Motorway opening booklets

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Motorway opening booklets

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Someone (not sure if connected to SABRE) has just posted this very rich thread on Twitter of motorway opening booklets.

I know opening booklets have been discussed on here before but I couldn't locate a suitable thread to tack it onto, so decided to give it one of its own. Haven't looked in detail yet but a few visual gems here:

https://twitter.com/visuals0und/status/ ... 6830831620

May need to make a few clicks to open up the full thread in all its glory.
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Strangely enough, all these opening booklets are fully available on Chris5156 website and have been for a year or three: https://www.roads.org.uk/articles/opening-booklets

**cough** Copy/Paste **cough** :stir: :roll:

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Brenley Corner wrote: Fri Jun 18, 2021 09:10 Strangely enough, all these opening booklets are fully available on Chris5156 website and have been for a year or three: https://www.roads.org.uk/articles/opening-booklets

**cough** Copy/Paste **cough** :stir: :roll:

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Seems a bit fishy!
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I thought they looked familiar.
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Brenley Corner wrote: Fri Jun 18, 2021 09:10 Strangely enough, all these opening booklets are fully available on Chris5156 website and have been for a year or three: https://www.roads.org.uk/articles/opening-booklets

**cough** Copy/Paste **cough** :stir: :roll:
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