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Glad to hear that alls turned out well, thanks to your vigilance and the skill and caring of the hospital staff.

 

We often hear when some things go wrong, and feel sorry for those affected but never the happy outcomes for those sucessfully treated.  Like you, my life intersected with the NHS last week when my father was rushed to hospital with a stroke.  The ambulance turned up within minutes of making the call and he was transferred to the acute stroke unit on arrival, where he was well looked after and discharged by the weekend.  He's now recovering at home.

 

So once again, best wishes to you and your family.  Onwards, eh?

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positive thing to note is that the NHS is strengthening the vaccination programme. A new vaccine has already been introduced for 'pre-university', and another new one has been introduced for babies.

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 Very uplifting news James.

As you say: the 'laws' of chance play a life and death part. Not least having the good fortune to ejoy ready access to DMH - where many clinical staff will have had past experiences, enabling instant response to the symptoms.

 

Growing up in east and west Africa, our children (now all in their 50s) had regular exposure to sudden death among school classmates from bacterial, as well as hereditary (blood sickle cell disease), maladies, and still recall their clases all being taken off to view open coffins.

In Ghana I was thought to have gone down with bacterial meningitis (via indirect diagnosis by telephone to Accra!). I lost a term's teaching and it destroyed my confidence in myself for more than a year. Several decades later it was considered more likely to have been a reaction to Lariam - the controversial anti malarial drug.

 

Now.... just get L's attractive brochure on the P'boro house back on the web - and the WNR could be re-equiped with new rolling stock by Christmas.

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Just caught up with this, glad to hear the outcome and that your lad is mending. You know where we are if you need a cuppa in Darlo....

 

Thanks.  I'd love to, and I am very conscious that I have models still to return to you.

 

In other news, another set of etches arrived.  This time the 3-Compartment GER 4-Wheel Brake Third, Peter K etches.  I realise that the style of etching will differ from the Eveleigh Creations set, but I hope I can blend them in, because it gives me a 4-coach set but with both a 2 and 3-Compt. Brake.

 

Well, that's the plan, anyhow.

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Glad to hear the positive news. I know it will have been a very stressful, trying and worrying time but hopefully everything is on the mend now. Thoughts remain with you and your family.

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I stumbled across this whilst searching for something completely different. Perhaps the WNR needs a bespoke inspection vehicle

 

http://haylingbillyheritage.org/engines/sharp-stewart/rare-photograph-1-of-481-inspector-ex-499-hayling-island/

 

Has crossed my mind!  You could hack one of those little Sharp Stewarts out of a RTR Terrier, as the tanks extend forward far enough on the Brighton examples to accommodate the motor on the Dapol/Hornby version.

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I'm seriously worried that the occupants would be crushed the moment this contraption buffered up to any other item of rolling stock. 

If the loco briskly buffered up to anything at the front, as an occupant of the inspectors saloon I'd be worried about stray lumps of coal coming through the roof!

 

I see it only lasted 9 years!

 

Perhaps something like this would be more in keeping with the ethos of Castle Aching?

 

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Hi,

 

Glad to hear that your son is 'on the  mend'.

 

The Inspection saloon was a vehicle in regular use on several railways , one of the larger ones for was for was for Mr Webb, of the L&NWR, 

 

Here is a link to a photo  of the style of vehicle  https://hattonsimages.blob.core.windows.net/products/KB315_3198374_Qty1_3.jpg This is a large one, smaller ones are on e-ay on the web,, try 'LNWR inspection saloon', there were several designs

 

The Caledonian Railway used a redundant ( ex WCJS) 6 wheeler that was rebuilt for the same sort of purpose, .

 

A side view is on the caledonian Railway society web pages athttps://www.crassoc.org.uk/forum/download/file.php?id=2412&sid=c9c13abaa8e93f348140618d5813c37f

 

When more space was needed (extra persons involved) the large Family saloon vehicles were used.

 

Peter. 

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