Wembley Way
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Olympic Way, more commonly (and erroneously) known as Wembley Way, is the road that links Wembley Park tube station
and Wembley Stadium
in London
, England
. Thousands of spectators walk along it to every event as the road leads directly into the stadium. The road is an easy access from the London Underground
system to the stadium, and travels in a north-south direction.
Wembley way was built several years after World War II by German POWs still held captive by the UK. Originally they were intended to be used for picking up refuse during the games, but their duties were changed due to criticism in the press; ""It is fair to assume that the Ministry of Labour will think very hard before indenting for a slave squad to operate quite so publicly and before quite so many overseas visitors." Instead they were put on less visible construction details.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8564401.stm (See Forced labor of Germans after World War II
)
Wembley Park tube station
Wembley Park tube station is a London Underground station in Wembley Park, north west London. The station is served by the Underground's Metropolitan and Jubilee Lines and is in Travelcard Zone 4...
and Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium
The original Wembley Stadium, officially known as the Empire Stadium, was a football stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the new Wembley Stadium that opened in 2007...
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Thousands of spectators walk along it to every event as the road leads directly into the stadium. The road is an easy access from the London Underground
London Underground
The London Underground is a rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and some parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex in England...
system to the stadium, and travels in a north-south direction.
Wembley way was built several years after World War II by German POWs still held captive by the UK. Originally they were intended to be used for picking up refuse during the games, but their duties were changed due to criticism in the press; ""It is fair to assume that the Ministry of Labour will think very hard before indenting for a slave squad to operate quite so publicly and before quite so many overseas visitors." Instead they were put on less visible construction details.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8564401.stm (See Forced labor of Germans after World War II
Forced labor of Germans after World War II
Forced labour of Germans after World War II refers to the Allied use of German civilians and captured soldiers for forced labor in years following World War II ....
)