Those of us who had fathers in The Andrew know these sort of things.
Thank you for the tag! And for your detailed written report - I didn't get that far last night!
Yes, excellent stuff. Thank you.

Yes, Susan and Sarah's photos are fantastic.

Yes Louise, we need to know.

Anybody else thinking/hearing Down in the Tube Station at Midnight?
between DG, Susan and Sarah we have all sixteen "naval generals" names. Anson, Beatty, Collingwood, Drake, Evans, Fremantle, Grenville, Hardy, plus the eight in DG's own picture.

Of these, at least two (D and G) were pre-restoration (Elizabethan).

@CHz I don't think the presence of a shelter necessarily means there would not have been an Express station
Thank you for the report and photos, I have always wanted to visit those tunnels. In the 1980's I had a shop in South London and often used the Clapham Common or South underground stations, I sometimes looked for a way get into the deep level tunnels, and wondered how many people passing through the station realized there was another level below them.
Now courtesy of your blog I have a fair idea of what they are like.
Great report. Thanks DG.
I did this tour this weekend and could have been rubbing shoulders with DG!










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