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In the late 1960s, London Transport appointed a collective of designers, artists and architects who designed all aspects of the Victoria Line. The distinctive designs in each platform seat recess on all of its 16 stations provided much needed colour and decoration and gave each stop its own visual identity. The results were a mixture of direct inspiration from the station name and references to historical details of the local area. The design for Seven Sisters is by is by Hans Unger (1915-1975) http://www.ltmcollection.org/posters/artist/artist.html?IXartist=Hans+Unger . The name is derived from seven elms which were planted in a circle with an ancient walnut tree at their centre, on an area known as Page Green. The clump was known as the Seven Sisters by 1732. My photos of the tube station are at http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=70088506 .

See Image My photos of the tube station are at http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=70088506 .

See Image and Image My photos of the tube station are at http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=70088506 .

This is one of 270 artworks by Mark Wallinger (winner of the Turner prize in 2007) http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/feb/07/tube-150-birthday-labyrinth-art-project ; the labyrinths are numbered according to the route taken on the 2009 record breaking tube challenge: visiting every station on the London Underground network (270) in as short a time as possible http://www.thetubechallenge.com/ . My photos of Mark Wallinger’s labyrinths are at https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=79989769 .

Note the barrels outside -- someone will buy them, pack them full of items that are cheaper here than in the Caribbean and ship them off to relatives or friends over there. In the Caribbean most consumer goods have to be imported and are much more expensive in real terms than they are here. You will sometimes hear the expression "sending a barrel over" and this is what's meant. The emptied barrel then sits outside the recipient's house. But as you can see, it starts the journey outside shops like these. This unit was once part of a large department store called "Ward's", which is why the area is still called "Ward's Corner". There was a cinema the other side of Seven Sisters Road called the "Corner Cinema".

Platforms 1 and 2 at Seven Sisters are at the overground station. Platform 3 is for northbound (Walthamstow) Victoria Line trains, and platform 5 is for southbound (central London) trains. The view is south(west) bound. Note the small number of advertising panels, and the complete lack of adverts. At the far end of the platform, there is a pedestrian overbridge cut into the roof of the tunnel - no other Victoria line stations have these (apparently for aesthetic reasons). There is also a signal permanently on red (so trains never depart in that direction). See also Image My photos of the tube station are at http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=70088506 .