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  1. Blog category
    •  Volunteers
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    The Underground’s Unlikeliest ‘Ghost’

    9 November 2022, 3 minute read

    Museum Volunteer and Doctor of transport history Rudi Newman reveals the story of one of the few confirmed ‘hauntings’ on the Underground

    A locomotive emerging from a tunnel
  2. Blog category
    •  Guest blog
    •  Exhibitions

    For the love of Carnival

    21 October 2022, 4 minute read

    Shari Royer, designer of the carnival headdress on display in our Legacies: London Transport's Caribbean Workforce exhibition, reveals the inextricable link between her love for Carnival and her career as a costume designer.

    A person pointing at a feathered headdress on display in a case
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    Curating the new Poster Parade: Tom Eckersley

    11 October 2022, 2 minute read

    Go behind the scenes of our latest Poster Parade with Danyi Wei and Wenyi Shi, the former interns who worked with our curators to put together the display, showcasing the work of influential British designer Tom Eckersley.

    Two people posing in front of a poster display
  4. Blog category
    •  Young People's Skills Programme

    Introducing our new Young Freelancers (2022-2023)

    6 September 2022, 2 minute read

    Meet our new cohort of Young Freelancers, joining our team for a year as part of our Young People's Skills Programme.

    Seven people laughing while posing outside the Museum Depot
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    •  Volunteers
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    London Transport at War: Recruitment Posters from the First World War

    By Nick Gill, 12 August 2022, 3 minute read

    Find out how poster commisions by the the Underground Group contributed to recruitment propaganda at the beginning of the First World War, with Museum Depot volunteer Nick Gill.

    Poster depicting soldiers marching through ruined buildings
  6. Blog category
    •  Young People's Skills Programme

    West Side Story – Marking the fifth anniversary of Grenfell

    18 May 2022, 2 minute read

    To mark the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, young residents who lost friends in the disaster have produced a charity single called ‘West Side Story’, with the support of the non-profit organisation One Vibe. Our current Khadija Saye Photography Fellow, Hannah Daisy, photographed the launch event on 6 May 2022. Find out more.

    People standing on the platform at Ladbroke Grove station
  7. Blog category
    •  Exhibitions
    •  Guest blog

    Leaving a Legacy

    6 May 2022, 2 minute read

    Josh Burrell, Senior Press Officer at TfL, shares insights of his experience as a member of the Advisory Board behind our exhibition, Legacies: London Transport's Caribbean Workforce.

    A man standing in front of a screen with words from a poem
  8. Blog category
    •  Learning Programmes
    •  Young People's Skills Programme

    Early Explorer Mornings for schools are back!

    29 April 2022

    Find out what goes on at our Early Explorer Mornings designed for schools and familie with SEND.

    Person in 1930s clothes sitting in a vintage carriage