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    •  Q Stock Restoration
    •  Volunteers

    Working with the Q stock restoration team

    28 March 2023, 2 minute read

    Museum Depot Volunteer Andy Simpson shares his experience working on the restoration of the last remaining 1030s Q stock cars.

    A vintage tube train covered in graffiti
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    A day in the life of a Welcome Host volunteer - Depot edition

    2 December 2022, 3 minute read

    Welcome Host volunteer Thomas James shares his experience working at our September Depot Open Days

    Two people smiling while posing in the museum depot
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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
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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
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    •  Volunteers

    Happy Volunteers' Week 2022!

    1 June 2022, 2 minute read

    Our Museum volunteers contribute a huge amount of time, energy, enthusiasm, skills and expertise to everything we do, ensuring our visitors have a fantastic time when they visit us in Covent Garden and Acton. This Volunteers' Week we're saying a huge Thank You to our volunteers and shining a light on their contributions.

    Museum volunteer helping visitors
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    The Art of the Poster - London Transport at War: Second World War

    By Nick Gill, 21 April 2022, 3 minute read

    A look at wartime posters commissioned by London Transport during the Second World War, with Museum Depot volunteer Nick Gill.

    Illustration of a man, woman and child in a field
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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