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Excellent roundel round-up. My parents have an enamel coach & bus sign (13) in the garden, a legacy of dad's lifetime working for London Buses. Did you know you can see the original artwork for many of these at the St Bride Institute?

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I did not! Thanks for the tip.

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What a brilliant post. So fascinating.

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Great post. But you missed out the key piece of information. Where did you get the T-Shirt? 😀

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Thanks. It's there: "If you want to get your own roundel T-shirt, you’ll find it in London Transport Museum shop."

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Ahh. Must have missed that bit. Thanks

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Magnificent as always Matt. Thanks for the warning concerning next week's article.

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Interesting history of the roundel. Thanks!

And I wasn’t aware of the superloop buses - at least I’ll recognise them if I see them in London when I visit.

I’m sure you must take photos of everything all the time. I mean why would you take a photo of a roundel as chrysalis unless you knew you’d be writing this post!?

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Thank you. Haha... yes, I do take a lot of photos. I didn't know I'd be writing *this* post exactly, but I knew it was likely I'd be doing something about the construction or opening of the Elizabeth line.

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😀

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Did all the tube lines have station Roundals in their own colours back in the day? I know at least the Northern line had black roundals on some stations.

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As it happens, I'm wearing another t-shirt right now, which shows the roundel in all the colours of the tube. The multicoloured motifs have been used across the network in various ways, but I don't think they were ever colour-coded on the platform naming roundels. Besides the cost of replacing them all, it could also get confusing at stations like Great Portland Street, where the same platform serves Circle, Metropolitan and H&C line trains.

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Funny you should say that, because I've got a picture of one at Kennington (unless that station was unique).

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If it's a platform nameplate roundel, then I'm almost 100% sure that's a rarity if not a one-off.

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Aha... the smaller running-board roundels... hmm, not sure about up there. It's quite possible that others exist in that space. I'll be keeping my eyes open now, thanks.

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Thank you for reminding me to finally get round to ordering Mark Overden's book! Saw a 3D representation of the Superloop roundel for the first time last night. Sitting on the middle of the roof of a bus shelter on Shepherds Bush Green outside the O2 Empire... I'm trying to be positive but I'm afraid it did look a bit sad.. Anyway, great piece Matt as always. See you at Temple Bar..

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Nice to read all about the roundels and their variations.

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There is plenty to gap to mind there

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