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London City Airport – Built from an idea

by Ian Blair May 29, 2020 No Comments

In 1981 set against the backdrop of a royal wedding, riots in Liverpool and Brixton, IRA hunger strikes, and Bucks Fizz winning the Eurovision song contest the newly formed London Docklands Development Corporation (LDCC) started discussing the possibility of an airport in the Docklands area. The LDCC had been formed with the intention of redeveloping […]

Circle Line , Hammersmith & City , History , London , Metropolitan Line , Miscellaneous , Underground

Ghostly goings on at Farringdon Station

by Ian Blair March 4, 2020 No Comments

If you have ever caught the Circle, Metropolitan or Hammersmith and City lines tube from Farringdon station you might have been unlucky to have heard ghostly screams coming from the tunnels, especially if you are on your way home late from the pub. Many people have reported these screams so you wouldn’t be the first, […]

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London City Airport – Built from an idea

Ghostly goings on at Farringdon Station

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