Paid Members Jesse Posted February 4 Paid Members Share Posted February 4 All of BobbyBroccoli's videos are great. Jon Bois for people too dull to care about sports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bus Surfer Posted February 5 Paid Members Share Posted February 5 Spent several hours Sunday painting this Owl candle holder whilst listening to American Psycho. Bit of a juxtaposition, but I still feel it dull, nonetheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 New London overground map/lines/names. Thought you fellow sad bastards would be interested. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/15/london-overground-new-names-and-colours-for-six-lines-revealed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB6937 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Honestly I saw it mentioned on Twitter this morning and thought it was one of those stupid branding things like what they did for Burberry. Interesting to read and makes sense I suppose. Nice they've put some thought into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted February 15 Paid Members Share Posted February 15 I understand the logic of splitting the Overground up into groups; I've got used to the little stretch of it I routinely use, but it can be a bit confusing/daunting trying to make sense of it otherwise. I'm just not a fan of the names they've chosen, I'd rather something more blandly functional that gave me some indication of where the train was going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 22 minutes ago, BomberPat said: I'm just not a fan of the names they've chosen, Alright Joey Barton! But no, I agree. They sound like lyrics from an Idles song. LIBERTY LINE! LIONESS LINE! MILDMAY LINE! SUFFRAGETTE LINE! WEAVER LINE! WINDRUSH LINE! OVERGROUND! WE'VE BEEN GROUND OVER! Lioness Line at least goes through Wembley, so at least that's consistent. Can't wait for Geoff Marshalls video on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 (edited) The names are geographically inspired but just a bit obscure. The Liberty line runs through the old Liberty of Havering, for example. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Liberty_of_Havering Edited February 15 by Loki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted February 15 Paid Members Share Posted February 15 I just love the idea that they named all the lines to make it less confusing for tourists and visitors, and then presumed that all of those tourists have an intrinsic knowledge of which areas of London were historical hotspots for the weaving industry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted February 15 Paid Members Share Posted February 15 I'd have thought the line through Canonbury would be the one call the Suffragette line, as Canonbury's the nearest station to Newington Green Unitarian Church, the birthplace of feminism as a political movement (was where Wollstonecraft hosted the first meeting based off ...Rights of Woman). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted February 15 Author Share Posted February 15 17 minutes ago, Carbomb said: Newington Green Unitarian Church This is somewhere I’d love to visit. Is it just a church or do they have stuff regarding the radical history of the place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted February 15 Paid Members Share Posted February 15 16 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: This is somewhere I’d love to visit. Is it just a church or do they have stuff regarding the radical history of the place? Both! It's a sort of lefty community centre. Here's their website, to give you an idea: https://www.new-unity.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB6937 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 This would've worked too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Wonderful dull effort. Favourite London bus route? Personally the 281 Hounslow to Tolworty route holds some lovely sentimentality for me, as does the 111, but a 285 from Kingston does the trick for me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 I’ll only believe he’s done all the bus routes once he posts photographic evidence of that bus stop with the Hellraiser VHS on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members TheBurningRed Posted March 25 Paid Members Share Posted March 25 Geoff Marshall, the train guy, posted a video the other day where he done every bus route in London. Not as good as his train series, but enjoyable enough for the dull man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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