Popular Post Andy Y Posted March 7, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted March 7, 2019 Not being slow to take up a golden opportunity whilst we were down in Margate Phil and I had an hour to ourselves in the Visitor Centre early one morning to wallow in nostalgia and play with the toys! Visitor Centre information - https://www.hornby.com/uk-en/hornby-visitor-centre 32 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Ooh, I want one of those. What's the legal position on displaying your victim's head? (I am in the clear, it will just be a facsimile of Unsteady Eddie's bonce what with me being of the irenic disposition.) 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted March 7, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 7, 2019 So that was how the Scalextric racing really went 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted March 7, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 7, 2019 22 minutes ago, Andy Y said: Not being slow to take up a golden opportunity whilst we were down in Margate Phil and I had an hour to ourselves in the Visitor Centre early one morning to wallow in nostalgia and play with the toys! Excellent stuff, but there are some images in that bit of film that I'm rather glad I didn't have imprinted on my mind last thing at night. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Parker Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 1 hour ago, The Stationmaster said: So that was how the Scalextric racing really went I'm sure I wasn't the only one whose car came off... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 What happened to Annie (or Clarebel)? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted March 7, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 7, 2019 I thought the Dynamis was a wireless controller... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaGrange Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Was the 15ft long Eurostar just made from the 'inner' sets that Hornby made?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DIW Posted March 7, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 7, 2019 So, like the James May programme - is there a part 2 next week showing 'the fight'? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amand Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 3 hours ago, DIW said: So, like the James May programme - is there a part 2 next week showing 'the fight'? My money wold be on Phil - Andy is carrying a little too much weight...... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Bus Driver Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 On 07/03/2019 at 13:32, Phil Parker said: I'm sure I wasn't the only one whose car came off... There used to be a scalextric place in Hove where you paid a fiver and picked a car then you could go round the different tracks basically playing Scalextric. Great fun. Closed now, sadly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Colin Posted March 9, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 9, 2019 There was a (long closed) pay-per-race track like that above an amusement arcade on Southend seafront- the curves were banked unfeasibly high, or so I thought until I was there one day when some of the local slot car enthusiasts brought their home made “specials” along. I have never seen slot cars go so fast! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted March 10, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 10, 2019 (edited) Two elderly gentlemen just having fun; the enthusiasm comes across brilliantly! The best ever Scalextric was the mid 60s type with steering and thumb plunger controls. I will brook no argument about this; most fun ever!!! Minic cars seems to have been overlooked, though, although Minic ships, a major feature of my childhood when a blue/green tablecloth could represent the entire Bristol Channel with towels and stuff laid out to represent the headlands, did get a look in. Edited March 10, 2019 by The Johnster Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted March 10, 2019 Moderators Share Posted March 10, 2019 43 minutes ago, The Johnster said: Two elderly gentlemen We're not bus-passed just yet! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Godfrey Glyn Posted March 10, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 10, 2019 2 hours ago, AY Mod said: We're not bus-passed just yet! Um, not that far off - well unless a Government decides to raise the starting age - always a possibility!! Godfrey Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Parker Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 28 minutes ago, Godfrey Glyn said: Um, not that far off - well unless a Government decides to raise the starting age - always a possibility!! Over a decade if you don't mind. I'd actually like free bus travel - it would save me a fortune. However, I suspect that like a state pension, the age you can apply will simply advance slightly faster than I get old. 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted March 10, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 10, 2019 I have been happily bus passed for the last 2 years, free travel all over Wales courtesy of the Welsh Assembly Government, bless 'em; before that the buses just went past... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted March 11, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 11, 2019 15 hours ago, Godfrey Glyn said: Um, not that far off - well unless a Government decides to raise the starting age - always a possibility!! Godfrey Or do away with it completely! We haven't bothered with 'bus passes as we have quite a good train service - almost as quick to London off-peak as it was in the 1960s but usually good connections westwards. In any case the only 'buses I use to any extent are those in London and my (perpetually self-renewing, honest) Oyster Card takes good care of them, including no need to wait for the overcrowded shuttle 'bus when heading up the hill to Ally Pally . Mind you a 'bus pass would be very useful in Wales although talking to those who have done it it does take a while to go from the south coast to the north coast Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted March 11, 2019 Moderators Share Posted March 11, 2019 3 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said: it does take a while to go from the south coast to the north coast Strewth! I wonder how long that does take! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted March 11, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 11, 2019 45 minutes ago, AY Mod said: Strewth! I wonder how long that does take! It involved an overnight stop as it was done entirely on local 'bus services. Yes, I thought that too ... but apparently he quite enjoyed it (?) but I think part of his enjoyment was proving it could be done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 19 hours ago, Godfrey Glyn said: Um, not that far off - well unless a Government decides to raise the starting age - always a possibility!! Godfrey isn't it dependant on your local authority rather than the government? Different areas have different terms and conditions. For example Merseyside it's universal at 60 and you can use them on trains and ferries as well as buses. Whilst other areas start at 65. Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mike Bellamy Posted March 11, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 11, 2019 22 minutes ago, Steamport Southport said: isn't it dependant on your local authority rather than the government? Different areas have different terms and conditions. For example Merseyside it's universal at 60 and you can use them on trains and ferries as well as buses. Whilst other areas start at 65. Jason Agreed but looking at Liverpool City Council website for example, it's a local scheme that covers Merseyside only. At State Pension Age you can have a pass that covers travel throughout England. https://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/tickets/concessions/pages/60+.aspx Copied below from Derby City You are no longer automatically eligible for a Gold Card on your 60th birthday. The date you can apply has changed to bring age related benefits, like free bus travel, in line with the State Pension age increasing for women as well as men. These changes have been made across England and affect anyone born on or after 6th April 1950 to 5th April 1955. To find out when you can apply please use the State Pension age calculator. You can apply for a Gold Card two weeks before your State Pension age entitlement date. If you were born after 5th April 1955, you can apply when you are 66. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 (edited) The ENCTS (or Welsh equivalent) is a national scheme which central government pays local authorities to manage.. the local authorities can then choose to top up the basic entitlement by lowering the qualifying age, changing the start time to 09:00, adding trams or trains etc. The basic intitlement applies nationally, but the extras only to the area you receive it from. What extras you get depends on the political persuasion of your are and how much money they have, hence the cuts in the extras in many places. Edited March 11, 2019 by Talltim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Richard E Posted March 11, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Steamport Southport said: isn't it dependant on your local authority rather than the government? Different areas have different terms and conditions. For example Merseyside it's universal at 60 and you can use them on trains and ferries as well as buses. Whilst other areas start at 65. Jason I became eligible for my bus pass at the passing of 62.5 years - my local authority bases eligibility on a womans pension age and then applies it across the board. So it does rise as pension ages change. Mind you I don't use it as much as I might due to our poor bus services that don't go where I want to go when I want to go ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 On 10/03/2019 at 14:06, The Johnster said: Two elderly gentlemen just having fun... I blame the parents! Looking in the cabinet at the beginning of the Visitor Center, I used to have one of those big red pull-along Triang locos, with chuffing sound, and I still have the 3 1/2" gauge live-steam Rocket... A trip around the Visitor Center might have ended up as "got one, had one, wish I'd had one"! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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