tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post7296055181440451685..comments2023-10-28T19:42:01.039+01:00Comments on Going fast, getting nowhere: MapsRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-85693262222948444232011-09-19T07:45:00.283+01:002011-09-19T07:45:00.283+01:00Roman roads ... I feel another post coming on.
An...Roman roads ... I feel another post coming on.<br /><br />And Windsock, that is a brilliant idea. Just have to get the other half to agree ...Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-27795829299116793022011-09-18T08:50:53.324+01:002011-09-18T08:50:53.324+01:00Use them as wallpaper in a personal space - you ca...Use them as wallpaper in a personal space - you can indulge your love of them and they won't be "binned".<br /><br />I have the same affection for maps and have a few too many atlases.Windsocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-52376290770317822612011-09-16T19:22:41.449+01:002011-09-16T19:22:41.449+01:00Quite a few Roman roads round my way...Quite a few Roman roads round my way...microdavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352078582764696261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-54545438037369571622011-09-16T12:19:03.216+01:002011-09-16T12:19:03.216+01:00Microdave, stop it! I want a way to get rid of th...Microdave, stop it! I want a way to get rid of them, not a reason to keep them :)<br /><br />One thrill of old maps, just for the record: lay a ruler on a modern map and see how many paths, tracks and minor roads fall into a straight line. Then find an old map (the original OS Country Series from 1850-odd at six inches to the mile are great for this) and see how many through-routes have been ploughed out or just fallen into disuse. I find it fascinating, but then I am a bit of a saddo.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-38534757317597243142011-09-16T12:09:20.085+01:002011-09-16T12:09:20.085+01:00I wish I hadn't thrown out some older Imperial...I wish I hadn't thrown out some older Imperial O/S maps - they had pre Beeching railway lines on them which are now missing from the later editions. Fortunately I can still remember where most of them went, and it's possible to pick out the road crossings etc, to draw a line. Of course many tracks have now become roads & bypasses.microdavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352078582764696261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-22616109237155041992011-09-15T23:50:23.858+01:002011-09-15T23:50:23.858+01:00Thank you, Joe. I suspect that a Car Boot thing m...Thank you, Joe. I suspect that a Car Boot thing might be the answer. I have checked on eBay, and even the proper old cloth maps are only fetching 99p or so, so selling them that way would be far more trouble than it is worth. I suspect I will have a lot of books to move on before too long, so this might be the answer there too. I have never done a CBS before, so that will be a new experience.<br /><br />Not proper books, by the way. Danielle Steele and the like, if I can ever persuade Anna to part with them :)Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-83089953399169677392011-09-15T23:02:28.711+01:002011-09-15T23:02:28.711+01:00Agreed: binning 'em is out of the question.
H...Agreed: binning 'em is out of the question.<br /><br />Haven't you got a corner of the loft that you could 'lose them' for 20 years or so?<br /><br />The detail & info on the OS maps always was amazing. You could have a compare-session on Google Earth to discover how parts of the world have changed.<br /><br />If you have to dispose of them - Car-Boot-Sale them. Whoever bothers to buy them will at least do so to get some use out of them. Or, has space & descendents to bequeath them as future antiquarian curiosities.Joe Publichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829909061904690380noreply@blogger.com