Ampersand Station: How WWII created an unofficial tube station

In the 1940s, it was possible to catch a Bakerloo line train from Ampersand station, even though no such station officially existed.
Ampersand station (c) ianVisits
The station was officially called Bushey & Oxhey, and the oft-repeated story is that during WWII, railway station names were obscured to make life difficult for spies. When the order said station names needed painting out, someone decided that meant the & symbol wasn’t part of the rules.
Hence, the station gained the ni