Jol Wilkinson Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 (edited) It does, indeed. Next, I'll join the L&NWR Society, too! Given your non de plume, I would have thought you already were a member. Edited to add that the LNWR Society were also at the Warley show. Did you get your priorities wrong? Edited December 17, 2018 by Jol Wilkinson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Perhaps he is hoping to be the arbitration committee that will draw up the Armistice between the two arch-enemies... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNWR18901910 Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Given your non de plume, I would have thought you already were a member. Edited to add that the LNWR Society were also at the Warley show. Did you get your priorities wrong? Ho, ho and ho - no, no and no. I was pre-occupied with the Yankee Mogul model and needed more information. However, I shall be joining the LNWR Society when they appear at Warley next. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jol Wilkinson Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Ho, ho and ho - no, no and no. I was pre-occupied with the Yankee model and needed more information. However, I shall be joining the LNWR Society when they appear at Warley next. Why wait? You can download a membership form from the Webbsite. The Journal, produced 4 times each year, together with the Newsletter, is an excellent publication. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted December 17, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 17, 2018 the LNWR Society were also at the Warley show. Did you get your priorities wrong? As I found, the LNWR Society (unlike the MR Society) had not brought along enough application forms. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted December 17, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2018 As I found, the LNWR Society (unlike the MR Society) had not brought along enough application forms. Well, obviously the Midland is prepared to accept anybody, whereas the LNWR doesn’t accept everbody... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted December 17, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 17, 2018 Well, obviously the Midland is prepared to accept anybody, whereas the LNWR doesn’t accept everbody... If we're going to go down that road, I recall that many years ago the difference between the Midland and North Western was discussed in a review of a railway book (possibly Simmonds and Biddle's Oxford Companion?) in the Times Literary Supplement. The analysis boiled down to the Directors of the North Western being solidly Tory and Anglican, whereas the Midland Directors were Liberals and Nonconformists. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted December 17, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2018 If we're going to go down that road, Wasn’t planning to, just a humorous aside, but I am glad you did: I recall that many years ago the difference between the Midland and North Western was discussed in a review of a railway book (possibly Simmonds and Biddle's Oxford Companion?) in the Times Literary Supplement. The analysis boiled down to the Directors of the North Western being solidly Tory and Anglican, whereas the Midland Directors were Liberals and Nonconformists.Fascinating stuff.Does anyone have similar insights on the directors of other companies? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Does anyone have similar insights on the directors of other companies? I recall reading a quote somewhere to the effect that the North British was a very staid and dyed-in-the-wool company as it's directors were all Edinburgh lawyers and accountants, while the Caledonian was very forward thinking and go-ahead company because its directors were all Glasgow merchants and industrialists. Jim (preparing to receive incoming flack from the east) 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted December 18, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 18, 2018 Well, obviously the Midland is prepared to accept anybody, whereas the LNWR doesn’t accept everbody... On the contrary - the Midland Railway Society obviously only has discriminating, intelligent people of high social standing. In stating this I am completely unbiased. Dave Hunt Chairman, Midland RailwaySociety 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefrk Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 I recall reading a quote somewhere to the effect that the North British was a very staid and dyed-in-the-wool company as it's directors were all Edinburgh lawyers and accountants, while the Caledonian was very forward thinking and go-ahead company because its directors were all Glasgow merchants and industrialists. Jim (preparing to receive incoming flack from the east) Isn't that demographic still the same nowadays Jim.... Dave Franks. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted December 18, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 18, 2018 I recall reading a quote somewhere to the effect that the North British was a very staid and dyed-in-the-wool company as it's directors were all Edinburgh lawyers and accountants, while the Caledonian was very forward thinking and go-ahead company because its directors were all Glasgow merchants and industrialists. Jim (preparing to receive incoming flack from the east) Wasn’t there also quite a bit of LNWR money involved? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted December 18, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 18, 2018 Webbsite. :-) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Isn't that demographic still the same nowadays Jim..... Very true, though, despite being Glaswegian by birth, I now live rather closer to that other city so I am hesitant to comment. Jim 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Wasn’t there also quite a bit of LNWR money involved? There was, the LNWR being one of the main promoters of the original WCML. It was mainly Liverpool money. Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 As I found, the LNWR Society (unlike the MR Society) had not brought along enough application forms. What, you mean the LNWR society ran out and the MR society didn't? I think that is fairly self explanatory then! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Miles Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 (edited) I have since a very young age been a fan of the Midland Railway. So the below came as a shock to me. When I was quite young (9 years or less) my mother ran an afternoon group for the local pensioners in the church hall. I used to have to go along after school and I got to know many of the pensioners quite well. One of them was a Mr Baxter who had worked on the railway at Barrow Hill and i discovered that he started work with the Midland. I was delighted to find this out and so I asked him what it was like to work for the company - I was anticipating replies which conjured up visions of halycon days spent on beautiful, highly polished crimson lake locos. His reply was "They were (RMWeb won't allow me to insert the last word but it pertains to people born out of wedlock)". Given that he was otherwise a very polite and gentle man and this was said with such feeling, it was a real shock. Despite this feedback, I have continued to be a Midland fan. I suspect all employers were pretty strict. Edited December 19, 2018 by John_Miles 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
technohand Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 We in the 21st century tend to look at the past thru rose colored specks. Lets face it any one involved in any engineering related industry in the late 19th early 20th centuries faced a hard dirty and dangerous existence. Life in the cloth industries was pretty awful as well and even living conditions were dire. Tony 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Rambler Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 We in the 21st century tend to look at the past thru rose colored specks. Lets face it any one involved in any engineering related industry in the late 19th early 20th centuries faced a hard dirty and dangerous existence. Life in the cloth industries was pretty awful as well and even living conditions were dire. Tony As the opening sentance in the Go-Between says:- ‘THE PAST IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY: THEY DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY there.’ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
technohand Posted March 3, 2019 Author Share Posted March 3, 2019 There are now lists of available products on the following web site:http://www.midlandrailway.org.uk/modelling/. These currently cover 2mm,4mm and some 7mm scales. Regards Tony 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jol Wilkinson Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, technohand said: There are now lists of available products on the following web site:http://www.midlandrailway.org.uk/modelling/. These currently cover 2mm,4mm and some 7mm scales. Regards Tony Excellent information for MR modellers. However, I would recommend that a health warning is added with reference to dealing with CooperCraft. See; https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/112011-cooper-craft-cautionary-notes-for-customers-its-fate-and-thoughts-on-an-alternative/ Edited March 3, 2019 by Jol Wilkinson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
technohand Posted March 3, 2019 Author Share Posted March 3, 2019 Agree Jol but I have to be careful Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Hayter Posted March 3, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 3, 2019 I rather suspect these will return to Slaters shortly and Coopercraft can be erased - from MR stock at least. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
technohand Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 At last the range of Midland Goods waggons is back with Slaters. Prices are Opens: £9.00 with VAT Vans and the Brake £12.00 with VAT Thank you Slaters 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmesfeldian Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 A little heads-up to Midland devotees that I have started a blog to record my modelling musings and progress updates once I do practical things like buy pieces of 9mm plywood and actually start fastening things to it 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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