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I have a few important maps in my tiny collection that I bought in a poor stste of health. Several had ben repaired with Sellotape in the past and the...
I collect 6" maps of Suffolk. Many of my maps were repaired with Sellotape, it seems to shrink and screw up the map as it does so! About three years ago I...
... You can buy the proper archival quality linen, paper and transparent document repair tapes for doing this job. I've used Preservation Equipment Ltd,...
I just joined the group. I see there was talk earlier about benchmarks and producing an article for Sheetlines. Was this done, and what is Sheetlines ? Sorry...
This was issued on Tuesday (5th), and anyone interested can obtain it via the press-releases section of the OS website (ordsvy.gov.uk). R.O. ... Richard...
Richard Oliver
R.R.Oliver@...
Nov 8, 2002 5:30 pm
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Welcome to the Group, Janet. The position is that it is agreed with Chris Higley that David Andrews and I are going to write a joint paper on Benchmarks for...
Yolande Hodson
y.hodson@...
Nov 11, 2002 9:18 am
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On Sat, 02 Nov 2002 22:41:40 -0000 Brian Sussex ... Having mislaid my 1926 Daily Mail map of the SE, I don't know if by then they were including road numbers....
Richard Oliver
R.R.Oliver@...
Nov 11, 2002 11:36 am
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I received the following sad email from Pauline Bell today.. ***** I'm sorry to have to tell you that Michael Bell died of a brain tumour in the early hours of...
... Sheetlines, wot I edit, is the journal or newsletter or both of the Charles Close Society and is distributed free to members three times a year. Membership...
I have in my Discoverer/Discovery collection sheets 27A, 28A, 28B and 36A which hover around the border between N Ireland and the republic and which have been...
Alan Bowring
alan.bowring@...
Nov 13, 2002 6:09 pm
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If you have a copy of Sheetlines 59 to hand, have a look at Michael Richardson's article on page 39. This provides a fascinating account of the layout of the...
... No, this is certainly not how I view the situation between these two oganisations - or indeed with our own OS and those of Ireland, in fact the complete...
What is the correct term for the study of maps. for example campanology means the study of bells and also the art or practice of bell ringing. So could it...
... The short answer is "Cartography" but that is just a bit too simple. Cartography includes both the design, making and study of maps. The term cartology...
I don't know if I am having memory problems because I am getting old, or the fact that I might be imagining that - on one of our early "Three day events" in...
Bill Batchelor
bill.batchelor@...
Nov 28, 2002 11:00 pm
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Sheetlines 65, a 68 page issue, has gone to the printers today and should reach Charles Close Society members just in time for Christmas. The highlights of...
Thanks Chris I am sure it will be another super issue. David In message <asb3s7+eefr@eGroups.com>, Chris Higley <editor@charlescloses ociety.org.uk> writes ......
David J Parsons
dparsons@...
Nov 30, 2002 9:35 pm
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Chris, Sounds good. Plaese can you email me the Forthcoming visits section so I can add it to the web site? Thanks Pete...
Bill I wonder whether you are not thinking of a few of the old one-inch series which were wonderfully coloured up with contour layers - in preparation for the...
Yolande Hodson
y.hodson@...
Dec 2, 2002 12:42 pm
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I am in the midst of doing a bit of research and the particualr route I am looking at has a "Ford" clearly shown - does anyone know what rules the surveyors...
A glance at any OS 1:25000 map of an upland area of the country will reveal many fords on routes which are shown as footpaths or as public footpaths. Some of...
Alan Bowring
alan.bowring@...
Dec 9, 2002 8:17 am
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Unfortunately, 'Richard's green book' dosen't contain any reference to fords, which in turn means that there aren't any in the OS large-scale instructions used...
Richard Oliver
R.R.Oliver@...
Dec 9, 2002 11:23 am
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Hello Brian I am compiling a book on OS instructions relating to routes on all scale of OS maps up to the 1960s. This means that I am collecting information on...
Yolande Hodson
y.hodson@...
Dec 9, 2002 6:00 pm
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Summary lists for Landranger and Explorer maps have been updated, along with a list of One-inch new Popular and Seventh Series maps currently under ...
Congratulations to Chris Higley on another splendid Sheetlines, and special thanks to Richard Oliver for the great service he has done for members in...
... I agree with John. well done. I particularly enjoyed David Challis' article about the creation of "Descriptve maps" - one of my favourite map books. ...
In a recently purchased Catalogue of Maps of the OS, 1924 edition, in the Summary of Maps, Books etc (for sale)section I notice the 'Black Letter Prayer Book,...
The next meeting of the informal Midlands Group will be at 19:30 on Thursday 9 January 2003, at Voluntary Services Centre, Union Street Car Park, Union Street,...
The Black Letter Prayer Book was one of a number of photo-zincographic facsimiles produced by the OS between about 1861 and 1870: the best-known is the...
