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Hi Mike, great to see a post from you.

 

What a good-looking display they've made of Cheslyn - and true to your style too, ie boxed and with excellent lighting! It really shows the benefits of a black frame, something I've always wanted to add to my layouts but haven't got around to yet.

 

The Lartigue museum is hereby on my Irish list (although a bit off the potential route, lived in Galway and Wexford as a boy, would like to go back one day).

Cheers Mikkel,

 

nice to see you posting again too.

 

That's interesting about you living in Galway and Wexford - what part of Galway?  My mother's folks were from Glenamaddy - beautiful part of the world.  You must come back and visit one day.

 

Mike

Hi Mike, we lived in Furbo in the late 1970s, not that far from Galway itself.  Stunningly beautiful setting now that I look at the old pictures, but at the time my mind was more on surviving in the local school :-)  I don't recall if we went to Glenamaddy, must ask my mother who remembers those years very vividly.

Hi Mikkel,

 

Know what you mean about surviving school!!   I was brought up in Birmingham during the 60's/70's - tough time.  Been here in Ireland for ten years now and love it - the pace of life is so much more relaxed with no traffic jams!  

 

I remember visiting Ireland during the 70's - it has changed so much since then - the small mindedness has long gone.   I don't think I could have convinced my wife (who is English) to come and live here had the culture not changed.  The people here are not over politically correct as yet but, I find, that is a bit of a breath of fresh air.  You are more judged on merit and with a bit of common sense rather than on what you say.   

 

Gosh, it's a small world sometimes - had no idea of your Irish connection especially given that you are so into the GWR.

 

Mike