Friday update and discussions 2011-03-18

[sallee]

Originally Posted by FS~Lewis

For those that are a little concerned about the landscape in that video......Well accurate as it may be for 1940, England doesn't actually look like that anymore....We had the landscape and coastline changed in 1953 to a more acceptably conventional and random shape.....This decision was partly due to old ladies getting lost in corners and youths on motorcycles endlessly racing round in circles......

Nonsense. This is before the drainage works were carried out around the North and South Circular. You're probably too young to remember.
The square bit is Brent Cross.

[Matt255]

For those that are a little concerned about the landscape in that video......Well accurate as it may be for 1940, England doesn't actually look like that anymore....We had the landscape and coastline changed in 1953 to a more acceptably conventional and random shape.....This decision was partly due to old ladies getting lost in corners and youths on motorcycles endlessly racing round in circles......

Thx for clearing that up.

I thought that map was based on artificial islands made by the British to confuse German bomber crews and send them flying in the wrong direction or drop the bombs in the middle of that big ring.

Guess i was wrong.

[Damixu]

Originally Posted by Matt255

Thx for clearing that up.

I thought that map was based on artificial islands made by the British to confuse German bomber crews and send them flying in the wrong direction or drop the bombs in the middle of that big ring.

Guess i was wrong.

What an utter and complete noncense! Back in 1941 Göring ordered Luftwaffe to bomb England to squares and circles. Humble airmen of the Luftwaffe had to obey and they did their job as good as they could. This video is the evidence of marvellous success and what Allieds tried to hide as war secret later on.

[Richie]

What the sam hell is CLOD Tree?