End of the Line Ep.13 - Walthamstow Central
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- End of the Line is back! And it's time to hit up that most famous of London postcodes ... E17, as we head to the top of the Victoria Line to Walthamstow Central, where there's DEFINTELY a place that you'll want to visit if you love your Tube trains ...
Read the Londonist article for more on the brilliant Maud Milton roundels: londonist.com/...
Visit the Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum: walthamstowpum...
Dine with Supperclub, where you can have dinner on an old Victoria Line train: supperclub.tube/
Download the Bingo Sheet here to play along : geofftech.co.u...
I spent the first 30 years of my life in 'Warfumstow' and lived only a few minutes walk from the station. You would not believe how much it has changed since the 60s. Regarding Ray Dudley Way, I knew him. We both worked for the local hospital radio station and he did a children's show immediately before my Saturday afternoon sports show. A lovely man who did a lot of charity work, and who campaigned for the footpath to be established. Sadly, he died before it was done.
Ah lovely comment, thanks for the info Barry - I admit I did not research who Ray Dudley was but assume it must have been named after someone. Kind words, thanks!
@@geofftech2 Google Ray Dudley Way for more info.
I always wondered who he was, thank you for sharing
When Geoff makes a video in E17, you know everything's going to be alright. Alright. It's really alright.
I wish he’d stay another day though.
I know he’s been Around The World but I prefer the London based episodes, especially when he bumps into some West End Girls
Shame there wasn't any steam about.
@@genericfootyfan it’s not that Deep
@@DBG2802 I might just have to let it all go.
I suspect Geoff is hoping the Overground gets split into six distinct lines not only to make it easier for people to navigate using the Tube map, but also because that's then a load more "End of the Line" videos that can be made. 🙂
Geoff: "We're nearing the end of the line for the End Of The Line series."
TfL: _Creates more ends of the lines_
Biggest reason Crossrail 2 should go ahead :)
@@mfaizsyahmi Can't let that happen, right?😂
That little pause after you said ‘Walthamstow Hoe Street’ was perfect 😂
I'm sad that's not still the name.
@@DadgeCity the road is still called it 👍
Who else has missed these?
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Whey! Caught me in the shot at 05:00 on the left! Nice to see the video up now, was looking forward to it.
One of those museums that has more than you expected, then more than you ever expected ... I love those
Wow
The Museum is NOT what I and my co-founders envisaged back in '96. It is interesting but could have been much MORE interesting had there not been so much disagreement over the way it was run.
This is my first tube station. My Gran lived on a suburban street between Chingford and Walthamstow and it was the most amazing thing to get the tube into London. I loved those tiny grey plastic globes hanging from the roof of the tube by metal coils. When I was old enough to hold them...I was a big boy! :)) I probably stretched the coils on a few before then! The smells, the winds, the whole thing just mesmerised this boy from rural Scotland. I still love it.
The London Transport Museum sells those.
I'm in Chingford so this is my local London Overground line.. I'll always regret that the Victoria Line didn't extrnd to and terminate at Chingford. Could have been done in one more stop.
Hi Gary, I'm in Chingford too ! Wasn't the Victoria Line supposed to carry on east, linking Woodford on the Central Line ? (Or was I dreaming that bit ?)
@@vicsams4431 No I think you're right, they were contemplating terminating the northern section at South Woodford I believe. Not sure why it didn't happen, possibly funding. I suppose the Central Line already connects with the City and West End, so would have been little logistical benefit except reducing over crowding at rush hours.
I'm intrigued by the blond streak in Geoff's hair, especially the way it disappears half way through
I’m certainly going to give the Pumphouse Museum a visit!
Everyone feels they’re in the House of Love when Geoff makes a new video 😊
Maud Milton is a local Walthamstow artist! Her studio is in Barking but she lives in E17.
My grandfather lived in Walthamstow and I remember the Victoria line opening.
I love how the blonde streak in Geoff’s hair keeps appearing and disappearing 😂 I wonder if the blonde hair is coveying a message, like the purple hair for Crossrail opening 😅
I thought I was imagining things before I saw your comment
i just noticed that too
I only just realized it in his latest video
I was expecting one thing in this video : a clip inside a Vic train when the PA says "This train is for (little blank) WALTHAMSTOW CENTRAL (shouting!)" 🙂 When I get over the pond to visit my friends in London it's always a pleasure, immediately after getting off the Eurostar, to hear that when boarding my first tube train of the trip
So as someone who’s visiting London from the states next week - I just found some cool things to add to my itinerary. Thanks Geoff! That supper club sounds super cool.
I live in Walthamstow and as nice a suburban environment as it is it’s probably not worth a visit if you only have limited time in London😅 If you do come I’d check out the village (Orford Road) which has some nice pubs and restaurants, the vestry museum and gods own junkyard
I love the place too, but I agree and would add that it's big enough not to mind being recommended as a miss for a first visit to the capital. Defo somewhere to keep for another visit as a great exemplar of a typical London residential district of its day.
This is the best episode yet. I love learning of museums I've never heard of
Me & my partner went there April 2022 and that AMAZING model railway layout wasn't there,but what was there was an AMAZING cafe where we picked up two buns and two teas for £2.50.
Best CAFE ever🎉
This was one of the most F.A.B musemns we have ever been too.
Keep up the good work..👏
Having developed an obsession with the underground as a direct result of your channel, I'm always coming to the channel looking for things to explore when I'm working away in London as i love the history, stories and Easter eggs that are within the tube.
You've now shown me somewhere I can combine my underground nerding with the actual f*****g Dennis fire engine from my other major childhood obsession, London's Burning! (series 3-9, replaced with the Volvo FL6 Saxon in Series 10)
Absolutely unreal 👏🏾😍 thanks for this Geoff, will certainly be visiting before riding the vicky line back to green park swapping for the Joobs to bermondsey to check out Dockhead station and maybe pop into the ship aground for a pint!
TFL should extend it to Woodford by constructing Whipps Cross tube station and letting the line takeover the Hainault loop on the Central line.
The original plans for what is now referred to as Crossrail 2 were in fact the "Chelsea-Hackney" tube. It would have utilised the District Line Wimbledon branch as far as Parsons Green, interchange with the District at Fulham Broadway, then crossing London to take the Central branch from Leytonstone to Hainault.
Wow that Pup House Museum looks brilliant, I remember riding those old 1960's stock trains on the Victoria Line back in the early 1990's. Excellent video again 🙂
Walthamstow resident here...was waiting for this one to drop.
Geoff
You need to turn right instead of left out of the stow station on Sherborne walk and head to the Vestry house museum. More to Stow then the pump house museum ! There is also the William Morris museum...
A brilliant video. I definitely want to visit the Pumphouse museum
Been to Walthamstow many times over the years and it’s amazing to see how much it’s changed over time.
Yes, originally the only means of access to the Victoria Line platforms was from the BR (now Overground) platforms. The subway under the road Geoff referred to then didn't exist, and tickets could only be obtained from the joint ticket offices. Unlike other Victoria Line stations, there were then no automatic ticket gates, just manned barriers to each of the two Chingford line platforms. The site now occupied by the bus station was originally a park, and the bus terminus was immediately in front of the station. How times change!!
After all these years, they still haven't put up proper ceiling finishes on the Victoria Line platforms!! (This also applies to Blackhorse Road and Tottenham Hale stations).
Amazingly done video as always. Love this series.
Brilliant program Geoff. So much information conveyed in an entertaining way in only 8 minutes. This is a great series. Looking forward to the next episode.
Perfect Geoff content.
i love the blonde highlight geoff in your hair but wait the last shot of the video it looks like u had a hair cut. im totally looking for little details now
...which mysteriously disappeared in the Pumphouse section of the video!
@Pink Bunny Is it a highlight or is he a natural blonde and his roots need doing? 🤔
I volunteered with Frank on the Fire Engine 23+ years ago with my Grandad. His name is above the garage door, Freddie.
It was a lot of fun raising money for charity and making people smile.
The look on people’s faces when we were in traffic and they saw the Blackwall plate was priceless.
I also now have one of those Walthamstow mugs and love it.
I’ll be visiting again soon
Thank you Geoff for this videos. I left London 6 years ago and one of the things I miss the most is taking the Victoria line everyone morning. These videos make my day every single time.
I’ve heard a lot about the Walthamstow Central Station but it’s nice to have a refresher course on it.
Yay! New episode! 🎉
Brilliant as a former Walthamstow resident great to see the old place and the Pump House
This video has inspired me to do Walthamstow Central today! Thank you, Geoff, your videos always bring a smile to my face 🙂
Back in the '80s, a longer length of the Eastbound platform at Walthamstow Queen's Road was open and there was a set of stairs that led straight into the carpark next to the London-bound platform at Walthamstow Central \m/
Went to my local station very good video
Brilliant- my local station, and we'll done for publicising the splendid pumphouse museum. Regular users of the underground station will be pleased to know work has started on a much needed new entrance.
You will be pleased to know I have now watched this Geoff 😃. Nice mug 👍
Geoff has gone all depeche mode.
Well that's cheered me up this evening 😃 Must revisit that Pumphouse museum!
Walthamstow is my favourite place in London and I really hope that the new and improved station building will come into play very soon, as I’m planning to move to this area next year
Cracking in-depth review of Walthamstow. You gon’ deep, Geoff (deep, deep down). 😬🤣
Many thanks, Geoff. I was born and grew up in Walthamstow in the 50s and 60s - the line goes fairly close to under where my secondary school was. I remember the Victoria Line opening and going on the first day of operation from Central to the temporary terminus at Highbury and Islington and back. The line gave Walthamstow a real lift, with the new ability to get to Central London quickly, compared with the slow Chingford to Liverpool Street trains. New bus routes appeared at the same time, to connect with the tube. It was sad, though to see the Green Line coach 718 service (Harlow - Walthamstow - Victoria - Windsor) disappear, as the core of the route was made unnecessary by the new line.
Yes, the 718's partial replacement at the northern end was the 702, which only ran from Walthamstow to Harlow and Bishop's Stortford. (The Victoria to Windsor section continued for many years after). With the cross platform interchange available at Finsbury Park, the usefulness of having the line from Walthamstow was evident from day 1, even more so after the subsequent extensions!!
When I moved to London 5 years ago, Walthamstow was my local station and I loved seeing this episode. Amazing series Geoff
End of the line is finally back, yay
Thanks Geoff! I love watching these!
Was looking forward to this one as I have very fond memories of arriving at Walthamstow Central, going up the escalators to the bus station and heading off to work. Keep up the good work.
Yay finally another end of the line! Thanks Geoff!
Gosh, if I was any earlier, I'd be like a SWR train on time!
@TheMusicalElitist Steady now! Steady! You don't want to get ideas above your station!
@@aprilsmith1166 Huh
Geoff compelting side quests in this episode
I learnt about William Morris and Walthamstow Hoe Street is where my uncle lives! Great video and keep it up!
Loved both the sundial and the mosaic signage.
Niice! Was born in Walthamstow and after Uni I travelled on the Victoria Line to work in Convent Garden every day, sometimes from W. Central and sometimes from Blackhorse Road. Must go back there and have a look around
Definitely one place to visit next time I'm in the UK. Thanks, Geoff.
Enjoyed that Geoff & learnt a few things about there area. Looking forward to ‘explore’ when I am up that way again soon.
Never knew there was so much to Walthamstow.
That’s just up the road from where I went to school.
Both the bus terminus and tube station look very different from when i used to catch the 69 bus home, back in the early 1980’s
Like that it's both under and over ground and the museums thanks Geoff next time I'm ill london I may visit them
Really like that mosaic like overground roundel
Now we know the easter egg geoff!
Romantic meal with Luke!
Great video,Geoff,my old town,changed so much now.
I used to live in Walthamstow when I went to uni in London back in the early 2010s and would get a bus or train from Walthamstow Central every day, watching this is really nostalgic and really lovely :) Glad to see they've added a little path to the Overground station, that used to be such a weird trek!
Nice one Geoff!
Also why doesn’t this man get millions of subscribers? He deserves it massively.
Awesome Geoff!!😊
As a former resident of Walthamstow (in the 1970s) - so much interesting stuff!
Yes Geoff my hometown! E17 all the way wish i'd known i'd say heyyy!
1:18 that is where I met you on the way to Liverpool
I love the MALL at Walthamstow... When we visited back in 2018 - We were at a hotel by the Tottenham Hale station. The Victoria Line got shut down for some reason so we had to make our way back on the Overground... Had I realized that Tottenham Hale was as close as it was - We would have walked back...
Thanks Geoff, will have to make a visit to all these sites at Walthamstow.
Hi Geoff. I love you videos. I’ve been watching for most of my life. Every time you post I get excited and watch it at least twice in a day. Even have a book signed by you. Keep it up mate ❤❤
One word, brilliant,
Spent the whole video humming Stay Another Day....there are worse things
. Brilliant, Geoff
Awesome video
wow Walthamstow is a Visual Graphics delight. So much to see and appreciate.
The first time I saw the Walthamstow tile motif in the 70's was on a black and white photo. I couldn't wait to travel to Walthamstow (fortunately I had a cousin who lives there) to see what colour it was!! I've always like the orange-based design of the William Morris pattern, it's definitely one of the most attractive ones on the line.
36 TPH! That's fantastic. I wouldn't be surprised if that was peak frequency in Western Countries for transit.
Walthamstowe is now on my to do list, thanks Geoff
Used to be my local station about 20 years ago. When that ‘next train’ indicator was actually working and the train announced ‘change here for suburban rail services’ thanks Geoff!
Anyone else notice the blonde streak in Geoffs hair then disappears
I go to Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum in Walthamstow sometimes, where I used to volunteer for the museum
Visited de Pumphouse (small but lovely) today - thanks Geoff😊
Informative video as usual. Walthamstow Central is a great transport hub and encouraging to see there have been improvements there with the passage from the tube station to the bus station. E17 is a well known postcode and one that the 90s pop group took its name from. Years ago I once saw Brian Harvey walking near Walthamstow Central.
brilliant video ive been to Walthamstow a few times and the last time i went was last Month & the museum looks amazing ill try & pop their next time i go to Wathamstow
You've definitely got me pumped up for a visit. Don't all groan at once.
Did you know that some of the greatest classical recordings ever made were done at
Walthamstow Assembly Hall? Great video, as usual! 😁
I didn't, despite living 5 minutes away and listening to a lot of classical music! Thanks for the fascinating fact! :)
As well as two museums in Walthamstow will mention the mosaic on the back of The Bell pub.
Don't forget the elephant, of which there are quite a few dotted around Walthamstow!
Thank you for the historic tour of Walthamstow Central tube❤ and the museum
Being from the other end of this island, I never knew much of London growing up (didn’t visit until I was 14 and went to the Royal Tournament at Earls Court with my mum), other than what i saw on the TV. I grew up watching London’s Burning. Sunday nights before bedtime. Getting really invested in the travails of Sicknote, Bayleaf and the rest. Really nice to see one of their appliances has been saved.
Thanks for the tip about where to get the mugs. I'lve put those on my present ideas list!
Good to see the sun showing the correct time Geoff 🤣
Love this series
Yay end of the line is back! :)
My place of birth... Walthamstow! ❤️
Brilliant video sir!
Back in the days on the way to the Walthamstow greyhound stadium 😢
I love this series and your channel Geoff. I've been watching your ever since you was doing videos with Londonist. Keep it up 👍
Two ends of a line - two hairstyles, brilliant!
Hes back boys!
I’ve been here a few times as it used to be the local station for an old friend. Bit miffed I never heard of the pump house museum as both of us would be dead interested in that!