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Old November 9th 05, 09:44 AM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway,misc.transport.urban-transit
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Default New book: Underground Maps After Beck by Maxwell Roberts

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"Pat Ricroft" wrote:

Jonathan Stott wrote:
Pat Ricroft wrote:

But who on earth is going to examine a collection of
virtually identical London Underground maps, where the only changes
over several decades have been the Victoria Line and the gradual creep
of the Jubilee? g, d + r


Er, me?


I look forward to a full review in due course!

Perhaps along the following lines:
"A brave attempt to render the full glory of the developing Tube map
over five decades, but sadly let down by the printers, who were unable
to reproduce the proper shade of brown for the Bakerloo line in the
1967 map."


ITYM the 1966 map g,d&r

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