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Description: | This is an exterior view of North Ealing Underground station on the Piccadilly line on 2 April 1958. The station is still displaying original 1910 Underground branding, with larger first and last letter. Overhead, swan-necked brass light fittings hang over the maps. There is a large solid disc Underground roundel on the side of the station. Several automobiles are parked on the station forecourt. One, second from right, is a Volkswagen Beetle.
The beetle is one of the most popular cars ever made. It had an unlikely start, however, as a joint project between Adolf Hitler and Ferdinand Porsche just before the Second World War. They had a vision of a mass-produced popular car, which was then known as the KdF or Kraft durch Frieden Wagen. This means the 'strength through joy car'.
Car ownership increased significantly in the 1950s: people used their cars to drive to the station from greater distances. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Transport | Temporal: | 2 Apr 1958 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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