When I was a child, my Gran taught me words in a way that, in her mind, would help me to spell – such as ‘antique’ pronounced as ‘antikew’ and ‘catastrophe’ as ‘catastrofe’. However, she also taught me completely made up names such as Pickled Lily. 
This was the Piccadilly tube line that was opened today, 15th December back in 1906 by the then President to the Board of Trade, David Lloyd George.
It ran from Hammersmith to Finsbury Park, stopping at 19 stations along its 9.5 mile route. Although it was officially named ‘The Great Northern Piccadilly and Brompton Railway’, this was rather a mouthful and soon became shortened to the Piccadilly Tube.
These days, that total of 21 stations has increased to 52 in number, covering 44 miles. But the shortest distance between two stations (Leicester Square and Covent Garden) is just 328 yards and the journey takes about 20 seconds. Bearing in mind that at the Covent Garden station you have to wait for a lift or clamber up the 193 steps, it would be far quicker to walk the above ground route!
This was the Piccadilly tube line that was opened today, 15th December back in 1906 by the then President to the Board of Trade, David Lloyd George.It ran from Hammersmith to Finsbury Park, stopping at 19 stations along its 9.5 mile route. Although it was officially named ‘The Great Northern Piccadilly and Brompton Railway’, this was rather a mouthful and soon became shortened to the Piccadilly Tube.
These days, that total of 21 stations has increased to 52 in number, covering 44 miles. But the shortest distance between two stations (Leicester Square and Covent Garden) is just 328 yards and the journey takes about 20 seconds. Bearing in mind that at the Covent Garden station you have to wait for a lift or clamber up the 193 steps, it would be far quicker to walk the above ground route!
