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Post by londonstuff on Jan 31, 2009 13:33:37 GMT
At one of the LURS lectures a few months ago about Aldwych, there was talk of an accompanying book being published in the new year. abe, or anyone else, is there a publishing date yet? Cheers  |
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Post by Tubeboy on Jan 31, 2009 16:15:14 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2009 8:19:23 GMT
Oh goody, another one to buy! Seems like a rather interesting book, I'd particularly like to see more of the abandoned road thats been disused since just after the line actually opened.
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Post by maxtube on Feb 1, 2009 17:49:33 GMT
You mean the Eastern tunnel? I'd like to see lots of coverage about the parts of Aldwych station that were built but never opened, like the other two lift shafts.
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Post by abe on Feb 19, 2009 8:50:48 GMT
The book should be in the shops soon. The advance copy arrived yesterday!
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Post by londonstuff on Mar 14, 2009 15:37:16 GMT
Abe - my copy arrived by post today - I've had a quick scan and it looks great. Looking forward to reading it. Well done on getting this far! |
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Post by jswallow on Mar 18, 2009 17:05:15 GMT
Where did you get your copy from please? Amazon seems to be having trouble sourcing it.
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Post by londonstuff on Mar 19, 2009 23:47:23 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2009 20:57:41 GMT
Interesting to know that there was a plan to automate the branch using equipment the same as that being built for the Victoria Line.
I feel that there could have been more photos of the never-opened-to-the-public side of the station, however, it is still a very good read.
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Post by mrfs42 on Apr 1, 2009 21:08:41 GMT
Interesting to know that there was a plan to automate the branch using equipment the same as that being built for the Victoria Line. Well, just the same as Hainault - Woodford. All those little pendulums ticking away......... ;D Stock maintained at Northumberland Park, transfer trips via Finsbury Park would be little different to the Mondays/Thursdays out of Northfields. Oo. Interesting. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2009 21:30:28 GMT
There is even a graph from a 'headway clock' with remarkably even spacings, dated 1928.
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Post by mrfs42 on Apr 1, 2009 21:36:09 GMT
Stop trying to tempt me - I can only go back as far as 1932 for my Aldwych branch WTTs! <looks imploringly at AI to buy me the book>
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Post by angelislington on Apr 1, 2009 21:37:58 GMT
Stop trying to tempt me - I can only go back as far as 1932 for my Aldwych branch WTTs! <looks imploringly at AI to buy me the book> You'll have to do better than an imploring look! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2009 21:43:26 GMT
*snucks away quietly*
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2009 0:39:18 GMT
The book is in stock at Amazon UK now. There's a copy on its way to me.
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Post by abe on Apr 2, 2009 8:35:41 GMT
I feel that there could have been more photos of the never-opened-to-the-public side of the station, however, it is still a very good read. 8/10 Thanks for your comments on the book - it is quite a relief to finally see it in print. With regard to photos of the disused areas, it came down to trying to cram as much information in, whilst not expanding the book past the £20 price. The large colour photos of the never-used passageways were only squeezed in at the last minute by some magic from the publishers. The problem was that every time we thought that all the information was with us, another file or reference would surface. Real problems arose when adding a couple of lines meant that a chapter expanded onto another page. In the end, we took the view that there are a number of websites featuring photos of the disused areas, but much of the information we compiled wasn't available anywhere else (well, except for the archives!). I think that we struck the right balance in the end. Please do provide feedback on the book - I'm keen to hear comments, and will do my best to use them to make any subsequent edition even better. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2009 8:59:47 GMT
And I guess its also about finding pictures with have been seen hundreds of times before and those that haven't.
Diag. pg 9 is very interesting showing the differing layouts, also that on pg.15 showing the tunnelling progress.
It's a welcome edition to my bookcase. Price is very reasonable as is any book from Capital Transport. Indeed, when i viewed the Douglas Rose book, Tiles of the Unexpected, I would have definately been prepared to pay more, as there is so much quality in there.
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