locoholic Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Am I the only one who regrets that Swindon stopped building Halls, Manors, Castles, etc. before they had a chance to cast the plates for... Toad Hall, Bedside Manor, or Bouncy Castle? Are there any more that I've missed? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted April 11, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 11, 2016 I had a school friend who lived at Hall Manor, which could have made for a confusing name... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 'Barbara Castle' - as Labour transport minister she enacted the Beeching cuts closing down much of BR. G. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2750Papyrus Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Am I the only one who regrets that Swindon stopped building Halls, Manors, Castles, etc. before they had a chance to cast the plates for... Toad Hall, Bedside Manor, or Bouncy Castle? Are there any more that I've missed? Bu**er Hall? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted April 11, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 11, 2016 They could have visited Crewe. When I worked there we referred to one bit of the town as the "Four Alls". There was the Town Hall, the Market Hall, The Cheese Hall and an empty space. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 'Barbara Castle' - as Labour transport minister she enacted the Beeching cuts closing down much of BR. G. One of Northern's 158s is named Barbara Castle, well it certainly was until the franchise change. The name may have been removed, I noticed today that the 156 advertising the Ravenglass and Eskdale railway didn't have a name on, I presume that used to carry the name L'all Ratty (SP?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 'Barbara Castle' - as Labour transport minister she enacted the Beeching cuts closing down much of BR. G. And sponsored the Transport Act 1968 that set up the PTEs and enshrined the idea of the 'Socially necessary railway', so not all bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
locoholic Posted April 11, 2016 Author Share Posted April 11, 2016 Then, of course, there was the Star Class, "Downton Abbey". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2750Papyrus Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Roy Castle, Hassle Castle Henry Hall, Gottem Hall, Long Hall, Sodom Hall, Blessem Hall Grantley Manor, Friendly Manor, Agressive Manor Lon Grange Daily Star, Lone (Loan?) Star Saint Ivel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 What about 'Buster Bloodvessel/Bad Manors' And 'Castles in the Air' G. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted April 11, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 11, 2016 Saint Michael Star in your eyes Andy G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted April 11, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 11, 2016 Ginger Hall - it's a famous pub on the TT circuit here! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 I thought they might name the last one 'That's Hall' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatofludham Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 They could have got some dodgy East End gangster to name a loco "This Is My Manor". That sort of self-important arrogance would suit the GWR to a tee. "Fircombe Hall" would also fit the company ethos nicely. Actually for those of us who think the only good kettle is red or black and runs out of Euston, "Damn Hall" could sum up our dislike of copper kettles (only joking, the GWR did give us Stanier after all. Or After Hall). I suppose a Wolverhampton based "Star" could be the "Express and Star" (local evening paper), perhaps one of the Dukedogs could have been named "Earl Lea-Dawes" or "Earl Beseeingyou", or how about getting a politician to name a loco "Unbecoming Manor"? Mind you I do think someone at Paddington had some sort of nautical or naval sense of humour deciding to name one of the real locos after "Keele Hall" in Staffordshire. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Bu**er Hall? Last seen running tender first Under Milk Wood? Not forgetting... Blessem Hall (the long and the short and the tall - oops sorry, that's been suggested) Stuart Hall (once a knockout, now in for a long-term service but might eventually return as a modified Hall) Sweet Fanny Adams? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Pity that some West Country pacifics weren't named after a few more Dorset locations: Wimborne Minster Poole Wareham Sturminster Newton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatofludham Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 After the GWR built "The Great Bear" they missed a trick in not naming one of their small tanks "Bear Cub". Given the GWR's enthusiasm for naming anything remotely likely to haul passengers after posh folk's piles, they should have carried on down the social scale for smaller locos. The Large Prairies, designed for suburban duties, could have been given "Villa" themed names after typical suburban 1930s "villas". Going to work behind "Sunnyside Villa" or "Wisteria Villa" would have brightened up the dreary journey. The Small Praries, often found on country branch lines, could have become the "Cottage" class, trundling down to Looe behind "Rose Cottage" would have added lots of atmosphere. It could even have been extended down to the 14xx class which, being the smallest of the tanks, would have had to be named after bedsits as the smallest abodes. Catching the shuttle from Dolgellau to Barmouth behind "22b Marine Parade" would have been no more silly than travelling to Wolverhampton third class behind a loco named after the holiday pad of Lord and Lady Snooty. I also think the railcars should have been given "Banana" themed names, the first one obviously called "Flying Banana", then given they had a nice buffet bar, perhaps "Banana Daiquiri" or "Banana Cake", and of course the first two car unit would have to be "Banana Split", followed by "Banana Sandwich" etc.Of course the GWR were far too po-faced for such nonsense. You'd never get them naming a loco after anything so plebeian or common as a football team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I thought they might name the last one 'That's Hall' Well, there were so many in the class that they did name 7915 'Mere Hall'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Sand Castle would have been a good one. And there have been many great race horses for the LNER to use. I seeing "Uncle Bert" come in at 50/1 several years ago. Plenty of other A4 names out there too: Penguin, Dodo... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2750Papyrus Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Then there are the diesel classes.... Western Bypass, Western Hotel, Western Screenplay, Wettern Windy.... and for the warships Troutbridge, Black Pig, Flying Dustman, Boaty McBoatface.... But surely nothing could surpass the Southern's "Howard of Effingham"? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I had a school friend who lived at Hall Manor, which could have made for a confusing name... To turn round Rich's suggestion in Clifton, Bristol there is a Manor Hall built 1927-1932, cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Am I the only one who regrets that Swindon stopped building Halls, Manors, Castles, etc. before they had a chance to cast the plates for... Toad Hall, Bedside Manor, or Bouncy Castle? Are there any more that I've missed? The Manors were named in alphabetical order (apart from Torquay Manor, which was named first because the owner of the building in question was building a model of the new locos to go on display at the Model Engineer exhibition and the GWR thought it was good publicity!). So the GWR did have a 'chance' to name Bedside Manor ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chameleon Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Pity it wasn't Meerkat Hall. Aleksandr would approve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrel Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Ok so not steam or indeed a loco. But I'm surprised when virgin were naming a lot of there pendiliono fleet red revolution red this and red that. They didn't name one red rum in fact I'm surprised British Rail didn't name a loco red rum. Lots of other locos were named after racehorses, and red rum was the most famous racehorse of all time. Prehaps the race horse owners said no or something but it seems a surprising omission Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 ...It could even have been extended down to the 14xx class which, being the smallest of the tanks,... Way ahead of you. Back in the early 60s a small group of us extended the naming on just such a scheme, and the 14xx were 'Outside Karzi' class: First in class Pole, Jakes, Thunderbox, Privy, Latrine, Bog, Convenience, Closet, One holer, Two holer, Restroom, Comfort Stop, Facility, Sandbox, etc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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