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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...
Your may be interested in Lot 269 of the forthcoming "James Bond" auction at Christies on 14th February 2001 - sale number 9017. The description is... From...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Explorer 288 'Bradford & Huddersfield' contains a greater density of the strings of green dots revealing 'other routes with public access' than any other...
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...
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...
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...
I think the 'special' offer on Landranger sheet 139 (Birmingham) is on the C edition, published 1998 and recently superseded by edition C1. Could it be a ...
Maybe it was too easy. The book is by Brian Paul Hindle, Roads and trackways of the Lake District. However, the author gives only six figure grid references,...
Unfortunately the `attachment' became `detached', so here is a version with the attachment in plain text form within the message. R.O. PUBLICATION ANNOUNCEMENT...
The following may be of interest to members of this group, as there is a strong OS component! Please DON'T cross-post it, as arrangements for that have already...
Firstly I would like to add how much I enjoyed the AGM on Saturday. I found the talk from the OS of great interest. He mentioned some sort of tie up with W H...
I wonder if anyone can help me identify and date a map that I have just inherited, in the absence of a published guide. It appears to be a New Series (1st ed.)...
What a wonderful day Saturday was in Manchester. It was lovely to put faces to names and to see so many who are interested in Ordnance Survey maps. I thought...
While building up the Database for C.C.S -back cover Sheetlines 60- I have had some queries regarding "10 colour printings" of the earlier 7th.Series maps. Can...
Sorry about the last message. I am now very confused and am not sure what happened, but if anyone wishes to take up the spreadsheet idea, please feel free to...
I forgive you. When you get to my age, dwelling on such minor things is pointless. You are quite right, there were four residents and fifty two visitors on the...
The two words "Ordnance Survey" are a rather poor description of what the organisation does. Looking at overseas national mapping agencies, one would normally...
