"Ne'er-do-wells and scofflaws." Such wonderful terminology. 😂

I studied visual arts at University of East London, Docklands campus, served by Cyprus station. Virtually identical in appearance to Beckton Park station, immediately adjacent to Cyprus, many students and even members of staff said they'd mistakenly got off at Beckton Park, having glanced at it and thought 😳 was Cyprus. In my final year, we had to find an organisation outside the University to work with to look at Advanced Professional Practice. My original choice was TfL, to look at how they'd get platform artworks at Cyprus and Beckton Park stations to help tell their apart. (I never heard back from them). My plan was for Beckton Park to have a wrap-around tile mural of the Park itself, including the horse race track; Cyprus would have images of academic equipment (pens, computers, diploma scrolls, etc.)

You know it's going to be a good video when Jago starts: " The Ottoman Empire..." 😂😂😂 Plus, the expression " ne'er-do-wells and scoff-laws"!

Being in the middle of a roundabout, with the footbridge above the platforms, I suppose it looks like a roundel from above :)

Just wish we in the original Cyprus had something like the DLR

At 9:30 I love how Jago has positioned the shot so the bin bag looks like the torso and legs of the lady on the billboard behind it.

8:26 Ah yes, the Docklands version of West Side Story -- the violent rivalry between the Ne'er-do-wells and the Scofflaws.

Centre screen at 8:08 is a ticket machine I have serviced/repaired, and again at 8:09...

Two videos about Cyprus, we're getting spoiled.

Funny how place names from abroad keep popping up in London--things like Waterloo and Savoy. I thought for years that Philippa of Hainault, the wife of Edward III, came from that place along the Central Line (of "Hainault Loop" fame)--not realizing there was a county by that name in what's now France and Belgium.

A great upload, one from my old area, i grew up in East Ham. I've had a beer or two in the Ferndale, back in the day.... i was involved with some old preserved London buses that used to live in a shed in the Royal Albert Dock, by number 11 gate. As a child, i would ride the 101 bus (first with RT's, then Routemasters) through Cyprus to North Woolwich. There were a lot of prefabs but some houses had survived the bombing, there was most of the row alongside the Ferndale, facing the Docks. One house had a little sweet shop in the front room (other such places existed in the East End right into the 70s, a shop in a normal houses' front room) that i used while exploring the area. On the other side of the road to the Ferndale was a cafe, and a bus stand.... the 147's used to run through to the Royal Albert Docks in peak hours until around 1978, and any short workings on the 101s as well.... happy days!

Now with terrific transport & super sunsets - things are looking up 🙂

I studied my undergraduate degree at UEL from 2010-2014 so this footage gave me a hint of nostalgia. Memories of getting back to campus at 6:30am after a night in the clubs, skipping paying just to travel two stations to do my shopping at Asda and even now, going to meet my friend who still works there. UEL was a very low rated uni back then but it was a lot of fun and cheaper than those closer to Central London and we had some great afternoons chilling.on the green by the water. I used to also spend some time watching the planes land and take off while eating lunch. These days I'm a simple man working in retail with a masters degree in creative writing, but those were good days with fond memories.

Glad to see that Foster IS in your library.

I used to live in one of the new houses on Harper Road in Beckton in the 1980s. As I recall the house cost £27,000. Whomever had basically flattened the whole area and when they shot Full Metal Jacket there, very little, part form palm trees, was required to make it look like an authentic Vietnamese bomb site. The pub you mentioned was, erm, interesting. Access to the lounge bar was controlled by some "heavies" (not bouncers) who "looked after" certain gentlemen from the area. That said, in the back bar, the beer was good, as was the company. Also adult entertainment on the stage at the weekends,but, to borrow one of your phrases, _the less said about that the better._

I attend UEL and have to say it has one of the best university libraries. It's spacious and has the gift of overlooking the royal docks. Outside of the landing blocks (the airport doesn't run constantly throughout the day), is incredibly quiet, with just the sound skylarks catching the few remaining insects on the wing. Having lived abroad for a few of my 60 years, the present TFL set-up is one of the best in the world, especially with my 'old git' pass. Great video. Please keep them coming! Greenwich Station? With the clash of DLR and Mainline, which for residents of Kent works well.

As a child, I used to cycle down to cross over to Wollwich and back on the ferry. We passed many post 2nd world war pre-fab houses in Cyprus that seemed to hang on and on and on.

Rhe Ottoman Empire & the DLR in the same viseo: classic Jago!

jago never fails to interest me

Time for my own personal funny DLR story. In the late 20th century, I happened to be visiting London when the Beckton extension had just opened and they were presumably still working out the glitches. On my very first ride out to Beckton, the train slowed down for Cyprus, drifted through the station at walking pace without stopping, and started picking up speed again when the train captain pulled the emergency brake. It seems even the train got confused after calling at Beckton Park and was having this deja vu feeling "naah, I've just been here, I don't need to stop" 🤪

In Trafalgar square today I realised we should have an episode about the Can Pac and Grand trunk both having buildings right on trafalgar square...

Very interesting and informative, thank you. Ne'er-do-wells and scofflaws!😊

😅I like the design of the bike racks. It's simple but clever.

Fascinating video Jago. I really like your DLR videos with the history of the network and the station names. Thanks.

Thanks a million! I was looking for a reason to go back to that area after a trip few years ago. Now I won't be happy until I ride 474 till the end of the route and return to town on DLR.

2:08 The sky looks so beautiful in that shot

It enables the joke the quickest way to get from Custom House to Cyprus

The only reason I'd heard of Cyprus before these videos was that there was a tramway from Royal Albert Dock to Wanstead Park, via Cyprus which was interesting in that it was the only major self-contained electric tramway in North London (I'm not including those via the Kingsway Subway into South London) that wasn't converted to trolleybuses in the 1930's - I believe it was replaced by Motorbus Service 101? By the way the tramway had been part of East Ham Corporation Tramways pre LT. Thanks for the video Jago, interesting as always.

Cheers for the video Jago. Very interesting that the DLR has used an alignment used by Chicago's Subway and the German Stadtbahns (light metro systems)!

I am very pleased to see a video about the station dedicated to my favourite singing sensation, Smiley Cyprus 🙂

"You're going to have to bear with me". I'm watching videos about the DLR on my day off, I've never been more thrilled to bear with you.

Yay so happy this video happened because it’s so intriguing.

Glad they learnt something about station design from Hanger Lane.

I remember travelling there in the 1970s (my grandparents worked on the 101 bus route to North Woolwich) and all I can remember of Cyprus are the old terraced housing

It's always enlightening to hear some of the histories of these bits of London that I've barely heard of, let alone been to. But I especially love Jago's thoroughness in the research, to the point that he finds two contradictory sources on a particular detail, which are both wrong! Keep up the good work, Mr H 👍🏼

I’m planning a day on the DLR on Friday , to conclude the Cs on my AtoW every oyster station project, Crossharbough, Custom House, Cutty Sark and finally…. Cyprus. I’m so looking forward to it so was thrilled to watch your video on the history of… the Mediterranean in East London .

Thanks for that. I'd worked in the area for around twenty years but didn't know its history.

My grandfather worked at Becton Gas Works as a Boiler Maker for many many years. Thanks for a great video.

Another aspect of the "bowl" layout to the station- which I'm sure was intentional- is that with the footbridge across the middle, the station ends up looking like a LT roundel.

The island of Cyprus was but a small part of a greater set of machinations arising out of the Congress of Berlin in 1878. It was much to protect the Suez Canal as any attempt to preserve the Ottoman Empire. It is how Cyprus became a common feature of street and pub names after this period.

As a kid in Manor Park some of my friends had moved from Cyprus. The docks were still in full use and it was a great playground. Some happy memories in this video

I have lived in Cyprus for 13 years now. It's a great area of London. Leafy green, quiet and only 20/25 mins to the City and West End now the Elizabeth Line is here.

I thought I'd seen this and you'd re uploaded but it's another leg from the same trouser cy press. Um. I'll close the door quietly. It's a shame about that pub. There's some lovely colour footage- poss 16mm- 'Londoners Pub Talk' on you tube shot at the end of the Docklands era, in a pub, The Hand In Marigold* in Bermondsey. Lively characters reminisce. Its all so atmospheric and entertaining: mind you it would be cos they were half cut by the time the cameras started rolling. It's the real deal. Real people. Natural. How it was. And they're dead now. All dead. Gone. The grainy film and harsh camera lighting bring it home. We can relate to it, we can feel it, but it's all gone and they're all dead now and we're all remote and insulated from it and never part of it. *Reminds me of work.

I love that multiple sources state opposite things, only for all to be wrong because the authority they mention didn’t even exist 😂

My God! You mean to say that Cyprus was well designed and works properly? Heads will roll for this!

I went to the UEL Docklands Campus, to study during the mid to late 2000s. And was fascinated as to know why the area was called Cyprus.

Back in the 60s, I used to travel past Cyprus on the 101 bus twice a weekend to visit my mum. Cyprus was, by then, an absolute slum. I don't think there was a single tree, and there were no local facilities, just the walk to the very sparse N Woolwich high street.

You mean this is a story of a successful, well-executed public transport expansion? Those are pretty rare. Great video.

I passed through the old Cyprus a couple of times in the late 70s and a very peculiar place it was too....half-a-dozen Victorian terraces in a jink on the main road,surrounded for miles by post-apocalyptic wasteland....I went there more recently and there were no points of recognition...I even think the main road has been diverted. Incidentally Gallions station and hotel were still there in the 70s...they would be worth a video....

I once had a dream that I caught the DLR Dungeness. When I woke up I was strangely sad that the line didn't run that far

Great history lesson from JH 😊

well. look at you, Mr Hazzard, with your neo JMW Turner sunset shots! well done!

Great video of an area I didn't know. Looks lovely in there!

Any plans to do a video on London City airport Jago? Excellent video and history

I think that I probably said it before, but I just LOVE Jago's voice. It's so rich and soothing. Like one of those classic BBC documentaries. Attenborough and the like, you know? Also, given the high demand on the DLR, which is leading to them getting new single-unit, walk-through, trains, I find it interesting that there are only four-car formations in use here. Definitely a bit of an "Ouch" at seeing them wobble due to the wheel profiles not being suited for the relatively high speeds of the Beckton branch.

For those (like myself) not particularly familiar with Cockney rhyming slang: 'getting into a Barney' means 'getting into trouble'. 'Barney' → 'Barney Rubble' → 'trouble'. What strikes me about London, much more than with other metropolitan areas, is that there are many areas outside the centre that often feel almost like a market town, or a quiet village in the countryside.

The empire struck back. 😁

Another great video, cheers Jago

I've always wanted to go to Cyprus. I heard it's very popular amongst Brits.

I really like the circular design of stations.

In ancient days,Cyprus was known for the copper mines,and minerals! And of course,the LMS had a locomotive named Cyprus,after the then British Empire! Historical notes! Thank you Jago for another side excursion into London history! Thank you 😇 😊!

Let‘s go for a UEL transport club in this comment zone? Thank you Jago for focusing on this particular station

I want to travel on the Docklands railway and your video has made it very inviting! Last time was when I visited the Excel Centre 10 years ago ... time to visit again and ride the DLR methinks! 😅🚃🚃🚃🚃

My extended family and i travelled on the beckton extension first day of opening. Might have photos somewhere. I think we were living in Bsrking at the time.

I guess prices today in Cyprus, 1 million pounds for a 1 room flat...

This was the first DLR station I ever got off at. When I was looking at universities, UEL was one I applied for. It really confused me when it's named after a country!

Those railway lines fuel usage on early diesels was three miles to the Galleon.

a person who flouts the law, especially by failing to comply with a law that is difficult to enforce effectively. "scofflaws who have accumulated large debts in unpaid parking tickets" Not sure a serial ticket avoider would be hanging around a train station but its a bloody good word.

A week holidaying in Cyprus sounds very enticing, but I think I'd prefer the island in the Mediterranean sea - to the Cyprus in the London docklands!

That saying actually working "Build a Railway and the people will follow later", well students anyway. A modern Metroland.

The hideous roofs on the houses at 6:05 omg & it must have cost more to build than a normal roof as more materials and time.

Damn... East London should write a book

Greetings from Cyprus (propper)👋😂

1:00 I seem to remember watching a documentary about another empire that struck back about 30 years ago.

Excellent video my friends awesome like and Greeting from Argentina nuevo subcritor 😊

Methinks the eco-chamber might have trouble with the docks, given that they're on about three miles per galleon.

I've been all the way to Cyprus (The Island) on a Plane but never to Cyprus (In London) by Car or Train (even thou I've been to London like a zillion times!!!) 🤔😉🚂🚂🚂

Jago, any chance of a video on Gallion's Reach, the history of the name, etc. It sounds like something out of a pirate story but I suspect more mundane.

Cypriot high commission. I’ve had some crazy nights there!!

Currently watching this whilst on holiday in Cyprus. Bit uncanny

I do remember getting off at Cyprus DLR station and there’s not much there to see. I still think that the DLR should extend to Thamesmead.

2:55 I believe is shown as part of the Professionals TV show intro. Very interesting vid by the way!

You are the quango to my burrito

Very nice video.

Brilliant video sir, btw I can say "fairer than that"

I suddenly feel a compulsion to listen to the EastEnders opening/closing themes. ☮

Slow development may be more long lasting than something thrown together quickly. This could be a "good thing" in the long term. Meanwhile Cyprus is reconnected to the city.

Thanks

I was wondering why my holiday this summer to Cyprus was so cheap…. 😜

Scofflaws indeed!

UEL MENTIONED!!!!!

Imagine if Cyprus was real & you could drive the tube train there.

good evening jago

So do people in the London version of Cyprus ever call themselves Cypriots?

“Fairer than that”

Is there a large hill in Cyprus? A 'Cyprus Hill' if you like?

These are real maps 😮 Are they on the right channel? 🤔 Ah, it's OK. The perennial 'Minimalist Linear Cartography' rears it's bare monochromatic self later on.

Well I had to look that one up - scofflaw indeed! Where do you find them Mr Hazzard?

Nothing yet about a peace line to separate the different ethnic groups. Does it have streets named in honour of Nicosia, Larnaca, Famagusta or even Makarious?

Why is there a station called Prince Regent? Did he like hanging around the docks?