Having been away this week, I've only just caught up with this exchange! The probable reason why the `elevated motorway' symbol was omitted from those few 7th...
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Richard Oliver
R.R.Oliver@...
Jun 2, 2001 2:32 pm
As far as I know, there is no centralised list of OS engravers or other employees which would help. At present there is no alternative to looking through the...
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Peter Stubbs
pete@...
Jun 5, 2001 9:05 pm
Scruffy old maps. I have a question for others in the group. What should I do with the scruffy old maps that I have? These are the maps, Birmingham 1...
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Gerry Jarvis
Gerryj@...
Jun 5, 2001 10:06 pm
The message <000e01c0ee03$5131baa0$91e57ad5@...> ... Society http://www.charlesclosesociety.org.uk and The Ordnance Survey...
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Felix Cathdu
therev@...
Jun 6, 2001 5:28 pm
Hello again. I have not been able to spend much time in my map room this week, but I seem to remember ticking off my old school friend Willis when the early...
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David Andrews
demandrews@...
Jun 7, 2001 7:32 am
... the ... is falling ... selotaped together. ... mats ... one ... You could always do what I do, much to the disgust of "she who must be obeyed" and keep...
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Richard Oliver
R.R.Oliver@...
Jun 7, 2001 10:41 am
`CH' for golf club house first appears on the 1-inch 5th Edition in the late 1930s: it is certainly on sheet 142, published summer 1939, and I think I havwe...
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Bob Sayers
bob.sayers@...
Jun 7, 2001 6:58 pm
The message <9fnan0+nvu3@eGroups.com> ... You beat me to it, Gerry. I've often thought of using them to make a set of table mats, but I've only ever found: 1....
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David Shirt
dshirt@...
Jun 8, 2001 9:23 am
I thought that members of the list would be interested in an article published in the Bookseller on 9th March, under the heading "AA caught mapping" (and...
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Richard Oliver
R.R.Oliver@...
Jun 8, 2001 10:18 am
Just one point: what the press have picked up on as `errors' are referred to off the record as `quirks of generalisation', which are the result of reducing...
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David Shirt
dshirt@...
Jun 8, 2001 1:30 pm
I have just seen the new touring maps for `Wales' (1:220,000) and `Lake District & Cumbria' (1:110,000), which both follow the disappointing style of the...
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Yolande Hodson
y.hodson@...
Jun 8, 2001 1:54 pm
Hello everybody, This is my first communication to the group although I have enjoyed reading all the messages. Richard suggests there may be a slight...
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Richard Oliver
R.R.Oliver@...
Jun 8, 2001 2:42 pm
Poor you!!! Yes, the OS's intention is definitely to replace the remaining 1" tourist maps with map-like objects in the style of the latest, ahem, offerings....
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Lawence Morris
lawencemorris@...
Jun 8, 2001 6:53 pm
... I have often come across this type of "desirable" Ordnance Survey map on sale at Railway Collectors Fairs. "It shows the former track of the...
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Edward P Rowley
pennocrucium@...
Jun 8, 2001 7:09 pm
... symbols on the 7th series: and Alans comments on ... My copy of the Greater London 1" special map 1971 shows the same symbol used on the A40(M) also in...
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Alan Bowring
alan.bowring@...
Jun 8, 2001 8:23 pm
Explorer 288 'Bradford & Huddersfield' contains a greater density of the strings of green dots revealing 'other routes with public access' than any other...
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Peter Stubbs
pete@...
Jun 8, 2001 11:17 pm
Yo ... they ... the ... Before joining the Charles CLose Society I used to throw old maps *SHOCK HORROR* away. but now my conscience says that this is...
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Bill Batchelor
bill.batchelor@...
Jun 9, 2001 2:02 am
From what I was told at the AGM by the OS representative, the One inch touring maps will definitely GO. Its 'Good bye' to Hill shaded maps, Coloured maps,...
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Forbes Robertson
forbescr@...
Jun 9, 2001 8:32 am
Help please. Re Database for sales/wants (making progress !). Could someone send me a SIMPLE list of issues of ten mile maps- no need for variations or those...
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Peter Stubbs
pete@...
Jun 9, 2001 6:17 pm
Yo ... demonstrate that maps actually do get used and map historians in a few centuries time will have wonderful artifacts from which to spin tales of the ...
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Peter Stubbs
pete@...
Jun 10, 2001 9:38 am
Gerry, You asked... ... There are several schools of thought this. My individual preference is to have a one line extract or summary of a previous email at...
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Bob Sayers
bob.sayers@...
Jun 10, 2001 12:56 pm
The message <002201c0f191$10babf80$672f073e@...> ... Couldn't agree more, Pete, and especially with your use of the word "extract"! It's unfortunate...
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Philip Fry
philipfry@...
Jun 11, 2001 7:20 pm
Chris's editorial in the latest issue of "Streetlines" remarked on the fact that women are supposed not to be very good at reading a map. He reckoned this was...
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Felix Cathdu
therev@...
Jun 12, 2001 6:37 pm
Hello again. What a lot of activity amongst the group. Is it due to post-election relief or joyous thanks that they've shut up at last? On Saturday I bought a...
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Gerry Jarvis
Gerryj@...
Jun 12, 2001 8:32 pm
The message <2001061010583770143@...> ... And even better to have it confirmed by another zetnet! Gerry ... Society...
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Gerry Jarvis
Gerryj@...
Jun 12, 2001 8:33 pm
Pete Thanks. I will try to follow your good procedure. Gerry...
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Richard Oliver
R.R.Oliver@...
Jun 16, 2001 5:06 pm
Another interesting posting from Felix Cathdu, not least because it now seems that there are six surviving copies of 1-inch 7th Edition sheet 142, edition...
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Peter Stubbs
pete@...
Jun 17, 2001 9:12 pm
... auction at ... There is a chance to see the finished results from the item below this Wednesday 20th June at 8:00 when ITV is screning "From Russia with...
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David Archer
david@...
Jun 18, 2001 5:29 pm
Philip Fry wrote: ...I thought of this when I read a review of a book titled "Mrs P's Journey". Mrs P's full name was Phyllis Isobel Gross, and she was the...
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Philip Fry
philipfry@...
Jun 19, 2001 8:06 pm
Hello David, thanks for your comments. You are right, the name of the lady was Phyllis Pearsall, I realised as soon as I sent the message off that I'd given...
