10 Things You Didn’t Know About The London Underground
3. The First Tube Baby Was Born In 1924
Shockingly, there have been only five recorded births on the London Underground, and two of them happened in 2019. Two more took place in 2008 and 2009 respectively, but the first ever Tube baby came into this world all the way back in 1924.
Daisy Britannia Kate Hammond (what a name, by the way) was already on her way to hospital when she went into labour at Marylebone station. The train kicked all its other passengers off and skipped every station on the way to Elephant and Castle, where a doctor was waiting.
This bit of quick thinking paid off, as Marie Ashford Eleanor was born healthy and happy right there on the platform. Her birth was a major news story and the then-Chairman of the Underground was even present at her christening.
Whilst there have only been five recorded births on The Tube, it has been debated that many more children entered the world whilst their mothers' were sheltering in Underground stations during The Blitz.
One many who would argue this case is US talk show legend, Jerry Springer. He says that he was born at Highgate Station during an air raid.