[UA] London and later, Europe and beyond

[John Scott]

At 15:22 26/05/02 +0100, you wrote:
>Ooh, ooh, how about Down Street? It's an abandoned Tube station between (I
>think) Hyde Park Corner and Marble Arch. There's a load of stuff about it on
>the net.

There are a whole heap of disused Underground stations.  Some were 
abandoned when the Underground came under one company (previously, it had 
been run by several companies and so there were places where there were 
stations within a hundred yards of each other.)

One (I think it was Down Street, but can't remember exactly) was 
Churchill's bunker during the war.  It had offices, staff, its own water 
and sanitation etc.  and was where he retreated to during air raids.

The interesting thing (from a Cliomancers point of view) is that you used 
to be able to take tours of these forgotten stations, but you no longer 
can.  Of course, London Underground claim that it is simply lack of demand 
and resources, but they would say that, wouldn't they? 
http://www.starfury.demon.co.uk/uground/ has a lot more information.

There are other secrets hidden under London.  Fleet Street (traditionally 
the home of London's newspapers) is called so because the River Fleet runs 
down the middle of it.  There's a fair amount about this hidden river at 
http://pvdl.best.vwh.net/fleet5.html

John


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