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#London
A unique story of love and devotion from the United Kingdom!
Dr Margaret McCollum, a general practitioner, has been visiting the Embankment station each day since her husband’s death in 2007.
Margaret was married to Oswald Laurence, who had recorded the ‘Mind the Gap’
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announcement for the northern line in the 1950s.
Margaret visits the Embankment tube station every day, just to hear her late husband’s voice.
The chime of ‘Mind the gap’ is quite well-known in the UK,
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however, nobody fathomed that the depth of the voice meant a lifetime for Margaret. ‘Since he died I would sit and wait for the next train until I heard his voice,’ and explained how the recording helped keep his memory alive,”
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In 2012, when the tube station replaced the audio with a digital system, Margaret was shocked as she could not find her husband’s voice. She inquired about the announcement with the TfL Rail services, however, the authorities told her that they were unable to embed
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Oswald’s recording on the new system.
After comprehending what the voice meant to Margaret, the rail company arranged a CD of the recording for her.
"We were very touched by her story, so staff tracked down the recording and not only were they able to get a copy
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of the announcement on CD for her to keep but are also working to restore the announcement at Embankment station," Nigel Holness, London Underground director, was quoted
Margaret had requested the authorities to restore her husband's voice.
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Her plea was accepted and the rail company decided to restore the 40-year-old announcement audio.
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