Former Euston departure board lives on

[nlogax]

As seen at https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...rtures-board-margate-warehouse-jeremy-hosking

Just ticking away in the background’: old Euston departures board lives on in millionaire’s Margate warehouse​

Board continues to show live updates in Jeremy Hosking’s storage space which will open to public next weekend

The businessman revealed to the Guardian that he thought he was getting the original, analogue 1960s display board, which operated on the clacking “split flap” mechanism once common at airports and railway stations, rather than a 20-year-old board with LED lights. “It still wouldn’t have been an antique, but it would have been the authentic, late 60s, white-hot technology of its day,” said Hosking. “And actually, what we’ve got is the white-hot technology of 2003.”

Fantastic stuff!

 

[Harpo]

The businessman revealed to the Guardian that he thought he was getting the original, analogue 1960s display board

Lets hope he didn’t think he was buying the Queens Yacht when he acquired that 4-6-2 bag of spanners.

 

[nlogax]

It did feel similar to Robert McCulloch's purchase of London Bridge to be relocated at Lake Havasu and the myth that he actually wanted Tower Bridge instead. I'm just happy to see this one preserved though.

 

[Trackman]

As seen at https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...rtures-board-margate-warehouse-jeremy-hosking



Fantastic stuff!

Really, he thought he was buying the Solaris departure board? Got to be 35 years ago since that went. As Jim Royle says, my.. etc.

 

[Tester]

Really, he thought he was buying the Solaris departure board? Got to be 35 years ago since that went. As Jim Royle says, my.. etc.

Presuming he wanted the thing to actually work, I really don't think he would want the Solari - a maintenance nightmare !