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Harry And The Amazing Technicolour Tube Map<\/span><\/p>\n\n … was mooted, Andy and Tim were aghast with the complexity of too many colours; and they set about writing a musical based on the life of Harry Beck, ‘inventor” of the iconic diagram.<\/p>\n Unfortunately the promoters thought that such a story would not be “commercial” and the idea was dropped. Some of the songs were re-written and became part of an LP record and later a show, believe it or not, about an obscure character from the Book Of Genesis in the Bible.<\/p><\/div>\n … but the orange colour <\/span>of the lines on the map would stay the same<\/span>. For those less familiar with the London rail set up, here is a chunk of the Overground map showing several of the indistinctly separate services.<\/p>\n See, all orange<\/span>! Confusing, innit?<\/p><\/div>\n … is to be known at the Lioness<\/span>\u00a0line. A silly name that may well become more meaningless if the footy playing girls start being beaten!<\/p><\/div>\n … Enfield, Cheshunt and Chingford, known on-and-off as the Jazz Service<\/span>) is to be the Weaver<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n … will become the Suffragette<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n … becomes the Windrush<\/span> line.<\/p><\/div>\n
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