Into the Underworld

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17569, 20 June 1925, Page 17 (Supplement)

Into the Underworld

AIT IX G- patiently to enter the gloomy caverns hollowed out beneath the glittering surface of the great city stood the man who works in the most silent place in London, says an English paper. He was waiting on a tube platform l'or the last train to go in order that he could wander away into the dark, mysterious tunnels and look after the lights. Year in, year out.” he said, “ we spend the night in the tunnels. i hardly know what's going on up above. Quiet ? I should say so, and queer, too. sometimes when you're alone and there's nothing else but the rats and sometimes a. stray dog. It’s a funny side of London most people don't think about. We come up again at six in the morning. Ire been on the job for years now." A strange glimpse of another part cS London:’.-; underworld !