Bonfire Night!!

Bonfire Night, or Guy Fawkes Night, is one of the British holidays that I've been looking forward to the most. With Fireworks, Bonfires, and Burning Effigies (and lots and lots of pints - this is Britain after all), how can you go wrong?? The best bit of this evening though, was the journey to the fireworks. We decided to go to the Clapham Common firework display, just a few stops further south on the Northern Line. Easy & Simple, right? Ha. We got two stops down the tube line and the train halted for ten minutes, which when one is jammed cheek to jowl in true rush hour fashion, is FOREVER. Then, the Station Manager told everyone to exit the train, exit the station, everything was shutting down due to an emergency. (My thoughts at this point were "Well Crap, if some idiot threw himself infront of a train and I miss the fireworks, I'm going to be so pissed.) So we all got off the train, but were stuck on the platform because the crowds were blocking the emergency exit. Mind you, the British Reserve was still in place, and no one had really said anything or broken the common silence yet. 5 minutes goes by, anther 5, and we're still stuck. Then the Station Manager got on the overhead system again:

"I will tell you one more time, Ladies & Gentlemen the Station is shutting down, I've requested more Southbound trains and they aren't giving me any. Please move along the platform to the emergency exit staircases."
"Platform FOUR, I can see you, you still aren't moving!! PLEASE exit the station, the station is shutting down!"
"PLATFORM FOUR, I Can SEE YOU, You need to move along the platform NOW--"
Random Bloke: "You FUCK-WIT!!!! ARE YOU BLIND, WE CAN'T GO ANYWHERE!!!!"
Now, the British Reserve had broken and all hell broke loose. The next five minutes were a screaming match of insults between the fairly pissed-off crowd and the dis-embodied voice of the Station Manager.
It was GREAT.
Finally the Station Manager got the go-ahead to let our train continue on its journey. I've never seen people move that quickly to get back on a train. I think even the air molecules felt squished. The best part was that we got to Clapham Common only a few minutes into the firework display! The pyrotechnics were quite spectacular, and the theater show Transport for London put on for us beforehand just made the evening all the better. Below is a video of the Firework Finale. Enjoy!