"Tristán White" wrote in message
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Browsing through the excellent photographs on
http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/

However, there's one that has flummoxed me:
http://snipurl.com/autotick

Errrm, what's "automatic ticket machine"y about that? :-))

Hmm. It looks like the sort of thing they used to have in cinemas.
There's several rolls of pre-printed tickets under the desk,
the operator presses a lever, and a ticket pops up out of a slot.

As you say, not exactly automatic, although maybe the date is
printed on it or something like that.

Peter.