Old posters discovered in Notting Hill Tube Station
 

Came across this story on Twitter:
"In the late 1950s, the Notting Hill tube station underwent a major
overhaul when the old lifts that transported passengers to and from the
train platforms were abandoned and replaced with modern escalators. The
passageways to the lifts were sealed off too and everything within them was
subsequently frozen in time.

In 2010, some new routine works were underway when the sealed-off
passageways were re-discovered after 50 years, revealing a mini museum of
well-preserved vintage posters from the post-war era."

From:
http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/0...l-underground/

Old posters discovered in Notting Hill Tube Station
 

On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:45:37 -0600
Recliner wrote:
Came across this story on Twitter:
"In the late 1950s, the Notting Hill tube station underwent a major
overhaul when the old lifts that transported passengers to and from the
train platforms were abandoned and replaced with modern escalators. The
passageways to the lifts were sealed off too and everything within them was
subsequently frozen in time.

Hmm, I often wonder why they do that. If you seal up tunnels you may well
get a build up of unpleasent gases in there not to mention the possibility
of them becoming flooded which doesn't bode well for the poor sods who
"rediscover" them some time in the future.

Spud

Old posters discovered in Notting Hill Tube Station
 

In article ,
wrote:
On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:45:37 -0600
Recliner wrote:
Came across this story on Twitter:
"In the late 1950s, the Notting Hill tube station underwent a major
overhaul when the old lifts that transported passengers to and from the
train platforms were abandoned and replaced with modern escalators. The
passageways to the lifts were sealed off too and everything within them was
subsequently frozen in time.

Hmm, I often wonder why they do that. If you seal up tunnels you may well
get a build up of unpleasent gases in there not to mention the possibility
of them becoming flooded which doesn't bode well for the poor sods who
"rediscover" them some time in the future.

From the places I've been and/or seen photos of, the "sealing" usually
consists of fitting a grill and a door, locking it and putting the key
in a safe place ! Not the hermetic sort of seal that you perhaps imagine.
After all even disused tunnels need access for inspection and maintenance.
There are other stations with sealed-off-from-the-public passageways
showing old posters also.

Nick
--
"The Internet, a sort of ersatz counterfeit of real life"
-- Janet Street-Porter, BBC2, 19th March 1996

Old posters discovered in Notting Hill Tube Station
 

On Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:56:26 +0000 (UTC)
Nick Leverton wrote:
In article ,
wrote:
On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:45:37 -0600
Recliner wrote:
Came across this story on Twitter:
"In the late 1950s, the Notting Hill tube station underwent a major
overhaul when the old lifts that transported passengers to and from the
train platforms were abandoned and replaced with modern escalators. The
passageways to the lifts were sealed off too and everything within them was
subsequently frozen in time.

Hmm, I often wonder why they do that. If you seal up tunnels you may well
get a build up of unpleasent gases in there not to mention the possibility
of them becoming flooded which doesn't bode well for the poor sods who
"rediscover" them some time in the future.

From the places I've been and/or seen photos of, the "sealing" usually
consists of fitting a grill and a door, locking it and putting the key
in a safe place ! Not the hermetic sort of seal that you perhaps imagine.
After all even disused tunnels need access for inspection and maintenance.
There are other stations with sealed-off-from-the-public passageways
showing old posters also.

Its hard to tell from those pics but it looks like the sealing up was done
with bricks and mortar which would be a fairly airtight seal.

Spud

Old posters discovered in Notting Hill Tube Station
 

On Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:20:31 +0000 (UTC),
d wrote:



Its hard to tell from those pics but it looks like the sealing up was done
with bricks and mortar which would be a fairly airtight seal.

You can see the grill in two of the pictures. (The second and last
ones.)

Old posters discovered in Notting Hill Tube Station
 

On 20/02/2013 21:45, Recliner wrote:
Came across this story on Twitter:
"In the late 1950s, the Notting Hill tube station underwent a major
overhaul when the old lifts that transported passengers to and from the
train platforms were abandoned and replaced with modern escalators. The
passageways to the lifts were sealed off too and everything within them was
subsequently frozen in time.

In 2010, some new routine works were underway when the sealed-off
passageways were re-discovered after 50 years, revealing a mini museum of
well-preserved vintage posters from the post-war era."

From:
http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/0...l-underground/


A similar thing happened on the Berlin U-Bahn's Alexanderplatz, when
they re-opened the station, did it not?

Did I also hear of a similar phenomenon on the Paris Metro?

Old posters discovered in Notting Hill Tube Station
 

In article , () wrote:

On 20/02/2013 21:45, Recliner wrote:
Came across this story on Twitter:
"In the late 1950s, the Notting Hill tube station underwent a major
overhaul when the old lifts that transported passengers to and from the
train platforms were abandoned and replaced with modern escalators. The
passageways to the lifts were sealed off too and everything within them
was subsequently frozen in time.

In 2010, some new routine works were underway when the sealed-off
passageways were re-discovered after 50 years, revealing a mini museum
of well-preserved vintage posters from the post-war era."

From:


http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/0...mbed-in-the-no
tting-hill-underground/

A similar thing happened on the Berlin U-Bahn's Alexanderplatz, when
they re-opened the station, did it not?

Did I also hear of a similar phenomenon on the Paris Metro?

Notting Hill Gate is probably one of the few London examples from the late
1950s, though.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Old posters discovered in Notting Hill Tube Station
 

'Around the World in 80 Days' was the second film made in Todd-AO, and was
released in 1956, so these probably date from 1957 since it was in its
second year then.

Posters also survive in areas open to the public if something gets put in
front of them. One for the 1966 Southport Flower Show was briefly revealed
on the North Concourse at Leeds station sometime before it was refurbished
and re-opened.

Old posters discovered in Notting Hill Tube Station
 

I can think of some old posters that SHOULD be locked away in a tunnel.

Old posters discovered in Notting Hill Tube Station
 

On Sunday, February 24, 2013 11:50:27 AM UTC, Offramp wrote:
I can think of some old posters that SHOULD be locked away in a tunnel.

And there was me thinking that someone had found Henry Law...