You have a tendency to use that word, on its own, from time to time; is it of Welsh origin, by chance?

Best,

Alistair

And some of us can remember the days when they were still separate, not to mention the long period of closure while they were being amalgamated. Aldwych station (a peak-hours only branch from Holborn on the Piccadilly Line) was directly under the old English Department seminar room in the Strand; the building is still there at ground level, with its distinctive semi-circular window on the first floor, and a fascia of glazed red-brown tiles. The original Jubilee Line plan intended to use this station; when the final route went south of the river instead, the station was eventually abandoned for public use, though it's still very much in demand for other purposes.

Has Temple gone? Sic transit.... It was between Embankment (formerly Charing Cross) and Blackfriars on the Circle and District, Mort. (Closed on Sundays), as it used to say on the map.

Cripes. For some reason I thought that it got swallowed up when they built the Jubilee Line. Shows how long it`s been since I`ve used the District or Circles!

I almost always walk rather than use the Underground....too hot, noisy & stuffy for me.

Well, many of them will have had plenty of practice  of making alternative arrangements before the strike started, eruanto.  London Underground has closed down a major line every weekend that I've been down for the Proms.   First it was the Victoria line, which meant that when I changed to the District Line at Victoria it was almost impossible to get on a train because everybody had to use that line, which is dodgy at the best of times, to get into the system.  Then, last weekend, it was the District & Circle itself - huge fun if you're from out of town, going to a concert at the Cadogan Hall and suddenly discover that instead of getting a tube to within 100 yards of the door you have to do a crash course in the intricacies of the bus routes - or walk, as we did.

Hats off to the genius who thought the best time to close down major transport lines was at the height of the tourist season when the Proms coincides with the start of the football season at Stamford Bridge, Craven Cottage etc.

The whole station was closed from what I could see. And the tunnel. But it didn't apply to me, so I didn't actually go looking for an opening.

Picadilly, Central and Jubilee (I think) were supposed to still be running.  Strike cut in at 18:00, but services were running down from 16:00, so those travelling by tube will probably have been aware before getting to the concert.  There were as it transpired also technical problems on the Picadilly which messed things up still further.