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Just superb. Best snow scene I've ever seen.

This thread really takes me back! Great Gutter Lane!! I lived at Melton, in the old Capper Pass works houses at Melton Fields. Great Gutter Lane was used almost daily. Dean.

Great subject! Grew up around there. Now live at Cholsey, Oxon, also being modelled on this forum! Dean.

Amazing to see those photos of Cholsey's centenary. I lived in the North in the 1990's. Now I can see the back of Cholsey Station from my house. Thanks for posting them up. Dean.

Nick, Took a walk up to Silly Bridge yesterday, from what we could see there is no additional arch in the extended pillar. The bridge from wall to wall was 15'9" wide. There are large stone parapets now so it was not possible to gauge wall thickness. Hope this helps with your research. Also, at the line side towards Hutts yard was one of their old coal wagons, identical to the one pictured in the book 'Wallingford Branch'. It was too far away to get a shot but I will be asking if I can get access to photograph it. I actually have two Robbies Rolling Stock Hutts wagons so it was good to see one for real. I live in the road adjacent to the main line, back in the day it was just a farm track. This summer we were fortunate enough to see a bit of borrowed steam on the preserved line. Best wishes, Dean.

Nick, I'll have a go at getting the information this coming weekend. Kind regards, Dean.

If I can help Nick I'd be happy to.

I will be watching this with interest as I live in Cholsey and my proposed new layout 'Hampden Vale' will be loosely based on the area in 1930's GWR (Yes, another one!) The asylum (Fairmile Hospital), was featured in Lewis, shortly before being converted into flats which it now is. Best Wishes. Dean.

Merry Christmas Kevin. Looking forward to another year with 'visits' to Little Muddle. Dean.

I've just caught up with this topic and I'm very much impressed and inspired by your work. The 30's are the era I really like to see modelled and KNP and Neal Ball's layouts are ones I follow with interest. Now I have another inspirational layout to follow. Do you have an RAF connection? I see various prints in your workshop. Best wishes, Dean.

That is some top class weathering. Amazing job Kevin.

I do love a Railcar. The photo 'from the goods shed roof' captures it for me, although its always difficult to choose favourites on this thread. Cheers, Dean.

Neal, Next time you are over here on research, the Little Angel still keeps a very nice pint of Brakspears and great food. I was in there a couple of weeks ago, purely research of course! Dean.

Just great to see, reminds me of a childhood building Airfix Trackside kits and dreaming of the layout I would build to put them on. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Pete, All forums have their 'old women' that like to tear apart people's posts. Model engineering, motorbikes, they all have them. I've made a few of them cry over the years! I'm sure I'll gain a lot from the forum. I'm not a beginner but like most of us, have a lot to learn still.