Hroth Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 3 hours ago, Regularity said: I can’t see any articulated steam locos in the picture... Its behind his hat - they shut the steam off to creep up on them quietly... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 5 hours ago, Nearholmer said: Welcome back. On moustaches: that picture did make me wonder exactly when the significance of a luxuriant moustache and black eyeliner changed, from meaning "silent movie baddie", to meaning something altogether different. In 1978, I believe... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS9OO0S5w2k&feature=related 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 7 hours ago, Compound2632 said: "Our heroine begins to see the advantages of P4"! Looks P87 to me 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nick_bastable Posted March 23, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 23, 2019 34 minutes ago, Talltim said: Looks P87 to me Point of order could the Mayor please show some progress unlike the present shambles at Westminster Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted March 23, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 23, 2019 Nick, your tagline Einstein quote sums up the present situation nicely. No doubt we will see a great outpouring of creativity here once the nervous tension is released when we have resolution. Either that or universal dark despair. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie586 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 15 hours ago, webbcompound said: Over 24hours since anyone appears to have posted, and only one post in the previous 24. Is it possible Castle Aching has crashed due to the large volume of people liking the posts? Or is there a more nefarious reason for the stoppage I suppose this is another reason why broad gauge failed, it made it much harder to strap a damsel in distress to the rails. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 21 minutes ago, Charlie586 said: I suppose this is another reason why broad gauge failed, it made it much harder to strap a damsel in distress to the rails. Unless they where tall of course! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 There is some horrible, and these days probably sexist, pun concerning broad(s) that I will not trouble to explore! I think I'll take the dogs out instead. (Though that might get us to Norfolk, the pun, not the dogs, that is. Oh dear). I could not get to sleep in my hotel room on Thursday, so today have woken late and groggily. And, perhaps, ever so slightly delirious. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 I think there was Brexit fever in the air this week, causing everyone to sleep badly, especially on Thursday ...... the whole country feels bad-tempered and groggy! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagonman Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 2 hours ago, KNP said: Unless they were tall of course! I doubt if even the cream of catwalk models are over 7 feet tall... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 18 hours ago, Nearholmer said: Welcome back. On moustaches: that picture did make me wonder exactly when the significance of a luxuriant moustache and black eyeliner changed, from meaning "silent movie baddie", to meaning something altogether different. I think the style of headwear defines the character. Bowler = silent move baddie; German WW2 Officers Cap = something else entirely. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 45 minutes ago, Martin S-C said: I think the style of headwear defines the character. Bowler = silent move baddie; German WW2 Officers Cap = something else entirely. Wouldn't that be bowler = silent movie heavy, top hat = silent movie baddie? I dont know about German Officers cap with black eyeshadow, and don't really want to either.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 I think we're onto a rather different sort of village people from those who might be found in Norfolk c.1905! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 22 minutes ago, Edwardian said: I think we're onto a rather different sort of village people from those who might be found in Norfolk c.1905! The bloke in the German Officers hat would be wearing a Pikelhaube (and thus be viewed with mistrust by all the Daily Mail readers in CA), the Native American would be an exotic member of a travelling circus and the rest would most probably look like the henchmen assisting the Man in the Bowler Hat. (Bernard Cribbins told us how he would end up... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yShvgXZQBTs ) Pretty normal, I'd say... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold teaky Posted March 23, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 23, 2019 48 minutes ago, rockershovel said: Wouldn't that be bowler = silent movie heavy, top hat = silent movie baddie? I dont know about German Officers cap with black eyeshadow, and don't really want to either.. Are you sure about that? 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 8 hours ago, Hroth said: The bloke in the German Officers hat would be wearing a Pikelhaube (and thus be viewed with mistrust by all the Daily Mail readers in CA), the Native American would be an exotic member of a travelling circus and the rest would most probably look like the henchmen assisting the Man in the Bowler Hat. (Bernard Cribbins told us how he would end up... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yShvgXZQBTs ) Pretty normal, I'd say... There are, I'm sure, no readers of the Daily Mail in Castle Aching! And no pikelhaubes neither! 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted March 23, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 23, 2019 10 minutes ago, Edwardian said: There are, I'm sure, no readers of the Daily Mail in Castle Aching! In the interest of impartial historical accuracy, I'm very much afraid that this optimism is misplaced. Given the paper's circulation figures by 1905, I fear there may well be a handful of parvenus and office boys who have succumbed to its lure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 (edited) And, it might not be possible to be completely confident about the coal-scuttle hats either. the second picture is entitled ‘royal tree planting at Sandringham’. Edited March 23, 2019 by Nearholmer 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm 0-6-0 Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 It may well be that the gentleman in the bowler hat is actually a gamekeeper who has gone feral, as this quote from wikipedia might suggest - "The bowler hat is said to have been designed during 1849 by the London hat-makers Thomas and William Bowler to fulfill an order placed by the company of hatters James Lock & Co. of St James's,[4] which had been commissioned by a customer to design a close-fitting, low-crowned hat to protect gamekeepers from low-hanging branches while on horseback at Holkham Hall, the estate of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (seventh creation) in Norfolk. The keepers had previously worn top hats, which were knocked off easily and damaged.[4] The identity of the customer is less certain, with many suggesting it was William Coke.[5] However research performed by a younger relation of the 1st Earl casts doubt on this story, and it is now believed that the bowler was invented for Edward Coke, the younger brother of Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester.[3] When Edward Coke arrived in London on 17 December 1849 to collect his hat he reportedly placed it on the floor and stamped hard on it twice to test its strength; the hat withstood this test and Coke paid 12 shillings for it.[6]" But then again he might just be a nasty loutish layabout seeking to while away the idle hours between paid employment opportunities. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted March 24, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 24, 2019 On 23/03/2019 at 07:19, martinT said: My impression is that there is much less traffic on RMWeb than before the update, I certainly get fewer notifications on all the threads I follow - not just CA. Martin I agree there only seems to be about six of us here visiting the pre-grouping forum on any kind of regular basis. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
webbcompound Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Unlike many modern internet driven examples this could well be a pre-grouping pickelhaube 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londontram Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Annie said: I agree there only seems to be about six of us here visiting the pre-grouping forum on any kind of regular basis. I read and occasionally post but I'm interested in pre grouping this unfortunately like most threads in this forum have a tendency to wander off all to often and let's be honest can sometimes be full of a right load of tosh Edited March 24, 2019 by Londontram 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted March 24, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 24, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Londontram said: I read and occasionally post but I'm interested in pre grouping this unfortunately like most threads in this forum have a tendency to wander off all to often and let's be honest can sometimes be right full of a right load of tosh The response to that, which I try from time to time, is to post something relevant. Sometimes it goes by unremarked, at other times it does seem to help steer closer to the topic. But if Edwardian is happy with how the thread wanders, who are we to complain? Edited March 24, 2019 by Compound2632 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londontram Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 True and I wouldnt have said anything if it were not for the preceding post where they were just reflecting on the relatively few post this topic seems to generate. I was just suggesting a possible reason as you say being Edwardians thread its up to him what content he tolerates. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted March 24, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 24, 2019 20 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: The response to that, which I try from time to time, is to post something relevant. Sometimes it goes by unremarked, at other times it does seem to help steer closer to the topic. But if Edwardian is happy with how the thread wanders, who are we to complain? Ooooo I do like that ticket. It's just the ticket in fact (groans from the audience). Seriously though 1s 1d for a monthly return ticket that seems quite reasonable to me. It's a fair distance between Hillington and Massingham and I certainly wouldn't want to have to walk that far. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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