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Old December 26th 07, 09:18 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default The tube wasn't completely closed on Christmas Day... :(

"Paul Scott" wrote in message
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"Mike Bristow" wrote in message
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alex_t wrote:

...sadly vandals and the otherwise bored and useless of London decided
to spend Christmas Day at Mile End station. Graffiti artist(s)
evidently
had plenty of time to put meaningless scrawls on most surfaces and
hoardings on the platforms. I didn't bother venturing off the very
crowded train to see if they had defaced the booking hall.

How did they even get inside? :-(


Walk from Stratford? It's thought that the Camden Town vandels
walked from East Finchley or Golders Green.


Thanks, I was trying to recall the site of last years similar incident.
Thought here at the time to be a bit of an embarrasment for LU, given the
huge amount of CCTV installed everywhere.

I wonder if or why they thought it wouldn't happen again...


The graffiti incident earlier this year, which ended terminally for two
people involved, was at Barking depot:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6258337.stm
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