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Brilliant. All been conditioned to stand on their right hand side unless overtaking:)

I find it brilliant when tourists break the unwritten rules of standing to the right... and stand chatting blocking the elevator - just watch the faces of thunder from the locals :-)

A scene from the remake of Metropolis?

I love the first one

funny isn't it? being in london as often as i am, i never think to take pictures like these in such a simple way. that top one captures the very British "orderly" manner. nice.

The top one captures the greatest pleasure of the English person - a well ordered queue.

Incidentally, I saw this on your Zooomr site and thought, why isn't something as good as this on Moblog? And there it is.

What they should do is take those signs out and turn it into a slippery dip and call it the express lane. I'd like to see that!

Jigalong, in my mad impetuous youth the signs weren't there and I was known to make the odd alcohol-fuelled trip down the fast lane. Now that I'm older and more averse to pain I would never consider such a thing. Oh no. Well, maybe...

Cool. A skateboard wouldnt go astray either :)

The top one is so chilling.

That TS Eliot line about commuters is coming back to me yet again.

"I did not know death had undone so many"

The top one is wonderful! I love how they are all in such a straight line on the second one in :)

*shivers*

that top one really is fabulous

Fabulous. One of the amazing things of Britain. You just want to put some chaos in this order :-)

I love that top one, can't stop looking at it. They almost look like zombies or like they've been hypnotised.

thanks all. I was taking a photo of the escalators. Only when I got home and looked at it, did I see what else is there. serendipity.

Great pics. Spooky in some ways, but utterly British in others :)

very meaningful picture ... at least to me.

That first one's utterly brill - & yet not at all my mental image of the Tube; more used to something like a scrum. Must be all those ex-public schoolboys on the Circle Line. ;)

Hari - the other fun one when it's quiet was to grab a mate by the wrist & run down the escalator as fast as possible. Choose a nice long steep one(Angel springs to mind)& by about a third of the way down, you're just trying to move your legs to keep up with the fall... Obviously it could all end in sick & tears, but the friend is essential - it's not as much fun without the screaming... ;D


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well, chocolate, thank you very much. this makes me want to wear bright colours, and walk on the wild side.

Hildegard, you are wicked and I like that!

Fantastic top shot!