London train drivers' announcements (London)

Just got a text from a friend:

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Right now I am in Tube going to Archway. The train driver just announced in Camden, this train is going to MillHill. If you want to go to Edgware then change here and Rock and Roll. 😁😅

We all looked at each other and asked did he say that?

That breaks the mundane boring journey. I wish we could all be able to joke more often.

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My reply:

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I was on a late night Tube train in the 80s or 90s.  When it got to Kings Cross, which interchanges with quite a few lines, the driver said,

“This is King’s Cross.  Change here for Piccadilly line, the Northern line, and lots of other lines.”

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PS:  Kings Cross and King’s Cross are both used.

(London, 2025 / 1980s/90s)

You know you're getting old when... : 05 (London)

...an old lady offers you HER seat!

I was travelling home last night from teaching. Jumped onto a Piccadilly line train at Kings Cross, and stood by the door, minding my own business.

After three stops, an Oriental lady came up to me from behind and offered me her seat. I hadn't even noticed her when I got on. I declined politely, but she insisted, saying she was getting off in two stops anyway (but ended up getting off at my stop, one more stop on from where she said she was disembarking).

Being Oriental, she'd be better able to judge my age than Westerners. Her hair was completely grey; mine is nearly completely black (if you don't look carefully), yet she offered me her seat. I am indeed getting old...

(London, 2020)