Somebody (34C) please clarify.......
I was always of the impression that the nickname 'hush hush' was something to do with the weird noise it made.
Others are now saying it was called 'hush hush' because its 'development was secret' - but this is highly unlikely given that plans were drawn up in 1927 or so, and it wasn't completed until the early 30s.
Come on 34C enlighten us.
I saw it at Kings Cross in around 1958, I remember the day with clarity, end of platform 10 at the head of an express.
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I was always of the impression that the nickname 'hush hush' was something to do with the weird noise it made.
Others are now saying it was called 'hush hush' because its 'development was secret' - but this is highly unlikely given that plans were drawn up in 1927 or so, and it wasn't completed until the early 30s.
Come on 34C enlighten us.
I saw it at Kings Cross in around 1958, I remember the day with clarity, end of platform 10 at the head of an express.
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