RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted July 27, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27, 2021 (edited) Good afternoon all. A daughter of a very elderly relative has contacted me to ask if I know anything about a loco at Hull Paragon, going through the Buffers and ending up in a Barbers Shop circa 1954! He thinks he may have cleaned the loco before that date. I know it sounds weird but I can find nothing on the web that matches this date at all. I know about the 1927 Crash. Pullmans were mentioned too. Could it possibly have been some sort of minor incident with the Hull Pullman? Many thanks. P Edited July 27, 2021 by Mallard60022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted July 27, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 27, 2021 (edited) Sounds like the inspiration for the Thomas story when Duck ends up in a barber shop so it wouldn't surprise me if there was a loco ending up in a barber shop somewhere so could well have been at Hull. Duck first appeared in 1956 so definitely feasible. Not sure when the actual story was written. Edited July 27, 2021 by Bucoops 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micknich2003 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Perfectly true, I believe it happened more then once. One occasion was a ex LMS 2-6-2T. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted July 27, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27, 2021 26 minutes ago, micknich2003 said: Perfectly true, I believe it happened more then once. One occasion was a ex LMS 2-6-2T. Thanks buddy. Any idea where I might find any info on that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jollysmart Posted July 27, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 27, 2021 You could try the Hull Daily Mail Archive, you get a free searches so probably worth a try? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Have a look about half-way down this page https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/history/gallery/looking-back-hulls-paragon-interchange-2754317 You should see "The Barbers Shop in Paragon Station in 2002". With a DMU behind it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jollysmart Posted July 27, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 27, 2021 (edited) Dual post for some reason. Edited July 27, 2021 by jollysmart Dual post 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted July 27, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27, 2021 1 hour ago, KeithMacdonald said: Have a look about half-way down this page https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/history/gallery/looking-back-hulls-paragon-interchange-2754317 You should see "The Barbers Shop in Paragon Station in 2002". With a DMU behind it. So a loco hitting the buffers and maybe breaching the 'Barbers' was a possibility? Thanks matey. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted July 27, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27, 2021 2 hours ago, jollysmart said: You could try the Hull Daily Mail Archive, you get a free searches so probably worth a try? Tried that and nothing comes up sadly. 1954 doesn't seem to exist! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted July 28, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 28, 2021 (edited) A friend found this. The Rev wouldn't have made this up without there being a back story would he? P Edited July 28, 2021 by Mallard60022 Picture has disappeared. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted July 29, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 29, 2021 10 hours ago, Mallard60022 said: A friend found this. The Rev wouldn't have made this up without there being a back story would he? P That's the story I was referring to Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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