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Subject:	Re: Help wanted with old UK catalogue [long and contains most text/in fo from it.]
Newsgroups:	lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general
Date:	Sun, 6 Aug 2000 10:06:47 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Benjamin Whytcross writes: > In lugnet.loc.au, David Drew writes: > > > > "Whytcross, Benjamin" <BWhytcro@pacificaccess.com.au> wrote in message > > news:1D0812CAE3E7D2118BCD00805FA76DEB022A51F2@gw-exg-ne01.pacificaccess.com. > > au... > > > > I'm looking for some information on a catalogue I acquired yesterday in a > > bunch of mixed parts from the 50's (?) to possibly the 80's. [Includes CA > > bricks, I think] The main information I'm after is what year the catalogue > > was issued for, and what sets it was likely to have come with, or whether it > > was a general release catalogue. > > > > > > << snip >> > > > > How about you scan this puppy in for us to have a look at? > > Well, okay... > http://members.fortunecity.com/ben_whytcross/catalogues/196x/catalogue.html > > [Just a warning, the images are 1-300 K each. I'll try and create smaller > copies of the pictures tomorrow/over the weekend and post them, along with a > 1969 range catalogue [8 pages, printed in the UK, no prices/country given...I > may need help with this too :)] > > > > Thanks, > > David Drew > > Benjamin Whytcross > bwhytcro@pacificaccess.com.au Okay...Replying to myself [on-line equivalent of talking to myself, I believe]... The scans of the 1969 full range catalogue are up at: http://members.fortunecity.com/ben_whytcross/catalogues/1969/catalogue.html [Old warning about image size still applies] I have no idea if this is Aus [likely] or UK [even more likely] but I know it was printed in the UK...Any chance anyone can help me out with which country it's from, and how it could have been aquired then [in box/from shop/?] Thanks, Benjamin Whytcross bwhytcro@pacificaccess.com.au

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		Re: Help wanted with old UK catalogue [long and contains most text/in fo from it.]
Ben - I saw the original link and the scans. Unfortunately the scanning equipment you're using seems to blur that very small text they have. Can you enlarge them or transcribe them into a text format for me? Many thanks if you can!! Cheers ... (...) (24 years ago, 6-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general)

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		Re: Help wanted with old UK catalogue [long and contains most text/in fo from it.]
(...) Well, okay... (URL) a warning, the images are 1-300 K each. I'll try and create smaller copies of the pictures tomorrow/over the weekend and post them, along with a 1969 range catalogue [8 pages, printed in the UK, no prices/country given...I (...) (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general)

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