Get in quick: arty goings on inside the Kingsway Tunnel
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bluestreak
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I waited down there in the shadows for three days and not a single small child came close enough to grab. It was bollocks.
braindancer
not for long
I do mean the kingsway tunnel thing yes - goodo - doesn't sound like it will be a problem (as long as bluestreak doesn't turn up again)....
Uncle Fester
digging holes...
Part of Hidden City starring Charles Dance was filmed down there, recorded it on vhs years ago when it was on telly. Link: http://www.nickcooper.org.uk/subterra/lu/lufilmtv/hcity.htm
Editor, what camera did you use for those, seems really good in low light...
Editor, what camera did you use for those, seems really good in low light...
editor
hiraethified
I used my Lumix LX3 and some steady hands!
Uncle Fester
digging holes...
Your gas lamps pic looks quite a bit better than a similar pic from my G1:
will have to try raw see if that helps.
tom_craggs
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Thanks to ticket curtesy of twister I went to this today. Was such a fantastic opportunity, thanks such much twisted. 30 minutes flew by, I could have spent hours down there. THe tunnel itslef was the thing which really interested me but the exhibiton itself was oddly haunting/sinister...but I am not sure why.
No photos so had to snap a couple. Sorry for poor qaulity, handheld, 200 ISO @ f4 in this light = dodgy photos
No photos so had to snap a couple. Sorry for poor qaulity, handheld, 200 ISO @ f4 in this light = dodgy photos
themonkeyman
WHOOO HOOOO !!!
lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
Managed to get in this afternoon to replace some non-confirmers: was surprised that they had slots on a Saturday afternoon.
The tunnel is ace, even though it has all been tidied up quite a lot following the roof refurbishment and reinforcement works of a few years ago, so there is no longer atmospheric dripping water to anything like the extent that there used to be.
The artwork left me sadly underwhelmed. The way it has been worked through from scratch is certainly impressive, but for me the slow pace of operation just felt wrong given the scale of the thing (This is probably not a terribly valid aesthetic judgement given that I'm currently listening to phenomenally slow moving epic scaled Wagner!).
Perhaps it was the obviousness of it being switched on and off for each group of visitors?
Maybe I'm being unfair because I can make a comparison with the extraordinary visual impact of real industrial machinery - I was brought up in the last days of real textile mills in the East Midlands. Younger people who've never seen a high speed yarn twister in operation have nothing to compare it to.
The tunnel is ace, even though it has all been tidied up quite a lot following the roof refurbishment and reinforcement works of a few years ago, so there is no longer atmospheric dripping water to anything like the extent that there used to be.
The artwork left me sadly underwhelmed. The way it has been worked through from scratch is certainly impressive, but for me the slow pace of operation just felt wrong given the scale of the thing (This is probably not a terribly valid aesthetic judgement given that I'm currently listening to phenomenally slow moving epic scaled Wagner!).
Perhaps it was the obviousness of it being switched on and off for each group of visitors?
Maybe I'm being unfair because I can make a comparison with the extraordinary visual impact of real industrial machinery - I was brought up in the last days of real textile mills in the East Midlands. Younger people who've never seen a high speed yarn twister in operation have nothing to compare it to.
Onket
Je suis [CONTENT REMOVED]
I was a bit disappointed by the difference in what was actually happening and what it said in the bumf too.
We went on Sat, somehow the tunnel was smaller that I was imagining but still nice to see something a little unusual .... even the hubby could appreciate the work that went into the art installation, thou tbh I was looking more at the tunnels!! The Union Street signs apparently come from the movie "The Escapist" which was filmed down there last year.
My camera decided to go all crap on me and steam up between the lens and the filter and then the filter wouldn't come off
My daughter seems to like them thou & says they are spooky shots for Halloween!!
Thanks for the recommendation! Really enjoyed it and it stood up well to some of the real ones I have seen
... Still getting the concrete dust out of my shoes thou!
My camera decided to go all crap on me and steam up between the lens and the filter and then the filter wouldn't come off
My daughter seems to like them thou & says they are spooky shots for Halloween!!
Thanks for the recommendation! Really enjoyed it and it stood up well to some of the real ones I have seen
... Still getting the concrete dust out of my shoes thou!
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hiraethified
Excellent article here:
stevecatanach.wordpress.com
Some archive footage:
Trams under London
It is well known that London had a fairly extensive tram network in the first half of the 20th Century. This system reached out as far as Waltham Cross in the north and Purley in the south. Curious…
stevecatanach.wordpress.com
Some archive footage:
Puddy_Tat
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More LT Museum tours for may / june 2022 - tickets on sale from 11 March (45 - 49 quid - eek)
www.ltmuseum.co.uk
Kingsway tram tunnel: linking up London | London Transport Museum
Explore the remaining tram tunnels at Kingsway tram station, closed for nearly 70 years but with a fascinating history to discover.
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