Earl's Court
About Earl's Court
Earl's Court is a district of Kensington in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in West London, bordering the rail tracks of the West London line and District line that separate it from the ancient borough of Fulham to the west, the sub-districts of South Kensington to the east, Chelsea to the south and Kensington to the northeast. It lent its name to the now defunct pleasure grounds opened in 1887 followed by the pre–World War II Earls Court Exhibition Centre, as one of the country's largest indoor arenas and a popular concert venue, until its closure in 2014.
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At Earl's Court Tube Station in 1911, a one-legged man was employed to ride the escalator. It was the first escalator that had been installed on the London Underground.
from No Such Thing As A Swear Word On The Moon, 2014-04-25 at 00:22:31 · read transcript
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Puncho! It's so weird. Before the Earl's Court, the first escalator at Earl's Court, I didn't realise that they had... they installed this spiral escalator in the 1880s, or spiral elevator, I think they called it at the time. It was really just meant to be like a scenic ride, and so it was meant to simulate being in France in the middle of the mountains. So you went up this spiral, which was, I can't remember how many meters high, but pretty high, went up and up, and then you were surrounded by these Vista's panoramas of beautiful mountains.
8: No Such Thing As A Swear Word On The Moon, 2014-04-25 · listen
I'll put it on the website. Does he shout spanker when he's... It's so weird. Before the Earl's Court, the first Escalator Earl's Court, I didn't realize that they installed this spiral escalator in the 1880s, or spiral elevator, I think they called it at the time. It was really just meant to be like a scenic ride. So it was meant to simulate being in France in the middle of the mountains.
No Such Thing As A Swear Word On The Moon, 2014-04-25 · listen
They had some extra help put on. They rushed them to this airfield where they were flown immediately to R.F. Brise Norton in Oxfordshire. A car was specifically waiting for them there to drive them straight to Q Gardens. Then they got on the district line and sat at Earl's Court for four hours. Wow. Is it there, no? Still there. It's produced a few offspring.
No Such Thing As A Pig In Court, 2018-03-02 · listen
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