....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.

--
Paul G
Typing from Barking

...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? :-(

P.S. Tube website consistently shown entire tube network having "good
service" yesterday!

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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.

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Shenanigans! Shenanigans! Best of 3!
-- Flash

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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...

Paul

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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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David Biddulph

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"Mike Bristow" wrote in message
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In article
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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:


That was on the working railway though - on Christmas day last year, with
the network shut down, the offenders walked down the tunnels, which seems to
have been the m.o. on this occasion too...

Is the traction current off during the shut down period?

Paul S

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

That's crazy! What if the train would pass? I mean, there is
absolutely no hiding place in tube tunnels, isn't it?

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alex_t wrote:

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

That's crazy!

I do not pretend to understand this particular brand of idiocy.

What if the train would pass? I mean, there is
absolutely no hiding place in tube tunnels, isn't it?

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro' the tube, [1]
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The carriages where parked in the sidings with care,
In hopes that no vandals would ever be there;
The drivers were nestled all snug in there beds,
While visions of Tripcocks danced in their heads.

(etc, etc, etc).

[1] Christmas day is more likely.


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Shenanigans! Shenanigans! Best of 3!
-- Flash

On Dec 26, 5:27 pm, 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? :-(





P.S. Tube website consistently shown entire tube network having "good
service" yesterday!

Possibly the only day of the year the service bulletin is entirely
accurate.

The vandals could have got in at Whitechapel. Its not far to walk from
there.

Neill

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Neill writes
On Dec 26, 5:27 pm, alex_t wrote:
P.S. Tube website consistently shown entire tube network having "good
service" yesterday!

Possibly the only day of the year the service bulletin is entirely
accurate.

The vandals could have got in at Whitechapel. Its not far to walk from
there.

I did say this last time this happened. Kids with paint cans are
annoying, but it could have been far more sinister. Lets face it you
could get an artillery piece around the tube on Christmas day..... a few
small bombs would be no trouble !

--
Edward Cowling "Must go - To Meet Moriarty At The Falls !!"