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That's novel ! It's usually the Chimney that produces such sounds . or do you know of some modern electronic wizardry to divert the steam outlet via the wheel spokes? And if applied to other transport systems it could transform the experience of travelling on the Intercity 125 !

Just a VERY small amendment needed to the incoming road (Centre LH side in above pictures) of Castleton goods yard .-- Painted centre white lines were not used in pre-grouping eras. not sure when first introduced but likely to have been mid-1930s. Also, in Broad Gauge era would not have been a smooth tarmac type surface. Sorry... just been inducted into Nit-Pickers Anonymous.

Round the bend ?? I shall refrain from comment..... (people in glass houses.....!)

On a slightly more serious note, My first job was in an industrial chemistry Laboratory. We had two fume cupboards either side of a sink, with a common extractor fan on the lab. roof. One of my colleagues read of certain gasses being explosive if mixed,--- inevitably suitable liquids were heated in the two fume cupboards, producing the gasses. Nothing happened so we went for our tea break, followed by a huge bang as the fan on the roof was projected into the air, the sink was also blown off it's fixings depositing a couple of gallons of water on the floor. As I was very much the Junior' I was not interrogated, but the Senior Chemist was suspended from work for a week for "failing to adequately supervise his staff". Some years later newly married, on Honeymoon in Jersey at a hotel managed by a friend of my Father, we were taken by the Manager for meal at a swank Restaurant where we met one of his friends who happened to own the Quarry on the island. When I told him that I had technical qualifications, I was asked if I would like to work in Jersey in charge of the explosives at the Quarry! I did decline the offer much to my wife's relief !

Going back half a page, Re. Smallpox vaccinations, ... our classes at senior school were lined up without any option for vaccination, which my memory says was administered by having a small scratch on the upper arm and a serum rubbed onto the wound. This was in 1946 . I can date it because a house move meant that I changed to a different school in early 1947.

Been to Weston -super-mare , then?

The latest Numpty-speak that has come to my ears .... "I'm not getting a jab 'cos they will be able to access my bank account" .... from an 18year old! And there are some who think that we would be better off by effectively giving such enlightened thinkers priority to University places.

It could be a booby-trap......

Kevin could fit a roof-rack for a special cargo......Perhaps??? Got my sun hat,... gone ......

n Our next door cat is rather more sly that, Rarely seen entering sometimes noted leaving, Doesn't seem too bothered where to leave "deposits" .. even on the top of a 15 inch high box hedge ! GRRRR..... Neighbours have long since stopped asking me to feed said animal while they are on holiday!

As has been posted on RMweb before (probably more than once) "Cats were worshipped as Gods by the Egyptians ... Cats have never forgotten this"

Careful, Kevin, lie detection equipment may be deployed anytime soon. Besides, I'm not sure that the word "Work" is correctly defined in the LM dictionary

Annie, I do like, and approve of, your frequent use of things being "frowned at" ..... Very Lady-like!... but scary when I stop to think about it.

survivors of a Paint gun battle?

That Roll-over Bar on the chopped down Reliant looks a bit flimsy! Brother-in law never had a car driving licence, drove a Reliant Robin Van with no reverse gear until his (natural) death a couple of years ago. (My Sister hated that vehicle) A friend was working for Reliant when they were making the Bond Bug. He tells the tale of an experimental 4-wheel version using the front suspension (IIRC) from the Reliant Kitten four-wheel car. A prototype was driven from Tamworth to Liverpool and back in a morning and seemed to meet with the test drivers approval, but the project never went further I went with the local Engineering Society to the Morgan Factory and saw the latest 3-wheel sportster in production, a pleasure to see some old-fashioned methods in use , particularly the forming of the Ash wooden frames. The factory had a large grassed area behind it where the cars were given their trial run prior to delivery. Fascinating visit! The asset strippers would have noted the Factory's prime building site near to the town centre !

Nah... Can't do music ... that implies dancing... and that means movement ...but the denizens of Little Muddle are not big on movement or activity or work

Just realised .... how do the staff enter or exit the shed while their personnel door, contained in the displaced shed door, is not present in it's proper place. they need that door replacing so that they can go home for their tea1 There are rules about these things!

Smoke and Mirrors?

In my case, after recovery from 6 months in Plaster, (outlined above), I also went back to cycling to get back some muscle in the damaged leg, and so that I didn't "learn to limp". I didn't walk anywhere for a year, and re-joined a cycling club, Rode with their touring group for years until marriage, a largish garden, and offspring limited such activity.

Xmas eve 1958, a sudden drop in temperature equals icy surface. On a Norton Dominator at about 10 MPH in heavy traffic, a guy pulled out of a side street, and collected me, Broken Tibia and Fibula Six months in a plaster cast , thigh to toes, no "screw it back together" in those days! Taken to hospital -- a typical (for then) Nightingale Ward, 30 beds occupied by I appendix and 29 Motorbike accident patients. never rode a motor bike again. Result was that I was not conscripted for National Service, still not sure if that was a benefit or not. Yes, there were a number of my peers who met the Grim Reaper while riding these machines.

Wasn't seeking sympathy, I just find masks uncomfortable and the higher quality, closer fitting ones to be rather claustrophobic. Didn't like scuba diving either, with or without air tanks ! Didn't I see or hear a statement that face masks protect other people rather than the wearer. But I'm sure that for healthcare personnel they are an essential item. I do agree with your assessment of our PM

I dislike wearing a mask intensely, but do use one when out and about locally. I'll be sorry to see the end of covid in one respect, Having not visited a petrol station this year, my bank balance is looking quite respectable ! Biggest expense motoring-wise is the impending need to replace a rear brake bulb, which seems to be unreachable without dismantling the entire rear light cluster... perhaps i should read the manual!

Never mind the Pannier, would "The Company" really build the yard forman's house with the bay window of the "best room" / lounge/ dining room looking out on the incumbent's place of work since he is a discerning, quality gentleman as stated by a highly knowledgeable member of this parish? It would however give the forman a splendid view of all those boys trespassing, hoping for a cab ride!

Didn't think you were a perpetrator of Victorian Melodramas!

Pests in Sheds.... A cycling friend had a H-D 3-rail layout in his 4x8 shed, but found eventually that he needed an extra loop of track, so added a sort of tunnel on to the end of the shed outside. He claimed to have the largest colony of seven-legged spiders in the UK ! I have a 6x4 garden shed recently replacing one which was chewed into by Rats from next-door's chicken area. They tunnelled under the concrete upright slabs supporting the wooden fence . there were only garden tools in the shed, no vegetation or other junk which the rats could use or eat.. The council kindly sent a Rodent operative who got rid of them! Cost me £19 for the visit.