Why does everyone laugh when I say “Cockfosters extension?” Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/jago... Patreon: / jagohazzard
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@odbhut4242 жыл бұрын
Imagine arriving at Heathrow. Your first time in the UK. You cross border control, pick up your bags, and then make your way to the trains to get into town. You board the train. The announcement -- your first ever London Underground announcement: "This is the Picadilly Line to Cockfosters".
@ChiSbaObePcheH112 жыл бұрын
This is exactly what happened to me in September 2020 when I moved to London from abroad
@Mgameing1232 жыл бұрын
@@ChiSbaObePcheH11 LOL
@mrsgollum2 жыл бұрын
I definitely outed myself as a tourist by audibly sniggering when I heard it.
@ladderman2255 Жыл бұрын
Seen many people in such shock!
@christophergordon6593 Жыл бұрын
That is precisely what happened to us upon arrival from Canada. Needless to say there was a lot of snickering on the tube train into London.
@mongohotline2 жыл бұрын
When my father died I was in a daze, but when the train announcing voice piped up with 'Cockfosters' I still couldn't help but smile. It was going to be okay.
@ianmorris492211 ай бұрын
You've got to be joking!?! Your father died and you felt better cus someone said a name with the word Cock in it?!? Just let me know if you ever get any rare fatal diseases yeah?I could SO make your passing more pleasant for you! OMFG
@FarmYardGaming7 ай бұрын
Even in the darkest of times trains find a way to make things alright. Lmao, nice.
@justcomments3352 жыл бұрын
Spending many a childhood holiday listening to "this train is for Cockfosters" helped pass the journey times nicely as I wondered what a Cockfoster was and whether I was eligible to be riding the train.
@RichardWatt2 жыл бұрын
I always thought a "Cockfoster" was someone who adopted a rooster.
@KINKObun2 жыл бұрын
riding the train :flushed:
@awesomesauce2602 жыл бұрын
100% agree. i used to find the name funny as a kid but I was also so interested in what it would be like
@lopwr12122 жыл бұрын
@@RichardWatt lmao
@lopwr12122 жыл бұрын
@@KINKObun AYO
@sabinebogensperger19282 жыл бұрын
I laughed so loud when you eventually spat out the station name that missed the next minute of your commentary 🤣
@lucasrem18702 жыл бұрын
old people have weirdo humor...
@johnnicholls53442 жыл бұрын
Surely Cockfosters is just the name of an Australian beer (fosters) drunk by any ....
@acemclean7502 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@arthurvasey2 жыл бұрын
Taking a leaf out of Cockburn’s port, and calling it Coburn’s, you could have called it Cofosters!
@rjjcms12 жыл бұрын
@@arthurvasey There was a short series of TV ads for Cockburns and the pronounciation of it in the late 80s,involving the top brass on a British naval vessel and the captain of a Soviet vessel that had picked them up following some mishap.
@Batters562 жыл бұрын
The funniest thing about Cockfosters used to be the schadenfreude of seeing, usually American, tourists persevering on through my stop at Southgate after massively underestimating how long it would take to get there and wasting a good half day of their London sightseeing on getting a picture with the sign!
@user-xg8yy7yl1d2 жыл бұрын
How long does it take to get around on the Underground anyway? For some reason I've always imagined it to be quite high speed outside of stations and open sections.
@adzib18232 жыл бұрын
@@user-xg8yy7yl1d Pretty sure most of the tunnel sections are like 30mph (50kmph) limit, give or take 5 or 10mph, some of the more suburban above-ground bits get up to about 60mph I believe, and that's about as much as the trains are physically capable of, being 'geared' for stop-start operation. Add the tight curves and short signal blocks and it gets quite slow towards the inner city. On a practical journey though, you may also need to factor in a couple of changes as well. The worst for me personally is the rail-replacement bus services along the GEML, where they then drop you off at Newbury Park instead of Liverpool Street. Adds about 30mins or so to the journey IIRC (on top of the time lost by taking a bus instead of a train into London).
@C2K7772 жыл бұрын
Say what you like about the, perceived, intelligence of American tourists ( colloquial opinion not my own) but at least they were all sensible enough not to get off at Southgate. Bloody loathsome place ( again alleged by some not necessarily myself), or so i'm told (( ^^ all said with a wry, boyishly mischievous, grin on my face and not intending to upset the sensibilities of those resident there past or present))
@comicus012 жыл бұрын
I've visited twice and this is why I didn't go out there. Yet. I was staying in central London and I could tell it would probably be at least 45 minutes each way and there is obviously no shortage of things to do in London.
@smyalygames2 жыл бұрын
I find it strange that I haven't ever really seen tourists going all the way to Cockfosters. Only thing I remember was Gareth Southgate getting Southgate a lot of recognition.
@caw25sha2 жыл бұрын
Thanks to my donors on Kofi and Patreon. You are the @#$% to my fosters.
@reececollison51012 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@boohaka2 жыл бұрын
I'd never given much thought to the name until you mentioned it! Up until now it was always a station name on the end of the line and I always wondered what was there, so thank you, mystery solved!
@simonadams712 жыл бұрын
The only time I've been to Cockfosters was after falling asleep on the Picc. line after a night out, and being mortified that there were no more south bound trains. I'm sure there are many more who've done the same :)
@jharris9472 жыл бұрын
Good job you didn't end up in the sheds/sidings.😜
@huwlewis90592 жыл бұрын
Been there, done that!
@ShoaibKhan-bz5qm2 жыл бұрын
Went there once the only thing special I remembered was being able to go to Potters Bar from there xd
@iconicshrubbery2 жыл бұрын
(Simon's mum) "Hello Simon, where are you..?" (hang-overed-ly) *F..-F-C..Foc-Costers ,hic... "
@robertgambling5022 жыл бұрын
This would not be a problem in New York. The subway runs all night. You might have to wait 20 minutes.
@francispagan96762 жыл бұрын
When I was a tube nerd back in the 1950s Cockfosters was the ultimate mystery destination a sort of Ultima Thule on another planet. One had heard of other extremities such as Aylesbury, Uxbridge, Ongar and High Barnet but Cockfosters seemed some creation of LT. I did indeed go there and was surprised and impressed by the modernistic train shed. To think of all the fashionable types going from South Ken and Gloucester Road to say Piccadilly, or King's Cross for trains to their country retreats and wondering what this strange Cockfosters place they saw on the destination boards was really like!
@Dave016112 жыл бұрын
live in aylesbury shame Beeching decided to cut the metropolitan line
@ak_-zc4kb2 жыл бұрын
I get on at Totteridge and Whetstone which is the stop after High Barnet
@Tarodenaro2 жыл бұрын
It's not just C*ckfosters; Broadbottom, Fingringhoe, Hampton Gay, Knockerdown, Pen*stone, Scunthorpe, Shingaycum Wendy, Upperthong, Wetwang also makes for a great, historically accurate English town name (that exist IRL) for a pretty fun OpenTTD multiplayer session.
@theAmazingDavidKidd12 жыл бұрын
Oh no way this is real
@Bacony_Cakes2 жыл бұрын
Six Mile Bottom. Ugley. Crapstone. Nether Wallop. Cockintake. Bitchfield. Great Cockup. Banningham. Titty Ho. The Apes Hall. Pett Bottom. Lower Dicker. Thong. Berry Head. Mold. Boysack. Brokenwind. Peterhead. Inchmore. I collect funny place names.
@bobdobalina29312 жыл бұрын
I can't believe that you asterisked Cockfosters and Penistone but left Scunthorpe intact.
@topofthemornintoya2 жыл бұрын
WETWANG
@qbel4255 Жыл бұрын
Cuckfield (it is unfortunately pronounced cook-field if Wikipedia isn't lying to me)
@chrisbeynon87002 жыл бұрын
Stayed on the Picadilly line as a teen, being 14 year olds, my friends and I all drove the commuters mad giggling every time the announcement said 'this train terminates at Cockfosters'
@harrickvharrick39572 жыл бұрын
That's funny, I am trying to imagine how they would have looked annoyed
@TalesOfWar2 жыл бұрын
When I was down in London with my mother a few months ago she giggled like a school girl every time she heard the announcement. Isn't it funny how as you become an adult your parents devolve back to children? lol
@PopeLando2 жыл бұрын
A famous Max Miller joke: I was travelling on the Tube I was, and it was jam packed, standing room only. This young lady gets on and in the crush she sits on my lap! The train pulls into a station, she says, "Is this Cockfosters?" I said, "No, it's Max Miller's!"
@alwaysdisputin99302 жыл бұрын
lol
@irongoatrocky23432 жыл бұрын
"The Piccadilly Line.....from Heathrow to Cockfosters....you can't beat the Tube!"......poster from 2008 still on my wall here in Seattle!
@B-A-L2 жыл бұрын
I always remember the Fosters lager ad in the 80s featuring Paul Hogan when he was asked 'What's the way to Cockfosters?' and he replied 'Drink it warm, mate!'
@darkstarnh2 жыл бұрын
My first thought!
@nigelh46172 жыл бұрын
Alternatively, Spoonerising it to read "Fockcosters" probably doesn't help, either.
@fuzzlemacfuzz2 жыл бұрын
is that not what an North Eastern person says when they are banned from a popular coffee establishment?
@truckerallikatuk2 жыл бұрын
@@fuzzlemacfuzz Sir, you win 1 (One) internets for the day.
@Andrewjg_892 жыл бұрын
Or maybe “Lockfockers” 😆
@simaesthesia2 жыл бұрын
@@fuzzlemacfuzz hahahaha
@brianartillery2 жыл бұрын
My late father often called it 'Fockcosters' to annoy my mother. Always worked.
@richardmattocks2 жыл бұрын
Great vid. Another great deep dive. I love the architecture of CF. Still looks “modern” so hard to believe it pre-dates all the brutalist and 1960’s / 1970’s concrete that have now been and gone!
@mk-hf2qs2 жыл бұрын
uxbridge station is better
@juanescobar81232 жыл бұрын
We have our first official Uxbridge fanboy
@mk-hf2qs2 жыл бұрын
@@juanescobar8123 i wouldn't say official and i only like Uxbridge because it has both the picidilly and the metropolitan line As well as stain glass windows Its also the reason why west London thrived before the war and was originally called woxbridge Because of the the grand Western Union canal where wax was traded
@iankemp11312 жыл бұрын
@@mk-hf2qs Uxbridge and Cockfosters station roofs are identical as far as I can see, but yes the stained glass windows are unique to Uxbridge. And both have curves, unlike most Brutalist buildings!
@TadeuszCantwell2 жыл бұрын
I vaguely remember being told that forest had a different meaning in medieval times where it was land under the direct control of a lord and so there were villages and farmland in forests as well as woods. Basically not common land where anyone could graze sheep or hunt etc. Over time with land clearances and industrialisation absorbing the country folk into expanding cities, the woods expanded and people stopped living there so much, leading to the current meaning of forest. Hence being head of the forest was an important position because you were the land manager, in modern language.
@ianpegge99672 жыл бұрын
I believe that in Norman French Foret was the same derivation as foreign meaning that it was something from outside. In this case outside of cultivation. Quite a few became royal hunting grounds and therefore the common people weren't welcome. It also explains why places such as the New Forest don't actually have huge numbers of trees.
@kado8972 жыл бұрын
@@ianpegge9967 It was also subject to "Forest Law" which was different from the law elsewhere.
@tonys16362 жыл бұрын
@@ianpegge9967 It used to have more than now but all the Oaks were cut down to build the Navy's warships, the timber from Pollarding was not large enough. The lack of Oak trees bothered Nelson enough to badger the Admiralty to petition the Govt. to plant new Oak woodlands. He did not know that wooden warships would become history in 100 years.
@qwertyTRiG2 жыл бұрын
@@tonys1636 Similarly, there are still active naval forests in many countries, including the US (where they're used for the upkeep of one historic ship) and I think all the Scandinavian countries.
@BritishBeachcomber2 жыл бұрын
In Tudor England, a forest was a royal hunting ground. A mix of trees and open ground. Think of Richmond Park, Hampton Court Home Park and Bushy Park.
@dlevi672 жыл бұрын
And the 2021 award for funniest KZfaq Tube video goes to... Thank you for all of them - and best wishes for the holidays and new year!
@Derek_S2 жыл бұрын
I grew up and lived there until I was twenty seven years old. My parents married in 1933 and bought their brand new house in a road off Cat Hill because they knew the Underground was coming and they both worked in central London. I've never thought there was anything odd about the name and have never seen anyone suggest there is until I saw this video. The original village of Cockfosters is around half a mile north of the station and contains an old pub callled the Cock Inn, which I used to use regularly when I lived in the area. I'd always assumed there must be a connection between the name of the pub and the village to tell the truth although having seen this video and done some Googling, it seems more likely to be named after the chief forester. Hadley Woods, an ancient woodland, are at the back of the pub and Trent Park, originally a huge country estate is on the other side of Cockfosters Road. Hundred of years ago, when the village was named, the area was probably heavily forested.
@dmign2 жыл бұрын
blog it
@billymule9612 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of a joke I heard a long time ago. A fellow was looking for the pub you mentioned and couldn't find it. He walked over to a parked car with a couple sitting in it and asked "Sorry to disturb you, but how far is the Cock Inn?" The bloke in the car didn't take it too well, neither did his female passenger.
@DESARD122 жыл бұрын
Cockfosters, Cock Inn and Hadley Woods. My lack of maturity is showing.
@davidjames579 Жыл бұрын
@@billymule961 It's like the Tube Driver who was father to 12 children. As with his train, he never pulled out on time.
@fuzzylon2 жыл бұрын
When you live in west London Cockfosters is something you hear announced and see on the front of the train like some mythical place you hear a lot about, but never go to.
@ash27302 жыл бұрын
Hear it all the time from Hounslow
@matteo-cu8uv2 жыл бұрын
An good dyslexic friend of mine who was visiting london for the first time read it as cock forests, and was rather perturbed ! 🙁
@Mainyehc2 жыл бұрын
They weren’t far off from its origin, it seems 😂
@ZGryphon2 жыл бұрын
Now there's a mental image that will stay with me for a while.
@andysim2322 жыл бұрын
It's next to Willy Woods
@ianmorris492211 ай бұрын
My dyslexic ex wife called the cleaning product 'Cilitbang' Clitbang!Funniest thing she ever said.Second place was this poem she wrote; 'Arty Farty had a party, all his friends were there. Tutti Frutti did a beauty, and they all went out for air'. I really miss her dog...
@jharris9472 жыл бұрын
Spent many years commuting to Central London from Cockfosters. For an area that has multi-million pound houses, it has probably the most bland and boring station entrances (1 on either side of the Cockfosters Road) that I think I've ever seen😒...Nice video.
@chocolatecake7422 жыл бұрын
agreed!!! there are so many blank canvas spaces that could be used for commissioning local artists to create art pieces that bring these historical places to life!!!
@SimonRML24562 жыл бұрын
Cockfosters and Uxbridge seem to share the same architectural features only UX on a bigger scale... Both really lovely stations... Another great informative video sir 🙂....
@rugosetexture27162 жыл бұрын
Best place in the city . . . quiet, safe, clean, 45 minutes from the centre of town, and you always get a seat! Thanks for this. :o)
@brianparker6632 жыл бұрын
The concrete train shed is duplicated at the Uxbridge end. Worth a visit too.
@CaseyJonesNumber12 жыл бұрын
Uxbridge, especially for the stained glass windows.
@brianparker6632 жыл бұрын
@@CaseyJonesNumber1 Yes! And the old weighing and cigarette machines. :-)
@@CaseyJonesNumber1 My friend Mick must've got there first!! :-)
@mickeydodds12 жыл бұрын
I remember the old Paul Hogan TV advertising campaign for Foster's later: "How do I get to Cockfosters" said the young lady. "Keep it warm" replied Paul.
@elmonte5lim2 жыл бұрын
yes, the young lady that looked just like a heavyset Japanese bloke
@ianpegge99672 жыл бұрын
"Scuse please, can you tell me the way to Cockfosters?". "Yeh, drink it warm mate". And the questioner was a thick set Japanese tourist.
@stephenwalls92772 жыл бұрын
The unofficial punchline was “Let the poms brew it”. I’ll let myself out😁
@elmonte5lim2 жыл бұрын
@@stephenwalls9277 when it was imported in the seventies, it wasn't that bad. Once the Poms started brewing it, it tasted like any other crap lager.
@marklatimer73332 жыл бұрын
"Actually there Jackson Pollock's" "I'll agree with you there mate! "
@PSYCHIC_PSYCHO2 жыл бұрын
I am a native Londoner of 47 years, I can vividly remember one particular occasion when I was travelling on the Hammersmith & City Line, as soon as the automated announcement came for Shepherd’s Bush station, a child commented to his mother “Shepherd’s Bush?, that’s a funny name for a station.”, simultaneously my gaze met with a young woman passenger opposite me and I laughed, but she remained serious, she gave me the look as if to say “You have a dirty mind.”.
@amac1402 жыл бұрын
Looks like Uxbridge st
@djmurray61522 жыл бұрын
As a born and bred North Londoner, I've honestly never found the name funny as I genuinely knew the word Cockfosters before I knew the word ... you know. Usually takes someone from outside London to remind me it has a funny name. Anyway, have always been fond of this terminus. Simple but pretty, charming, light and spacious. I particularly like how low the ceilings are on both side platforms, with the trains looking as though they could rip their roofs off as they enter the station but just about managing not to. I also like that it's one of not many above ground stations that's ticket hall is below street level and has a sub-surface feel. No Cockfosters isn't *stunning*, and neither are many of Holden's best works. it's just very, very nice.
@pyellard30132 жыл бұрын
I agree abt thr name.. Growing up in North London I never thought it as rude.. I guess people who grow up in "Wig bottom" or whatever feel the same...
@maknyc15392 жыл бұрын
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@ianmorris492211 ай бұрын
Give it time and you won't recognise the people or the place!
@garethblake39412 жыл бұрын
Excellent video and commentary as usual. I can recall as a child spending time with a relative who's property overlooked the end of the Cockfosters underground line and seeing the trains being park-up over night, the sound of compressed air braking system being discharged then the driver walking the whole length of the train with the slamming of doors as he left each carriage compartment. In the early hours of the morning you would hear the reverse procedure but this time the distinct sound of air compressors recharging the braking system as the trains were brought back into service. Keep up the good work and stay safe.
@blenderfox2 жыл бұрын
Funny name aside you have to admit, the name is probably one of the reasons people go there. Personally, as a Cockfosters local, I think Trent Park would have been a better name, and indicative of the fact the park is nearby the station in much the same way Hyde Park Corner and Green Park are.
@enclosingthefield2 жыл бұрын
Wasn't a park in the 1930's, a large country estate, was a teacher training college in the 50s.
@londontrada2 жыл бұрын
@@matpk Nice idea but not gonna happen
@blenderfox2 жыл бұрын
@@enclosingthefield Doesn't mean they can't rename it. :)
@offichannelnurnberg58942 жыл бұрын
I just now realize that Tom Scott travelled all the way to Penistone for his "Why web filters don't work" video, when he could've just gone to this station instead.
@petermarksteiner77542 жыл бұрын
Probably it was too expensive to go to the village in Austria now called Fugging that was then written with ck rather than gg. They got tired of having their signs stolen by tourists so they changed the name.
@DarqueQueen72 жыл бұрын
You shouting the station's name was hilarious! Thank you for the giggle!🤣🤣🤣
@davidjewood2 жыл бұрын
This video evokes memories of when I was a kid. We had relations who lived in Potters Bar and would always start our journey in to London at Cockfosters.
@bhinak7142 жыл бұрын
I was just there yesterday. I’m visiting London for the holidays. I’m from Alaska and just had to check it out.
@skellertons1132 жыл бұрын
I like your videos, you must do a lot of research, I have learnt a lot of things from you. Ride on the 1973 trains while you can, because when they have gone, the last manually driven DC sounding non computerised, Underground trains will be the 1972's on the Bakerloo. Into the station, doors open straight away, doors close, then, the Train Operator moves the Traction brake controller into Shunt, Series, then Parallel, with all those clunks and clicks, classic noises. In the seventies, The Open University had a course called, ''Architecture and Design 1890 to 1939''. It covered things like Le Corbusier's ''Machine for living'' houses, but my two favourite episodes,(which should still be on You tube), are, ''The semi detached house'' in colour, presented by Professor Stephen Bayley, and , ''The London Underground'', Black and white,(but who cares?) It features the design of Cockfosters Station. Do have a look, I think you will like.
@marvintpandroid22132 жыл бұрын
Drink it warm, mate.
@Northernlightshow2 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f6iZn7l1ktW5aWw.html
@Lighting_Desk2 жыл бұрын
It made me giggle my ass off everytime I was passing through from Heathrow to the centre of London in a holiday.
@PlanetoftheDeaf2 жыл бұрын
A nice station, though TfL want to stick tower blocks on the car park, which would overshadow it a bit. Trent Park, as well as being a less naughty name, is well worth a visit, as a lovely country park. And where the Doctor Who story Mawdryn Undead was filmed.
@anglaismoyen2 жыл бұрын
Living space for people instead of storage space for cars? Fantastic news.
@badbearfilms20172 жыл бұрын
Trent Park was where part of my university was, and spent many evenings there. Never enjoyed the long walk back along Snakes Lane when the mini buses stopped running.
@chocolatecake7422 жыл бұрын
omg i never knew that trent park filmed doctor who??????? omg
@jens-kristiantofthansen93762 жыл бұрын
'In retrospect, it represented the future.' You win.
@therealcaldini2 жыл бұрын
I’ve never been to this station, but every time I see it on the map I sing it in my head to the tune of Blockbuster! by The Sweet.
@warrenalexander52852 жыл бұрын
During WW2 Trent Park had a prisoner of war camp and was the only one in Britain from which German POWs escaped.
@TrevsTravelTales2 жыл бұрын
When I was in London in 2014 We caught the green or yellow Piccadilly line and I turned to My Daughter at !5 Years Old and asked her what the last Station was, Packed Train and She Looked at the Map and Started to announce C Fosters, She only said the C and turned to me with the Evil. I broke out Laughing. Love It and your Comedy, Thank You Mate.
@comicus012 жыл бұрын
One day on a future visit to the UK and London I shall go visit this Cockfosters station! And I've ridden the Piccadilly line plenty. I've visited London twice, first staying across the street from the Gloucester Road station, the second time around the corner from the Russell Square station.
@peterc.16182 жыл бұрын
Travelling on the District Line once a man asked me how long it would be before we got to Glockoster Road. Of all the strange ways tourists try to pronounce some names, this was a new one on me.
@tech10k142 жыл бұрын
2:19 You present yourself as an informative channel, and yet nowhere have I heard mention of this 'Ictoria line' as seen on screen! I feel I must protest!
@grahambaker75632 жыл бұрын
Another brilliant and entertaining video from you, Jago! With each "new" one I see, I get more and more interested in the history of the Underground. Many thanks!!
@MrDavil432 жыл бұрын
I think it was legendary comedian Max Miller who said "A lady got out of the tube train and asked the ticket collector "Is this Cockfosters?" "No lady, it's mine!"
@MrGreatplum2 жыл бұрын
As a child, I always used to giggle when I heard that the train’s destination was Cockfosters; you’ll be pleased to know, I still chuckle today!
@MrCubsfan32 жыл бұрын
I saw the title and absolutely burst out laughing
@ComUnSas2 жыл бұрын
Cockfosters Station sits next to Trent Park which includes a medieval site called Camlet Moat which some have argued is the original Camelot. I think the station developers missed a trick there when naming the station
@thetechnocrat49792 жыл бұрын
OK, now it should be renamed to Camelot!
@ExpoAviation2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for shouting the name out, caught me by surprise and I spat out my brew. Also, back when I lived "darn sarf" I would always chuckle when using the Piccadilly Line, evidently having the mental age of a six year old... Oh and check out the Urban Dictionary for its definitions of said place ;)
@ZGryphon2 жыл бұрын
Discarded outro take: "Thanks to all my supporters on Ko-Fi and Patreon, you are the fosters to my... wait, no." (I have to admit, if I lived in London and traveled on this line regularly, I would giggle internally every time I heard this station's name on the PA, because part of me will always be 12. :)
@fetchstixRHD2 жыл бұрын
Funny enough, I never found the name that amusing until there was a dating advert that mentioned some girl giggling at "Cockfosters"... at that point I ended up laughing. It's more funny when people try not to find it funny!
@jobell73562 жыл бұрын
Love it!! Thanks again for this tale. I must go there one day, never been to the end that line.
@stephenpegum97762 жыл бұрын
As the map in the 1st minute clearly shows, as a resident of Barnet this station is nearby & is a useful alternative to the Northern line on occasions.
@stuartburton11672 жыл бұрын
Imagine the trouble when you do Penistone and Scunthorpe stations
@1963TOMB2 жыл бұрын
Come up to Ludford here in Lincolnshire and visit Fanny Hands Lane!
@rockerjim80452 жыл бұрын
My wife loves Cockermouth in Cumbria
@johnenfield19302 жыл бұрын
Not to mention Clitheroe
@peterc.16182 жыл бұрын
With Penistone and Scunthorpe it's all in the pronunciation, especially with the latter the 'undesirable' hidden word isn't immediately apparent when you say the name.
@YetAnotherGeorgeth2 жыл бұрын
I've never been a fan of the name. I prefer the alternative "Willyadopters."
@pauljordan44522 жыл бұрын
Good one.
@alwaysdisputin99302 жыл бұрын
lol they literally should
@Andrewjg_892 жыл бұрын
As the Piccadilly Line ends at Cockfosters. There was rumours that it could extend into Hertfordshire and possibly as far as Potters Bar. Cockfosters is such a funny name for a suburban commuter town in North London.
@apricotlill69172 жыл бұрын
Wasn't Potter's bar the Leaky Cauldron?
@Andrewjg_892 жыл бұрын
@@apricotlill6917 Possibly. Sounds about right.
@dancedecker2 жыл бұрын
Excellent video as always Jago. Loved the "Cockfosters...the stations called COCKFOSTERS.. bit one minute and one second in.... Brilliant. I do seem to remember an advert by Paul "Crocodile Dundee" Hogan for a certain antipodean "Amber Nectar" a few years ago where he's sat with a can on a station on the Underground and is asked by a Japanese visitor to London looking confusedly at his Underground map....." Excuse please. Can you tell me way to Cockfosters?". To which he replies in his Aussie drawl "Yeah...Drink it warm ..mate". Then adding, looking puzzled...."Funny question". Awesome. Seasons greetings to one and all.
@craigr98812 жыл бұрын
You will be pleased to know that there were two adverts at the start of this video. Enjoy the ad venue mate.
@johane47642 жыл бұрын
Even the announcement in the train sounds like she's rushing on the name, "this is the Piccadilly line service to... _Cockfosters._ "
@tommcgrath24962 жыл бұрын
I remember years ago the station being referred to as Co Fosters by the prudes, they did a similar job on Cockburn's Port so it was Co Burns Port.
@apricotlill69172 жыл бұрын
A woman went into a pub and asked the landlord "Do you have Cockburn's". He replied "Not since I switched to cotton boxers, missus".
@tommcgrath24962 жыл бұрын
@@apricotlill6917 Lol, nice one !
@johnoneill56612 жыл бұрын
There was a really good book about the extension from Finsbury Park to Cockfosters written by one of the station foremen from Arnos Grove a gentleman named Barry Carpenter, it was absolutely full of great pictures of the building of the extension but the best one was taken outside Finsbury park showing just how busy it was (absolutely rammed is a real understatement)
@Krzyszczynski2 жыл бұрын
And that would have been before they started plonking bridges and other hunks of infrastructure around the station, in preparation for the New Works project that would have linked the old Moorgate-Finsbury Park line to the rest of the Northern Line via Highgate.
@vincentkohlumcfan222 жыл бұрын
this summary is even better than the Piccadilly line Wikipedia article i've expanded on. Thanks mate!
@JanGotner2 жыл бұрын
I've always thought Cockfosters meant that there was a foster home for roosters somewhere out there...
@Hamoshekabeka4 ай бұрын
I thought the same.
@Metal052 жыл бұрын
Grew up in Enfield a few miles down the road. Now live in Lincoln. Great to see this again.
@joecesa10132 жыл бұрын
You are a clever man, no one can make these interesting tidbits of history (woven together with other tidbits) so clear and entertaining. Even for a yank who appreciates a fair bit of London, transit, and architectural histories giving me more reason to return and wander again out of the city center (centre??).
@ianmorris492211 ай бұрын
the latter bruv😉
@Bunter.9482 жыл бұрын
Well done again, Mr H. Another superb video, full of fascinating information. You could perhaps have mentioned the advert some years back which posed a question, to which the answer was (if I recall correctly) "serve it warm, mate". Thanks. Simon T
@michaeldwyer33522 жыл бұрын
.... 'like a cathedral' - yes, and as draughty as a cathedral, too. I hope you were wearing an overcoat - we wouldn't want to lose you prematurely. Merry Christmas and happy peregrinations in 2022.
@brentsummers73772 жыл бұрын
Another good feature of Cockfosters Station is the lack of roosting places for pigeons and other birds so almost zero bird poo problems.
@JagoHazzard2 жыл бұрын
I didn’t know about that one! Makes a lot of sense.
@localareakobold91082 жыл бұрын
Can remeber this back in 2019 that our entire class made pictures and posted it on reddit
@pauldonatantonio77852 жыл бұрын
and only 3 stops away there's Anus Grove...or something similar.
@Gabes13212 жыл бұрын
These videos are so informative but I always find I’m laughing so much at them!
@Andrea-sg7qp2 жыл бұрын
I spent a year in London and one day me and a group of friends who were all living in the UK temporarily took the train to Cockfosters to take pictures with the signs there. We thought it was the most hilarious thing in the world even though by the time we got back we were all bored out of our minds from being on the tube for so long.
@lexlayabout57572 жыл бұрын
_"We thought it was the most hilarious thing in the world" sound "_ Really? What sad people.
@gamefoun2 жыл бұрын
@@lexlayabout5757 imagine enjoying things, am I right?
@davidjames579 Жыл бұрын
@@lexlayabout5757 Don't underestimate the power of innuendo to rise to the occasion.
@chrisclarky92292 жыл бұрын
This is great. Transit nurd from Canada for some reason I find myself drawn to the underground and its history and this my friend is a great video thank you
@deliabartlett30762 жыл бұрын
When Jago finally and randomly spits out “Cockfosters”, it’s almost like hearing Johnny Nice Painter saying “black…Black! BLACK!!!”
@reknakfarg72522 жыл бұрын
A few years ago I was showing some young american ladies around London and even though they where mid 20's they giggled like school girls every time the "this is a Piccadilly line train to...." came on
@cennethadameveson37152 жыл бұрын
I'm sure nice people call the station Co'fosters as one pronounce Co'burns port.
@elmonte5lim2 жыл бұрын
nah
@vikingwoman19882 жыл бұрын
Nothing like listening to a good history video on Christmas
@AcornElectron2 жыл бұрын
Always interesting and informative! Merry Christmas to one and all! Keep up the good work fella and stay safe!
@kristianTV19742 жыл бұрын
My local station growing up, then we had that Fosters ad with Crocodile Dundee...
@flemmingsorensen54702 жыл бұрын
😆😁🤣😂😅 Your videos are such a pleasure, they bring smiles and knowledge into tough times.
@PupRiku2 жыл бұрын
I went to London with Uni mates a few times and every single time we heard Cockfosters... absolutely lost it.
@Razaak6662 жыл бұрын
Was your voice in the intro a deliberate attempt to imitate the Piccadilly Line announcer? If it was, you absolutely nailed the intonations!
@AndreiTupolev2 жыл бұрын
That "Great Northern Electrics" sign on the bridge there2:20(looking a bit droopy now) must be something of a relic
@VDL12 жыл бұрын
Cant help but audibly laugh everytime I’m on a line that goes to Cockfosters
@SuperNevile2 жыл бұрын
Do you audibly laugh when you're on the line that goes to Arsenal ? ........
@BritishRaceCaller2 жыл бұрын
This used to be my local tube station! "Cohfosters" to the upwardly mobile, lol. Loved the area around there. Especially Trent Park.
@donpoIlo29822 жыл бұрын
I once got in a fuss as for some reason at South Kensington because the westbound trains for some reason were going eastbound and my parents got very confused leading me yell to them "This train is going to Cockfosters! " "COCKFOSTERS!" Afterwards I released how much I had embarrassed myself
@Tinderchaff2 жыл бұрын
Ah, my neck of the woods. No, really. Yes *sigh* really. I was born just a stone's throw away at Chase Farm Hospital (when it had a maternity ward) and lived at the East end of Enfield. Whenever I headed into London I would always go via Oakwood....what? Why? Reasons, that's why ;). Nowadays I'm a bit more grown up and use Cockfosters all the time. Nice to see the station has been blessed by the twin luminaries of Geoff Marshall and now Jago Hazzard, hallowed soil indeed.
@elmonte5lim2 жыл бұрын
a stone's throw? Why are you not bowling for England with that mighty arm?
@Tinderchaff2 жыл бұрын
@@elmonte5lim I was never good at sports, but at least I can throw a stone! ;) (different James Harris, btw, but you probably knew that!)
@elmonte5lim2 жыл бұрын
@@Tinderchaff that's a pity. The Aussies are giving them what for, it seems. ;)
@enclosingthefield2 жыл бұрын
Reasons? When you have missed the last train from Liverpool St. the tube to Oakwood and a 135 bus to Brimsdown or at least Ponders End is a bit better than a long trek from the last train to Chingford. ('bin there done all that, but I was a lot younger then)
@keef712 жыл бұрын
In future videos just call it 'Rock Lobster' after the song by the B-52s. I always end up singing that when I see the station name anyway
@cyclist682 жыл бұрын
Growing up in 1960s Liverpool was an age when bus conductors would call out the stops as they were approached. One stop was outside the now demolished Richmond Sausage Factory and the conductor always called out "Sausage works girls!" to which all the women on the bus would respond with giggles and "oooooh! " He would probably be sacked for it now but in those days everybody had a sense of humour.
@Slikx6662 жыл бұрын
So many places in England that KZfaq and Google don't like. Scunthorpe, Upper Piddle and Lower Piddle come to mind. And of course.... HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE 🥳👍
@drtiger18342 жыл бұрын
We’ve all felt the pain of “this is the train to COCKfoSterZ”.
@saltmerchant7492 жыл бұрын
The tongue-in-cheek is strong with this one.
@punkywozza43302 жыл бұрын
The station that cannot be named..... What are we the Harry Potter-verse now?
@SPiderman-rh2zk2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Cockfosters was a holding location for German POWs during the war. One such pilot, Franz Von Werra, was there for a time before being sent to Grizedale where he escaped for a while before being recaptured. On another occasion he managed to blag it as a downed Dutch pilot and was strapping into a Hurricane when the Station Commander removed him at gunpoint. He finally escaped into then-neutral America when on a prisoner transport to Canada. He rejoined his squadron but was posted missing on a test flight over the sea.
@D_B_Cooper2 жыл бұрын
The numerous foreigners I’ve heard laugh at the announcements proves your title wrong 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@peterc.16182 жыл бұрын
On the Northern Line I once overheard some American girls laughing at St. Pancras, saying things like, "St. Pancreas, next to Insulin Alley."
@In.Darkness2 жыл бұрын
Damn it Susan! Let him name the station This is as bad as testing for something that has never been isolated
@bjoernaltmann2 жыл бұрын
Uxbridge station looks just like it. Very nice
@roderickmain96972 жыл бұрын
My ex had a London Underground quiz round which had one question as "Surrogate parents to male poultry" as the clue. The problem with software algorithms is that they "see" naughty references where none exist. The county council where I used to live installed some new email software and instantly lost something over 80% of its incomming emails. Apparently "Sussex" is very naughty. C;est la vie.
@ZGryphon2 жыл бұрын
I used to live in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, which, well, make your own joke here. We always did. :)
@thetechnocrat49792 жыл бұрын
Very Sus about the sex part.
@iankemp11312 жыл бұрын
@@thetechnocrat4979 It shows what our ancestors were obsessed with ... Sus, Es, Middle, Wes ...
@breatharian20092 жыл бұрын
Love your wit Jago. You have presented what should normally be perceived as a rather dull and mundane item in such a fun and exciting way to the viewer, and it is refreshingly informative as well. Well done Sir!