Original Mind the Gap Announcement - Northern Line Embankment
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- The original 'Mind the Gap' announcement by Oswald Laurence can now only be heard on the Northbound Northern Line platforms at Embankment Station. This announcement dates from 1969, when London Transport first started to tell passengers to 'Mind the Gap'. The original announcment was reinstated by TfL in 2013, after hearing the story of Oswald Laurence's widow, who liked hearing his voice there. Here, a Northern Line service to High Barnet approaches Embankment.
i just heard the story behind this announcement on instagram :’)
Same
Me too.
Same
Anyone here from Archbishop?
@@callumsmodellingcentre6902 that is exactly who i'm here from haha
Embankment is one of my favorite stops, I was wondering why the announcement was too loud, I didn't know the story behind it. It's really nice of TFL doing it for Laurence's wife. Great city with great people.
You mean Oswalds?
Wait why is the announcement loud?
@@TheDATominator Possibly Mrs. Laurence was/is a little hard of hearing in her old age. That or it's the original volume the announcement was recorded on, and when it's running through a digital system instead of analog it sounds louder because of better speakers.
Actually I got stuck in embankment
One of my favourites too for this reason, Oswald's voice
The iconic "MIND, THE GAP" seen the story behind this, very sad. Is it only embankment where you can hear his voice or have they got a new voice in?
It’s only here you can hear it
They only play it at Embankment because they never used Oswald Laurence's recording in the end.
It has only ever been used for sentimental reasons at Embankment.
@@ben-9123god humans are so awesome lmfao this random subway announcement has some tragic backstory that I don’t know and is probably insanely sad. Even the things we see as the most mundane as so filled with nuance
I was sent here from reddit after reading that lovely article.
the beauty of an act of kindness
Sólo vine a escuchar su voz por la historia tan tierna que contó su esposa, qué bueno que mantengan su voz en el anuncio del tren,ella se lo merece 💕
That's the announcement I remember from my holidays to London as a kid
They should keep this at all stations!
I mean they used to do all back in the 1990s i think
Its more unique to keep it in one station rather than the others, im not sure if its still here to 2024, but ill go and check
@@thebowevmaniac Still there?
@@TOHOREMIX yeah
I often travel on the Northern line, and whenever I pass through Embankment Station, I listen out for this announcement and it makes me smile, knowing the story behind it.@@thebowevmaniac
Damn I didn't expect that voice....! 'Mind the gap' has come a long way!
In 1983 as a 10 year old, I told my Mum that I felt sorry for the guy who has to say 'Mind the gap' every time a train pulls in.
She's never let me forget it.
Oh so that was her husband's voice! It sounds so strict actually that you would really want to mind the gap!
Which of course was the intention!
Please dont ever change the voice
Came from Instagram after hearing the story 🔥❤️
Awe the story behind this is sad and wholesome
m i n D the gaP
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i love this pronounciation 🥰
I will not do such thing, This is a terrible action which I will not participate in action like this.
Simplesmente é de arrepiar em saber que depois de longos 20 anos a voz do marido dessa Senhora ainda está lá naquela estação anunciando aos passageiros o local da parada. E tudo isso foi proporcionado a esposa pela Empresa que controla o Metrô, para que Ela relembre do seu amado. Até parece cena de filme.
54 anos!
0:30 It's impressive how it is perfectly timed. When you're at 0:30 - 0:32, press the left arrow and it's gonna be perfectly timed with the last "Mind the gap"
I dont get it
don't get it
@@Descente123 he said if you go to the time stamp 30 and go pass back for 5 seconds it will say " Mind t-the gap"
In 1968, London Underground chose digital recording using solid state equipment with no moving parts. Because storage space was very expensive, the recording had to be short and concise. I mean, less than 20 years ago SD and microSD cars with 512 MB (yes, megabyte) were high tech, and now with deep enough pockets and an unquenchable thirst for storage space, 1TB microSD cards are readily available.
You kidding? Branded 1 TB cards can now be had for just ~£30
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@@jamesmiller113 Those are fake
I believe they also used to have this announcement for the jubilee line at Finchley Road and Wembley Park.
i would listin to this for hours
I heard this yesterday while taking the Northern line (kind of by accident, yet deliberately too) for the very first time.
Hopefully, people will still mind the gap in a thousand thousand years.
I love embankment and the northen line
I can smell this video.
It’s a story about some widow who wanted to hear her husbands voice at northern line embankment
Thank you.
Remember to actually mind the gap though
Exactly. One year I was at Bank stop and went down it instead.
after reading the story, they should have givin her the tape 😅 she's getting older and it would be nice to have it at home
They tracked down the recording and gave her a CD as well, but also decided to restore it onto Embankment as well.
Anybody from Andy Jiang?
@UselessGOAT555 yes i put the link to this
Mind the gap - Fantastic, 155 years old
That recording isn't 155
it was recorded in 1969..... from 2018 is 49 years... where you got 155 no one knows.... did not even have the equipment to record voices let alone record this specific one....
@Chris P so the guy would have been 155 years old in 2018 and recorded this message when he was 106 years old????
recorded 159 years ago when the Queen was in her late 30s
It was recorded by Henry IV
Nice gesture of the authorities!
0:26 insert minions going crazy over an announcement
I went there today very quite now but heard announcement empty carriage at rear was nice.
That is quite a gap!!!
You could lose a calf in some of those gaps. Bakerloo line has some really hairy ones.
OMG, that’s exactly.the same as when I traveled there 35 years ago!
What was London like back then?
@@gamingwithcallum6087 Much less lights, much more grey, and Soho was full of peep show and scamming pubs.
@@macbrush I’m assuming there were more nightclubs too?
@@gamingwithcallum6087 I was boarding in Southwest back then, so I only remember Empire and Hippodrome in Leicester Square, which I think both are still there.
You really got to mind those gaps they are huuuge.
Mind the gap is Embankment (Northern) (Waterloo bakerloo) Bank central
Nice video 👍
I hear that when I went to London
sadly it gets cut off by station staff
Heard it from Monika
Lovely story
Mineth thy gap
Anyone else here from r/humansbeingbros?
Yes
Yes!
Я эту историю услышал из ТТ...
Érettségi?
Igen
Szerintem megható törtenet
I LOVE BIG MAC YES I DO 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣
@@Oley10 most nem ez itt a lényeg.
A metrós nagyon szívmelengető történet volt.
🔥🔥🔥❤️
I think this would be a great warning if Christopher Walkin also did it
0:25 nice
Завидую такому отношению к своим гражданам.
Why does he annocement like this: Mind Th..The Gap
I went on the London Bakerloo Line in 2019-18??????
“Mind.. THE GAP.”
wow
Nice
Those who don’t know: 😀
Those who do know: 😢
Do you still get this on the London Underground? I haven't been on it for a while
As far as I know, yes!
@@lukasruediger2910 That is good to know. It's a classic
Been there yesterday, yes!
Greenpoloboy3 only at this station you get the male voice 😀
Yes, but it's so much more pleasant now...
0:23 mins the gap
Why was this gap necessary in the first place?
0:27
"Mind the- the gap"
Why is this so british. Even as a British person.
من جاء هنا بعد قراءة القصة في مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي فليجلس بجانبي 😊
Fallout London
twitter bring me to here
MBS
🙏🕉
here's the story:
th-cam.com/video/ey96gF9LXqU/w-d-xo.html
Sounds like a dalek
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iFunny gang
Jajajajajajaja Jajajajajajaja it has an interruption like : " Mind the...the Gap " Jajajajaja this is not the best .
Oh, don’t make yourself sound like a prick. Emphasis is placed on ‘mind’ for a reason. Also hope you know this was done for the announcer’s widow.
@@hullian1113 tnks my Lord hahaha