• To Harrogate, York and The Dales!

    Now that we’ve established that blogging about old Edge Hill maps is a perfectly normal thing to do, let’s have a look at another one. This one is from the back cover of the Edge Hill College of Higher Education In-service Advanced Studies prospectus from 1989: The map shows Edge Hill’s Ormskirk campus and Woodlands,…

  • “Edge Hill… isn’t that in Birmingham?”

    Okay, I’ve got a confession to make – I quite like maps. You can stop laughing now. I’m amazed by the amount of detail a good cartographer (that’s the technical term for someone who makes maps, don’t ya know) can get into a few lines. “Yes Michael, very good, but how does this relate to…