One of my favourites. Awesome to still see the station name still preserved on the tiles
@dippytoots3692 ай бұрын
A saturday evening spoiler for me (Strictly Dance show recorded) the laughter you all provide with these hidden episodes puts TV to shame even tho many may disagree for me keep up the good work. (Read between the lines cause I'm rather Cryptic).
@nsholk4 жыл бұрын
Sunday is the new Saturday. This was a brilliant episode and a great way to start my day this morning. Cheers.
@London10644 жыл бұрын
Top Notch video guys. Absolutely spot on. Very interesting. Let’s get some more of these out. 👍👍👍
@daveharris72244 жыл бұрын
Thank you all for this wonderful insight into the hidden world of Brompton Road.
@themistocleszammit4 жыл бұрын
re the doorbell. I used to be a GP in Rochdale. One of my patients there had a serving hatch between the kitchen and dining room in their house. The hatch had a sliding door which was operated by an ex-Rochdale Corporation bus 'push once' bellpush: when pressed, the door slid back and you were served your food.
@davekirwin4 жыл бұрын
Octothorpe - very good. Get well soon Siddy. Great explore of Brompton Rd - very lucky!
@CLechleitner424 жыл бұрын
Cool. I'm soooo looking forard to my virtual tours monday & tuesday now ... ;-)
@CLechleitner424 жыл бұрын
OhMy, can't I proof-read a comment successfully once in a while, even late in the evening. Anyway, still looking forward (with w in it) to more virtual tours ...
@stigroo90584 жыл бұрын
Great painting🙏🙏🙏
@mrcogginsgarage70624 жыл бұрын
Marvellous so interesting to see a bit of Brompton Road ,thanks guys for letting us see inside see you all next week Get Well Soon Siddy .
@davestyx16424 жыл бұрын
Great episode, and really envious of not being able to go down into Brompton Road! Missed you Siddy, hope you are soon on the mend.
@jimdarrell4414 жыл бұрын
Feels good to be all caught up now. I literally don't have the words to describe that shot of the tile work with the old station name on there! There are many of us who are equally jealous as Alex to what you have witnessed. Just fantastic!
@keithbouchard2007 Жыл бұрын
and a some of the fans that don't even live in the uk but video's will do just fine
@stuartbusdriver20384 жыл бұрын
Thanks again for an excellent episode just watched it , its mind blowing to think all this history is there lovely to see it, get well soon Siddy.
@sarahstrong71742 жыл бұрын
Thankyou for sharing.
@unittaskforce4 жыл бұрын
I’ve done the virtual tour, and found this a superb companion. Very envious, what a great place to get a chance to visit.
@srfurley2 жыл бұрын
Not only in London were too many stations. In New York PATH has several closed stations of which 19th Street was closed to speed up the service and because it was thought to be too close to 14th Street and 23rd Street. There is no wall separating the platform area from the tracks and the station can be clearly seen from passing trains. It has the concrete arches seen at several other PATH stations, looking a bit like the arches of the Western Arcade at London Bridge. It has been painted white, or at least it was when I last saw it in 2010, and some sort of plant has been installed on the platform, not sure exactly what, pumps or generators maybe. This was a fairly late closure, sometime in the ‘50s I think. Not far away was 28th Street Station which was closed when the terminus of the line at 34th Street had to be moved some distance South to allow a new station on the Subway to be built, which put it too close to 28th Street. This was an earlier closure and there’s little to be seen. As for putting things in Gardens, some stones from the Euston Arch ended up in the garden of the demolition contractor in, I think, Bromley.
@tlclatex41003 жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness..amazing!!
@ceanothus_bluemoon3 жыл бұрын
What an amazing place. The watercolour from a viewer was really nice work. Laura and Chris were stupidly lucky to be able to go there in the dead of night. I just loved the emerald, mustard and white tiles and would love to do a virtual tour. Always astonished at the standards of workmanship that means the tiling has stood the test of time, filth and vibration. It would be nice to see some pride in finishing like that today as all too often, it's missing. Thank you for this on a very wet chilly afternoon!
@Nick-134 жыл бұрын
Can’t wait to go on the virtual tour - just another amazing episode (as usual !!)
@misolgit69 Жыл бұрын
when I was a toddler my parents moved into a house in Cheval Place 10 mins walk from there we left in late 77 early 78 in all that time I must have taken a short cut through Cottage Place at least once a fortnight had no idea there was a disused station there of course at that time I knew nothing about the Oxblood Tile design element on the corner there used to be a tiny little pub, the former public entrance was then a massive white wall, gave no inkling of its former use
@stigroo90584 жыл бұрын
Feel better soon Siddy🤓
@grahamstubbs4962 Жыл бұрын
03:11 I like the picture, but I'm worried by the Scotsman in the foreground with the shotgun.
@MossdaleNGaugeRailway4 жыл бұрын
If you had walked there from South Kensington Piccadilly platforms, you would have seen the start of the deep level District line tunnels
@longbranchmike4884 жыл бұрын
Deep Level District Line tunnels would be a great Hidden London Hangout episode!
@MossdaleNGaugeRailway4 жыл бұрын
The real Hidden bit would be the extra westbound platform alongside the existing westbound Piccadilly platform. The middle of it become the lower concourse when the escalators were added, don’t know what happened to the rest of the platform tunnel.
@kevinreed92324 жыл бұрын
A Great Video of Brompton Road.is it true the Rudolf Hess was taken there during the war?.get well soon Sidie.many thanks.
@shorey662 жыл бұрын
So, what was that last space the guys were in at about 30:00? Or is that answered on the virtual tour?
@stigroo90584 жыл бұрын
Definitely need routemaster driving lesson 👍❤️🎉🙏😍
@stigroo90584 жыл бұрын
Thanks to Charles cs mgr.imho lt has really good cs people🙏
@keithbouchard2007 Жыл бұрын
wow brompton road is pretty creepy the 360 clip was missing spooky music lol
@stigroo90584 жыл бұрын
Oh the green tile
@Shalott633 жыл бұрын
I know exactly what you need to get to Brompton Road without having to walk along the track: a pump trolley (rail handcar), as featured in numerous movies (especially the old silent ones)! I think TfL ought to invest in a few.
@markrochford8972 жыл бұрын
Will we be seeing your film of Brompton Road
@london52uk2 жыл бұрын
from wikipedia - Proposals for reuse In 2011, proposals from The Old London Underground Company were made suggesting the parts of the station which were used during World War II be opened to the public, with the remainder of the above-ground buildings becoming a restaurant, and the rest of the underground space being turned over to the London Fire Brigade Museum.[5][6][7] In July 2013, the Ministry of Defence announced the site was for sale, with an expected price of about £20 million.[8] The MoD's property surveyor said specialist developers could adapt the 28,000 square feet (2,600 m2) site but stated "a lot of work was needed".[9] In May 2014, the site was sold for £53 million to Dmytro Firtash, a billionaire Ukrainian businessman who claimed an intention to convert it to residential use.[2] The property remained unused as of October 2017.[10]
@robertward17014 жыл бұрын
Sir Peter Hendy owns a Route Master I believe.
@peebee1434 жыл бұрын
Certainly has connections. See one of Geoff Marshall's videos. Event at an old military base in (I believe) Salisbury area.
@siddyholloway84044 жыл бұрын
@@peebee143 The Imber event! ;)
@mrcogginsgarage70624 жыл бұрын
I posted a link to that video after last week Siddy Get Well Soon.
@peebee1434 жыл бұрын
@@siddyholloway8404 Yes, that was it!
@stigroo90584 жыл бұрын
Maybe an assemble sign....
@jacksugden81903 жыл бұрын
Can’t understand it, as it was mentioned that the building was demolished, it closed in 1934, yet there are two photos of Brompton Road station, they are not the same, so when was the current building built please?, as this may not be the 1906 original...?.
@alexgrundon23463 жыл бұрын
Original exists. One part of it was pulled down. But street level and underground station are not now connected.
@jacksugden81903 жыл бұрын
@@alexgrundon2346 Hi Alex, thank you for your reply, shortly after making my comment, I discovered that the Brompton Road station building, and a pub on the corner were both demolished in 1981, sorry about the confusion on my part.
@peebee1434 жыл бұрын
Guys, not forgotten what I promised last week. I am on the trail! Rgds.