In message 
          Peter Beale  wrote:

> ®i©ardo wrote:
> 
> > It was The Currency Act of 1967 which paved the way for decimalisation 
> > in 1971, and there was a transition period allowing dual use of silver 
> > coins, e.g. 1/- = 5p; 2/- = 10p, with the loss of 2/6 (half-crown) and 
> > the 6d (tanner). It was in 1970 that the 10/- note was withdrawn from 
> > circulation.
> > 
> > More here:
> > 
> > http://www.tclayton.demon.co.uk/dec.html
> 
> As stated there, the 6d remained in use (as 2½p) until 1980, partly at 
> the behest of London Transport. IMO to have vulgar fractions as an 
> integral part of a decimal system was always silly - to have had a 10/- 
> dollar would have been more sensible. 

But would have had all the Little Englanders up in arms at the loss of the
Thousand Year Reich^^^^ Thousand Years of History

-- 
Graeme Wall
This address is not read, substitute trains for rail.
Transport Miscellany at <http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail/index.html>

Hi all,

Someone is trying to get hold of the maps which used to be on the RATP site 
showing the areas around each Metro station. The station maps on the website 
now are inferior to the old ones. Does anyone have any of the old PDf files, 
possibly in your internet cache?

John Rowland wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Someone is trying to get hold of the maps which used to be on the
> RATP site showing the areas around each Metro station. The station
> maps on the website now are inferior to the old ones. Does anyone
> have any of the old PDf files, possibly in your internet cache?

By "the station maps on the website", do you mean the ones you get by 
entering the station name and clicking on "Plan de quartier"?  Those have 
been around for a number of years. My website has a link to one of those 
maps; the version of the link that I wrote in December 2005 still works and 
produces the same map as today.  I don't remember an earlier PDF version.

The present maps are quite good, showing all Métro station entrances, 
details of bus routes and stops, etc.  What's inferior about them?
-- 
Richard J.
(to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address)
www.stayparis.net

In message <g406uu$3o2$1$830fa795@news.demon.co.uk>, at 14:22:55 on Thu, 
26 Jun 2008, John Rowland  
remarked:
>Does anyone have any of the old PDf files,
>possibly in your internet cache?

archive.org, perhaps?
-- 
Roland Perry

Richard J. wrote:
> John Rowland wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Someone is trying to get hold of the maps which used to be on the
>> RATP site showing the areas around each Metro station. The station
>> maps on the website now are inferior to the old ones. Does anyone
>> have any of the old PDf files, possibly in your internet cache?
>
> By "the station maps on the website", do you mean the ones you get by
> entering the station name and clicking on "Plan de quartier"?  Those
> have been around for a number of years. My website has a link to one
> of those maps; the version of the link that I wrote in December 2005
> still works and produces the same map as today.  I don't remember an
> earlier PDF version.
> The present maps are quite good, showing all Métro station entrances,
> details of bus routes and stops, etc.  What's inferior about them?

I have emailed you the old PDF file. The "inferior" comment comes from the 
"someone" mentioned above, but I do agree with him.

John Rowland wrote:
> Richard J. wrote:
>> John Rowland wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Someone is trying to get hold of the maps which used to be on the
>>> RATP site showing the areas around each Metro station. The station
>>> maps on the website now are inferior to the old ones. Does anyone
>>> have any of the old PDf files, possibly in your internet cache?
>>
>> By "the station maps on the website", do you mean the ones you get by
>> entering the station name and clicking on "Plan de quartier"?  Those
>> have been around for a number of years. My website has a link to one
>> of those maps; the version of the link that I wrote in December 2005
>> still works and produces the same map as today.  I don't remember an
>> earlier PDF version.
>> The present maps are quite good, showing all Métro station entrances,
>> details of bus routes and stops, etc.  What's inferior about them?
>
> I have emailed you the old PDF file. The "inferior" comment comes
> from the "someone" mentioned above, but I do agree with him.

Yes, I see what you mean.  The map content is about the same, but the old 
map is clearer and larger.  Maybe it was felt that the PDF format made it 
less accessible.  I've asked RATP if the old fomat is still available (and 
if not, why not), and I'll post their reply here.
-- 
Richard J.
(to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address)