General Chat

Top tip - using the Genes Reunited community

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

  • The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
  • You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
  • And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
  • The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

Quick Search

Single word search

Icons

  • New posts
  • No new posts
  • Thread closed
  • Stickied, new posts
  • Stickied, no new posts

Torrid Tuesday

Page 2 + 1 of 3

  1. «
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
ProfilePosted byOptionsPost Date

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 13 Aug 2024 19:44

Sandander ;-) :-D :-D

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 13 Aug 2024 19:46

Think they were the horse drawn trams :-)

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 13 Aug 2024 19:46

:-D :-D :-D

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 13 Aug 2024 19:48

With little or no underground travel would have been on the trams :-)

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 13 Aug 2024 19:50

I think in those days had I been around…it would have been like living in hell :-0

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 13 Aug 2024 19:51

Poor horses having to haul all the fat cats around the streets :-(

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 13 Aug 2024 19:51

Ah but not knowing any different you might have thought you were in heaven Ann ;-) :-D :-D

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 13 Aug 2024 19:52

The smell would have been enough for me Belle :-0 :-0

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 13 Aug 2024 19:54

Life was definitely different back then :-0

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 13 Aug 2024 19:54

I think the first underground station was built around the 1860’s….I remember sending you all a pic of the building works :-D

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 13 Aug 2024 19:57

The early underground had steam driven trains :-0

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 13 Aug 2024 19:58

Gawd…..people must have felt they were choking :-0

Von

Von Report 13 Aug 2024 20:00

I’m going now girls goodnight <3 <3

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 13 Aug 2024 20:00

Exactly, I think that might have been why they came above ground as soon as they could. I've seen an old photo of a steam train going across a level crossing on the underground near me :-)

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 13 Aug 2024 20:01

Nitey Nite Von <3 <3

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 13 Aug 2024 20:02

Are we off Ann :-D :-D

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 13 Aug 2024 20:02

Night Von <3 <3

My Nan and Grandad lived right by the lines…loved collecting all the train numbers <3

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 13 Aug 2024 20:02

Yes Belle :-D

Night night <3 <3

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 13 Aug 2024 20:03

Were you one of the Railway Children ;-) :-D :-D

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 13 Aug 2024 20:04

Nitey Nite Ann <3 <3

~~~~~~~~~s to Fly <3 <3