This post arguably needs little introduction.
IanVisits (an occasional and always welcome guest author here at LR Towers) and M@ from Londonist were able to visit parts of Brompton Road, one of the Piccadilly Line’s disused stations.
The little-used station, designed by Leslie Green, closed in 1934. It was used by the War Office as a command centre during WW2 (its wide lift shafts being converted into bunkered office space) and has remained in MOD hands ever since.
A small selection of Ian’s photos are below. Londonist have more here, and Ian’s own piece on the station (with more photos) can be found here. We highly recommend taking a look at Ian’s photostream on flikr for the full Brompton Road set.
All the photo’s above come courtesy of Ian and have rights-reserved
For general interest…..a link to a story about a very tragic (not to mention mysterious) event which occurred here back in 1994/5, when the surface building was owned by the MoD and used by the University of London Royal Navy Unit and Air Cadet Squadron. I distinctly remember as a teenager seeing this case featured on LWT’s ‘Crime Monthly’ programme back then, and it has stuck with me ever since…..
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/how-did-sean-harper-die-1620582.html