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Boltar writes
On Nov 23, 2:48 pm, Ian Jelf wrote:
Has anyone been to the London Transport Museum since it re-opened?

I went into the shop. Not impressed , lots of tourist tat but no books
at all, not even about the tube , never mind general railway books
like they used to have.
The shop's been open for ages and not only do I think it very good, it
has lots and lots of books, both on LT and on railways and other
subjects (eg design, architecture, tourist books).

They are all upstairs, though; did you not go up there, perhaps?

What I *have* noticed is an improvement in the attitude or at the least
the friendliness of staff there. As I've commented here before, often
at the old shops they sometimes made me feel as though I was
interrupting their private lives whenever I went in to buy anything.
On my visits to the new shop I've not had this happen once.

Theres definately been a dumbing down.

If I have a complaint, it's the new cafe! We went in there the first
week it opened. Although I'm quite used to the area having inflated
prices, I almost choked at the GBP2.50 bill for a cup of coffee.
Imagine my delight when going to pay for two cups I was faced with a
bill of GBP5.63, the 63p being for service!

Even for Covent Garden that is taking the ****! :-)
--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk

Yes the old shop staff were rather more interested listening to their
Abba, Kylie Minogue and Banaramana CDs.