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Our Q stock story – Restoring three rare 1930s Underground train cars
By Katariina Mauranen, , 3 minute readKatariina Mauranen explores our ambitious project to restore three Q stock cars into operational condition and the history of these unique trains
We take a look back at five years of the Battle Bus project, restoring a vintage bus and a community programme exploring the war
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Spiral escalator: An engineering wonder ahead of its time
By Laura Sleath,In 1988, the rusty remains of an engineering experiment were found buried at the bottom of a lift shaft at Holloway Road station. Laura Sleath explores more about this engineering wonder ahead of its time.
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Poster Girls - Mabel Lucie Attwell (1879-1964)
, 1 minute readDavid Bownes, co-curator of our Poster Girls exhibition, talks about one of the illustrators featured in the exhibition, Mabel Lucie Attwell.
In the lead-up to the 70th anniversary of the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush, Siddy Holloway gives a first-hand account of welcoming a very special guest back to Clapham South deep-level shelter for the first time in 70 years.
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C&RE - A modern couple who brought a new aesthetic to 1930s poster art
, 2 minute readFind out about Clifford and Rosemary Ellis, the husband and wife designer duo who shared artistic and marital equality.
Read a letter from Santa and be inspired to come and find him at the London Transport Museum. You may even want to go on a Vintage bus ride to see London's Christmas lights!
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Digging Deeper - A New Discovery
By Simon Murphy, , 2 minute readDiscover why a small item in our collection became more than just a model to display in our new Digging Deeper gallery, but an important piece of tunnelling history.