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Interested in architecture, design, history, transport and related areas. UK based but European in outlook.
East Finchley on the Northern Line for the archer statue. Loughton and Hainault on the eastern Central Line for the platform canopies. St John’s Wood and Swiss Cottage for the decorative tiling and escalator uplighters. Boston Manor (western Piccadilly Line) for the art deco tower.
December 6, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Is the other one the A627(M)? Or doesn’t that count?
September 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Thank you! Really appreciated. It’s amazing to think now that the A1 used to run right though Bramham, Aberford, Micklefield and other villages. I’ve seen old photos of huge traffic queues in those villages in the 1950s.
May 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Thank you. The maps are really interesting for that part of the world. Before the 1950s/60s A1 bypasses, the 1990s A1 motorway, the huge junction with the newer stretch of the M1, and before the housing estates in Garforth etc.
May 28, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Hi Mike - Fantastic scans of the Fairburn, Brotherton and Garforth maps sections. Is there any chance you could add a scan of the sheet which includes Aberford and that part of the A1 please? It looks like it would be Section 45. No problem if you can’t / Thank you if you can!
May 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
May 3, 2025 at 7:35 AM
There’s another one about half a mile away in a similarly neglected condition.
May 3, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Bloomfield Square? A different spoon every time!
April 5, 2025 at 10:12 AM
They might well have lasted until then. They were definitely there in the mid-70s. They seemed very futuristic at the time.
March 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM