"Epetruk" wrote in message
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Anyone know what murals there are on the Victoria Line, and what they
mean?

The ones I know of a

- Brixton - heap of bricks (i.e. a ton of bricks, or Brickston. Not very
imaginative)

Correct a pun on the name

- Stockwell - If I remember rightly, lots of zigzag lines. Not sure what
this means.

I believe this is a swan from a local pub

- Vauxhall - something like leaves growing on a trellis. Again, nswtm.

Represents the gates of Falks Hall (I think that's the correct spelling) Sir
Guy de Falke had a London home nearby (name corrupted to Vauxhall) As a
matter of interest his country house was near Luton where the Vauxhall
factory was built.

- Pimlico - a grid with yellow circles in each square in the grid. Nswtm.

Meant to represent a modern paining from the nearby Tate Gallery

- Victoria - a silhouette of Queen Victoria (I presume).

Correct

- Green Park - some leaves (probably from trees in Green Park)

Correct

- Oxford Circus - snakes and ladders. I heard that this is supposed to
signify the confusion one encounters when changing from line to line here
(since there are three lines that intersect here).

Represents the different coloured tube line that run there.

- Warren Street - a maze - just as confusing as a rabbit warren, I guess.

Correct

- Euston - I think this has something like a portico. Nswtm.

This is the Doric Arch that exsisted outside Euston Station when it was
first built, it was knocked down when the station was modernised, an act of
corporate vandalism.

- King's Cross St. Pancras - a crown with a cross underneath. Fairly
obvious.

Correct

- Highbury and Islington - I haven't been here in ages - I think it has
two
pistols crossed. If so, nswtm.

- Finsbury Park - I think this has a balloon, but I'm not sure, and I'm
nswtm either.

Is this correct? I thought it was a pair of dueling pistol as thisarea was
uses for dueling

- Seven Sisters - I think this has seven trees which I think represent
seven
trees that really did exist at one point and were called 'Seven Sisters'.


After the seven trees that were known as the senen sisters

- Tottenham Hale - no idea.

Is this not a representation of a ferry


- Blackhorse Road - I think this has a black horse.

Correct

- Walthamstow Central - no idea.


I think this has something to do with William Morris, who lived naerby.





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Vauxhall