Theydon Bois Tube Station / Only Unconnect Ep.3
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- čas přidán 8. 06. 2024
- We're on the trail again of station on the Tube Map that have 'ticks' only, no connector blobs - they're unconnected, and this time we're out in the wilds to the part of the Central Line that is outside of London ... it's Theydon Bois!
If there's not a gang called The Theydon Bois then I don't know what to make of the world
They don’ Boys
There was a Two Ronnies sketch where tube station names were linked in the conversation, and yes, it included a reference to “the Theydon Bois”.
My father was born and bred in Theydon Bois. The main joy is the lack of street lighting which is fiercely protected. His father bought their house brand new in 1938 as a teacher, admittedly stretching himself. You couldn't buy a house there now as a teacher!
I wrote a radio comedy years back with a friend (which didn't get picked up). But we needed a larger-than-life character who would be a gameshow MC. So we called him Theydon Bois (which we pronounced in French, of course!)
Great stuff! I always thought “Tufnell Park” worked well as well for the name of a stuffy businessman with a bowler hat.
@@geofftech2hey Geoff I put a like on your video well done Geoff you deserve it
one of the Fast Show's "Jazz Club" sketches had a guitarist called Theydon Bois
There is an American porn actor whose name is Brent Cross 😅, which is also a tube station 😮
There is also DJ I know whose name is Colin Dale and it’s his real name 😮 And he hasn’t been to Colindale 😮
In a very popular sketch by the Two Ronnies (Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett) they portray two railway workers commuting home on the Underground after a day's work. The entire conversation consists of puns based on the names of stations on the network. At one point Barker asks about Corbett's son-in-law, and asks: He was going around with the Theydon Bois (which he pronounces "boys") at one time wasn't he?" It's a very funny sketch and they manage to pack in about 50 station names
I've just watched this.
It's very funny, and it's very clever.
"Silly Arsenal" 😂
You are one of my favourite CZcamsrs. You make me feel happy.
Yeah he’s happy about the little things in life. Makes me happy too
*Random factoid alert*. The builders of the footbridge (Arrol) also built the gantry that was used for Titanic's construction. (Admittedly they built quite a lot of things, but...)
I like how Geoff thinks for accessibility for all…. It’s so important. Thank Geoff. Enjoyable video 😊
I reckon there is a GER insignia in that iron work. I think you can see a backwards R in scroll centrally, with a backwards G around it and a backwards E extending above and below through the centre.
You're absolutely right, but Geoff being Geoff I'm sure he knew, and the timing of that shot at 4:02 was deliberate.
You are a great filmmaker Geoff, I've learned a great deal from your techniques! Its the way you keep this complete train nerd feel to the video whilst not being overpowering and allowing your average viewer to enjoy the content too. Its quite unique and enjoyable for everyone.
🎵Theydon Bois, Theydon Bois
Lace up boots and corduroys🎵
villa de ville?
I was going to say that - until I saw your comment - it was actually Hersham Boys by Sham 69!
@@arthurvasey Lol, indeed it was.
Also works for Chesham Bois :)
The Bois are back in town
"We are the Theydon Bois & District Rural Preservation Society... " 🎶
I came here to see if anyone else had that thought...
Just keep that bus away from the edge of the mountain
Classic!
I was just thinking, "It's been a while since I've seen a new Geoff Marshall video." And now, here one is! Thank you!
Interesting the station has a clock from Paddington...so jammy of them...and guess they could not bear to give it back!
Frank Muir used to tell a story of heading into Essex to meet friends in the early days of TV when the studio make up for broadcasts was very heavy and involved rouged cheeks and lipstick. He described how he had lost his way and pulled over to ask a policeman for directions. "I'm looking for Theydon Bois" he said, to which the policeman replied "I bet you are".
There have been many videos about funny and silly names on the Underground, which included Cockfosters and Piccadilly, but no one ever mentioned Theydon Bois (much to my dismay).
Nice to see it get a video!
I love it when subways end in rural areas or big fields. The Edmonton LRT for the longest time did the same thing when it ended at Clareview in the NE before it was filled in with a jankily planned and built TOD... Just wheatfields and sidewalks to and from the station in the middle of nowhere... Like that famous Chinese one!
Was great to see Geoff excited about that secret exit at Theydon Bois. Nice video
it has been the main entrance on rare occasions when maintenance work was being carried out, albeit decades ago.
Lovely station - and a sleepily charming village next to it with a huge village green. Well worth a trip out and a walk in the forest.
Despite the announcement it is known locally as “boys” , however I’m a big fan of only fools and horses so ”Boyce” works!
Yeah. No one locally pronounces it the French way… god forbid 😂
Beautiful Essex ❤❤❤
I’m glad that the old central line trains are still in service, they’re one of my favourites
I still think that they are the new Central line trains 🤦🏼♂️ 😁
Eeeh, the 92 stock is the old trains? You ought to have tried the 1959 or 1962 stock 😓
No concrete plans to replace them yet - Piccadilly are being built and then bakerloo if a budget can be found.
The town also has no streetlights meaning when it's dark, you can see almost nothing which I think is a very interesting feature of the place
Yes,apparently locals think they would spoil the real village feel🎩
We had a referendum about it ...all v democratic. The preservation Society had something to say about it!!!@@neilmcdonald9164
For a genuine real village feel there should be one buzzing, sputtering, inadequate street lamp, barely illuminating the ramshackle, graffiti-laden wooden bus shelter, complete with wall-mounted outdated timetable.
That footbridge is a gorgeous piece of GER work.
Named after one of Britain's finest jazz guitarists
He plays guitar with the James Dance Band 😂
Very enjoyable video.
Geoff!!!!
You’re finally back!!
Very nice video, thank you. I always think there's something magical about tube trains clattering along with fields outside, great to see it at Theydon!
There is no "Southbound" platform at Theydon Bois, only East or west bound (although admittedly the westbound platform does point south 🙂
I well remember driving a 62 stock train into Theydon Bois station in the late 1980's - in ridiculously thick fog. The only way I knew I'd reached the station was a collection of old fashioned oil lamps lining the edge of the platform.
Hi Geoff another very good video as usual thanks and cheerio
You were in my ends! Debden only just got a step free to the platform last year.
A fellow Geoff, but one from Theydon Bois, who has been waiting for this moment.
To tip, whilst there isn't step free access easstbound, one can step free hop on the train to Epping, which will (or at least should) go on into the bowels of London. Handy tip when the trains are up the creek in winter, and even at the end of the line a seat isn't guaranteed.
Also the lack of street lights is one of the notable things about Theydon Bois, perhaps not apparent in day time.
When I was a kid we used to stay at my Nan’s there. I have many memories of going back to hers in the dark because there’s no bloody street lighting….
And yes it did once have a newspaper kiosk.
Theydon Bois is my local station!!!
In the early 1970's I used to know a young lady that lived in Theydon Bois. There used to be a half decent pub close to there too.
That so sounds like the start of a cheeky Limerick!
There once was a lady from Theydon
Who spent all her life as a meydon.
Though she knew lots of bois
And they played with some tois,
Her panties and bra always steydon.
At least there doesn't seem to be a tautology at Theydon Bois. Near Chesham is Chesham Bois, and you can find yourself driving past a sign saying "Chesham Bois Wood" which of course is the wood in Chesham Woods.
Bois means woods in Old French - also a local landholding family with a manor, most likely French in origin, Hugh de Bois/Bosco in 1240
Normans! Thanks. Maybe related to the word "bush", rather than "boy".
Always a favourite station of mine from my younger days when I used the Central Line to Epping regularly. Thanks for showing it Geoff.
An entry in my catalogue of not that cryptic London Underground crossword clues: Hey - don't get mixed up next to the French wood
🚂👷🏻♂️🕵🏻♂️🧑🏻💻I recently saw your Cameo with Jago Hazzard in a Jay Foreman video📺 Your rendition of Frank Pick was on Spot!⭐️
Thanks Geoff - great episode as always, and very timely as I'm off to travel and explore the Central Line next week, having done the Metropolitan today (unashamedly inspired by your excellent tube videos!).
Theydon Bois has probably the best name in the whole London Tube Network.
One-station-from-the-terminus stations tend not to be very heavily used and the stations in this part of the central line are quite pretty, and hardly feels like the tube. Lambeth North would be an interesting one for this series. It's a bit of an in-betweeny station between Waterloo (very busy mainline station and interchange) and Elephant & Castle (end of the line) and it's not used much and can feel a bit spooky and quiet
Though Lambeth North is the closest station for the Imperial War Museum
Also IIRC Lambeth North is the quietest station in Zone 1
My sister’s school(Oasis South Bank) is just to the left walking out of the station it anyone’s going there btwww!!! Also I live around Kennington and Elephant and Castle so this is kind of an honourable mention from the initial comment ✨
@@RANDOMZBOSSMAN1 Regent's Park does battle it out, for least used in zone 1, but Lambeth North has taken that title in several years
@@jackiespeel6343 it is, but that's not enough to lift it from fluctuating between 1st and 2nd least used station in zone 1
Geoff, when you get to South Wimbledon, I'd love to hear your view on something that has baffled me. The tube map indicates that South Wimbledon has an OSI with the Tramlink at Morden Road. However, having walked the distances, I reckon Morden is closer to Morden Road than South Wimbledon. Maybe we could collaborate to find out
One of my favourite entries on the anagram tube map: Hobo Destiny.
I kept wondering why the village is called Theydon Bois and not Theydon Wood ("Bois" being French for Wood). Turns out the Bois part is the surname of a family that once had a manor there. Who knew !
Love Theydon Bois!
Awesome Video
I didn’t even know this station existed lol😂
Hooray, Geoff is getting on board with the Theydon Bois!
Geoff, have you heard about 'The Bus Cafe' in the Waterloo bus garage? It's a tiny restaurant, accessible to the public, located on the grounds of an operating bus garage. They are open weekdays 8am to 4 pm and looks like a good subject for a video.
I've done that walk that Geoff started a number of times, the one that takes you behind the station - a good circular walk over heath, under what I think is the M11 and working back through Theydon Garnon and returning to Theydon Bois. Well worth the effort, though it is a bit confusing after All Saints church when you have to head down a small path and then pick your way through some fields.
We are the Theydon Bois Rural Preservation Society, God save Ambresbury Banks, and the Deer Sanctuary
Nice creative idea for the 'unconnected' series, Geoff
William Arrol of Glasgow also built the Forth Bridge, Tay Rail Bridge, Tees Transporter Bridge & The Severn Bridge
Sounds like Geoff Marshall does like Theydon Bois. I personally have been to Theydon Bois before and it’s quite a lovely small village just outside of London and it’s so pretty. Shame that the Central Line ends at Epping which could have continued on to Ongar. But overall Theydon Bois is very nice.
There are some walks starting at Theydon Bois - a real launchpad for adventure
There are some amazing walks. One being Epping to Theydon Bois. It’s a delight of a walk not too long but brilliant for beginners
The Old Oak Trail is great one too! Start and end at this station :) @@harry_stw7424
Place I never knew existed ! Near Epping Forest, looks lovely; might take my kids there for a wander around this wknd 🩷💙💚
Or as they say in Essex, Theydon boyyzzz.
WE DEM BOIS.
One of my favourite station names, it's just so funny to me
What an amazing experience you must have had at this station! I envy your exciting visit to this busy location! Next time I come over to the UK I have to go there to see it with my own eyes 😂😂😂
That’s like sending a tube train down to merstham in Surrey! Don’t think I’d want to commute all that way on a central line train though!
If you look at the ironwork symbol, from which you are looking from the back, you will see ECR for Eastern Counties Railway! Geoff how could you miss that!
I think there needs to be a new series: Secret Exits of the Undergrounds.
I know there are a few:
Theydon Bois
Moor Park
Brixton
some more if you look closely...
The clock with Paddington on it, at the old station house? I can tell you EXACTLY where they got it! B&M bargains, as they used to sell them!
And I just saw about 6 of the exact same model in a home furnishing store near Newark... Delaware!
Good Vid!
nice video geoff
The courtesy of your station has not lessened of late, Theydon Bois.
Thanks Geoff i honestly never heard of this station before but now watching your video i maybe taking myself and dogs there this weekend for a explore.
Plenty of dog walking areas around that station! It’s probably too muddy at the moment, but later in the year I’ll get the tube to Theydon Bois, walk up to just south of Epping station (just over the M25) then west and back south through Epping Forest.
Until the mid 1990s just North of Theydon Bois was the only public level crossing on the London Underground. It took a bridle way across the track, adding to the ruralness of the station.
They really build a non-structural brick wall just for the roundel? That’s fantastic!
Love the video. Keep it up!
I grew up in London and since moved out and I never got to travel to Theydon Bois station and there is something about saying that you got to travel to a station called Theydon Bois
Great video!
4:27 Our friend Roger won’t be happy at all with that bus timetable, it dates from 2007 and the route doesn’t exist 😂
I always love how straight the track is there. Surely that must be the longest straight section on the Underground?
Gud video,
lovely little community in Theydon - a real village feel
I wonder how up to date that bus timetable for service 541 is. Those taxi flyers certainly look like they've been there since about 1992
* If you zoom in I think it says from 2001! 😂
Amazing video Geoff!
Great video Geoff
I this part of the central line. As a kid it was an adventure leaving Bethnal green tube station to go to Epping forest/Essex
Theydon Bois being out in the country does not have street lights except immediately outside the station. So the station is a little bit of city in the village.
For step free you're expected to get on the Epping train and stay on it until the driver turns around and goes back to London. It's a little backwards in 2023, but all in the name of cost effectiveness.
Half an hour into central London from Theydon Bois, not bad.
In Buenos Aires, Argentina, my local train station has the same foot bridge also built in Glasgow around the same time!
Only connect should have a tube station special where all the clues are tube themed.
I hadn't heard the station until now
Theydon Boycie and Marlene.
The waiting room could be renovated a bit but I love the clock at the station.
Geoff - you can now claim you have gone around a roundel - or even round a roundel - Nice!😁
I’ve never even heard of this station before this video
It looks like you were the only one in the station - you could'a' slipped into the Ladies. :)
Theydon Bois, Theydon Bois
Lace up boots and corduroys
Theydon Bois, Theydon Bois
They call us the CZcams cowboys. 2:39 2:40
The toilets at my local station of Meldreth have limited opening hours which cover only a fraction of the trains operating times. Luckily all the trains have toilets these days.
"Alright there Bois"..... "Watcha Trig"..... "How are ya, Dave?"
Step Free would not be achievable from that exit as it wouldn't be exclusive and you'd have to go up to the road bridge to get to that platform. A design was made in 2017 similar to Debden but the cost of installation outweighed local benefit. Theydon once had the longest platforms on the GER due to supplying London with dozens of milk trains. There's loads of stuff I could tell you.
They done boys. That's what it says to my yankee brain.
Re accessibility at this station, because trains generally go in and back out of Epping station, step free access into London is to board an Epping bound train, go one stop, wait a few mins on the same train, and head back south again. This is the same situation as Liverpool Street Met line.
My neighbour in the sixties did exactly that to go to the city as he had restricted mobility and couldn't manage the bridge! Still working in his eighties