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  1. Blog category
    •  Director's Blog

    Picking up speed in 2019

    By Sam Mullins, OBE,

    Our Director, Sam Mullins, takes a look at what's coming up in 2019

    Sam Mullins OBE standing on the back of Battle Bus
  2. Blog category
    •  Collections

    Spiral escalator: An engineering wonder ahead of its time

    By Laura Sleath,

    In 1988, the rusty remains of an engineering experiment were found buried at the bottom of a lift shaft at Holloway Road station. Laura Sleath explores more about this engineering wonder ahead of its time.

    Construction of the spiral escalator at Holloway Road station, 1906
  3. Blog category
    •  Exhibitions

    Introducing our new gallery, Digging Deeper

    By Simon Murphy, , 1 minute read

    Simon Murphy introduces our new Digging Deeper gallery, telling the tunnelling story of London's transport over the last 200 years.

    A woman standing in fonrt of a projection of a Greathead shield
  4. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Exhibitions

    Digging Deeper - A New Discovery

    By Simon Murphy, , 2 minute read

    Discover why a small item in our collection became more than just a model to display in our new Digging Deeper gallery, but an important piece of tunnelling history.

    An angled view of the shield six screw ram, from above. gold and brown, on a Gray concrete background
  5. Blog category
    •  Director's Blog

    Bryan Avery - An Appreciation

    By Sam Mullins, OBE, , 2 minute read

    Our Director San Mullins remembers Bryan Avery, the architect who led the design team for the extension and refurbishment of the Museum in November 2007.

    Black and white image of a smiling Bryan Avery
  6. Blog category
    •  Battle Bus

    Battle Bus: Going Back to the Somme

    By Sam Mullins, OBE, , 2 minute read

    Our Museum Director shares updates of a visit to the Somme to plan out the route for our First World War ‘Battle Bus’ (B2737), which will be revisiting for the centenary of the Battle of the Somme in 2017.

    Men in uniform pay respect to a memorial at the Somme
  7. Blog category
    •  Battle Bus

    1920: King George V and Ole Bill

    By Sam Mullins, OBE, , 2 minute read

    Director Sam Mullins takes a look at what life in London was like following the war – the beginnings of Armistice Day, the role of commemoration and the significant contribution made by London’s transport workers.

    Men in uniform parade down the street followed by a motor bus
  8. Blog category
    •  Battle Bus

    1919: Battered War Buses Back in Service

    By Sam Mullins, OBE,

    Our Director Sam Mullins takes a look at what life in London was like following the war – the beginnings of Armistice Day, the role of commemoration and the significant contribution made by London’s transport workers.

    Men stand next a motor bus