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British civilians taking shelter in the London Underground, WW2, 1940 (media.kbin.social)
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[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I would be scared as heck to lay on the rails. Don't care how much the trains were not running.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah feel like it's similar to don't look down the barrel of an unloaded gun. Sure, there's not supposed to be a bullet in there, but the risk if you're mistaken is too great. There's not supposed to be a train coming down those tracks, but would be pretty bad if there was.

[–] casmael@startrek.website 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Aldwych station was apparently closed during the war. Anyway, I’m pretty sure someone would have had a look before running a train down there.

[–] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

You can also hear trains really well if you're both in a concrete tube.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I'm sure you're right. I guess my example was because even if you're certain that the chamber is empty because you cleared it yourself, you still have an inhibition about looking down the barrel. Even if logically I knew no trains were coming, I'd have a hard time sleeping there.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Or it would be running really fast to get into cover.

[–] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

ur not supposed to step beyond the yellow line, it is dangerous. I hope they were arrested

[–] stankmut@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm not seeing a yellow line here, so they should be good.

[–] get_off_the_phone@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

But still, mind the gap.

[–] PoliticalCustard@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My gran lived about 100m from Arsenal station, one of the deepest and safest in London. Instead of going there during raids, she took my mum and her baby son into the basement; she said the underground stations were for poor people. The smell was also pretty unbearable.

[–] hairynipple@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Well, better smelly than dead.

[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Even with everything going on, you can see a bunch of people smiling.