A very pleasant day yesterday (Wednesday).
A Wetherspoons themed trip on the Elizabeth Lline – hang on – or was it an Elizabeth Line themed Wetherspoons pub crawl?
Met one chum at Waterloo, second chum at Paddington. On to the pretty purple Elizabeth Line to Canary Wharf. Coffee at Canary Wharf, no alcohol. The Ledger Building. Viewed the roof garden in the station. Hmm.
Back to Whitechapel, into the Blind Beggar – the Kray’s pub. No, it’s not a ‘spoons. I enquired of the barman what was the question most frequently asked? ‘Where is the bullet hole?’, he said. He then proceeded to give us a ten minute guide. The bullet hole is in a little picture frame on the wall! This is of course, where one of the Krays murdered Frank Cornell(?)
Back to Liverpool Street. The ‘spoons pub Hamilton Hall is in part of the station buildings. A lovely building with a fantastic decorated ceiling.
To Faringdon for lunch. The Sir John Oldcastle. Gourmet steak, with chips (or jacket potato, or salad), tomato, peas, mushrooms, onion rings and a pint of Doom Bar for £14.15. Perfect. Then to Tottenham Court Road to get the Underground to Waterloo and home. An enjoyable day. Some good banter.
The stations are huge, the platforms seem to stretch for miles. We got off the train at Liverpool Street and came out the nearest exit. We had walked to Moorgate station! We could either walk all through the tunnels - or along the roads - but we caught the Underground one stop back to Liverpool Street station.
Many of the stations have their decor themed to the trade or profession of the area. Liverpool Street is in pin stripe mode to match the pin stripe suits of the City gents. Another station has diamonds as its theme, because it's near Hatton Garden.
Last edited by: Duncan on Fri 8 Jul 22 at 19:06
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The Elizabeth Line new
The Elizabeth Line new