You may be familiar with the announcement "Mind the Gap" that is often heard on the London Underground. It's a 1 most travelers take for granted, but it has special meaning for Margaret McCollum because it's helping her 2 her husband Oswald, who died in 2007.
Back in 1950, Oswald recorded the announcement used on the underground network. After he died, McCollum, who was retired, would go to the Embankment station every day and 3 her husband's voice.
Sitting on a bench, the lady would hear the 4 voice every few minutes when a new train pulled into the 5. It gave her some comfort.
6, the recording was eventually 7 by an electronic version in 2012. So McCollum went to the London Transport Company to see if they could 8 her a copy of the original recording. She wasn't 9 if they would help, but she insisted on going.
10, they agreed, but the London Underground staff made a lot of effort to 11 the original recording. The digitizing process meant all underground recordings had been placed in archives (档案), and work had to be done to 12 the voice.
But 13 offering a copy to McCollum, the company helped her in another way. They were so moved by McCollum's 14 that they decided to reinstate (恢复) Oswald's 15 at the Embankment station which McCollum could 16 to visit every day.
According to All on the Board, a motivational Instagram account run by two London Underground staff, that is the only 17 on the Northern Line Underground network that has that kind of recording. What's more, for every train 18 the station, Oswald's recording is 19 three times, which must be a 20 for McCollum.
