Meet London Underground's 'Mind the Gap' Man | Thames News Archive Footage 

Isn't this guy different, the real one is Oswald Laurence not this stupid idiot Peter

@@ctra1ns Oswald **Lawrence

I'm sure I saw a comment on another video from a lady claiming that her husband recorded the 'Mind the gap' signal on one of the Tube lines, so might very well have been her!

I know what is happening with this property. Please have kids

There's a story about a doctor called Margaret McCollum married to the 'mind the gap' voice actor. But they say he was called Oswald Lawrence.

blakaeg that was Oswald Laurence at Embankment station. This is a different guy.

@Alex Gemi not exactly weird she must miss him too much and wants to hear his voice

@Alex Gemi I think that, if it helped her through her grief and didn't hurt anyone else, then it's all good.

@Alex Gemi how?

Alex Gemi easy to say when you’re not in her shoes

isctony this is my grandad! the recording of him and Oswald are very very similar but with slightly different intonation. This one is definitely Peter :)

Ok

@@emmmlodg i think you should go down to Embankment station when Mrs Lawrence is there and tell her the truth

I’m sure they could change the pitch of certain words so it has a different tone to it.

I think they used Lawrence voice but said it was Peter's. That was a lot cheaper.

so which one is Oswald's ??

@@aurahyhj They never used Oswald's recording as his agent asked for too high a fee (as said in this video at 0:17 ). It was always Peter's.

@@billyh88uk so...his wife never heard his voice? And all those years she just listens to a voice of some strangers? Dude...

I’m so confused 😂

I did a bit of digging and apparently the recording at Embankment today is still Lawrence’s, however it seems that this recording was only brought back for his wife and was never used. I could be wrong though

He passed away a few years ago. LU agreed to keep playing it for his widow however I believe she's now passed away and they've replaced his announcement with a new one of manual announcements. However apparently it still does play but very rarely.

@@Faulty720 thanks tomsee, interesting to know that 🙂

It’s Peter. The “actor” mentioned at 0:08 in this report is Oswald, basically they never used Oswald’s voice and his widow (and possibly Oswald himself) never realised.

Richard b erm bruh this is from the archives...and this guy has passed away if my facts are right. Just look at how old this video looks. The recordings date at least from the 60s...nowadays only the mind the gap announcement is kept at Embankment Northern line Northbound Platform 3.

Starting in the 90s, the trains themselves have an alarm (the rapid beeping noise) which sounds before the doors close. The announcement, therefore, is redundant.

I wondered about that. They say 'carefully distorted'. I always thought it was just the speaker itself that made the recording sound distorted. Guess not. Either way it sounds good distorted.

Not me for example.

@L3P3. Uncultured swine.

Yes, Embankment is O. Lawrence

🤣

Karen I’m not

What's that?

*gasp* The mind the gap announcement at Embankment is Oswald Lawrence because his widow wanted to hear him

Trident H acoustics of a tube platform and old tech PA system.

Millenials are triggered by loud noises and suffer anxiety, so many station masters turn it down a bit

Gonzo Gilberto ok boomer

@@sunsbasketballreview6307 true story

There are no female mind the gap announcers

Tracy McFannydaddle.

Her name is Emma Clarke. She also did the voice of the starship Avalon in the movie Passengers.

in other words she thinks its her husband Oswald Lawrence and really it was Peter Lodge all the time Someones got to tell her sooner or later

@@danwoodhouse9290 Didn't they change it for a while before Oswald Lawrence's wife requested that they went back to the recording of her husband? Could this have been during the inbetween period?

Jacob Davenport only at embankment as of his widows request

Only at embankment station.

Bit of a posh accent

It’s nice isn’t it?

That was not in the rush hour mate. I remember the rush hour back then. It was not nice. Now you got bigger carriages to be able to breath.

And this was filmed in the 80s/90s

It looks that way, because it wasn't a crowded period. The same as many times of day today. Only today there are bigger trains, longer trains, more space effective trains and more frequent trains. London is famed for being a crowded city right from its creation. In fact, the Victorians documented it's overcrowding in great detail.

Because he is saying that? 😂🤗

@@karent4347 did you miss the other 'the?'

@@rondaxen88 I did! Apologies 😊

@@karent4347 I missed it too :-D

He enunciates the 'd' at the end of mind very strongly so it sounds like an extra 'the'. It's actually 'mind-d the gap'

Lol did you smash?

I wanna have a turn. Has she aged well?

@@raregrimebeats1352 don't think it's thongs as in the undies but thongs as in flip flops

Someone He got it right tbf! A white pair with the ‘mind the gap’ quote incorporated into the London Underground logo... Remember it well lol

J p b Dude they both did it and their recordings are super similar! not entirely sure but I think my dad told me that they only did 1 recording of my Grandad (Peter), yet wanted others for other stations so got Oswald to do the others because of how similar their voices sound! Not entirely sure on that though :)

yesss you should

I want to know this too

James Brown Could have been edited and manipulated to sound different

You people get everywhere, don't you? Please give it a rest.

@Mike D What do you mean by 'you people'? Do you mean people, who point out unconvenient truths (albeit it being in an ironic and hyperbolic manner)? I can understand that this annoys you. People prefer to look away and to ignore such things. However, the demographic change of Europe due to immigration and birth rates is a huge problem, and ignored problems only get worse. So, better to wake up sooner than later. This might help: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eQXHc-tJMXM.html

@@christianrochat7919 I mean the 'Londonistan' brigade, who can't seem to watch any archive film from Britain without taking the opportunity to post an anti-immigrant comment.

@Mike D Why do you think that is? Might they have a point?

@Mike D Maybe those people understand what is at stake. And they want to avoid becoming like France (have a look, please!): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GwQSve8MvjE.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0e_V3KA_c4s.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7aVAARwrpLM.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MIKWen3WLAI.html Or Germany: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-D4RU3fRxxM8.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-x0_9p_QUu9E.html Do you want to live in a society where such things occur on a regular basis?

You never heard it in the 80s? It was played all the time in the 80s

Must’ve been earlier then.

London is one of the biggest tourist destinations in the world.

Actually yes, with today’s obsessions with mobile phones and people being very distracted by them, it still feels reasonable to have this warning unfortunately. Governments are now resorting to phone only walking lanes in some city centres so a “‘mind the gap” warning for LT is still apt

Nigel Heard it through out my life from the 70s. What are you on about ?