“Winston himself lived ninety years without once drawing his own bath or riding on a bus. He took the tube just once. His wife had to send a party to rescue him; helpless, he was whirling round and round the tunnels under London.” ChurchillThe Tube Book:The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill Source: The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill
“Much as I try not to find weirdos amongst the other passengers, I keep finding weirdos amongst the other passengers. Take this old woman yesterday, marching down the platform in front of me like she had a stick stuck up her arse. She had a face like an albino walnut. I didn’t know this at the time, of course, until I had cause to glance at her. Anyway, she was marching along talking to someone, swinging her arm about, and just as I go to overtake her she swung her hand down-and-out and hit me in the dick! I didn’t know what to do.” Awkward EncountersThe TubeLondon UndergroundPassenger Comfort Book:Calico Jack in your Garden Source: Calico Jack in your Garden
“I woke up feeling alone, so lonely. The night before, I had cried myself to sleep. I lay there on the floor, listening to the tube trains passing beneath me. I thought, All those hundreds and thousands and millions of people. London, London - I hate you. I picked myself up and got ready.” HateCitiesLonelinessDepressionLondonCryingCityDepressedTrainsTubePublic TransportThe Tube Book:Strangeland Source: Strangeland