When I Get To Warwick Avenue

[@crispoman]

I'm glad that Duffy released that song, as without it I'd have never had the lovely experience of "just deciding on a whim to go visit Warwick Avenue for no good reason other than it being in a song" and being delighted by both the station and the canalside walk back to Paddington.

[@1973ts]

That is one of my favourite London walks, from the blue bridge to Paddington basin.

[@colinbaker3916]

Little Venice is lovely. I recommend a canal trip to Camden Town.

[@johnm2012]

Two is a huge number of canals, considering that most places don't have any at all.

[@davidarmitage677]

Thanks

[@jamesyates2393]

I used to work in the studio where Duffy wrote a lot of that album in Queens Park, years later I did a recording session with her & asked her about it, as I was living there at the time. She was writing the album in QP & had been given tickets to see The Strokes so was heading in to central London on the Bakerloo and the lyric just popped into her head - she'd never been to Warwick Avenue when she wrote it.

[@ddewittfulton]

Perhaps she was a fan of the diminutive actor Warwick Davis and his many turns as a cute furry critter in the cinema?

[@PaulWalsh6162]

Used this station for many years as I worked about a 60 second walk from it. That green hut was a life saver for a bacon roll with office hangovers!

[@insano0077]

Ive known of this station since 2005, the first time i was in the UK..my sister lived up the line at Kilburn Park, and my birthday dinner at a nice restaurant near Warwick Avenue station....

[@the_9ent]

This was my main station back when I lived in Maida Vale 10 years ago. I still think of it now when I think back to those times.

[@ddewittfulton]

What I like about the Duffy video for the song is that she's not trying that hard to lip synch so it seems that she's singing along to an old love song and it's having its effect. The teardrop was a nice bit of unconscious improv.

[@MrGreatplum]

Tube stations, Duffy, and a disparaging comment about Little Venice - excellent!

[@rodjones117]

Yes please to a video on the green cabby shelters. One would be amazed how many Londoners have no idea what these are.

[@West4ea]

Yes! We used to go for lunch at one on wellington place when working at Lords

[@batman51]

Already been done kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4rCZoFoaJ6Mgac

[@highpath4776]

@@batman51 Was that a Jago one ?

[@archstanton6102]

Used to get a regular sausage and egg bap when working in St John's Wood

[@batman51]

@@highpath4776 No, Joolz Guides

[@iangriffiths9840]

Glad you managed to get down to Warwick Avenue

[@LondonEmergency999]

As a regular to Paddington Fire Station, Warwick Avenue is the station I get off at. Far closer to the fire station than Paddington is!

[@thexalon]

Since some viewers need to finish their drinks: "Yerkes!"

[@Rog5446]

The 'Like' button duly received my gentle caress, but nothing happened, so I ended up giving it my index finger poke.

[@adonaiyah2196]

Ever since I heard of Duffys song when it was released this station has been consistently been on my mind although ive never been there

[@gregoryworth84]

not only do I learn wonderful facts about the tube, have a chuckle over your sense of humour, but now I can add music to things you have on offer. I don't know where I was but I had never heard of 'Duffy' before this video. Since this, I've downloaded all her music...and you're right Warwick Avenue does have a sixties feel to it... unfortunately I'm old enough to remember the sixties . Thanks Jago !

[@neilthehermit4655]

Yes, cabman shelter video please!

[@mattbaker3569]

I think Tom the Taxi Driver has covered them in one of his videos

[@simonwinter8839]

@@mattbaker3569 Maybe so but with Mr. Hazzard you know you will get more than just a full English !!

[@Inverse_to_Chaos]

The green railing around the stairs is perfect amongst the nearby greenery. There is a sort of pleasant Edwardian vibe from the ‘underground’ Bakerloo stations (most of the Watford-DC line’s stations look shabbier than the 1972 stock), serving the suburban regions that existed before the rapid expansion outward.

[@Alessandro---]

Elephant & chips 👍😻 priceless

[@itsthatsebguy93]

I've always liked this station. I live nearby and used to meet my girlfriend outside of here when I was a teenager. I think actally it would've been around the time that Duffy song was still popular.

[@caw25sha]

Arthur Lowe lived in a flat in Little Venice. I wonder whether they filmed the Cornetto commercial there.

[@Sim0nTrains]

I didn't even knew about the Cab Men's Shelter existed! Very interesting video on Warwick Avenue, I passed there a few times but never stopped there.

[@JoachimSauer1]

I sometimes try to predict the "you are the X to my Y" and this time I was *way* off!

[@tialtnga]

I was hoping for "You are the fertile soil to my award winning tub of blooms".

[@Richardincancale]

I have dutifully caressed the Like button and subscribed!

[@stephenpegum9776]

Yet more fascinating content from the inestimable Mr Hazzard ! I think that in the 36 years or so I've lived in London I've only used this particular station 2 or 3 times.

[@davidsirett5560]

Rockferry by Duffy has to be one of the most donated albums in charity shops it is the CD version of the 50 shades of grey book. I once saw six rockferry CD's on the shelf's of a charity shop in Southend on sea so I put them all together in a group so they could lament their sad unloved lot in pop life.

[@2H80vids]

Rock Ferry: Oddly enough, another station, just not on the UndergrounD.

[@AidanMmusic96]

RE altered station maps, I saw for the first time that Liverpool Street's Central line platform has the old Ongar branch stations covered up below Epping. I wonder which other stations didn't bother replacing their station lists?

[@oc2phish07]

Excellent video Jago. I use that station quite often as I like wandering around Little Venice. I also agree that there is a story to be told about those Cabmen's Shelters/Snack Bars. There used to be a small kiosk owned by the father of my best friend at school back in the late 1950s called The Cabmens Stores that offered similar light refreshments in London Street alongside Paddington Station.

[@Melbournelost66]

I like Warwick Avenue too as it was my station when I was in London in 1997. Love that area...wonderful for a Melbourne man to start off a trip of a life time. 👍🏻

[@alexgdowding]

Love this station and the canal walk from it to Paddington. Lovely little pub theatre on the old canal bridge too

[@MagicKillerClub]

I used to work at the Canal Cafe Theatre, which is a short walk from Warwick Avenue station. Good times!

[@ianhelps3749]

My favourite underground station is actually in Berlin. It's Bayerische Platz on the U4 line. Beautiful tiling, dark and atmospheric, it has hardly changed since it opened a century ago. But Warwick Avenue is nice.

[@neville132bbk]

,, Berlin bleibt doch Berlin", so das Lied 😃

[@66PHILB]

Perhaps "Jago Goes To Berlin" will be a future video series...

[@Xalior]

Would be very interested in a cabman's shelter topic. (and the Jubilee line addition was just a wee sticker, you can see the corners peeling) -Dx

[@stevesalvage1089]

Charming station , thanks jago !

[@sidney001]

I think you missed out there by one station stop I live in the west country now but every time I return via Paddington, I catch the tube to Maida Vale and load up on delicious savories and pasterys from 'Gales' bakery, directly opposite Maida Vale tube station (which is also imho one of the nicest stations on the entire tube network with a very 1920's feel to it) I then take a pleasant strool down Randolph Avenue (passing by Warick Avenue tube station) and after around 10-15mins end up at Little Venice where I then walk along the canal and enter Paddington station. Maida Vale Tube station really is a hidden gem

[@a11oge]

Following your video on the Regent's Canal, 5 days ago we visited Warwick Ave for the first time on our way to the canal. As we walked I paid attention to the tileing and the cabby stop, so pleased to see it now in one of your vids. Keep up the interesting work.

[@RJSRdg]

Arthur Lowe and John Masefield both lived in Little Venice, not far from WA station.

[@darganx]

'Elephant and Chips' eh? Actually that's a cool name for a station!

[@MisterErts]

I was wondering what that was about

[@wpmulligan]

A wonderful song by a great artist. I hope she is able to record again someday.

[@TheMusicalElitist]

No, lets not.

[@srfurley]

There used to be an old indicator at the bottom of the escalators which below Elephant & Castle had Camberwell. This destination had been painted out when the extension didn’t happen, but some of the paint later peeled off and it could be seen again.

[@illyasvielemiya9059]

you can't hide unfulfilled plan in London

[@petertate5741]

What a lovely little station I'll have to visit it on my next trip down.👍

[@spraklarare]

Ah, my home station. Thank you Jago. In the late fifties my mates and I from the primary school round the corner used to buy platform tickets and then travel all over the system and, somehow, managed never to get caught.

[@Jablicek]

I learned a couple of years ago that platform tickets are no longer a thing. Very sad - one should touch in and out and not be charged, apparently.

[@neville132bbk]

@@Jablicek In our innocence in 2012,,, visiting Bury railway station as past of our "do the tram system"..with its 3 lines then..anyway, there was going to be a steam locomotive coming in and we wanted to get onto the platform, up close and smoky.... and we were told we had to Pay ! Pay--to go onto a station platform??... Then later on the London to Yeovil train to be spoken to as "from the colonies"--his very, inebriated words.....my London-born wife was less than amused.

[@andreasboesen9763]

the primary around the corner is the one i used to go to

[@spraklarare]

@@andreasboesen9763 St Saviours?

[@chizzieshark]

I used to live in Maida Vale, but on days when I was feeling fancy, I would get off at Warwick Avenue and walk home. Always wondered about the history of Maida Vale and Warwick Avenue stations. So glad you made a video on them!

[@grahvis]

I once bought a boat which was called 'The Warwick', a couple of year later, I saw an identical one called 'Pride of Maida'. It was easy to guess where they originated.

[@elizabethspedding1975]

Little Venice is beautiful.🌺

[@MarkMcCluney]

That's a beautiful little spot. And cabbies' huts; good idea...

[@AndreiTupolev]

I love the stations on that part of the Bakerloo. And thank you for reminding me of that awesome song. I'll have to look it out now.

[@philipjbenjamin]

Jago, as a recent arrival to the UK I don't have the awareness that someone who has lived in a place all their life has. You are providing me with some of that detail - thank you - enjoy your quirky tales.

[@PtolemyJones]

Thanks for the recommendation, it was quite a pleasant tune. I live the blues.

[@Andrewjg_89]

The Bakerloo Line once were extended to Watford Junction but then it was pushed back to terminate at Harrow and Wealdstone. And plans to extend the Bakerloo Line to Lewisham, Hayes and Bromley via Old Kent Road could still happen as what Geoff Marshall done a video of the Bakerloo Line extension. And yes Warwick Avenue is quite a quaint little station.

[@ianmcclavin]

Yes, the Baker Street to Stanmore section of the Jubilee Line also used to be a branch of the Bakerloo...on a couple of occasions I went to Lord's Cricket Ground (of which St.John's Wood is the nearest), but a short walk down the road to Warwick Avenue is a viable alternative. Watford Junction trains initially got curtailed back to Stonebridge Park, until they were reinstated to Harrow & Wealdstone.

[@Hmuda]

Ah yes. Not recognizing that this station was in zone 2 while Paddington was zone 1 cost me a couple hundred quids a little while ago. :D Used to work in Sloane square, pretty much exactly half way between Paddington and Warwick avenue. Instead of getting off early, I used to just sit one more stop, a couple minutes more of rest in my early morning stupor. :P After recognizing the error, this station saved me quite a bit of money, and it will always have a special place in my heart. :)

[@dlevi67]

Sloane Square half way between Paddington and Warwick Avenue? Something's amiss.

[@bingola45]

@@dlevi67 That's early morning stupors for you!

[@dlevi67]

@@bingola45 And breakfast on Valium...

[@simonpowell9975]

@@dlevi67 Having had a quick look at the map - Sheldon Square, I would guess.

[@dlevi67]

@@simonpowell9975 It has to be somewhere around the Paddington Basin, so I guess Sheldon Square is the best fit. Blessed autocorrect!

[@byghostlight0]

Hilariously, your brilliant laid back attitude perfectly matches Duffy's song, the whole way through the video the tune was just going through my head.

[@CalvinsWorldNews]

It's a great song and I lived in London then so for me it's forever linked with memories of just a great time to have been working there. It was the last summer before the financial crisis and that song (plus some Amy Winehouse) was a soundtrack to that time with friends, still all young free and single all being paid too much. Alas, the stories that later came out about Duffy's life also sum up a lot of the way that London went in the dozen years since.

[@trevorrandom]

I love your map graphics 😊 I'd like to see a video about the Green Cab Hut's just saying 👍

[@MrSam4850]

I, for one, would definitely appreciate a series on the Cabbies Shelters!

[@mkendallpk4321]

I love how you explained why 'For Little Venice' is on the Warwick Avenue station sign. Yeah. Two is a lot! 😁 You made me laugh out loud at that!

[@RJSRdg]

One of the things I miss about Tube Challenging is doing the run from Royal Oak to Warwick Avenue! On one challenge, what effectively decided the result was who made it across the pelican crossing by Royal Oak station and who had to wait for the next cycle of the lights....

[@GeorgeChoy]

I love that area of London, especially Maida Vale, former home of the lovely Jahnet Delight. Had many wonderful times there with her and her lovely apprentices.

[@andrewgwilliam4831]

I've never even heard of this station. I think Jago must just be making them up, now!

[@simonwinter8839]

You need to get out more !!

[@xoeliasp8898]

its on the tube map

[@grahamsmith9541]

Duffy had a hit record in 2008 with the Warwick Avenue song.

[@grahamsmith9541]

Should have seen the whole video before commenting.

[@highpath4776]

@@simonwinter8839 It is one of the few (how many) where the station is not on the (present), main road , but has a sign on the main road pointing to it - how many other stations are like that - Maida Vale ?

[@DaraM73]

Paddington Bear was filmed on Warwick Ave

[@caw25sha]

No doubt he gave Jago a long hard stare.

[@vaclav_fejt]

Thanks for the music recommendation. I'm not into contemporary (1990+) pop music, but a retro piece will always be welcome.

[@ReubenAshwell]

Looks like a nice station. :) Might go there sometime. :)

[@davidbull7210]

I very much enjoyed this video, Mr Jago. It was one of the more lovely ones. I'm now going to rewatch the Charing Cross/Embankemt/Trafalgar Square video as I'm still trying to get my head around it. Tried explaining it to my wife last night and she was very patient, bless her.

[@NoelKeywood]

Warwick Avenue is lovely, especially in the summer with the trees in full leaf - and of course the canal is nearby. But the poor thing has not had a coat of paint since when I moved into Maida Vale (1976) and the whole Bakerloo line has not changed one iota since then either. It's lovely olde-worlde (shake, rattle and roll) but also decrepit. The vent tower is unsightly and the rubbish bins all round it a disgrace. With all the visitors now passing through, often in large groups, it deserves some attention. Well worth a visit on a sunny day though, for a gentle walk along the canal to Paddington Station.A little piece of magic.

[@ZonkerRoberts]

I have to admit that "the Like button yearns for your gentle caress" is the nicest way I've ever been asked.

[@tech34756]

I wonder how many people think that the quickest way to get to QPR’s stadium is to go to Queens Park station?

[@neilscotter5191]

I did once hear about some Leeds Utd fans thinking Tottenham played near Tottenham Court Road.

[@kanedaku]

@@neilscotter5191 I was walking down the Strand about two decades ago and this taxi with a family stopped besides me and asked as the taxi drove off where Charing Cross hospital was. I felt really bad for them imagining they were visiting a sick and elderly relative and they'd be screwed in rush hour traffic. No bloody easy underground or mainline between Charing Cross and Hammersmith.

[@jasonlam9017]

Do I sense a video on Queens Park Station coming, or is that already done?

[@emilyclarke8222]

Have that song in my head now!

[@rainyfeathers9148]

No wonder I kept missing that station, I was looking for a whole building🙃. It is adorable though, with the flowers and all😊. I do wonder about those little cabins, what do they look like inside I wonder🤨

[@ttrjw]

Southbound platform map looks like it's pre-Victoria line - from the arrow at the top.

[@jacquelinestapleton9490]

Loved this, and thx you for the recommendation on Duffy, she is fabulous (too). J

[@vincenthuying98]

Checkered!

[@YVRTrolleyGuy]

Triple clicked that like button!

[@brianparker663]

One of those stations I have travelled through may times but never got on or off at. Must now do so...

[@RossMaynardProcessExcellence]

There's definitely a video in those old cabbie huts (I didn't know that is what they are) and include the old Dr Who style police boxes - there's still a few kicking about I think. That would be good.

[@themirrorsofmymind]

_"Meet me by the entrance of the tube..."_

[@Apollo_Mint]

There’s some nice pubs around there too!

[@JagoHazzard]

I need to visit when they’re open. Some of them looked mighty welcoming.

[@Apollo_Mint]

@@JagoHazzard definitely. A good start is the Prince Alfred in the area where they filmed Paddington. There’s an early twentieth century feel to the place.Then venture to the canal nearby. Both the Warwick and the Bridge are great, but if you can book yourself a table for dinner at the Waterway on a sunny afternoon then you’ve hit jackpot. I’ve been here 12 years and still can’t get a table when I want! 😂

[@w1swh1]

Another enjoyable and succinct video Jago. Good job! I can tell you really enjoyed making this one . Next time I am in London I will be spending more time looking at tube stations (if I don't get bowled over by commuting Londoners 😃

[@1973ts]

Warwick Avenue and Maida Vale are probably in my personal top ten of favourite Underground stations, both have lots of character. I recall it was near Maida Vale that I saw my first London flat advertised at over £1m. Doubt I'll be moving to the area anytime soon!

[@liveevil6386]

Little Venice isn't a place. It's a name jumped upon by thirsty estate agents. In the 80s it was just know as Rat Island

[@neville132bbk]

"Slightly happy" nothing. From where I'm watching....20 000km away, I really like the distinctive colour scheme and the tiling is just gorgeous. Such a pity I'll never be able to see it now. Why was Mr Yerkes left out??

[@antonydicesare4632]

Simply fantastic

[@denisemckendry9489]

Love this & what a wonderful station it is, especially outside. I do often wonder why the tubes on the Bakerloo line are indeed so shabby as you said. Expect they'll upgrade them at some point though. Thanks as always for these great videos. 👍🏻

[@pjf_nn1]

I do believe the correct name for the cabbies' shelter is a "refuge". But I may been wrong.

[@alfredfrome9455]

Now I can't get that song out of my head.

[@stephenfrost2272]

Another gem that reminds me that there is still so much of real interest in London - despite it all! When do you film the stations and trains as they are both so empty? Very early on Sunday mornings. perhaps? Keep up making the videos, your sense of humour is just right.

[@teecefamilykent]

You've still got it sir!

[@amethyst7084]

Excellent, thanks Jago. It's really good of you to do a video on one particular tube station, which might otherwise not garner much attention. 👍🏾

[@280SE]

If you’re gonna live anywhere in London surely it has to be little Venice! ♥️

[@mikegillard7283]

Why when I saw the title, I had to say...shoo bop do-we bop in the style of Duffy!

[@Aengus42]

I thought that was a 🎶Shooby-dooby-doo-wop Mmm Pop music!🎶 reference!

[@bryanmower2703]

Elephant and Chips 😅😅

[@scottwarwick7514]

Right up my street

[@RJ-fn7mf]

A few years ago I had to go to frequent meetings near Paddington. I would go on to Warwick Avenue and walk back - it was far more civilised than fighting through the main station scrums

[@w1swh1]

You are a person of taste... and exercise!

[@NK-vd8xi]

The way you said Kilburn with the stress on the -Burn gave me the shivers.

[@peterdean8009]

You posted this twice. You posted this twice. lol

[@TadeuszCantwell]

Another Duffy, not duff episode of tales from the tube!!!!!

[@REALmacheight]

There is very nice pub (with original Victorian features) near Warwick Ave called The Prince Alfred.

[@andrewpinner3181]

Thanks again Jago. l no longer live in the great city, but if visiting, would love to hear your voice over the the tannoy : Ladies & Gentleman, this station was first opened in ... do excuse me the next train has been delayed 3 minutes ...

[@roberthuron9160]

That overhead shelter,on Warwick Avenue,is so very IRT,and now only found in old 📸 photographs! They were in use from about 1904,til the mid 50's or 60's! The MTA,destroyed much good and useful architecture,and the city suffered a great deal for the damage done!! Thank you,Jago,you definitely made my day!! 🚇🚉🚇🚈🚉🚈🚇🚆🚉🚉

[@johnallen7807]

Curiously addicted to these videos especially the "You are the ***** to my *******" endings lol.

[@davidpeters6536]

Richard Branson used to live on a boat there. There used to be a couple of good pubs round there too.

[@MrHermanRinger]

love this vids, thanks Jago!

[@andrewwake8607]

When the City & South London Electric Railway began operating in 1890, It interfered with delicate instruments at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich four & a half miles away. Little did the physicists there know the electromagnetic waves from that & every other electric railway were also radiating into space & altering the earth's magnetosphere.

[@foowashere]

Absolutely delightful tiling in this one.