These handles are at Warren street station. I’ve passed them on numerous journeys but can’t for the life of me work out why they’re there. I can only assume that this is a point where people often fall and need assistance to get up.

An image taken a few years ago shows how the weather has had an unexpected affect the vinyl lettering. I’m sure there’s a new font in this somewhere.

Konrad Diepolder. Bentwood connection, academic year 1960.61 Ulm school of design.