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Volunteer family tour guides developed their research skills at the LTM Library, and researched vehicles on the tour with Librarian Caroline Warhurst.
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The tour guides shared their skills to come up with a list of golden rules for delivering a family tour at the Acton Depot.
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The volunteers had an in-depth tour with experienced tour guide Martin Eady. They learned how to drive an underground train in preparation for the ‘Cab It’ version of the family tour, where families got to sit in the driver’s seat.
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The tour guides developed their presentation skills by taking LTM staff on their tours.
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At the end of the programme the volunteers delivered their tours to families, beginning with the buses.
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Families had the chance to ask lots of questions, with knowledgeable tour guides from the adult programme delivering to a new audience.
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The tour moved from buses to trains, and families explored Victorian carriage 353, restored to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Underground in 2013.
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The tour guides took families inside carriage 353 where they saw how upper class Victorians used to travel.
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The tour finished with the 1967 Victoria Line train driven by the Queen (Elizabeth II, not Victoria!) and a question…who owns all of these vehicles?
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Families got to sit in the driver’s cab on the ‘Cab It’ version of the family tour.