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Post by siriami on Feb 13, 2013 15:38:24 GMT
And there's always Ebay - some Underground-related items do turn up from time to time. Worth checking occasionally.
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Post by siriami on Jan 19, 2013 15:27:16 GMT
Tying in nicely with the 150th celebrations, this new Penguin large 288 page paperback by Mark Ovenden makes for fascinating reading. Chock-full of information and a more than generous picture allocation, many in colour (and many new to me as well!), I loved this from start to finish. Sure, it goes over familiar ground, (or should that be under familiar ground?) but in a refreshing and humorous way - it's never boring! One for lovers of the LU design style.
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Post by siriami on Dec 25, 2012 10:22:28 GMT
Just got my copy of this yesterday - and it's a lovely and mainly picture-orientated book. Chock-full of photos of nice period fittings: tiles, station signs, lettering, roundels and even platform canopy edgings! Alistair
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Post by siriami on Dec 21, 2012 16:42:55 GMT
Trailer for "UndergrounD" (1928). Due out from BFI on DVD in June 2013!
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Post by siriami on Dec 6, 2012 10:55:50 GMT
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Post by siriami on Oct 30, 2012 11:38:24 GMT
I see that Antony Badsey-Ellis has a new book out on December 1, titled "Underground Heritage" - this looks right up my street! Or down my tunnel! Published by Capital Transport. Alistair
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Post by siriami on Sept 20, 2012 9:22:45 GMT
Just got this in the mail - excellent new addition to the BFI railway series of DVDs. Vol 10 :"London On the Move". Contains a few old favourites as well as some other goodies: "All That Mighty Heart", "Our Canteens", "One For One", "The Nine Road", "Cine Gazette no 14: Do You Remember?", "London On the Move", "Under Night Streets", "Power Signal Lineman", "Omnibus 150", Cine Gazette No 10", "Moving London", "AFC: Automatic Fare Collection and You", "Overhaul" and a bonus film "Moving Millions". Not all UndergrounD related, but well worth watching for some lovely period touches.
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Post by siriami on Jul 14, 2012 9:43:24 GMT
And to raise another point about this programme - I always thought that the tunnelling shield was invented By Marc Brunel for the Thames Tunnel, and only later adapted by Greathead (who was given all the credit in the documentary).
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Post by siriami on Jun 20, 2012 7:57:38 GMT
Excellent news! Alistair
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Post by siriami on May 30, 2012 8:56:58 GMT
a trolleylorry!
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Post by siriami on May 24, 2012 17:19:43 GMT
Have dropped an email off to them as well - if it hadn't been for enterprising members of the public taking photos in the past, much of Glasgow's Subway system would have remained undocumented! Alistair
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Post by siriami on May 5, 2012 18:09:29 GMT
Can I mention Andrew Martin's new book, "Underground, Overground" published this week by Profile Books. Have got about a quarter of the way into it, and it's going to be a great read! Just the right amount of humour and information, and he obviously has a great love of all things Underground. As an example of his writing - isn't this good (from the blurb on the back of the dust jacket); "To see a spectacle: ...the river when viewed from a District Line train blamelessly rocking its way towards salubrious Wimbledon on a summer's afternoon" A lovely book, with a great cover and the endpapers are a variation of the orange/brown.black Misha Black District Line moquette! Even our District Dave website gets a mention in the text. Alistair
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Post by siriami on Jan 16, 2012 10:42:56 GMT
Any chance of seeing your finished station model, Burkitt? I am quivering in anticipation here (well, maybe a bit of an overtatement, that!) But I would like to view it. It looked truly to be a labour of love, from what I have seen already on here. Regards Alistair
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Post by siriami on Jan 1, 2012 9:47:17 GMT
Thanks for that - I never realised that the station was still around these days!
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Post by siriami on Dec 31, 2011 17:59:43 GMT
Wasn't the southern terminus of the Liverpool Overhead railway underground - and with an island platform? have checked around and the station was Dingle.
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