u/StillJustJones

I was chatting to my elderly father-in-law recently about his special interest…. Water Towers.

He was quite sad. Over his lifetime he’s been part of the ‘British Water Tower Appreciation Society’.

He’s put incredible amounts of research, time and nerdy love into the various water towers of the British isles. He has even arranged for the group to visit water towers in continental Europe. They even had a calendar one year.

When comes to Water Towers, he sees those that are still standing as wonders of engineering and iconic industrial Victorian treasures.

He was sad because the group’s members are all old and they haven’t got any younger members.

I said, I thought I knew where there might be some people that would like to know that the society existed.

When I got to St Pancras today as I got off the train and was heading up the stairs the infamous inspector sands was called to the operations room. So TFL staff stopped anyone else entering the station, and about 15 minutes later, we got the evacuation alarm.

I could not believe how rude and nasty some of the fellow passengers were to the staff. People threatening to sue being delayed and just downright abusive, even after being told there was a fire alert being investigated!

Do people want to go into a potentially burning tube station? I will say most people are fine and understanding, but I just couldn’t believe what I was seeing and hearing!