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  1. Cracking show as always, highlight for me was Drys-y-Nant, a station I visited near 50 years ago. Catering is the high point - school dinners - but couldn't take cards. Then I remembered - kids don't have cards!
  2. A wagon repair out-station, I haven't seen it mentioned at Cheddar. There was an out-station of Marcrofts at Sandford & Banwell.
  3. That is not a ground signal by the blades but is called a rotating point disc, indicating the lie of the blades. It is not normally worked by a separate lever. Up close it looks like this - seen at Didcot. Note the red/green faces. It is directly connected to the stretcher (tie bar in other terminology).
  4. You could be right - this from April 1984. Max Williams a few yards to the right.
  5. Bit less foliage in this shot from 1983 - that's 40 years ago!
  6. Some people dismiss it, but actually Pecorama (south Devon) is worth a visit. Contrasts well with Pendon. Although I work in P4, I found it was a good day out, and there was also sufficient there to entertain partners.
  7. By 1959, the timetable had been curtailed, and the 6.6pm off Frome ran under B headlamps. The 5.55pm ran under A lamps. This from the 15/6/59 - 13/9/59 timetable.
  8. The connection to Bristol for the Channel Island express was to stop at Frome, change trains then via Radstock (in a B set!). This ceased when that line shut in 1959.
  9. Some more cottages in the village, this end is getting to look quite busy.
  10. Someone playing on the frame, but they haven't got the staff in the frame to release it.
  11. Looks like a Triang XT60 - where you would get one? You sure it can't be repaired? Doesn't look in bad condition.
  12. My original plan was to build Radstock GW in P4 (the proper one, not the later arrival), I did a lot of research, but finally realised that it was perhaps just too big. Ended up building Clutton. Layouts I have toyed with are Pensford in 2mm with the viaduct, Tylwych (mid Wales line) in 2mm with the mountains around, Bilson Junction (Forest of Dean) in P4 (lots of wagons!). Time now against me, so smaller layouts are being built ...
  13. Church bells silenced by new residents: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-17838390 Pre-emptive action against noise complaints by new flat owners: https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/sep/16/the-gig-venue-guide-the-fleece-bristol
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