I ran around Lunnun in the '50's on a Vespa Motor Scooter. I lived in West Kensington. It was actually part of Fulham, but West Kensington sounds more posh.
We were well served with public transport. My somewhat vague memories of the Northern line is that the trains seemed to be a long time coming. Maybe that hasn't changed. Seems the police have made some good arrests. Hang in there. Harry ******************************* Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 818 352-4141 ******************************* > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:futurework- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of M.Blackmore > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 3:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Futurework] London Assassins were Trained in > Israel > > On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 22:51 +0200, Christoph Reuss wrote: > > > the agents had followed the Brazilian all the way from his home to > > the subway, including a __15-minutes BUS RIDE__ from Tulse > Hill Road > > to Stockwell. Plenty of time to ignite the "bombs in his coat" in a > > crowded bus... > > > > If he had been a bomber targeting the subway, he surely wouldn't > have > > taken such a long detour by bus before, > > Just a point of fact: South London is hardly served by tube lines, > basically just the (gawdawful) Northern Line and the Victoria Line > heading south and south westish. > > Tulse Hill is south of Brixton about 1.5-2 miles, Brixton is the > southern terminus of the Victoria Line that goes up through Vicky > station, into central London, KingsX, and out to the north east > (Tottenham for those of you with long memories of notorious and > fatal > race riots). > > If you want a tube, the quickest way is straight down Tulse Hill to > Brixton, an, err, 15 minute bus ride outside the peak of the rush > hour. > > What is little realised is that there is quite an extensive network of > Southern Region rail stations around Sarf Lunnun. Personally I'd > have > gone for a train to London Bridge or Victoria as being quicker than > a > bus. I wonder what would have happened if he had taken that route > and > not headed for the confined spaces of a crowded tube network? > > I just used to cycle everywhere in the 80s when an impecunious > pressure > group campaigner and have seldom used either modes, but know > the terrain > of large parts of London as well as most taxis! > > The potential for cyclebombers with some of these fat tubed > modern bikes > gives one pause for thought... > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
