Spotters (Subcultures)

Spotters Sites:

What is Aircraft Spotting What is Aircraft Spotting: Contains history, different areas of interest, and personal experiences. (Spotters) http://users.pandora.be/michel.vandaele/air1.htm Basher Speak Basher Speak: Glossary of trainspotters' words and phrases. (Spotters) http://www.rodge.force9.co.uk/faq/basher.html How to Tell Apart a Trainspotter's Top 10 from a DJ's Top 10 How to Tell Apart a Trainspotter's Top 10 from a DJ's Top 10: Humorous list of differences between music trainspotters and normal Disc Jockeys. (Spotters) http://www.phinnweb.com/chart/trainspotters.html An Introduction to Trainspotting An Introduction to Trainspotting: Humorous, ironic guide, describing train spotting culture, use of data books, collection of numbers for obscure rolling stock, gaining entry to depots, and railway journalism. (Spotters) http://www.geocities.com/nrc36/bp/tspot.htm Trainspotting Trainspotting: Personal view of reasons for a change in opinion towards trainspotting. (Spotters) http://www.siliconmom.com/Trainspotting.html Memories of a Train Spotting Lady Memories of a Train Spotting Lady: Personal history of becoming a trainspotter, with poetic opus. (Spotters) http://www.dreadful.org.uk/memories_of_a_train_spotting_lad.htm Guardian Unlimited: Ooh - Is that a Belgian F-16 Guardian Unlimited: Ooh - Is that a Belgian F-16: Examines the reasons why people plane spot and how it reflects underlying British eccentricity. By Stephen Moss. (Spotters) http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4305393,00.html The Savvy Traveller: Trainspotting The Savvy Traveller: Trainspotting: Martin Stott's interviews with train spotters and railway enthusiasts in York. Text and audio. (Spotters) http://savvytraveler.publicradio.org/show/features/2000/20001117/trainspotting.shtml Guardian Unlimited: Notes and Queries Guardian Unlimited: Notes and Queries: Discusses the meaning and derivation of the term anorak as applied to a person. (Spotters) http://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-19185,00.html Anorak, a Term of Abuse Anorak, a Term of Abuse: Defines and derivates anorak and trainspotting. (Spotters) http://www.geocities.com/athens/parthenon/6197/anorak.htm Runway 33: Spotting Runway 33: Spotting: Recounts conversation between plane spotter and passer-by, which attempts to set spotting in context with other hobbies. (Spotters) http://www.runway33.flyer.co.uk/spotting.htm BBC News: Plane-spotters knew the risks BBC News: Plane-spotters knew the risks: Discusses different views of plane spotters in Britain and Greece, following the arrest of a group of spotters on charges of spying. By Angelos Stangos. (Spotters) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1685453.stm Going Native Going Native: Describes trainspotter stereotypes, use of the term as an insult, and how spotting culture has changed over time. (Spotters) http://www.geocities.com/robainsley2/eikoku/7.html The Joys of Birdwatching The Joys of Birdwatching: Defines and considers the appeal of birdwatching and twitching. (Spotters) http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/4074/3twitch.htm Twitching - Birders, Rarities and Ethics Twitching - Birders, Rarities and Ethics: Contains classification of groups of birders and birder ethics. (Spotters) http://www.zestforbirds.co.za/twitch.html