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For most of the Derbyshire and Nottinhamgshire miners plus a lot of factory workers, Skegness was the easiest coastal resort to get to by train. Not that many had their own cars back in the 50/60's, South Yorkshire people favoured Cleethorpes as their destination. For us living in South Lincolnshire, Skegness was the nearest but we much preferred the more gentile Sutton-on-Sea, or occasionally Hunstanton on the Norfolk coast. Skegness was always a bit of a dirty place, not helped in the early sixties with invations of Mods and Rockers looking for a Sunday afternoon chat.🙄
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Jim’s “out and about with GBRf” thread
Donington Road replied to big jim's topic in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)
Just be careful you don't end up at that white building with the blue sign.🤕 -
Prototype for everything corner.
Donington Road replied to jonny777's topic in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)
What an interesting set of photos which leads to more of the Manchester Ship Canal Railways. https://www.flickr.com/photos/50559291@N03/albums/72157717287093953/ -
Prototype for everything corner.
Donington Road replied to jonny777's topic in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)
Its just a new gizmo for reducing the back to back measurements of your wheel sets.🙄 -
Class 91 withdrawals and appreciation
Donington Road replied to Trev52A's topic in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)
Nice video of 91101 arriving. I captured the very same train a little while earlier moving slowly at Werrington Junction. The clip is in the video below at 27:00 minutes in. -
Prototype for everything corner.
Donington Road replied to jonny777's topic in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)
It still doesn't stop you putting petrol in a diesel.😢 -
Being from the same era as you I can relate to all those examples you quoted and I also find as I get older that more and more things often trigger the memory of those childhood moments. Children today miss so much in their early years not having the freedom we had which is quite sad really. Living in the countryside it was a three mile bike ride to school from the age of 10. Now living in the quiet suburbs my neighbour takes her kids of 10 and 12 to school and home again by car, 951 yards away! Constantly looking at their mobile phones I doubt they would be able to find their way home again if they had to.🙄 Whilst I'm here, many thanks for your photos every day, they really are interesting and appreciated. Not an easy task to keep doing that.
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Prototype for everything corner.
Donington Road replied to jonny777's topic in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)
Correct.