Paul Mison’s random stuff that doesn’t go elsewhere. Is it microblogging, or microactivity? (Previously known as ‘tumblr is my sock drawer’, for reasons that are somewhat unclear.)Tumblr (3.0; @blech)http://notes.husk.org/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46a2u1wF71qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/> Passenger Route Indicator<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46a2u1wF71qz4vjro2_500.jpg"/><br/> Route Indicator Machine<br/><br/> <p>Two photos from the amazing, huge <a href="http://www.pickmix.co.uk/">pickmix.co.uk</a> site, collecting photographs from the London Transport Museum’s archive. On the left, in a 1977 colour print by <a href="http://www.pickmix.co.uk/20062288-colour-print-paul-proctor">Paul Proctor</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>The experimental press-button Passenger Route Indicator machine installed in the ticket hall at Heathrow Central (now Heathrow Terminals 1,2,3) Underground station. The indicator incorporated a TV screen designed to display a diagrammatic route map of the chosen journey.</span></p> </blockquote> <p>And to the right, a 1974 photograph by <a href="http://www.pickmix.co.uk/20051072-colour-transparency-h-j-hare-son">H J Hare & Son</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>A passenger consults a route indicator machine at Oxford Circus Underground station. Oxford Circus services Central, Victoria and Bakerloo lines.</span></p> </blockquote> <p>You can see <a href="http://www.pickmix.co.uk/profile/70">more of my favourite images</a> from the site. See also: a <a href="http://notes.husk.org/post/458387722/metro-map">similar map in Paris</a>.</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/23230569538http://notes.husk.org/post/23230569538Thu, 17 May 2012 16:14:00 +0100imageimageslondon transportlondon undergroundtubemaproutediagrammachineinformationheathrowoxford circus