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A rather good new short film on the Northern Heights scheme and the
effects of its failure on modern London, from a non-spottery POV:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjuD288JlC

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On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:56:35 -0000, John B wrote:

A rather good new short film on the Northern Heights scheme and the
effects of its failure on modern London, from a non-spottery POV:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjuD288JlC


The URL contained a malformed video ID.
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A rather good new short film on the Northern Heights scheme and the
effects of its failure on modern London, from a non-spottery POV:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjuD288JlC

"The URL contained a malformed video ID."

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On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:41:54 -0600,
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In article
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(John B) wrote:

A rather good new short film on the Northern Heights scheme and the
effects of its failure on modern London, from a non-spottery POV:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjuD288JlC

"The URL contained a malformed video ID."

easy to find though by a quick search, Actually called Unfinished
London.


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On Dec 22, 6:41*pm, wrote:
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(John B) wrote:
A rather good new short film on the Northern Heights scheme and the
effects of its failure on modern London, from a non-spottery POV:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjuD288JlC


"The URL contained a malformed video ID."


How bizarre. Try: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anHLOwH2HWU

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On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:41:54 -0600,

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In article

, (John B) wrote:

A rather good new short film on the Northern Heights scheme and the
effects of its failure on modern London, from a non-spottery POV:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjuD288JlC

"The URL contained a malformed video ID."

easy to find though by a quick search, Actually called Unfinished
London.


Thanks. Seen it now.

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On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:20:05 -0000, John B wrote:

How bizarre. Try: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anHLOwH2HWU

Much better.
Very educational and pretty amusing to.
I think he made a small error right at the end though, by using the old
Blackfriars Railway Bridge to illustrate 'unfinished London'?

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On 25 Dec, 11:19, Fig wrote:

Much better.
Very educational and pretty amusing to.
I think he made a small error right at the end though, by using the old *
Blackfriars Railway Bridge to illustrate 'unfinished London'?


I agree. It's also hardly correct to say that Beeching had 'An
incurable phobia of trains'.
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His phobia was of railways that hardly had any trains.


Or passengers, or freight. He certainly wasn't anti-railway.


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