The Manchester Guardian was considered to be more of a national paper than a local one, it eventually dropped "Manchester" from its name and became "The Guardian" (or "The Grauniad" in some circles)
My Editor was always ticking me off for the gallons of Tippex I got through when typing up a story. Just as well he and the Linotype operators didn't have to read the almost unreadable carbon copies. Any typos did not come from me, grammatical errors maybe.
Though whatever caused the gremlins that acquired it that name has been fixed long ago,I'm glad it's not just me who still calls it the Grauniad sometimes.
@@rjjcms1 I think it was a Private Eye nickname that derived from its notoriety for misprints and missing sections from before they switched to computerised publishing. (News of the Screws was another name that originated at Private Eye.)
When I started work in 1971, I worked at 28 Broadway (now a hotel) which was, and is, directly opposite 55 - I was never offended by the statues - they certainly did not give me the willies
@@kaitlyn__L Ahh, Getting it confused with St George's Hospital at Hyde Park Corner - though central london does not a hospital when chelsea hospital is just down the road
My dad, my son & I were given a tour of 55 Broadway as part of Open London a few years ago. Its an amazing building with an incredible view from the roof. We were asked not to take photos of the nearby Ministry of Justice building. Apparently the MoJ were a bit sensitive about that! My favourite titbit is one of the foundation stones which reads thus: "Metropolitan District Railway Company. This stone was laid on 24th September 1928 by Thomas Auton, Housekeeper 1899-1929. For 43 years a servant of the companies". No chairman or managing director needed for this job!
Yet another simply spiffing piece from Mr H. So very informative. And the real skill, I venture to suggest, is the inclusion of apparently useless snippets which upon delivery immediately become vital information. That's a very real talent you have there, Mr T. There's probably a role for you in Government. Thanks, Simon T
I went to a job interview there, aged 18. Dim and distant past.. Got interviewed by a ringer for Blakey from On the Buses. They decided to forego the opportunity to give me employment.. Ta Jago.
There was a guy at Bond Street station in the 90s looked exactly like Blakey! He used to be on controller duty on the platform.. I'm sure LT was aware of his likeness, that's why they put him out there!
I love this one! I worked at 55 Broadway for a while in the early and mid 90's. I really loved the offices and was far more impressed than some of the famous modern city buildings, however impressive. To be fair, even back then its age was evident and had its challenges. Even so, I loved it inside and out. They are also, believe or not, one of the nicest companies I ever worked for/with. The people were all just really good people, well the ones I met. They had been a client of mine when I worked in recruitment, they were a delight to work with and all my temps loved working there, many were permanent temps and no one ever asked me to get them out or get them a place elsewhere. Years later, my aunt worked there as a contractor for several years and she always said how everyone was so nice to work with. I'm not saying they were all really really nice and in the same way, in a Stepford Tube Staff kind of weird way, but I never met or heard of anyone meeting an @rse or wish list having a git of a boss. I can't say I'm surprised they are moving, but flats would have been so much better than a swanky hotel. I really hope they leave the entrance hall and clocks alone, though I doubt it. Great video, as usual!
6:06 Senate House was the inspiration for George Orwell's Ministry of Truth where Winston Smith worked. It certainly looks a bit sinister. A few pieces of sculpture might have made it less so.
@@GorgeDawes which may be why it was used in the 1995 film version of Richard III, set in an alternate-history fascist Britain of the 1930s. Actually, it's amazing how many films and TV shows have used Senate House. I used to work there, and there was frequent disruption caused by filming taking place. When you have an iconic building, that's a useful extra source of income, I suppose.
Back in the early 1990s I had a chance to go there (to meet Dennis Tunnicliffe - then Managing Director of LUL) as part of a University project. The outside of the building had nothing compared to the executive suites. And I believe it was the 9th floor that had a private restaurant/carvery! I still remember all the wood paneling and the sheer size of some of the offices. [Not that he offices in Acton Town & some of the other sites I 'worked' at were any smaller - some offices were the size of the whole downstairs of most houses!].
Used to visit 55 Broadway for a monthly meeting. The stairwells are gorgeous with granite and brass fittings as well as a treasure trove of LT/LPTB/TfL ephemera on the walls. The canteen was excellent too! Part of the problem with the office accommodations was that so much of the internals can’t be modified due to the historical merit they impart. The executive offices and boardroom are fantastic with original wood panelling and large portraits of the Greats of Old. Handily sited for a pint after work too, if you don’t mind paying Westminster prices!
I used to visit occasionally and was always impressed by the art deco nature of the interior: shame I was only allowed in when they wanted to give me a rollocking about the lack of progress on whatever radio system I was working on at the time.
Was lucky enough to go on one of the last tours of 55 Broadway before it was leased out. Lovely building and thankfully protected from development. 54 Broadway used to be the MI6 headquarters, who knew!
John le Carre outed it in a documentary (which is on UA-cam) several years ago, so quite a lot of people knew actually. He said when he worked there, for MI6, there was no security to speak of...
@@rodjones117 He also mentioned it in his sort-of-autobiography The Pigeon Tunnel. The current HQ is rather better known. In fact short of putting up a 50 foot high sign in flashing pink neon it couldn't be more conspicuous.
I’ve walked by that building many times. I so sorry I never really looked at it. Thank you for for this gem of a video. How did I miss this wonderful video posted over a year ago?
4.04 there is a shot of the building with a post box outside. In the days when you could hide behind the pillars, I have it on good authority that spies (the blind match seller) used to hide behind the pillars, directly behind the said post box. Opposite was 54 Broadway which was the Minimax Fire Extinguisher Company. As Jago would say, "nothing too suspicious about that", however the Minimax Fire Extinguisher company was just a cover for the building which was actually the HQ to MI6. I believe there was a tunnel directly from 50 Broadway to St James Park station, but I could be wrong. Nice clip, thanks Jago.
Big thanks for this one - a real memory jerker for me - when I worked in London I would come into this station every day, and walk up Whitehall at lunchtimes! I managed to cut through the waffle, to focus on the subject of the title, and learned alot, so Thanks again 🙂
Use to work across the road at the old New Scotland Yard, 10 Broadway. The building always looked like it would have been better off in America, but l loved the sculptures that adorned the outside. Eric Gill would probably be the most disputed artist of today .
Jago, it's always pronounced "Jameses". James', note the apostrophe behind, is a grammatically correct contraction of James's. Maybe just me but I love 55 Broadway. It's an architectural masterpiece. One wonders what the prude brigade would have made of Capitol House in Edinburgh. Originally the home of an insurance company, this modernist building has bronze statues above either side of it's entrance, with the entire artwork being called "The Family". One side has a naked woman nursing a baby, and a naked boy in front of her, and the other side has a naked man with a naked girl in front of him. Personally I love it, but it has drawn some controversy in it's time.
I always learn something from these videos Mr H. Even if I'm familiar with the subject matter, as in this case, you always manage to include a wee nugget that triggers me to conduct further research. This time, you slipped in a little gem - the height of the building meaning it couldn't be used as offices. That's a new one on me and I'm away to find out more - if I can. Cheers for now, Dougie.
I did part of my school commute by St James's station as a teenager and used to love 55 broadway, I thought it looked like something out of batman's Gotham XD
Office blocks are not public - only workers and invited people allowed. The public can enter hotels - foyers, bars, restaurants, and even pay to occupy a room.
As Jack Regan off of off've the classic TV show 'The Sweeney' might have said: "Charles Tyson Yerkes - a businessman so bent, his picture won't hang straight". Indeed. Eric Gill. Now there was a man with an interesting set of hobbies. I'll say no more.
Has bits gone to Justice - I cannot keep up. PS the idea of having a public hotel that close to the home office and the embassys just round the corner from the pub. though actually there is a hotel adjacent to 55 broadway anyway.
Hm, interesting. Im familiar with London and "St. James`Park" since the 1960s (not born in London, but...). Still call it that. "St. James´s Park" seems really strange to me.
That reminds me of a story about a bronze Hermes statue on a economics high school (originally girls' lyceum): When the school was new, the public were offended that there was a male statue with such a long member - on a school for girls! So the sculptor had to screw in a smaller willy in its stead.
Gill was also castigated for the length of the boy's penis in his relief statue over the main entrance to Broadcasting House in Regent Street, London. In his defence the headmaster of a boys' school testified that the offending appendage was of appropriate length. This defence was upheld so I suppose that the complainants felt very small. The lengths some people will go to. . . .
So thats 4 things I know that have the name St James' Park, the others being: Newcastle United' Stadium. Exeter City's stadium. The station that serves Exeter City' Stadium.
Shame it’ll become a hotel, I got to go to a meeting in there a few years ago, and the views from the terraces at the top of the cruciform were awesome
Hang on... it was written as St. James' Park but it was still pronounced St. James's Park. They just didn't write the second S just the apostrophe after the first S. When you see a work ending in S' it meant it was pronounced with the plural S'S
There is an apostrophe which implies the s but the s does not have to be present, this applies when the last letter is the same as the letter after the apostrophe
Because London needs more expensive hotels and not actual affordable living space for the working class. Slow clap London planners, slow flippin' clap. Great article though, keep up the good work.
7:41 To align the statues, Sky High is the name of a defunct studio which made ... well, _sensational_ , movies featuring Japanese actors and actresses.
The adult and child sculpture at the entrance of The BBC Broadcasting House, Langham Place, London was created by Eric Gill. It has often been noted that this ornament is replete with significance given the Corporation's espousal of sex offender Jimmy Savile and Gill's rape of two of his daughters. The London Transport typeface, Johnston, was based on one of Gill's. It's all a bit incestuous. Jacob Epstein was, by contrast, almost a saint, having only strayed with half a dozen mistresses, bearing him many children out of wedlock, yet maintaining his compliant wife.
Anyone know what the yellow diamond is for (and, indeed, the white rectangles) dotted along the yellow 'keep away from the platform edge' line (see 0'21'')?
The yellow diamond is the CCTV target for the driver - they should line up with the doors, when observed on the platform CCTV monitor, if the driver stops the train in the right position.. The white square is where the station staff are supposed to stand while dispatching a train.
James' is pronounced Jameses, (the possessive apostrophe is for an absent 'e', in this case for an absent 'es'), surely though British Rail does not use non-possessive apostrophes anymore?
fabulous building. Used the various entrances over many years working in Tothill St. So gald to see the demolition of Met Police NSY opposite. One of the ugliest post war buildings in London. Now can they pay attention to Petty France and those Barracks.
I'm not sure if the name Transport House had already been taken by the building in Smith Square by the time of the great naming competition. Either way, it was a closely run thing.
Dear Author, how extra funny it would have been if it was a gentleman’s appendage had fallen off the statue and just missed the lady ,of course I have been drinking.
Why 'the Manchester Guardian, for some reason'? Was the conurbation and indeed City Of Manchester, not a large enough readership to warrant opinion and coverage?
@@johnm2012 Nope. Any word ending in 's' has the apostrophe after. Should it be: "the princess's cloak"? Perhaps "Croesus's gold"? Unfortunately, in a world that gives us "Advanced Warning" of roadworks written on a road sign rather than by holographic projection, we cannot rely on our public officials in these matters.
I have come to the conclusion that each Underground station isn't a train station anymore, but a museum of all the versions of the station which have existed before.
Always liked 55 Broadway, but it was easy to get lost inside! All the time it remained as offices it retained some lovely features inside, including the service interval indicators in the lobby (to give the directors a picture of how each line was running)
I used to love the service level indicators (is that their proper name? I just used to call them train counters). They were a good way to pass the time when waiting on friends to turn up.
I worked for LT at 55 Broadway for a few years in the 1990s and loved that building. The LT corporate typeface, New Johnston, was designed by Edward Johnston who taught Eric Gill stonemasonry at evening classes. Sadly we moved round the corner to Windsor House, just another soulless office block in Victoria Street, and things were never quite the same.
Lovely building to work in, but a pain to install computer cabling. And don't get me started on connecting it to the TfL building in Victoria Street! Kept me busy though.
As ever another interesting snippet of Underground history my dear Jago - and i must add how wonderful it is to hear the seldom employed word 'impecunious' given a long overdue outing on UA-cam.
The Manchester Guardian was considered to be more of a national paper than a local one, it eventually dropped "Manchester" from its name and became "The Guardian" (or "The Grauniad" in some circles)
My Editor was always ticking me off for the gallons of Tippex I got through when typing up a story. Just as well he and the Linotype operators didn't have to read the almost unreadable carbon copies. Any typos did not come from me, grammatical errors maybe.
Though whatever caused the gremlins that acquired it that name has been fixed long ago,I'm glad it's not just me who still calls it the Grauniad sometimes.
@@rjjcms1 I think it was a Private Eye nickname that derived from its notoriety for misprints and missing sections from before they switched to computerised publishing. (News of the Screws was another name that originated at Private Eye.)
@@rjjcms1 Not so. as a daily reader of the online editions I can confirm, there are still frequently errors, or rather errors frequently.
@@RobRidleyLive ... or frequent errors.
Surely, by now, Yerkes should have his own theme music
Played on a honky tonk piano
What about the Darth Vader music?
"Bad to the bone"
How could it be anything other than "Yakety Sax"?
I came here to comment the same. Just a little musical sting whenever Yerkes makes an appearance.
When I started work in 1971, I worked at 28 Broadway (now a hotel) which was, and is, directly opposite 55 - I was never offended by the statues - they certainly did not give me the willies
Someone got there before you!
They didn't make it hard for you then?
When is Buckingham Palace being turned into a Travelodge ?
No no, that’s one was never for the benefit of the public, so it can stay.
@@kaitlyn__L Ahh, Getting it confused with St George's Hospital at Hyde Park Corner - though central london does not a hospital when chelsea hospital is just down the road
I was there this morning for the first time in 18 months, and remember why this is one of my favourite building in London!
My dad, my son & I were given a tour of 55 Broadway as part of Open London a few years ago. Its an amazing building with an incredible view from the roof. We were asked not to take photos of the nearby Ministry of Justice building. Apparently the MoJ were a bit sensitive about that!
My favourite titbit is one of the foundation stones which reads thus:
"Metropolitan District Railway Company. This stone was laid on 24th September 1928 by Thomas Auton, Housekeeper 1899-1929. For 43 years a servant of the companies".
No chairman or managing director needed for this job!
Yet another simply spiffing piece from Mr H. So very informative. And the real skill, I venture to suggest, is the inclusion of apparently useless snippets which upon delivery immediately become vital information. That's a very real talent you have there, Mr T. There's probably a role for you in Government. Thanks, Simon T
Let's agree to just call the station "St. Jame's Park" so no one will be happy with it.
I went to a job interview there, aged 18. Dim and distant past..
Got interviewed by a ringer for Blakey from On the Buses.
They decided to forego the opportunity to give me employment..
Ta Jago.
I hate you Bunyan !!
Get that bus aht!
@@SheeplessNW6
Oh that's wonderful that is isn't it.
Come on you get this bus out of here !!
There was a guy at Bond Street station in the 90s looked exactly like Blakey! He used to be on controller duty on the platform.. I'm sure LT was aware of his likeness, that's why they put him out there!
@@darganx
God help all those who didn't mind the doors !!
Love the closing comment about public vs private. Right on!
As always fantastic , please never stop. I love the humor, subtle, as is expected.
I love this one! I worked at 55 Broadway for a while in the early and mid 90's. I really loved the offices and was far more impressed than some of the famous modern city buildings, however impressive. To be fair, even back then its age was evident and had its challenges. Even so, I loved it inside and out. They are also, believe or not, one of the nicest companies I ever worked for/with. The people were all just really good people, well the ones I met. They had been a client of mine when I worked in recruitment, they were a delight to work with and all my temps loved working there, many were permanent temps and no one ever asked me to get them out or get them a place elsewhere. Years later, my aunt worked there as a contractor for several years and she always said how everyone was so nice to work with. I'm not saying they were all really really nice and in the same way, in a Stepford Tube Staff kind of weird way, but I never met or heard of anyone meeting an @rse or wish list having a git of a boss. I can't say I'm surprised they are moving, but flats would have been so much better than a swanky hotel. I really hope they leave the entrance hall and clocks alone, though I doubt it. Great video, as usual!
6:06 Senate House was the inspiration for George Orwell's Ministry of Truth where Winston Smith worked. It certainly looks a bit sinister. A few pieces of sculpture might have made it less so.
Orwell work there during the war, ministry of information
If you get a chance to look around Senate House, you can visit room 101.
@@SheeplessNW6 Room 101 was the conference room at Broadcasting House.
Supposedly Hitler had it earmarked as the future headquarters of the occupying forces once the UK had been brought to submission.
@@GorgeDawes which may be why it was used in the 1995 film version of Richard III, set in an alternate-history fascist Britain of the 1930s.
Actually, it's amazing how many films and TV shows have used Senate House. I used to work there, and there was frequent disruption caused by filming taking place. When you have an iconic building, that's a useful extra source of income, I suppose.
Back in the early 1990s I had a chance to go there (to meet Dennis Tunnicliffe - then Managing Director of LUL) as part of a University project. The outside of the building had nothing compared to the executive suites. And I believe it was the 9th floor that had a private restaurant/carvery! I still remember all the wood paneling and the sheer size of some of the offices. [Not that he offices in Acton Town & some of the other sites I 'worked' at were any smaller - some offices were the size of the whole downstairs of most houses!].
Used to visit 55 Broadway for a monthly meeting. The stairwells are gorgeous with granite and brass fittings as well as a treasure trove of LT/LPTB/TfL ephemera on the walls.
The canteen was excellent too!
Part of the problem with the office accommodations was that so much of the internals can’t be modified due to the historical merit they impart.
The executive offices and boardroom are fantastic with original wood panelling and large portraits of the Greats of Old.
Handily sited for a pint after work too, if you don’t mind paying Westminster prices!
I used to visit occasionally and was always impressed by the art deco nature of the interior: shame I was only allowed in when they wanted to give me a rollocking about the lack of progress on whatever radio system I was working on at the time.
Was lucky enough to go on one of the last tours of 55 Broadway before it was leased out. Lovely building and thankfully protected from development.
54 Broadway used to be the MI6 headquarters, who knew!
Who knew...that was the point, no?
John le Carre outed it in a documentary (which is on UA-cam) several years ago, so quite a lot of people knew actually. He said when he worked there, for MI6, there was no security to speak of...
I went on one of those tours too. Glad I took the chance then, can't imagine I will be staying at the hotel any time!
@@rodjones117 He also mentioned it in his sort-of-autobiography The Pigeon Tunnel. The current HQ is rather better known. In fact short of putting up a 50 foot high sign in flashing pink neon it couldn't be more conspicuous.
Was that next door to the passport office.
I’ve walked by that building many times. I so sorry I never really looked at it. Thank you for for this gem of a video. How did I miss this wonderful video posted over a year ago?
How appropriate for Yerkes to turn up in a video mentioning a building's once offensive appendages...
4.04 there is a shot of the building with a post box outside. In the days when you could hide behind the pillars, I have it on good authority that spies (the blind match seller) used to hide behind the pillars, directly behind the said post box. Opposite was 54 Broadway which was the Minimax Fire Extinguisher Company. As Jago would say, "nothing too suspicious about that", however the Minimax Fire Extinguisher company was just a cover for the building which was actually the HQ to MI6. I believe there was a tunnel directly from 50 Broadway to St James Park station, but I could be wrong. Nice clip, thanks Jago.
1:19 Rise up and applause the great Yerkes!
I feel one can never have enough CTY when making mention of the Underground!
Yerkes's
He's the baddie. You're supposed to boo and hiss, not applaud!
Yes, please do
@@johnm2012 Evil genius or lovable rogue? 🤔 Depending on the amount of time twiddling his mustache in a Dick Dastardly fashion I would wager.
Can we get a Yerkes playlist? :)
I concur
@@charlestyerkes8833 😂
Big thanks for this one - a real memory jerker for me - when I worked in London I would come into this station every day, and walk up Whitehall at lunchtimes! I managed to cut through the waffle, to focus on the subject of the title, and learned alot, so Thanks again 🙂
Very interesting. I will check this out , I walked past Buckingham Palace today, did not go to the St james park 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
This video brought back memories for me as a former inhabitant of Electric Railway House.
Use to work across the road at the old New Scotland Yard, 10 Broadway. The building always looked like it would have been better off in America, but l loved the sculptures that adorned the outside. Eric Gill would probably be the most disputed artist of today .
Yerkes: very much the Blofeld to Jago’s bond
Always liked the Art Deco arcade there.
Jago, it's always pronounced "Jameses". James', note the apostrophe behind, is a grammatically correct contraction of James's.
Maybe just me but I love 55 Broadway. It's an architectural masterpiece.
One wonders what the prude brigade would have made of Capitol House in Edinburgh. Originally the home of an insurance company, this modernist building has bronze statues above either side of it's entrance, with the entire artwork being called "The Family". One side has a naked woman nursing a baby, and a naked boy in front of her, and the other side has a naked man with a naked girl in front of him. Personally I love it, but it has drawn some controversy in it's time.
Always love your videos, Jago! Very entertaining!
I laughed all the way through this! I really appreciate your humor and your look at the Tube as well.
Another brilliant and entertaining monograph.
I always learn something from these videos Mr H. Even if I'm familiar with the subject matter, as in this case, you always manage to include a wee nugget that triggers me to conduct further research. This time, you slipped in a little gem - the height of the building meaning it couldn't be used as offices. That's a new one on me and I'm away to find out more - if I can.
Cheers for now,
Dougie.
Fantastic video once again. I love the videos of the buildings and similar.
Great work. 👍🏼
I did part of my school commute by St James's station as a teenager and used to love 55 broadway, I thought it looked like something out of batman's Gotham XD
That is one impressive list of sculptors.
Excellent Jago
Office blocks are not public - only workers and invited people allowed. The public can enter hotels - foyers, bars, restaurants, and even pay to occupy a room.
As Jack Regan off of off've the classic TV show 'The Sweeney' might have said:
"Charles Tyson Yerkes - a businessman so bent, his picture won't hang straight". Indeed.
Eric Gill. Now there was a man with an interesting set of hobbies. I'll say no more.
Is that brutalist block next door part of HM Home Office?
Has bits gone to Justice - I cannot keep up. PS the idea of having a public hotel that close to the home office and the embassys just round the corner from the pub. though actually there is a hotel adjacent to 55 broadway anyway.
Nah, Home Office is off Horseferry Road, a few minutes walk away.
An amazing and revealing insight. thank you
Hm, interesting. Im familiar with London and "St. James`Park" since the 1960s (not born in London, but...). Still call it that. "St. James´s Park" seems really strange to me.
A most excellent episode sir!
Very interesting🙂
For a grey building it certainly has a colourful story. Nicely done!
Thanks for the interesting upload.
That reminds me of a story about a bronze Hermes statue on a economics high school (originally girls' lyceum): When the school was new, the public were offended that there was a male statue with such a long member - on a school for girls! So the sculptor had to screw in a smaller willy in its stead.
Gill was also castigated for the length of the boy's penis in his relief statue over the main entrance to Broadcasting House in Regent Street, London. In his defence the headmaster of a boys' school testified that the offending appendage was of appropriate length. This defence was upheld so I suppose that the complainants felt very small. The lengths some people will go to. . . .
Nice architecture, well done video and commentary.
So thats 4 things I know that have the name St James' Park, the others being:
Newcastle United' Stadium.
Exeter City's stadium.
The station that serves Exeter City' Stadium.
I never knew 55 Broadway was also a tube station.
Shame it’ll become a hotel, I got to go to a meeting in there a few years ago, and the views from the terraces at the top of the cruciform were awesome
Hang on... it was written as St. James' Park but it was still pronounced St. James's Park. They just didn't write the second S just the apostrophe after the first S. When you see a work ending in S' it meant it was pronounced with the plural S'S
Thanks jago
There is an apostrophe which implies the s but the s does not have to be present, this applies when the last letter is the same as the letter after the apostrophe
Eric Gill had the same problem as Day with his sculpture of Ariel on Broadcasting House, and was forced to trim it somewhat...
Because London needs more expensive hotels and not actual affordable living space for the working class. Slow clap London planners, slow flippin' clap. Great article though, keep up the good work.
whoopee ... gold ol' Yerkes is back
One minute since posting, already 19 likes, very impressive.
And now four dislikes. What sort of people could possibly dislike this?
7:41 To align the statues, Sky High is the name of a defunct studio which made ... well, _sensational_ , movies featuring Japanese actors and actresses.
The adult and child sculpture at the entrance of The BBC Broadcasting House, Langham Place, London was created by Eric Gill. It has often been noted that this ornament is replete with significance given the Corporation's espousal of sex offender Jimmy Savile and Gill's rape of two of his daughters. The London Transport typeface, Johnston, was based on one of Gill's. It's all a bit incestuous. Jacob Epstein was, by contrast, almost a saint, having only strayed with half a dozen mistresses, bearing him many children out of wedlock, yet maintaining his compliant wife.
Eric Gill, even his dog wasn't safe 🤮 Even after years of controversy regarding said statue, it's still there?
Give my regards to old 55 Broadway and repeat!
I need to find a Chicago history youtube channel just to see if they mention Yerkes as much as you do :)
Anyone know what the yellow diamond is for (and, indeed, the white rectangles) dotted along the yellow 'keep away from the platform edge' line (see 0'21'')?
The yellow diamond is the CCTV target for the driver - they should line up with the doors, when observed on the platform CCTV monitor, if the driver stops the train in the right position.. The white square is where the station staff are supposed to stand while dispatching a train.
@@Tevildo Thanks
I have heard that if you look very very closely at the face of one of the naked statues it’s….yep you guessed it….Yerkes.
I was just thinking, while watching the last video, that it had been a while since we'd heard anything about Yerkes! 😆
54 Broadway was the not very well kept secret location of MI6.
My only hope is that the hotel changes name every other week
Oh bother...I thought this episode is about St James Park stadium in Newcastle...
my dad used to work round the corner...
St James’ and St James’s were always pronounced the same
James' is pronounced Jameses, (the possessive apostrophe is for an absent 'e', in this case for an absent 'es'), surely though British Rail does not use non-possessive apostrophes anymore?
It needs a good water blasting...
fabulous building. Used the various entrances over many years working in Tothill St.
So gald to see the demolition of Met Police NSY opposite. One of the ugliest post war buildings in London.
Now can they pay attention to Petty France and those Barracks.
0:01 Has Jago arranged a double on the other platform to distract us?
I'm not sure if the name Transport House had already been taken by the building in Smith Square by the time of the great naming competition. Either way, it was a closely run thing.
Oh how times have changed.
Things are no different here on the other side of the pond.
Nobody had ever been to Florence, presumably.
One Father Vaughan eh? Perhaps a Fr Vaughan that lived up the road near Victoria?
Dear Author, how extra funny it would have been if it was a gentleman’s appendage had fallen off the statue and just missed the lady ,of course I have been drinking.
Erection puns... Sounds like an episode of Big Bang Theory
The Ministry of Truth at 6.07.
Has the plan to convert 55 Broadway into apartments, being droped? For a hotel.
C.T.Y is a legend in these parts
Why 'the Manchester Guardian, for some reason'? Was the conurbation and indeed City Of Manchester, not a large enough readership to warrant opinion and coverage?
Top video, Wrighty.
When you said the statue's head fell off, did you mean its actual head? Or the head of its...
Its actual head, although there was one much later report that said it was the, er, other.
@@JagoHazzard It's enough to give you the willies!
The statue's falling head hurt the foot of Mrs Jameson or Mrs James'son? Or Mrs James's son?
I also wonder, 'which head'?
No... "Mrs James' son", I believe.
"St. James's"? An abomination before the Lord.
@@nicktecky55 Since "James" is not plural, the possessive is correctly "James's" though "James'" is also permissible.
To quote Liza Doolittle: "One day I'll be famous! I'll be proper and prim;
Go to St. James so often I will call it St. Jim!"
@@johnm2012 Nope. Any word ending in 's' has the apostrophe after. Should it be: "the princess's cloak"? Perhaps "Croesus's gold"?
Unfortunately, in a world that gives us "Advanced Warning" of roadworks written on a road sign rather than by holographic projection, we cannot rely on our public officials in these matters.
“..depicted male nudity. The press went nuts over it”
Jago, please never change 🙂
😂
Also, it sounds like "with condomnation......"
Someone had a bollocking
Fancy being offended " over a little thing like that . "
I manage to miss many of these.
Yerkes is almost like the reveal in a Scooby Doo carton. What dastardly fiend is behind this mess. Why it's Yerkes..... again.
It's only a matter of time before he emerges as a Bond villain
".....Yerkes was a Chicago businessman" like Al Capone?
@@ericpode6095 Or Hillary Clinton's father, who took over organised crime there when Capone died.
Before starting to watch Jago's videos, I didn't even know who Charles Tyson Yerkes was. How things change.
You've got some catching up to do!
It's probably best for all concerned that nobody knows the full story.
"...male nudity. The press went nuts..."
Well done, Mr Hazzard!
St Jame: patron saint of grammatical arguments on the internet.
It's mechanics, not grammar ;)
As someone whose name ends in 's', I feel for the guy.
I'm enjoying your wider architectural analyses Mr Hazzard.
I had wondered why that particular statue was nicknamed... "Stumpy". Thank you for answering that long-held question that I hadn't dared ask.
“Yep. Him again! “ 😱
YERKE! :shakes fist:
@@tamarab5751 I am sure I will meet him in some dark underground passageway one day! 😳
I've spent many hours looking at that building from The Star across the road. The flying buttresses 's's always fascinated me.
Ha ha!
Nelson?
I spent many an hour from my office looking at The Star across the road waiting for Friday night when we were allowed to drink !!
@@footplate0 So you were the face pressed up against the window. I think we used to wave to each other.
Had some pints in the Star when I worked at 55B in the ‘60s.
I have come to the conclusion that each Underground station isn't a train station anymore, but a museum of all the versions of the station which have existed before.
You’re not far wrong!
We don't have train stations in the UK. We have railway stations and thick people.
@@millomweb It's a lost cause, but keep up the struggle.
It seems transport cafes are now 'truckstops'.
Ugh!
@@bingola45 Really ? I thought they were Greasy Spoons ;)
Always liked 55 Broadway, but it was easy to get lost inside! All the time it remained as offices it retained some lovely features inside, including the service interval indicators in the lobby (to give the directors a picture of how each line was running)
I used to love the service level indicators (is that their proper name? I just used to call them train counters). They were a good way to pass the time when waiting on friends to turn up.
I worked for LT at 55 Broadway for a few years in the 1990s and loved that building. The LT corporate typeface, New Johnston, was designed by Edward Johnston who taught Eric Gill stonemasonry at evening classes. Sadly we moved round the corner to Windsor House, just another soulless office block in Victoria Street, and things were never quite the same.
No wonder Gill Sans bears some similar features to Johnston!
Lovely building to work in, but a pain to install computer cabling. And don't get me started on connecting it to the TfL building in Victoria Street! Kept me busy though.
One thing I like about Jago is that he's uses a little humour in his videos.
"a little"?
The shade
After the outrage and protests he had to cut it down and it's little now.
@@oldvlognewtricks Not at all I think you may have misunderstood the intent of my comment.
@@keepingitrealandtruthful.5081 Inadvertent shade is still shade.
As ever another interesting snippet of Underground history my dear Jago - and i must add how wonderful it is to hear the seldom employed word 'impecunious' given a long overdue outing on UA-cam.
Thank you! It’s a word I’m very fond of.
I really can't imagine Mr H saying "well brassic" or "potless" can you?
@@caw25sha depends on context I suppose. Impecunious and railways go together .