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Old 26th August 2010, 10:44
Downsman Downsman is offline  
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Originally Posted by enigma45 View Post
When District line trains used to reverse east to west on Sundays at Charing x [now Embankment] stafF obviously would walk the along detraining passengers. One Sunday a passenger wondering what to do called the porter and said "Aldgate East" and the porter replied as quick as a flash in broad Cockney "Aldgate East"?...Nah..ALL GIT AHT!!
What a great bunch of railway jokes, I'm sure there are many more.

A shorter version of the one I have quoted above was used by Murdock & Horn in "Much Binding"
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