1936 Town Planner Map of London – in a plain brown envelope.

1936 District Surveyor map of London

It’s true. Have a look here, on ebay.

People collect maps for all sorts of reasons and those red lines are one of them. Finding the territory of London District Surveyors in the thirties cannot be easy, but here it is, all laid out for you on an attractive map which really does come in a plain brown envelope. Postal districts, train lines, redevelopment zones, yeah yeah – but town planners…

Bacon but overlaid by The Builder magazine., 1936. First edition.