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(...) ...SNIP... Hi Gary, very nice new infos :-) But I was a little confused on the picture of the town plan board: (...) By comparing it with the 60th town plan board in the early 60th catalogues (set no. 200) it seems to have a different (...) (20 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ronald- Good observation! I just created this folder and will store some town plan images here: (URL) Here are the deep links until moderation: (5 URLs) There are many variations of the european and UK versions but I will leave that up to Gary (...) (20 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hi Ronald, From 1960 (when Lego first came to Britain) until 1963, the continental European Town Plan board was used in Britain (along with the continental #810 Town Plan set). Starting in 1963 Britain had their own Town Plan set and Town Plan (...) (20 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) the cantilever covered petrol pumps (although an incomplete containental version is also shown), the round top Esso sign, the round top street lights, and the road signs (2). Curious to me is the appearance of hollow bottom trees in this set. (...) (20 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Here is another picture showing a slight variation of the 60's continental europe town plan. (URL) The photo of the children on the front must have been taken during the same photo shoot. I have no idea why they changed the photo... Eric (20 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I too was curious about the hollow bottom trees in this set, until I looked at my notes, and found that there were 2 variations of the #810 British Town Plan set. From what it appears, the first variation (1963-64?) had the Bedford trucks and (...) (20 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well I just found out why this board is different. Kurt Richter, a German collector friend (who is also helping with the Lego CD) told me today that this was the Swedish Town Plan board. It seems that in Sweden they were driving on the left (...) (20 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) In fact it was September the 3:rd, 1967, 05.00AM (Sunday morning). I was only 13 then, so I wasn't allowed to be up at that time of day, but I remember getting out my bicycle as soon as I woke up later in the morning. In 1955 there was a (...) (20 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks Anders, It really is an interesting story! Boy did I get the year wrong on that one. But I was basing that on my memory from something I read a few years ago. Well, at least we know that they made the Swedish Town Plan board #200 until (...) (20 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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