Film on the Underground

Leics Sq
@Ronrybs (17837)
London, England
January 30, 2017 7:32am CST
I have previously touched on the small flourishes added to Tube Stations, mostly overlooked, that give a little taste of local character. Leicester Square is home to a number of cinemas and UK film premiers are frequently held here. This is reflected at platform level (the Northern Line is shown in the photo) with tiles that portray the punched edges of film, where the sprocket moves the movie along. Incidentally, this is one of those strange English spelling and Leicester is pronounced as Lester!
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M.-L.
@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
30 Jan 17
Same with Gloucester and Worcester. Do you know what the ending 'cester' means? I learnt that at uni. From Wikipedia: The English place-name Chester, and the suffixes -chester, -caster and -cester, are commonly indications that the place is the site of a Roman castrum, meaning a military camp or fort, but it can also apply to the site of a pre-historic fort.Names ending in "-cester" are nearly always reduced to "-ster" when spoken, the exception being "Cirencester", which is pronounced in full.
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Mike
@Mike197602 (15487)
• United Kingdom
30 Jan 17
In the US they pronounce Dionne Warwick as war-wick rather than worrick as we do here. But they pronounce Worcester MA the same as we do here in Worcester England
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Mike
@Mike197602 (15487)
• United Kingdom
30 Jan 17
@LoriAMoore Very strange as I just looked it up and it was named after versailles France so really should be pronounced the French way
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Mike
@Mike197602 (15487)
• United Kingdom
30 Jan 17
@LoriAMoore obviously there are exceptions
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
30 Jan 17
I assume that the tiles show consecutive frames that simulate a short animated display, which is quite a novel idea.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (17837)
• London, England
30 Jan 17
I think it is the moving story of a day in the life of a wall!
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
30 Jan 17
@Ronrybs I doubt that the average day of a wall involves a great deal.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (17837)
• London, England
30 Jan 17
@Asylum People need something to lean on
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (49101)
• United States
3 Feb 17
It always baffles me when a word isn't pronounced like I think it should be.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (17837)
• London, England
4 Feb 17
I used to think that, now I just enjoy the differences!
pgn
@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
30 Jan 17
Mostly overlooked, yes - now revealed for the world to see! I do like hearing these little Tube Station nuggets.
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pgn
@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
30 Jan 17
@Ronrybs Like why they renamed Westminster station for a day...? :) . I look forward to them over the coming weeks.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (17837)
• London, England
30 Jan 17
I have a few more to knock out!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326094)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Jan 17
That's very clever. I can imagine the general public not really picking up on the decorative tiles.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326094)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Jan 17
@Ronrybs You do spot a lot of interesting stuff if you just keep your eyes open.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (17837)
• London, England
31 Jan 17
@JudyEv You've just got to be really nosey and curious!
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (17837)
• London, England
30 Jan 17
I do spend a little time looking around stations and trying to spot these things. As heritage, they are leaving up the old rail company signs and adverts.
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Mike
@Mike197602 (15487)
• United Kingdom
30 Jan 17
I never liked going on the tubebut the stations and history is very interesting
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (17837)
• London, England
30 Jan 17
I used to work for the Underground, so I could indulge my sense of history and exploration
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Anna
@LadyDuck (458862)
• Switzerland
31 Jan 17
I knew the correct spelling of Leicester because we sang a little song during our English classes. "It's A Long Way To Tipperary".
John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
30 Jan 17
Nice touch. It's been years and years since I was in that Tube station. The Metro stops in Hollywood have film decor themes. One has old film reels on the wall.
Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (17837)
• London, England
30 Jan 17
The ones I used, in LA, had episodes from Californian history. Shall have to go to Hollywood on my next visit!
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
31 Jan 17
I enjoy your posts about the Tube stations. Always informative and interesting.