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    The Art of the Poster - London Transport at War: First World War

    By Nick Gill, 5 April 2022, 3 minute read

    Museum Depot volunteer Nick Gill presents a selection of posters commissioned by the UERL during the First World War, in the first instalment in a series of blogs exploring wartime posters in our collection.

    Illustration of women dragging a horse drawn carriage in a field
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    •  Volunteers

    Mind the Gap - The story of Embankment station's announcement

    25 March 2022, 2 minute read

    Welcome Host volunteer Thomas James share one of his favourite London Underground stories, about the very special Mind the Gap announcement at Embankment station.

    A Tube train along a platform with a yellow line and the words Mind the Gap
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    •  Guest blog
    •  Exhibitions

    Reflections on the making of Sunday's best

    28 February 2022, 2 minute read

    The cast and crew of Sunday's best, one of the films commissioned for our new exhibition Legacies: London Transport's Caribbean Workforce, reflect on the experience of making the film.

    Close up of a man filming a scene with a hand held camera
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    •  Exhibitions

    How we made our new exhibition Legacies: London Transport's Caribbean Workforce

    By Laura Sleath, 28 January 2022, 2 minute read

    Find out how we developed our exhibition, Legacies: London Transport's Caribbean Workforce, working closely with an Advisory Board made up of people of Caribbean heritage, in this blog by Senior Curator Laura Sleath.

    A Black man sits across from another Black man and a White men interviewing him for a job
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    A brief history of the pocket Underground map

    By Nick Gill, 17 December 2021, 4 minute read

    From the first map produced by the UERL in 1908 to the revolutionary Harry Beck design and its modern iterations, enjoy a brief history of the Underground map by Museum volunteer Nick Gill.

    Map of the Undeground
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    •  Volunteers

    A day in the life of a Welcome Host volunteer

    3 December 2021, 2 minute read

    Find out how Thomas James, one of our brilliant volunteers, prepares for a long day working at the Museum as a Welcome Host.

    A man on his wheelchair poses next to a tube train in the museum
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    The Routemaster: A design icon

    29 November 2021, 2 minute read

    Museum Depot volunteer Grahame Bath talks about one of his favourite design icons in our collection, the Routemaster bus.

    Routemaster double deck motor bus bonnet No RM1737, 1963
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    •  Volunteers

    A trip to the new Battersea Power Station Underground station

    19 November 2021, 1 minute read

    Museum volunteer Thomas James shares a few snaps taken at Battersea Power Station on the opening day of the Northern Line Extension.

    A man in wheelchair poses next to a Tube sign at Battersea Power Station