tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122629330054677829.post8940224920187474023..comments2024-01-19T07:18:48.331-08:00Comments on Commander Kelly: London UnderCommander Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03602902461964252463noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122629330054677829.post-88478144144268657452013-06-10T11:31:53.478-07:002013-06-10T11:31:53.478-07:00Enjoyed the post. I recall being told the slight ...Enjoyed the post. I recall being told the slight 'dip and curve" on the Jubilee tube line between Swiss Cottage and St John's Wood was to bypass an ancient plague pit. Jim Hoopernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122629330054677829.post-7709380678251966542013-06-10T10:10:34.125-07:002013-06-10T10:10:34.125-07:00I liked this one, as usual. Fodder for future plot...I liked this one, as usual. Fodder for future plots...Paris's catacombs made it into "The Barbed Crown."Bill Dietrichnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122629330054677829.post-66509628250504356172013-06-10T10:08:23.394-07:002013-06-10T10:08:23.394-07:00Great post...filled with history, I love it.Great post...filled with history, I love it.Elizabeth Kilbride, Author & Host of "Assignment America Radio Show"noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122629330054677829.post-64748061605809860192013-06-10T08:22:48.938-07:002013-06-10T08:22:48.938-07:00That practice has, sadly, been outlawed in recent ...That practice has, sadly, been outlawed in recent years. London remains a "drinks" culture though.<br /><br />They shut the Tube down at midnight every night to clean it out for re-opening the next morning. Also helps with setting curfew for those "beastly" teenagers!Commander Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03602902461964252463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122629330054677829.post-83685906453750244042013-06-10T08:11:23.351-07:002013-06-10T08:11:23.351-07:00Mind the gap! Great stuff, Chris! My understandin...Mind the gap! Great stuff, Chris! My understanding is that the Londoners would bring booze along whenever they had it and also have singalongs in the tube during the air-raids. Like most harsh situations, though, my guess is that it brought out some of the best and worst in people....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16154815952505788299noreply@blogger.com