Jon Burden, born in the USA in 1959, moved to London over thirty years ago and began as Duty Station Manager on King’s Cross Station in 2000. His day-to-day duties include dealing with passengers, organising security and working with staff and retail outlets. Occasionally the humdrum of maintaining the toilets in top condition, or deciding ...
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Chris Western was born in 1948, just after the war and raised in Fulham. His parents had both been involved in the Air force during the war, with his Father working as a Pilot and his Mother a WAFF (Women’s Auxiliary Air Force). Because of this Chris always felt he wanted to be a pilot. ...
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Roger ‘Dinger’ Bell began his time as a fireman at the Clerkenwell Fire Station back in 1974. His mother had worked as a nurse, which he says influenced his outlook on life. ‘I just didn’t like seeing people suffering, I always felt like I could help people’ As one of Londons oldest fire stations, Clerkenwell ...
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Debbie Smith, Heritage Coordinator, Musician and DJ on her memories of King’s Cross and The Bell. I met Debbie one chilly October morning in her offices at the grand and glorious Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives at Bancroft Library. We talked about her past as a frequenter of The Bell (now The Big ...
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As Collections Officer at the London Transport Museum, Keith Raeburn helps look after London’s rich and varied transport history. For as long as Keith can remember transport, trains and buses have framed his life. Growing up in West London without a car, family trips were always taken using public transport, leaving Keith with an enduring ...
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Growing up in suburban Surrey was a far cry from the edgy world of King’s Cross in the 1980’s. Sue Smallwood escaped what she describes as the back stabbing environment of rural England to experience something altogether different. Despite it’s reputation as a dangerous place filled with prostitutes and drug pushers – Sue found a ...
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