I've not seen a wooden escalator in London... ever.
Actually, I tell a lie. I have. In the London Transport Museum, on Monday.
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CaroWallis,
Fri 26 Aug 2005, 10:25,
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you may remember they all got removed
after the Kings Cross fire......


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mr horrible up yours, dickface,
Fri 26 Aug 2005, 10:29,
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Not all of them.
Only most of them. I think there's a couple left in out of the way tube stations.
I helped invent the new plastic for using on the underground which would give off a lot less toxic fumes if there was another nasty fire like that.
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Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango,
Fri 26 Aug 2005, 10:33,
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genius
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olivier8 (euroloon),
Fri 26 Aug 2005, 10:39,
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You shoulda invented one
which gets you high, like reefer plastic or summat
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Liquid Crystal,
Fri 26 Aug 2005, 10:47,
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