Yeah, nostalgia certainly has something to do with my admiration of them aswell, but I also feel they are of very good quality, and were layed down very well. I had not noticed them wearing down too badly as Althuisic was saying above though.
God! Is the black & white tiling starting to be replaced in all the major stations now?
Connolly has light orange tiles as you walk down towards platforms 6 & 7 – I was just looking at them when getting a train at the weekend – not as nice.