Great set of photos of the 1980s London Underground when you could drink and smoke

[dweller]

http://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/07/19/bob-mazzer-on-the-tube/

these are great, really take you back

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

They're brilliant

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

The woman with the pint glass

 

[DaveCinzano]

Some lovely snapshots from the past

 

[dweller]

The woman with the pint glass

just the other day during the heatwave I saw a bunch of people with glasses of beer get on the tube at embankment - defiance of a law they probably didn't know existed

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Love this one, anyone know which station it is?

 

[JTG]

just the other day during the heatwave I saw a bunch of people with glasses of beer get on the tube at embankment - defiance of a law they probably didn't know existed

I make a point of drinking on the tube whenever I can

 

[editor]

Ace photos:

 

[twentythreedom]

Love this one, anyone know which station it is?

Angel I reckon

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Love this one, anyone know which station it is?

Obviously I've not travelled to every station and on every line, but reminds me of the island Northern line platforms at places like Clapham Common etc.

 

[killer b]

i love them. fantastic pics.

 

[story]

I make a point of drinking on the tube whenever I can

Yeah, me too.

 

[trashpony]

Angel I reckon

Yep. Fucking hell that platform was scary when everyone was pissed up

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Yep. Fucking hell that platform was scary when everyone was pissed up

Is it still like that, so narrow?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Yep. Fucking hell that platform was scary when everyone was pissed up

Could be lots of platforms on the Northern Line though

 

[rover07]

Angel I reckon

It looks cleaner and better lit than I remember. Fucking shithole.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Here's another one of Angel from 1989

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and here's Clapham Common

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from here​

http://margaret-cooter.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/angel-station-as-was.html​

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[trashpony]

Is it still like that, so narrow?

No, they've got rid of them all now. They used to close Angel sometimes on a Friday night because it was so bloody dangerous.

Could be lots of platforms on the Northern Line though

Were there loads of them? I only remember Angel looking just like that.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

No, they've got rid of them all now. They used to close Angel sometimes on a Friday night because it was so bloody dangerous.

Were there loads of them? I only remember Angel being like that

Clapham Common used to frequently get closed in the mornings (I'm talking in the mid-80s when I lived there). I once waited for 9 trains and ended up going back to Tooting to get on a train to get to Bank.

Serious overcrowding problem there

Clapham North also had the same type of platform, and no doubt others on the line, but can't remember which

 

[Gingerman]

Fantastic pics,can remember how wonderfully grotty LU was compared with the current sanitised era

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Here's a better one of Clapham Common

 

[marty21]

Is it still like that, so narrow?

I remember Angel station very well - that platform was scary!

 

[marty21]

those slatted wooden floors with piss or puke running down the grooves

happy days

 

[JimW]

Excellent! I'm nicking this link for another forum.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Angel platform

For years, the station regularly suffered from congestion, overcrowding and genuine fear in passengers due to the very narrow island platform (barely 12 feet (3.7 m) in width), which constituted a major safety issue.[5] Consequently, the station was comprehensively rebuilt, reopening in 1992.

 

[marty21]

didn't there used to be a bar on a underground platform - Sloane Square?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

those slatted wooden floors with piss or puke running down the grooves

happy days

and women getting their heels stuck in the grooves, both on the trains and coming off the old wooden escalators!

 

[marty21]

Here's another one of Angel from 1989

and here's Clapham Common

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from here​

http://margaret-cooter.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/angel-station-as-was.html​

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There was a documentary filmed around the old Angel station in 1989, I'm in it at the start - will find some footage later of a very young me emerging from the station

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

No, they've got rid of them all now. They used to close Angel sometimes on a Friday night because it was so bloody dangerous.

Were there loads of them? I only remember Angel looking just like that.

I was right and wrong. Correct in naming the Claphams as having them, and wrong in assuming other stations had them. However, there are, but these are the only ones beneath ground level

53. The platforms at Clapham North



There are only two stations deep below ground with platforms like these: this one, and the next stop south on the Northern line, Clapham Common.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

There was a documentary filmed around the old Angel station in 1989, I'm in it at the start - will find some footage later of a very young me emerging from the station

That link links to the underground blog where there is supposedly a film somewhere, but I don't have time to look