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The one showing the Solari board:

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More memories.

That Solari wasn't the normal one-column-per-train or a simple summary.
Rather, it was divided into four parts. On the left was the West Anglia
locals, of which more below.

Then there was the "main line" services. Much of this one was normal,
but the calling points were spelled out on single-letter flaps like many
airports, rather than complete-name flaps as the destinations were (and
platforms, times, and buffer notes). I don't know why it was done this
way; there weren't *that* many places involved. [By the way, Cambridge
was "main line" in those days; look at the second train down.]

Third was the arrivals board (for main line services only) with two sets
of times.

Finally, on the right, was the Great Eastern locals.

Underneath each section was a bit for additional messages, also using
one letter per flap.

The two local sections didn't show the calling points directly. Instead
the last flap on each line was a single letter (white or yellow, I
forget which, on the WA and green on the GE). On the board you can see
line diagrams and a long key for the letters. So "A" on both was "all
stations", "B" on the GE might be "Shenfield, then all stations", and so
on. I do remember that many of the GE codes were in pairs, one with
"except Prittlewell" and one without. And the last code on each ("X" or
"Z") was "see displays at the platform".

Oh yes, each platform ticket barrier had a single column Solari which
showed the train there at the moment and all its calling points.

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