Ordnance Survey are currently selling patches at £5 on a 3 for 2 offer On this webpage.
Still very occasionally see them around here in Teesside. Last saw one about 2 months ago on a Stagecoach bus but i's been awhile since I've seen one on Arriva but I don't use them as often.
I inherited two Sovereigns, they are in the safe. No idea how much they are worth though.
Not difficult to find out... Chard's say the intrinsic value is £462.65 and are selling at £494.93 (today) so that first figure's a minimum. Spcific dates or better condition would get a better price.
Maybe they are. Lots of walkers of "my" generation recognise the worth of having one, even if they supplement it with a phone. I wouldn't touch a phone as you have such a limited window and no awareness of what is off the edge of your screen. Dash4It seem to be doing good business (surviving anyway) by specialising in paper OS maps - but you do get a download with every one now!
If you go on holiday in an area with a lot of walking routes you will find plenty of OS maps on sale in the shops. Unlike a phone a paper map doesn't lose its signal.
Our local independent bookshop in Hebden Bridge does a roaring trade in the Yellow Walking Maps....small detailed folding laminated maps of the local area which fit inside your jacket pocket. They're actually a digital enlargement of the appropriate Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 'Discovery' maps....showing a smaller area at a scale of 1:16,000.
That looks like an argument for paper maps, not against.
Er, yes...!!!
They very much still exist on the other side of the Manche, but it's usually way too badly organized to be effective (like a team getting on the same bus every week...)
After a number of these thread postings, it is bringing back to my memory, all the number of episodes of "On the Buses" that I must have watched years ago....
Often his character's name was incorrectly rendered in newspaper features as Inspector Cyril Blakey whereas his character name was Inspector Cyril Blake (nicknamed Blakey) played by the late Stephen Lewis.After a number of these thread postings, it is bringing back to my memory, all the number of episodes of "On the Buses" that I must have watched years ago....
The actor who played the Inspector on that series also played the part of "Smiler" who worked for Auntie Wainwright in "Last of the Summer Wine".
I seen patches on rucksacks but not on clothing for many years.
It was common around 20 years ago for drivers of a particular firm to not issue tickets as the "printer was broken". Indeed I remember being surprised on a particular journey when the driver issued me with a ticket, before noticing an inspector with a clipboard just behind. Others would offer a cheaper price to passengers without one being issued. Now that smartcards/apps/credit cards are the primary method of payment, this particular scheme must surely be no more.
and Pearl & Dean Music blaring out before the Kia Ora "too orangey for crows" advert!
I attend a lot of fandom conventions and you see a lot more iron on badges at stalls these days, but fabric ones are still around as you say.
If you go to a heavy metal festival, thankfully fabric badges are still de rigeur.
Yes, I’m convinced that there was some unwritten rule that required the crates to be deposited in whichever bit of the playground happened to be catching the most sun that day.
ah yes, fruit polos (as opposed to the proper mint ones) - the most effective way of removing fluff from your pockets.
First WoE as well - though I’ve yet to actually see one “in the wild”.
Still popular with aviation enthusiasts
Or attached to the end of teaspoons
Weren't they issued by the Ian Allan Locospotters' Club?
My nan had a large collection of those, plus a few mounted display racks for them.
One boarded the First bus I was on in Norwich a couple of weeks ago and promptly took off an adult travelling on a child ticket for ‘a chat!’
