Friday, 14 September 2018

Tube stations remind me of when...

Piccadilly Line
  • Cockfosters - Parking here to get the tube to Arsenal (in my 30s/40s)
  • Oakwood - Getting the tube to primary school with Peggy and her funny kids Jon and Thomas Caulfield (aged 6-12)
  • Southgate - Living near here (aged 6-12) and visiting Wimpy and Our Price  - opposite the station - a lot
  • Arnos Grove - Got off here for primary school (aged 6-11), visited the park here a lot (mid teens) and parked here to get the tube to work in Coutts (aged 19-21)
  • Wood Green - shopping in Wood Green Shopping centre and high street (aged 6-18)
  • Turnpike Lane - going to the cinema (mid teens), drinking in the Wellington on the way to the Archway Tavern (late teens) and taking students from D&K on trips into London from here (in my 20s)
  • Manor House - going to Cats (Catacomb club) after the Archway Tavern (late teens)
  • Finsbury Park - getting off here for Arsenal games, when we thought Arsenal tube would be packed (in my late teens, 20s, 30s and early 40s)
  • Arsenal - going to Highbury and the Emirates (as above)
  • Covent Garden - evenings out at the Roadhouse (early 20s)
  • Leicester Square - don't know, just seems I've used it constantly for days/nights out over the decades
  • Hammersmith - have seen lots of gigs here and also always got off the X1 bus from Reading here to get a tube home when returning from university for occasional weekends
Northern Line
  • Edgware - shopped here a lot when living in Colindale (mid 20s)
  • Burnt Oak - lived here (mid 20s)
  • Colindale - lived here (mid 20s) but rarely used the station as Burnt Oak was nearer
  • Hendon Central - Jack's first childminder lived here; also we visited a great Chinese restaurant here (mid-late 20s)
  • Brent Cross - went to the shopping centre a lot (as a kid and mid-20s) but never from the tube
  • Golders Green - drove through it every time I drove my wife to/from work when living in Colindale and Borehamwood (mid 20s and early 30s)
  • Hampstead - can't recall living here, but visited the area a lot when my wife trained as a nurse at the Royal Free and lived close
  • Belsize Park - Went to primary school here (aged 4-6) and spent a lot of time in the area when my wife trained as a nurse at the Royal Free and lived close
  • Chalk Farm - lived opposite (aged 3-6) and currently work opposite too
  • Camden Town - visited a lot on the 29 bus to visit Stiff Records (Madness's record company) early to mid teens
  • Tottenham Court Road - Visited the big HMV and Virgin shops here a lot (mid teens)
  • Embankment - don't know, just seems I've used it constantly for days/nights out over the decades
  • Waterloo - met my wife here in the early days when she travelled from Surrey to visit me, also did my PGCE/teacher training here (early 20s)
  • Angel - Lots of nights out in this area (30s)
  • Archway - went to the Archway Tavern a lot (and proposed to my wife here) although never travelled here by tube (late teens)
  • Kentish Town - first place I lived (can't remember) and currently get off here for work
Jubilee Line
  • Stanmore - parked here a lot, when living in Borehamwood, in order to get to Wembley for Arsenal games (30s)
  • Canon's Park - parked here a lot when living in Colindale, in order to do the same
  • Wembley Park - first ever concert at the stadium was U2 and have been to a few others since (Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Springsteen, Oasis) plus several at the arena (REM, Beautiful South, Madness, Bob Dylan) and visits to cup finals/semis/Arsenal Champions' League games
  • West Hampstead - since living in St Albans, I seem to always have a reason to change here when travelling into London (a family in-joke); also lots of nights out with Mount Grace Humanities friends here
  • St John's Wood - both parents grew up here and visited a lot as a kid (until mid teens)
  • Swiss Cottage - shopped here a lot (aged 3-6 with my mum obvs)
Bakerloo Line
  • Regent's Park - visited a lot as a kid when visiting grandparents in St John's Wood (but never via the tube)
Circle and District Lines
  • High St Kensington - worked at Coutts Bank here (in my late teens)
  • Sloane Square - worked at Coutts Bank here (late teens/early 20s)
  • Blackfriars - always changed here on the way to hospital appointments for my daughter (late 40s)
Victoria Line
  • Victoria - accompanied my wife back here in our early days of going out, when she'd visit me in London from Surrey and went home from here on Sunday evenings

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