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150 years of the Tube
« on: January 09, 2013, 12:42:39 PM »
Not Chesterfield related, but an excellent series of pictures about the London Underground - give it a quick look, it's really interesting.

http://bit.ly/VFpord
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Re: 150 years of the Tube
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2013, 06:16:56 PM »
Some nice old photo's there.

Found this on Google  :))



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Re: 150 years of the Tube
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2013, 07:37:53 PM »
Also celebrated on this years £2 coins


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Re: 150 years of the Tube
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2013, 07:43:08 PM »
Coins seem popular this week. ;)
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Re: 150 years of the Tube
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2013, 07:49:17 PM »
Just shows how little notice some of us take about everyday objects.  :)
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Re: 150 years of the Tube
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2013, 07:51:31 PM »
I'm grateful to Seanant for posting those pictures, otherwise I would never have known.  ;)
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Re: 150 years of the Tube
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2013, 09:44:13 PM »
A bit more Chesterfield related

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« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2013, 06:23:22 PM »
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Re: 150 years of the Tube
« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2013, 07:18:07 PM »
Very intresting reading thanks.
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Re: 150 years of the Tube
« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2013, 08:09:05 PM »
See the train they used for the celebrations?  A good old fashioned steam engine.
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