The Journey

[The Orange One]

... and ride the two miles or so on the London and Greenwich Railway to Commercial Dock station.

[RobbieM]

Jump off the train and out of the station. A flower girl asks "Who will buy my sweet red roses?" You decide that you will. And you attempt to pay with your credit card. Bemused, she asks if you have a shilling instead. Sadly you don't. Now - isn't there a big boat around here somewhere? ...

[The Orange One]

Go and hide in a timber warehouse around Greenland Dock.

[RobbieM]

...walk three feet sideways, and...

[The Orange One]

... it's a jump to the right.

Actually, isn't it a jump to the left? Not sure anyway.

[RobbieM]

THEN a step to the right...!

[The Orange One]

Someone sees you dancing in the timber warehouse and you are carted of to Bethlem Royal Hospital, where you hibernate until 1930, when the building moves to Monks Orchard House. You then walk to Elmers End station.

[RobbieM]

And after chugging your way on a train to London Bridge...

[The Orange One]

You hop on a City & South London Railway train (a Standard Stock, that is the second time we have used a Standard Stock!) to Highgate tube station. Now, remember when you are...

[TC95]

You hop up to ground level and onto another chuff chuff to Alexandra Palace but the train stops short on St. James's Lane viaduct. You get off...

[The Orange One]

Oops. Journey leg invalid, there are no trains from Highgate tube station to Alexandra Palace in the year 1930...

[Rhys1995]

Realising you are about to be caught by a police officer for invalid travel (somehow breaking the law), you start running in attempt to lose him, a delightful bit of saxophone music begins to play as you frantically, if comically try to get away. Suddenly everything flashes by your eyes and you're suddenly transported to October, 1947. You land in, of all places a tunnel very near to Gants Hill tube station. You then walk to the (currently being constructed) tube station, and meet my granddad! He sees you, and offers you a bacon sandwich, which you accept.

[TC95]

Oops. Journey leg invalid, there are no trains from Highgate tube station to Alexandra Palace in the year 1930...

Correct, that's why you walked up to ground level to Highgate (GNR), 1867-1954 - valid journey!! Surprised you didn't know that ...

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You walk to Newbury Park station and catch an LNER service to Ilford on the last day of operation, 30.11.1947 ...

[The Orange One]

Oops. Journey leg invalid, there are no trains from Highgate tube station to Alexandra Palace in the year 1930...

Correct, that's why you walked up to ground level to Highgate (GNR), 1867-1954 - valid journey!! Surprised you didn't know that ...

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You walk to Newbury Park station and catch an LNER service to Ilford on the last day of operation, 30.11.1947 ...

Actually, Highgate Tube Station of 1930 was the current Archway tube station, so that's quite a walk!! I don't think there ever were any trains from present day Archway to Alexandra Palace.

You hop on a trolleybus on route 691 down to Barking.

[TC95]

Oops. Journey leg invalid, there are no trains from Highgate tube station to Alexandra Palace in the year 1930...

Correct, that's why you walked up to ground level to Highgate (GNR), 1867-1954 - valid journey!! Surprised you didn't know that ...

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You walk to Newbury Park station and catch an LNER service to Ilford on the last day of operation, 30.11.1947 ...

Actually, Highgate Tube Station of 1930 was the current Archway tube station, so that's quite a walk!! I don't think there ever were any trains from present day Archway to Alexandra Palace.

You hop on a trolleybus on route 691 down to Barking.

Ah yes, Highgate didn't open until 1941!!


You take a Metropolitan line train to St. Mary's (Whitechapel Road)