I was in London, UK in 1989 and our student group visited a large tube
or train station to get our photo ID cards. I seem to recall a very
large, open, grey space, like an empty train station. Very long stairs
at some point too and more than a few steps. This place would have
been the general area of the Russell Square station.

Do you have idea where this might have been? I assume ID cards were
only produced at a handful of places in London.

- Thumper

Thumper wrote:
I was in London, UK in 1989 and our student group visited a large tube
or train station to get our photo ID cards. I seem to recall a very
large, open, grey space, like an empty train station. Very long stairs
at some point too and more than a few steps. This place would have
been the general area of the Russell Square station.

Do you have idea where this might have been? I assume ID cards were
only produced at a handful of places in London.

- Thumper

Sounds like Euston Station.

On 19/04/2010 22:27, redcat wrote:
Thumper wrote:
I was in London, UK in 1989 and our student group visited a large tube
or train station to get our photo ID cards. I seem to recall a very
large, open, grey space, like an empty train station. Very long stairs
at some point too and more than a few steps. This place would have
been the general area of the Russell Square station.

Do you have idea where this might have been? I assume ID cards were
only produced at a handful of places in London.

- Thumper

Sounds like Euston Station.

Euston - empty? Sounds more like (old) St Pancras to me.

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 02:21:49PM -0700, Thumper wrote:

I was in London, UK in 1989 and our student group visited a large tube
or train station to get our photo ID cards. I seem to recall a very
large, open, grey space, like an empty train station. Very long stairs
at some point too and more than a few steps. This place would have
been the general area of the Russell Square station.

Do you have idea where this might have been? I assume ID cards were
only produced at a handful of places in London.

AFAIR back when I got my photocard, every staffed BR could make one for
you. I would have assumed that the same would apply to LU stations.

--
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of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their
households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They
contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties
at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.
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On 20 Apr, 12:02, David Cantrell wrote:

AFAIR back when I got my photocard, every staffed BR could make one for
you. *I would have assumed that the same would apply to LU stations.

I think that's right - basically they were card blanks with serial
numbers, on which they wrote the name of the person, stuck the
passport photo on, then covered it with clear sticky film.

On 20 Apr, 12:55, Brian A60K wrote:
On 20 Apr, 12:02, David Cantrell wrote:

AFAIR back when I got my photocard, every staffed BR could make one for
you. *I would have assumed that the same would apply to LU stations.

I think that's right - basically they were card blanks with serial
numbers, on which they wrote the name of the person, stuck the
passport photo on, then covered it with clear sticky film.

I worked at Kings Cross (mainline) in 1983/4/5/ and issued many in the
way that you state.

What is of (slight) concern is that the OP states that he was "sold"
them or is he talking about a Railcard or something ?

There were some enterprising staff around in the 80s, but I don't know
any who sold ID cards ! Left luggage offices were always renown for
the "one ticket for a group" scam. Especially when you had made sure
the group would be back before you went home !


Richard