A HELENSBURGH man caught up in the aftermath of Friday's terror incident on the London Underground has spoken of changing attitudes in the city towards the threat posed by terrorism.

Andy Caldwell was two trains behind the one on which an improvised explosive device was detonated at Parsons Green station shortly before 8.20am.

Mr Caldwell, who has lived in London for six years, was travelling to work from his home in Putney when the incident happened.

He said: “This morning I went into Costa Coffee before getting the Tube, which is something I've never done in all my time living in Putney.

“If I hadn't I could have been on that train – it was a weird thing to think about.”

Twenty-two people were treated in hospital after being injured in the incident.

Police, who are treating the incident as terrorism, said most of the injuries were for 'flash burns'.

Footage of the aftermath of the incident showed a white bucket in flames inside a Lidl carrier bag on the floor of the train carriage, with wires trailing on to the floor.

Mr Caldwell continued: “Every morning I get on the District Line at East Putney station. The train usually just departs straight away, but it didn't depart this morning – it sat there for about ten minutes, and eventually everyone was told to evacuate because of an incident at Parsons Green.

“I think everyone assumed it was a broken down train. But I took a black cab into the city and it was only when I was in the cab that I heard reports coming in on the radio about an explosion.”

Mr Caldwell, who works in corporate sales, said he was aware of a change in attitudes towards terrorism in London in the wake of the growing number of attacks – this was the fifth on British soil so far this year, and is the only one in which no-one has died.

“London is a resilient city,” he said, “and everyone has to stick together and show we're not affected.

“But there's a definite air of 'not again – when is it going to stop'?

“There's that very British thing about staying strong in the face of adversity, but people now seem to be accepting that this is just the environment in which we live.

“At the same time it's not really a topic of c onversation. There seems to be a feeling of 'it's not in your control, so is there any point discussing it?'.”