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Clive D. W. Feather December 2nd 03 07:47 PM

'That's a nice tie'
 
In article , Ian Jelf
writes
When I'm guiding in London I usually wear either my "Monopoly Squares"
tie or my "Beck Tube Map" tie.


I used to have a "I'd be lost without it" T-shirt bearing a map, for
wearing in London in the summer.

....

A map of the Newcastle Metro, that is.

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Kat December 2nd 03 09:12 PM

'That's a nice tie'
 
In message , Clive D. W. Feather
writes
In article , Ian Jelf
writes
When I'm guiding in London I usually wear either my "Monopoly Squares"
tie or my "Beck Tube Map" tie.


I used to have a "I'd be lost without it" T-shirt bearing a map, for
wearing in London in the summer.

...

A map of the Newcastle Metro, that is.

Which reminds me there's a big London Underground map on the floor of a
Toronto subway station... can't remember which one.
--
Kat Frogs have it easy. They can eat what bugs them.


John Rowland December 2nd 03 09:27 PM

'That's a nice tie'
 
"Kat" wrote in message
...

Which reminds me there's a big London Underground map on
the floor of a Toronto subway station... can't remember which one.


Are you sure that wasn't in London Ontario?

--
John Rowland - Spamtrapped
Transport Plans for the London Area, updated 2001
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acro...69/tpftla.html
A man's vehicle is a symbol of his manhood.
That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line -
It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes



Kat December 2nd 03 10:10 PM

'That's a nice tie'
 
In message , John Rowland
writes
"Kat" wrote in message
...

Which reminds me there's a big London Underground map on
the floor of a Toronto subway station... can't remember which one.


Are you sure that wasn't in London Ontario?

Could have been; so easy to get lost on the Toronto subway ;-)
--
Kat Frogs have it easy. They can eat what bugs them.


Mark Brader December 2nd 03 11:01 PM

'That's a nice tie'
 
"Kat":
Which reminds me there's a big London Underground map on the floor of a
Toronto subway station... can't remember which one.


It's my home station, Eglinton. A company bought all advertising space
in the station, including sections of floors, walls, stair risers, and
recycling bins, as companies here sometimes do. I counted about 60 Under-
ground diagrams (or rather sections of them -- there are no complete ones),
about 40 roundels, and only about 20 places where the advertiser was
actually identified. It was all done overnight and felt rather surreal
the first time I saw it.

No, it wasn't Transport for London spending your money. It was a travel
web site in Canada, and the (almost hidden) advertising slogan was "get
to London or anywhere else".

They used quite a recent version of the diagram, by the way; it includes
the improved rendering of Earl's Court where you can see that no trains
run from Richmond or Ealing Broadway to Edgware Road.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Don't anthropomorphize evolution:
It hates that." --John Freiler

My text in this article is in the public domain.

Kat December 2nd 03 11:14 PM

'That's a nice tie'
 
In message , Mark Brader
writes
"Kat":
Which reminds me there's a big London Underground map on the floor of a
Toronto subway station... can't remember which one.


It's my home station, Eglinton.

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Thanks Mark.
I know it's OT for this group but can you tell me anything about the
sculpture over the track just outside Union; I didn't get a close look
at it but it seemed to be something to do with building the railway..
--
Kat Frogs have it easy. They can eat what bugs them.


Mark Brader December 3rd 03 01:27 AM

'That's a nice tie'
 
"Kat" writes:
I know it's OT for this group but can you tell me anything about the
sculpture over the track just outside Union; I didn't get a close look
at it but it seemed to be something to do with building the railway..


The Chinese Railroad Workers Memorial? Sorry, I never heard of it.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "It was too crazy to be true,
| and too crazy to be false." --Tom Clancy

Ian Jelf December 3rd 03 08:59 AM

'That's a nice tie'
 
In article , Clive D. W. Feather
writes
In article , Ian Jelf
writes
When I'm guiding in London I usually wear either my "Monopoly Squares"
tie or my "Beck Tube Map" tie.


I used to have a "I'd be lost without it" T-shirt bearing a map, for wearing
in London in the summer.

...

A map of the Newcastle Metro, that is.


Worryingly, I have one of those somewhere, as well..... :-)
--
Ian Jelf, MITG, Birmingham, UK
Registered "Blue Badge" Tourist Guide for
London & the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk

Kat December 3rd 03 09:51 AM

'That's a nice tie'
 
In message , Mark Brader
writes
"Kat" writes:
I know it's OT for this group but can you tell me anything about the
sculpture over the track just outside Union; I didn't get a close look
at it but it seemed to be something to do with building the railway..


The Chinese Railroad Workers Memorial? Sorry, I never heard of it.


Must be my memory playing tricks then...
--
Kat Frogs have it easy. They can eat what bugs them.



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