Old A-Zs of London
 

Can anyone help?

Old Ordnance Survey maps, and old bus maps (through the excellent Mike
Harris website) are easy to get hold of, but can anyone suggest a bookshop
that sells old London A-Zs?

Thanks in advance

The Absent Minded Professor

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The Absent Minded Professor wrote:
Can anyone help?

Old Ordnance Survey maps, and old bus maps (through the excellent
Mike Harris website) are easy to get hold of, but can anyone suggest
a bookshop that sells old London A-Zs?

You could try the bookstore at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre @
Quainton Road - I was in there a while back and they're packed with
lots of old railway-related merchandise, some of which appeared to be
A-Zs.

Old A-Zs of London
 

"The Absent Minded Professor"
myfirstnames@surnameyearofbirthadotgoesherefreese rve.co.uk wrote in
message ...
Can anyone help?

Old Ordnance Survey maps, and old bus maps (through the excellent Mike
Harris website) are easy to get hold of, but can anyone suggest a bookshop
that sells old London A-Zs?

Thanks in advance

The Absent Minded Professor



There are a couple on eBay at the moment, one originally priced at 3/6d.

Old A-Zs of London
 

On Sun, 1 May 2005 21:01:17 +0100, "The Absent Minded Professor"
myfirstnames@surnameyearofbirthadotgoesherefreese rve.co.uk wrote:

Old Ordnance Survey maps, and old bus maps (through the excellent Mike
Harris website) are easy to get hold of, but can anyone suggest a bookshop
that sells old London A-Zs?

Amazon.co.uk sells used books. The oldest I found for sale was 1950, but I
wasn't trying hard.

Old A-Zs of London
 

"Kevin Bean" wrote in message
...

There are a couple on eBay at the moment, one originally priced at 3/6d.



I have bought a few old A-Zs on eBay; they come up quite regularly so you
should be able to get what you want there.

Tony

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"Tony Wilson" a@a wrote in message
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I have bought a few old A-Zs on eBay;

Could anyone with a decent collection please pin down when Southwell Rd HA3
was built? Bonus points if anyone can tell me why it was built. TIA.

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On Tue, 3 May 2005, John Rowland wrote:

"Tony Wilson" a@a wrote in message
...

I have bought a few old A-Zs on eBay;

Could anyone with a decent collection please pin down when Southwell Rd
HA3 was built? Bonus points if anyone can tell me why it was built. TIA.

I'm intrigued. Why is it interesting why it was built?

tom

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In article , John Rowland
writes
Could anyone with a decent collection please pin down when Southwell Rd
HA3 was built? Bonus points if anyone can tell me why it was built. TIA.

It's not in Bartholemew's 1940, so must be post war.
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Thoss

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In message , John Rowland
writes

Could anyone with a decent collection please pin down when Southwell Rd HA3
was built?

It is not shown in my 1948 Bartholomew Reference Atlas (which also shows
the top end of adjacent Shaftesbury Avenue as still under construction.

It still doesn't appear in the 1961 edition, although Shaftesbury Avenue
is clearly completed by then.

Southwell Road *does* appear in my 1988 Geographia - so some time
between 1961 and 1988 look likely. Hope that helps - perhaps someone
else can pin the date down more precisely.
--
Paul Terry

Old A-Zs of London
 

In article , Paul Terry
writes
In message , John Rowland
writes

Could anyone with a decent collection please pin down when Southwell Rd HA3
was built?

It is not shown in my 1948 Bartholomew Reference Atlas (which also shows
the top end of adjacent Shaftesbury Avenue as still under construction.

It still doesn't appear in the 1961 edition, although Shaftesbury Avenue
is clearly completed by then.

Southwell Road *does* appear in my 1988 Geographia - so some time
between 1961 and 1988 look likely. Hope that helps - perhaps someone
else can pin the date down more precisely.

I can narrow the dates down a little: it's in the 1981 AA Greater
London Street Atlas, but not in the Geographia Greater London Atlas 11th
edition, which I have pencilled in as 1963. Why are street atlases so
often undated but have NEW emblazoned across the covers?

Incidentally and somewhat OT, I note from the Bartholomew Pocket London
Atlas 1939 that in the period 1937-9 Vaughan Road, Lambeth, was renamed
Southwell Road. I wonder why.
--
Thoss