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I wasn't suggesting removing overseas students. Just saying they are not immigrants so including them in a count of immigrants is ridiculous, including for the reasons you state.

So the government is exercised about the hundreds of thousands of immigrants. Perhaps if they didn't include the 300,000 students from overseas in their ludicrous calculations things would get "better" at a stroke.

Anyone know if there are Boxpoks with a max 23mm over the flange out there for rewheeling a Rivarossi Hudson? Bowser don't appear to have any Bowser bits any more and the Romford Southern Railway wheel looks to be too big. Thanks Jon Price

Anyone know if there are any Boxpok drivers with a max 23mm over the flanges? These would be for HO so RP25 ideally thanks JonPrice

Thanks Quarryscapes. Very useful images. Jon

HI Does anyone have experience of Shapeways Premium Versatile Plastic. It is advertised as having a smooth finish as a result of "ceramic media tumbling". I'm wondering how smooth it is, and wether the process abrades fine detail? thanks Jon Price

All of which discussion reflects sadly on the difference in pre-grouping times when our Railway Companies ran migrant specials from the East Coast ports.

Well they may have committed an illegal act, but they themselves can hardly be called illegal. In practice they are referred to as illegal even before it has been proved that they committed an illegal act. The only illegal act they may have initially committed, when arriving in the UK in a "pleasure craft" is the failure to submit a form C1331 by post. This only requires the names, nationalities, passport numbers (and signatures) to be listed by the owner/operator of the vessel. It is then the owner/operator's responsibility to identify if any visas are required and to seperately inform the National Yachtline by telephone, who will then provide further instructions as necessary.

As we say, no problem, and I didn't for one minute think you were using the term in anger. As you are a lawyer perhaps you could enlighten me on an issue I have noticed. Whilst unauthorised migration is a civil issue it is the case that it is up to the defendant to prove they were on the right side of the law by producing documentaion (driving licence, proof of permission to build etc), but once unauthorised migration becomes a criminal offence doesn't the prosecution have to prove that an offence has occurred without any shadow of doubt, whilst the defendant has the right to a lawyer, and not to incriminate themselves. Unless of course these offences are treated to special courts, summary convictions, and transportation for life?

Whilst I applaud the learned Edwardian's humour his use of the term "illegal immegrants" is unfortunate. The terms is surely just a way of othering and dehumanising a group of people in unfortunate circumstances. Up until now migration contrary to law has been a civil offence in the UK. I'm not sure that I know of any other civil offenders referred to as illegal (illegal drivers? illegal builders?). Of course under the new powers to be brought to parliament in June it will become a criminal offence for people to ‘knowingly’ arrive in the UK without permission to be in the country, and furthermore under the bill, the government has said it will also target, "activist left-wing UK immigration lawyers". Even under criminal law I am not aware of lawbreakers being referred to as illegal (illegal burglers? illegal arsonists?). I presume, however, we will from now on have to refer to "illegal lawyers" (those who strive to actually use the letter of the law to protect their clients against government abuse).

Re loco buffer beams the WM&CQR moved from vermillion to black towards the end of its independent existence, apparently as a measure of economy. Going back to the colour of carriages it is interesting to compare the US experience. At first carriages were multicoloured and downright gaudy (the Pennsylvania's decision to paint a train in red, white and green being an example), but under the influence of the Pullman company almost everyone moved to a version of dark pullman green (exceptions being the Alton, the Milwaukee and the Pennsylvania which all had variants on claret, and the multicoloured trains of the streamliner era which fall outside our pre-grouping timeslot). If the Pullman company had been more succesful in expanding in Britain we might well perhaps have seen more Umber and Cream here.

Looks interesting. Will there be a website, or will you be selling through e-bay?

Just saying

One of the signs on the wall is for Walter Wilson. He first opened a grocery store in Bishop Auckland in 1875, and he expanded by opening further stores, eventually having hundreds across the North East of England and relocating his HQ to Gateshead in 1887. Perhaps he wouldn't advertise a store at Richmond station unless he had one there, as the stores were quite local, so knowing when that opened might give you a terminus post quem. The 1908 date is interesting because one of the flags on the lamppost looks remarkably like the flag of Australia introduced in 1908, but the hats are the deciding factor. By 1908 womens hats were approaching their largest diameter. The hats on the photo are mostly the Tyrolean style favoured during the later part of the 19th century. The fur hat and scarf on the child suggests this is winter.