I have been asked an interesting question. Why does London’s Moorgate tube station have a mix of “traditional” bar-and-Circle roundels... and weird diamonds? Well... (1/6) The Metropolitan Railway, or “the Met” opened in 1863. It was the world’s first passenger underground railway, and soon it extended beyond Farringdon, thru Moorgate. Other extensions also pressed on, fast. The core route is broadly the Metropolitan line that we have today. (2/6)

#BankHolidayMonday fun! Haven’t told the bf yet but we’re attempting a 14 hour circular daytrip taking in a boat, a ferry, a steam train, a road train, two tube trains, two mainline trains, two pubs, three buses, prob a lot of rain and likely us not speaking by the end of it 🤓 Boat number 2 (the first one was a #bonus extra) is Headland Maid, an open river cruiser built in 1935 and still doing the daily job she was built to do – plying between Tuckton Tea Gardens and Mudeford Spit – 83 years on. I’ve been coming here since I was a small and I love it.

Once upon a time (1883, and until 1977!) an incredible pipe network existed below London streets: the London Hydraulic Power Company. It powered incredible things, pushing compressed water from the Thames, into workshops, hotel & flat lifts, cranes & various mechanical things... The London Hydraulic Company's water pressure lifted the curtains @TheatreRoyalDL, rotated stages at @PalladiumLondon, lifted Leicester Square Theatre's organ, the Palm Court orchestra platform and provided @TowerBridge's backup power. An incredible power.