i just heard the story behind this announcement on instagram :’)

@letter1014

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@nytiajenkins1528

2 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@rx500android

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@callumsmodellingcentre6902

2 жыл бұрын

Anyone here from Archbishop?

@yourmum4886

2 жыл бұрын

@@callumsmodellingcentre6902 that is exactly who i'm here from haha

Embankment is one of my favorite stops, I was wondering why the announcement was too loud, I didn't know the story behind it. It's really nice of TFL doing it for Laurence's wife. Great city with great people.

@cait812

4 жыл бұрын

You mean Oswalds?

@TheDATominator

4 жыл бұрын

Wait why is the announcement loud?

@InchonDM

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheDATominator Possibly Mrs. Laurence was/is a little hard of hearing in her old age. That or it's the original volume the announcement was recorded on, and when it's running through a digital system instead of analog it sounds louder because of better speakers.

@Bennythegamer1x7x9

Жыл бұрын

Actually I got stuck in embankment

@CBTvideos

10 ай бұрын

One of my favourites too for this reason, Oswald's voice

The iconic "MIND, THE GAP" seen the story behind this, very sad. Is it only embankment where you can hear his voice or have they got a new voice in?

@drunkenbartender9896

2 жыл бұрын

It’s only here you can hear it

@ben-9123

2 күн бұрын

They only play it at Embankment because they never used Oswald Laurence's recording in the end. It has only ever been used for sentimental reasons at Embankment.

@verzinghettorix6360

Күн бұрын

@@ben-9123god humans are so awesome lmfao this random subway announcement has some tragic backstory that I don’t know and is probably insanely sad. Even the things we see as the most mundane as so filled with nuance

I was sent here from reddit after reading that lovely article.

the beauty of an act of kindness

Damn I didn't expect that voice....! 'Mind the gap' has come a long way!

Please dont ever change the voice

Sólo vine a escuchar su voz por la historia tan tierna que contó su esposa, qué bueno que mantengan su voz en el anuncio del tren,ella se lo merece 💕

They should keep this at all stations!

@thesupershocktroopers

9 ай бұрын

I mean they used to do all back in the 1990s i think

@thebowevmaniac

5 ай бұрын

Its more unique to keep it in one station rather than the others, im not sure if its still here to 2024, but ill go and check

@TOHOREMIX

Ай бұрын

​@@thebowevmaniac Still there?

@thebowevmaniac

Ай бұрын

@@TOHOREMIX yeah

@brandon3872

Ай бұрын

I often travel on the Northern line, and whenever I pass through Embankment Station, I listen out for this announcement and it makes me smile, knowing the story behind it.​@@thebowevmaniac

That's the announcement I remember from my holidays to London as a kid

Oh so that was her husband's voice! It sounds so strict actually that you would really want to mind the gap!

@G6JPG

Ай бұрын

Which of course was the intention!

m i n D the gaP

@beaniepud

3 жыл бұрын

Gep*

@ex101jc

2 жыл бұрын

i love this pronounciation 🥰

@velocity7786

3 ай бұрын

I will not do such thing, This is a terrible action which I will not participate in action like this.

Came from Instagram after hearing the story 🔥❤️

Awe the story behind this is sad and wholesome

In 1983 as a 10 year old, I told my Mum that I felt sorry for the guy who has to say 'Mind the gap' every time a train pulls in. She's never let me forget it.

I believe they also used to have this announcement for the jubilee line at Finchley Road and Wembley Park.

Thank you.

i would listin to this for hours

Simplesmente é de arrepiar em saber que depois de longos 20 anos a voz do marido dessa Senhora ainda está lá naquela estação anunciando aos passageiros o local da parada. E tudo isso foi proporcionado a esposa pela Empresa que controla o Metrô, para que Ela relembre do seu amado. Até parece cena de filme.

@justanotherhappyhumanist8832

8 ай бұрын

54 anos!

In 1968, London Underground chose digital recording using solid state equipment with no moving parts. Because storage space was very expensive, the recording had to be short and concise. I mean, less than 20 years ago SD and microSD cars with 512 MB (yes, megabyte) were high tech, and now with deep enough pockets and an unquenchable thirst for storage space, 1TB microSD cards are readily available.

@jamesmiller113

10 ай бұрын

You kidding? Branded 1 TB cards can now be had for just ~£30

@acombo

5 ай бұрын

?

@iraholden3606

2 ай бұрын

​@@jamesmiller113 Those are fake

0:30 It's impressive how it is perfectly timed. When you're at 0:30 - 0:32, press the left arrow and it's gonna be perfectly timed with the last "Mind the gap"

@Descente123

2 жыл бұрын

I dont get it

@wisehat_yt

2 жыл бұрын

don't get it

@polandballrbx9954

2 жыл бұрын

@@Descente123 he said if you go to the time stamp 30 and go pass back for 5 seconds it will say " Mind t-the gap"

I heard this yesterday while taking the Northern line (kind of by accident, yet deliberately too) for the very first time.

I love embankment and the northen line

Nice video 👍

It’s a story about some widow who wanted to hear her husbands voice at northern line embankment

I went there today very quite now but heard announcement empty carriage at rear was nice.

Remember to actually mind the gap though

@mears8955

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. One year I was at Bank stop and went down it instead.

Nice gesture of the authorities!

I hear that when I went to London

Mind the gap - Fantastic, 155 years old

@thomashambly3718

5 жыл бұрын

That recording isn't 155

@GammaSouljah

4 жыл бұрын

it was recorded in 1969..... from 2018 is 49 years... where you got 155 no one knows.... did not even have the equipment to record voices let alone record this specific one....

@GammaSouljah

4 жыл бұрын

@Chris P so the guy would have been 155 years old in 2018 and recorded this message when he was 106 years old????

@Captain__Obvious

2 жыл бұрын

recorded 159 years ago when the Queen was in her late 30s

@david-stewart

2 жыл бұрын

It was recorded by Henry IV

Lovely story

Anybody from Andy Jiang?

@emptyspace6006

2 жыл бұрын

@UselessGOAT555 yes i put the link to this

That is quite a gap!!!

@gemoftheocean

2 жыл бұрын

You could lose a calf in some of those gaps. Bakerloo line has some really hairy ones.

0:26 insert minions going crazy over an announcement

Mineth thy gap

sadly it gets cut off by station staff

You really got to mind those gaps they are huuuge.

after reading the story, they should have givin her the tape 😅 she's getting older and it would be nice to have it at home

@monishbiswas1966

6 ай бұрын

They tracked down the recording and gave her a CD as well, but also decided to restore it onto Embankment as well.

🔥🔥🔥❤️

OMG, that’s exactly.the same as when I traveled there 35 years ago!

@gamingwithcallum6087

11 ай бұрын

What was London like back then?

@macbrush

11 ай бұрын

@@gamingwithcallum6087 Much less lights, much more grey, and Soho was full of peep show and scamming pubs.

@gamingwithcallum6087

11 ай бұрын

@@macbrush I’m assuming there were more nightclubs too?

@macbrush

11 ай бұрын

@@gamingwithcallum6087 I was boarding in Southwest back then, so I only remember Empire and Hippodrome in Leicester Square, which I think both are still there.

Heard it from Monika

Nice

Mind the gap is Embankment (Northern) (Waterloo bakerloo) Bank central

I went on the London Bakerloo Line in 2019-18??????

0:25 nice

Anyone else here from r/humansbeingbros?

@RedHoodedWraith_Boy

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@IsabelCarlota

4 жыл бұрын

Yes!

Do you still get this on the London Underground? I haven't been on it for a while

@lukasruediger2910

5 жыл бұрын

As far as I know, yes!

@Greenpoloboy3

5 жыл бұрын

@@lukasruediger2910 That is good to know. It's a classic

@KT-lu2jy

4 жыл бұрын

Been there yesterday, yes!

@yep.1106

4 жыл бұрын

Greenpoloboy3 only at this station you get the male voice 😀

@christopherthuraisingham5083

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but it's so much more pleasant now...

Я эту историю услышал из ТТ...

Érettségi?

@alexkovacs5552

2 ай бұрын

Igen Szerintem megható törtenet

@Oley10

2 ай бұрын

I LOVE BIG MAC YES I DO 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣

@alexkovacs5552

2 ай бұрын

@@Oley10 most nem ez itt a lényeg. A metrós nagyon szívmelengető történet volt.

wow

“Mind.. THE GAP.”

Завидую такому отношению к своим гражданам.

Why does he annocement like this: Mind Th..The Gap

0:27

I think this would be a great warning if Christopher Walkin also did it

من جاء هنا بعد قراءة القصة في مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي فليجلس بجانبي 😊

Those who don’t know: 😀 Those who do know: 😢

"Mind the- the gap"

Why was this gap necessary in the first place?

twitter bring me to here

0:23 mins the gap

🙏🕉

MBS

Sounds like a dalek

電車小さすぎワロタ

here's the story: kzread.info/dash/bejne/l61tmMl_aa--obg.html

iFunny gang

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Jajajajajajaja Jajajajajajaja it has an interruption like : " Mind the...the Gap " Jajajajaja this is not the best .

@hullian1113

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, don’t make yourself sound like a prick. Emphasis is placed on ‘mind’ for a reason. Also hope you know this was done for the announcer’s widow.

@hectorhyatt6438

4 жыл бұрын

@@hullian1113 tnks my Lord hahaha