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... At lunch time today I popped into Smiths in Redditch and indeed there were about a dozen of the new spine numbers of various sheets - and they are ...
I have copied the following from the railwaycanal group where it was posted by Steve Barber. Brian Dobbie was also well known in the Charles Close Society and...
Sheetlines 64, the August issue of the Charles Close Society Journal will be distributed to members tomorrow. The content is as follows: Forthcoming visits ...
Cheers Chris ... I look forward to finding out what a TOID is. Possibly a close relative to a Shrek ? Pete...
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David J Parsons
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Aug 15, 2002 9:03 pm
Thanks Chris for all your hard work on this. Looks like another good one. David In message <ajgu47+f66v@eGroups.com>, scocjh <editor@charlesclosesociety ...
Somebody told me the Ellis Martin cover ( Street Scene with Clock - H73 in Map cover Art ) for the 6inch to a mile map is based upon a real town. I have...
From today's Burton Mail, the evening newspaper for south-east Staffordshire and south Derbyshire: "999 mobile calls put lives at risk. "People's lives could...
Midlands Group Meeting - Thursday 12th September 2002 This will be an open discussion session at 19:30 on Thursday 12th September at the Voluntary Services...
Lez Watson wrote:- ... Simple really although it is up to the manufacturers of mobile phones. Just incorporate one of those global positioning devices in a...
Congratulations to Chris on another fine Journal. I spent a very pleasant two hours reading it from cover to cover. Incidentally, does anyone know where I...
I had understand that the Landranger `Select' maps were (1) only available from the OS website, and (2) based on the `new spec' maps. It now seems that I was...
While revising part of the Oxford English Dictionary I have come across an entry for the word `omnigraph', which is supposedly a rare and obsolete word for a...
Yes, I guess so. I knew the source is old specification before I ordered mine back in May. There's no reason why Stanford's shouldn't order on a customer's...
CCS members will have seen the list of New Maps I put in Sheetlines 64. According to the information I had at the time, the remaining Landrangers were all due...
Further to Jon's update, things evidently continue to "move quickly in the OS", as yet another 7 "new format" Landrangers are shown on the OS website as...
For consistency with Jon's list, I realise that I should have quoted the "Released"; date as given on the OS website, rather than the "Published" date So...
Some OS maps have little booklets with streetnames ( or other information) as part of the map. Often there is a small staple holding it together and this...
I suspect, Pete, that you need to get out more! If pressed for an opinion though, I'd go for replacing it with white cotton thread (which I do). This looks...
Oh! (I have a friend like that, but I know what you mean). It's a good question though. My answer, although off hand, is what I do with rusty stapled...
Having established (from two of my local branches here in Scotland) that WHSmith *are not* offering 2 for a tenner on Explorer maps in every store... ... ......
And thick and fast they continue to appear! Another 6 "new format" Landrangers are now shown on the OS website as published. These are as follows: Sht Title...
Does anyone know of a map which shows a branch railway line from the Crieff/Perth main line which served what was Huntingtowerfield Bleachfields. It then...
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Ralph Rawlinson
ralph@...
Aug 30, 2002 10:21 pm
Hi Christopher This standard gauge line opened in 1911 partly electrified at 500v DC. About 1945 a diesel only branch was added, with a bridge over the River ...
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Richard Oliver
R.R.Oliver@...
Aug 31, 2002 11:13 am
There are occasional references to the omnigraph in map imprints around 1840, e.g. a map of Plymouth which is available in a reissue from the city library...
An outstanding cartographic pioneer and chronicler of the story of Canadian topographic mapping, Lou Sebert, has passed away. Here are two obituaries. iain...
