RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted July 4, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, rocor said: Not only have you missed out in song, but the GWR seems to have been remiss in not slotting you in between Barbury and Barry. "By the time I make Barnard Castle, she'll be sleepin'..." J. Webb (no relation) Edited July 4, 2020 by St Enodoc 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) I was only twenty four hours from Barney Only one day to test both my eyes I saw an optician's sign and didn't stop to resign... or Is this the way to Barnard Castle? 'Cos the PM's givin' me hassle Test your eyes in Barnard Castle Where the Press Pack waits for me. Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie Edited July 4, 2020 by Edwardian 3 9 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) There is actually a folk song about a bloke from Barnard Castle, or possibly the lord’s lady that he is a’bedding was from there. It’s called “Matty Groves” and the Kipper Family didn’t a brilliant skit on it called “Fatty Groves”. Edited July 4, 2020 by Nearholmer 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
webbcompound Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) 37 minutes ago, Nearholmer said: There is actually a folk song about a bloke from Barnard Castle, or possibly the lord’s lady that he is a’bedding was from there. It’s called “Matty Groves” and the Kipper Family didn’t a brilliant skit on it called “Fatty Groves”. Ah, so now we are entering the absolutely non-contentious realm of folk song lyrics. In the earliest reference (1613, in the play The Knight of the Burning Pestle) The Lord is called Barnet, and elsewhere Darnell, and all variants on these names appear in different versions, so any connection with Barnard Castle is as likely as a Barney eye-test. Edited July 4, 2020 by webbcompound 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Edwardian Posted July 4, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2020 Apologies for the interruption, but some model railway work has occurred. 20 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) 35 minutes ago, webbcompound said: non-contentious realm of folk song lyrics Well, it would be fair to say that only in some versions is the lady with the glad eye from Barnard Castle. ”Burning Pestle” is a pretty is a fairly rude title for anything, BTW. Edited July 4, 2020 by Nearholmer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Harrison Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Edwardian said: Apologies for the interruption, but some model railway work has occurred. You might want to close that bridge before sending the inaugural train across. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Edwardian said: Apologies for the interruption, but some model railway work has occurred. Just a test track, eh? Its coming along well! 1 hour ago, Nearholmer said: Well, it would be fair to say that only in some versions is the lady with the glad eye from Barnard Castle. According to Fairport Convention, the location is unmentioned, and after slewing Matty and his Lady, Lord Darnell is magnanimous enough to have them buried together with the lady on top... Hmmmmm... 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 11 minutes ago, James Harrison said: You might want to close that bridge before sending the inaugural train across. Or at least auto-isolate the 12 inches of track on either side of the lifting section! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buhar Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 3 minutes ago, Hroth said: Or at least auto-isolate the 12 inches of track on either side of the lifting section! Good Plan, although surely at WNR speeds and locomotive size, 5 or 6 inches is plenty. To maintain local traditions, a cantilever system that lowers a sugar beet onto the line when the bridge is lifted might be more fitting than anything to do with 'trickery. Alan 5 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 11 minutes ago, Buhar said: Good Plan, although surely at WNR speeds and locomotive size, 5 or 6 inches is plenty. To maintain local traditions, a cantilever system that lowers a sugar beet onto the line when the bridge is lifted might be more fitting than anything to do with 'trickery. Alan I was just applying the engineering rule of thumb of thinking of a feasible distance and doubling it! Could be messy if the sugar beet hasn't been replaced for a while... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 34 minutes ago, Buhar said: a cantilever system that lowers a sugar beet onto the line That would be a cantley gate, I take it. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 How about combining these suggestions to produce a cantalouped bridge? 2 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buhar Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 16 minutes ago, Edwardian said: How about combining these suggestions to produce a cantalouped bridge? Too much risk of melancholy is these straightened times. Alan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 A peculiarly English version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRF5D68e44Q (although I think he might actually have been South African). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
webbcompound Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 4 hours ago, Nearholmer said: Well, it would be fair to say that only in some versions is the lady with the glad eye from Barnard Castle. ”Burning Pestle” is a pretty is a fairly rude title for anything, BTW. Worse than that the play was originally performed by children 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
webbcompound Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 16 minutes ago, Nearholmer said: A peculiarly English version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRF5D68e44Q (although I think he might actually have been South African). reminds me of a song we sang at school (in the neolithic) which had the last line: "Life is butter melon, cauliflower". 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ian Posted July 4, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 4, 2020 13 hours ago, St Enodoc said: You naughty man. I now have an image of Jenny Hanley in my mind that will probably stay there all night... You make that sound like it's a problem... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nick_bastable Posted July 4, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 4, 2020 5 hours ago, Edwardian said: Apologies for the interruption, but some model railway work has occurred. Good grief please take this thread back of topic First circle down and tested next next weekend ? Nice progress after 1103 pages even if its not CA Nick B Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted July 4, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 4, 2020 If you wanted to post some music Matty Groves would have been better than Al Bowley. Great work on the layout test track. Mind you 'the cicle is complete' is not quite true even if you use battery power locos lack steering once you come of the end of the rails. Looking forward to the 'Golden Track Pin' moment to be captured for the parishioners we hope. Don 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm 0-6-0 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 2 hours ago, nick_bastable said: Nice progress after 1103 pages even if it's not CA A man should not rush into these things .... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
runs as required Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) 23 hours ago, Hroth said: I was just applying the engineering rule of thumb of thinking of a feasible distance and doubling it! I've just remembered that the door can fully open to permit the intruder welcome visitor to stand safely inside James's study and "Stop, Look and Listen" in the best tradition. At the scale speed one of the 3 WNR mixed trains per day is slowing for the crossing, any 'welcome' visitor will surely have got bored and withdrawn long ago, leaving behind a cold mug of tea and chocolate ginger biscuit. A Brilliant Lawyer's resolution of a potentially multifaceted disaster. Edited July 5, 2020 by runs as required usual poor proof reading 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted July 5, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 5, 2020 10 hours ago, ian said: You make that sound like it's a problem... Not at all! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 36 minutes ago, runs as required said: I've just remembered that the door can fully open to permit the intruder welcome visitor to stand safely inside James's study tand "Stop, look and listen" in the best tradition. At the scale speed one of the 3 WNR mixed trains per day slows for the crossing, any 'welcome' visitor will surely have got bored and withdrawn long ago, leaving behind a cold mug of tea and chocolate ginger biscuit. A Brilliant Lawyer's resolution of a potentially multifaceted disaster. I'd forgotten about the door being able to be opened whilst the flap was down. (I mean, the photographs??? ) Perhaps there could be a Special that could be dispatched to receive the proffered refreshments? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted July 5, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Hroth said: Perhaps there could be a Special that could be dispatched to receive the proffered refreshments? Like so: 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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