[Travel] Interesting maps

Bakero · Jan 30, 2025

I love these etymology ones:

dolphins · Jan 31, 2025

Love this..."Wang wang"! :lolol:

Albion my Albion · Feb 1, 2025

Swimboy64 said:
I love a little map of Africa

Little enough?

atfc village · Feb 1, 2025

I draw home drawn maps of pubs in new towns and cities I visit ,even been featured and credited in a book . It's the way I roll

Eeyore · Feb 1, 2025

Notters said:
Oh this thread is right up my street, annoying I missed it before! Found this the other day, but it doesn't have a date on it - can anyone date it looking at the roads etc? (There are some on ebay but that's cheating and they may be wrong!)

It's a little inaccurate in the Queen's Park area, having chopped off the western region of Queen's Park Terrace. It's done the same to St Luke's Terrace.

Seagull's Return · Feb 1, 2025

Shropshire Seagull said:
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My mum lived at 2 Franklin Road, number 1 took a direct hit (shown on that map). Luckily, she had already been evacuated to Yorkshire. She was 7-12 in the war years. Her dad, my grandpa was an ARP warden.
My Dad was 12-17 and remembers all the kids diving under the classroom tables at Varndean Grammar when the air raid siren went off.
What a childhood!!

Small world - my Dad was (briefly) evacuated to Yorkshire, and he went to Varndean. He remembers seeing RAF and Luftwaffe fighters flying at rooftop height below him when he was watching from the school. As you say, what a childhood. Dad’s short-term memory’s a bit ropey now but he still vividly recalls the war.

Dick Swiveller · Monday at 11:40 AM

Remembered to take photos of a couple from my Sussex book

Happy Exile · Thursday at 8:07 PM

Saw this today:

Actual Jukeboxes in NYC Bars - Google My Maps

A map where actual, physical media, offline jukeboxes still exist throughout the five boroughs.

www.google.com

thedonkeycentrehalf · Thursday at 9:41 PM

Dick Swiveller said:
Remembered to take photos of a couple from my Sussex book

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Misread that first one as 'stabbings' - didn't realise Petworth was such a centre of knife crime!

Albion my Albion · 2025-02-07T01:47:57+0000

Han Solo said:
A lot of American businessmen in particular seem to have German heritage.

We like them until they get too rich.

Herr Tubthumper said:
Chicago had a lot of German immigration. At one point the language appeared in newspapers and street signs. You can still see the influence today with German style beers and sausage stalls.

Whoa! Where did you hear that?