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Beyond the fold…

You’ve all seen or heard about the Samsung Fold, which looked so fantastic at first sight, even vloggers such as…

London's pair of big ears!

Its not boobs, its not balls, neither is it coconuts! Its a pair of ears! And a big pair of…

Don't you wish this was true?

You’ve seen all the fake stuff I purvey on this blog – not a single fact to be seen anywhere.…

The ghosts of London Blogs past #2

Two days ago I wrote about Londonist. Today its the turn of London Reconnections. The other two, Ian Visits and…

The ghosts of London Blogs past

This, my first feature of 2019, takes a look at the past. Yes that of those friendly London blogs right…

A chocolatey Christmas!

Its that time of year again and since its all about sumptuous food and celebrations, I thought a post featuring…

The Abano Pass

Another post featuring an exotic location! A number of non UK places have been featured before – USA, Switzerland, Germany,…

Queen Victoria in Switzerland – Pilatus

The third installment in this Switzerland series covers Queen Victoria’s trip to Pilatus. This took place just a few days…

Queen Victoria in Switzerland – The Rigi

It’s less than half as high as Switzerland’s tallest mountains, yet the Rigi has held many in its grip, from…

Queen Victoria in Switzerland

England’s favourite Queen, Victoria, spent an entire month in Switzerland a hundred and fifty years ago during August and September…

Crossrail: Its just been announced the line is expected to open between Paddington and Abbey Wood in the summer of 2021. There’s no mention of the Abbey Wood – Heathrow bit that was mentioned at the TfL / GLA committee meeting nor the other dates, described as ‘pessimistic’ were mentioned. Heathrow & Shenfield will be in May 2022. As I wrote, Mike Brown had warned those other dates/information wasn’t iron-cast. Standard.

@elizabethline services through central London expected to commence in summer 2021 – intensive operational testing of the railway will commence later this year#Crossrail press statement in full here: https://t.co/Whua0KTQAj pic.twitter.com/dpoqKcSpKL

— Crossrail Project (@Crossrail) January 10, 2020

Also today is the 157th anniversary of the Metropolitan Railway opening:

Happy anniversary to the Tube which officially opened to the public today in 1863! ✂️🎀 pic.twitter.com/t63iWSKMzQ

— Transport for London (@TfL) January 10, 2020

alondonblogger on Old tube station reveals itself!: “Probably lit to facilitate access to the substation (assume its accessed via the green door on the South Acton platform.)” Jan 12, 21:35
mike durell on Old tube station reveals itself!: “I noticed that the footbridge and stairs seem to be fully lit with flourescent lamps. Is there a reason for…” Jan 12, 21:19
BRIAN BERKE on A Euston station era ends #2: “Thank you for showing how Network Rail never had good connections to a station cab rank if a passenger had…” Jan 11, 18:51
mike durell on 150 years of the Swiss Cottage line: “Thanks ---still an unexplained mystery then!” Jan 10, 23:06
alondonblogger on 150 years of the Swiss Cottage line: “I dont think it would have been that tunnel. I dont even know if this one actually came out anywhere.…” Jan 9, 17:50
mike durell on About: “Great information on the Swiss cottage disused tunnel etc: thanks.” Jan 9, 17:15