Peter Kazmierczak Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Dawlish Warren in winter is a bit grim..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted August 5, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 5, 2017 (edited) I always wonder if anyone ever says "nice sunny day, lets go to the seaside at Severn Beach"? Severn Beach? Famous place, squire. Another contender for the Most Depressing award even gets a gratuitous mention : Pilning Junction Edited August 5, 2017 by Gwiwer 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 But, in the words of the late Sir John Betjeman, "Nowhere is the skyline quite such a jolly orange colour as at Severn Beach" . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted August 5, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 5, 2017 Probably due to air pollution coming from South Wales! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Probably due to air pollution coming from South Wales! I think it was actually a reference to one particular stack at Avonmouth during the 70s and possibly into the 80s. I remember it as quite a landmark, visible from the M5. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Probably due to air pollution coming from South Wales! The natives of Middlesbrough are not called smoggies for nothing and Consett had a similar orange haze when the Iron and Steel works were in full production! Mark Saunders Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D854_Tiger Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 It was wet and dismal the last time I was there.......... Nice view of the Second Severn Crossing from the "beach" though. I can't remember how long ago it was but when Virgin was still running XC, I revisited the branch (though not Severn Beach) thanks to a weekend engineering diversion. Quite novel going round in a Voyager, the sort of diversion that only comes along every few decades. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted August 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 7, 2017 (edited) I wonder how many faded one horse seaside towns there are in Britain nowadays you could say that about. True, but Severn Beach has not just faded: it has relinquished any claim to be a leisure resort at all and become entirely residential. There is nothing to do there except walk; there is not even a pub. Edited August 7, 2017 by Andy Kirkham Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 What about Scunthorpe and Clitheroe? Cockermouth? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted August 7, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 7, 2017 True, but Severn Beach has not just faded: it has relinquished any claim to be a leisure resort at all and become entirely residential. There is nothing to do there except walk; there is not even a pub. Yet they closed Portishead where there was plenty to do. The 60s were strange times... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 True, but Severn Beach has not just faded: it has relinquished any claim to be a leisure resort at all and become entirely residential. There is nothing to do there except walk; there is not even a pub. Yes, I was sad to discover that the huge and cavernous Severn Salmon (presumably designed to cope with all those thirsty daytrippers) was gone without trace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted August 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 7, 2017 (edited) A few images from 2007, showing the last remnants of the wild hedonistic Severn Beach of old. At least we don't have Pacers any more. Edited August 7, 2017 by Andy Kirkham 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted August 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 7, 2017 (edited) Yet they closed Portishead where there was plenty to do. The 60s were strange times... Portishead!!! Plenty to do!!??? No, sorry, retract that, I was thinking Clevedon. Edited August 7, 2017 by Northroader Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted August 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 7, 2017 A few images from 2007, showing the last remnants of the wild hedonistic Severn Beach of old. At least we don't have Pacers any more. Beach-1.jpg Beach-2.jpg Beach-3.jpg Beach-4.jpg Reminds me of 'Funland' on Craggy Island - is there a 'Crane of Death'? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Banksy would love that. Perhaps that's where he got some of his ideas from. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted August 7, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 7, 2017 A few images from 2007, showing the last remnants of the wild hedonistic Severn Beach of old. At least we don't have Pacers any more. Beach-1.jpg Beach-2.jpg Beach-3.jpg Beach-4.jpg It certainly isn't contaminated by beach is it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted August 7, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 7, 2017 True, but Severn Beach has not just faded: it has relinquished any claim to be a leisure resort at all and become entirely residential. There is nothing to do there except walk; there is not even a pub. WHAT? No pub? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 WHAT? No pub? Not the only place with no Pub but there are also places with No Pub worth visiting! It was a strange move when Wetherspoons introduced Real Ale to Wallsend! Mark Saunders Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D854_Tiger Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Portishead!!! Plenty to do!!??? No, sorry, retract that, I was thinking Clevedon. Years and years ago, when truth be told I was still too young to be out drinking (but they didn't have any concept of id in those days), I actually saw Adge Cutler live. It was near Birmingham so he was rambling on about how, whenever he got the chance, he liked to visit the nearest big city adding, "I'm talking about Clevedon here." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D854_Tiger Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 A few images from 2007, showing the last remnants of the wild hedonistic Severn Beach of old. At least we don't have Pacers any more. Beach-1.jpg Beach-2.jpg Beach-3.jpg Beach-4.jpg Bit of bias showing through there, showing it at its best like that, when it's open. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unchuffed Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 (edited) Messed up quoting, but was going to comment that the was an article in Scale Model Trains around 1988 on modelling Severn Beach. Might make a micro or boxfile these days. Edited August 8, 2017 by Unchuffed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertcwp Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 (edited) Platform level at City Thameslink is a pretty uninspiring experience, mainly because the lighting seems very dim compared to stations on the London Underground. Berrylands (a 'prefab' next to a sewage treatment works) and the stations on the Chessington branch are not up to much but some of the intermediate stations between Wimbledon and Sutton are pretty depressing too. Neither the Chessington branch nor the Wimbledon-Sutton line ever really lived up to expectations although if Crossrail 2 happens the Chessington branch will have its Second Coming. Edited August 13, 2017 by robertcwp Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Flying Pig Posted August 13, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 13, 2017 Don't knock Severn Beach: it has an independent bakers and a reasonably clean set of public loos and it's a great place to look for storm-blown seabirds when the conditions are right (i.e. wind in the right direction and both facilities open). I saw a Wilson's petrel there years ago during a particularly blustery south wester and probably ate something sticky afterwards to celebrate (from the bakers, I hasten to add). The station would indeed make a good small layout, not quite a boxfile, in the period when freight reversed there: http://bristol-rail.co.uk/wiki/File:Severn_Beach_Track_Plan_1988.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 (edited) Most depressing station - London Euston last Friday. After a great day out in London we arrived at Euston around 8pm for the 9.10 home to Wigan. Nowhere to sit, hundreds standing in the concourse staring up at the departure screens. Every now and then a London Midland service is announced then a rugby scrum to the platform. One wag had everyone laughing shouting "Don't Panic" in a comical voice !! We walked outside for a bite to eat met by pigeons circling and fighting over a discarded chip !! - no better in Marks & Spencers food outlet - pigeons in there also !!. The new Japanese Sushi shop was nice though, and did half price food half an hour before they closed. Back to the concourse and staring skywards. I felt sorry for an Australian family booked to Fort William on the Caledonian Sleeper, Kids, luggage & nowhere to sit. Our train came up at 8.55, at least no scrum as we had reserved seats What a total shyte station Euston is. Well our train left bang on time, got us in Wigan 3 mins early too. Well done Virgin. Straight into the car and home. Hope the Aussies were fast asleep as the Cally Sleeper passed my home as I climbed into bed. Brit15 Edited August 13, 2017 by APOLLO Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted August 13, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 13, 2017 Pilning has to be top of the list. Only one stopping train a week on a Saturday (and in one direction). Imagine being stuck there for a week waiting for your next train Julian Sprott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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