Graham456 Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 I was amused today whilst visiting Lynmouth on a nice sunny day, to see that the model railway in the church hall in Lynmouth by the coach park is also a polling station today, sadly the trains weren't going around but you could still look around in between the polling tables Any one else able to train spot in model form whilst voting or know of a model railway acting as a poll station today? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 There was a smelly bloke in front of me when I went and it seemed to remain rather than leave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted June 23, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 23, 2016 Our Polling Station used to have a shooting gallery (rifle range) and apart from that it's a church hall which is about half a mile from the church it is associated with. Oddly the church's playing field is was about a quarter of a mile away from the hall in the opposite direction from the church (it is now under 'low cost' housing). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted June 23, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 23, 2016 one of the LNWR gatehouses in the park in crewe is a polling station today 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham456 Posted June 23, 2016 Author Share Posted June 23, 2016 There was a smelly bloke in front of me when I went and it seemed to remain rather than leave. Andy are you sure you hadn't sneeked off to a train show where our lesser washed brethren frequent, whilst clameing to be voting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Our polling station is a Church right at the side of the West Coast main line just north of Wigan. Nice to watch the Pendo's screeching past as we vote ! I'll be up early tomorrow to see the result. Brit15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham456 Posted June 23, 2016 Author Share Posted June 23, 2016 Our polling station is a Church right at the side of the West Coast main line just north of Wigan. Nice to watch the Pendo's screeching past as we vote ! I'll be up early tomorrow to see the result. Brit15 Close but ! The trains in Lynmouth were in the same room not outside! And No I won't be getting up to see if it's in or out. I wanted ' shake it all about' but that wasn't on the options 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted June 24, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 24, 2016 What if the Hokey Cokey is really what it's all about? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted June 24, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 24, 2016 Telford Railway Modellers Group club room is a polling station. Voters usually spend longer looking at the trains than deciding about voting. We even gain the occasional new member as a result. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 I voted by post, and that used to go by train a few years back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 We even gain the occasional new member as a result. Good to know that some good will emerge from the whole debacle. Our polling station ( can I use that word legitimately here? ) is also in a church hall, though there might be quite a bit of debate about the word 'church' as well as the 'hall' also serves the local community as a coffee shop, library, MUGA, and all sorts of other less useful services - though sadly not model railway club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham456 Posted June 24, 2016 Author Share Posted June 24, 2016 There was a smelly bloke in front of me when I went and it seemed to remain rather than leave. So Andy like the country you choose to leave rather than remain ! In his remains Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 (edited) We were brought up to believe in the words of the almighty, so when many of the churches around here displayed large 'Vote Leave' signs, the outcome in Wales was a foregone conclusion...... Edited June 24, 2016 by coachmann Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 I was thinking about a sort of arthouse film, possibly starring Sir Anthony Hopkins, telling the story of a country in which repressed individuals who'd really rather not talk about the whole Europe thing skirt delicately round the question of Europe, before the film ends on a painfully repressed note. It would need a Japanese director to really get the best out of the cast. I've got a great idea for a title: The Remains Of The Day.....oh wait, hang on.... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gismorail Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 We were brought up to believe in the words of the almighty, so when many of the churches around here displayed large 'Vote Leave' signs, the outcome in Wales was a foregone conclusion...... And now the sermons will once again ring to the sounds of ' nashing of teeth as well as fire and brimstone for those who chose not to repent' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 And now the sermons will once again ring to the sounds of ' nashing of teeth as well as fire and brimstone for those who chose not to repent' Is there nothing to be said for saying another Mass? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted June 24, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 24, 2016 Is there nothing to be said for saying another Mass? https://www.facebook.com/FrTedQuotes/photos/a.515871395163643.1073741829.476297519121031/535520009865448/?type=1&theater Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Our polling station was the Sea Scouts hut. Nothing really railways related you may think. But it is situated at the bottom of a railway embankment and when I was a young wippersnapper, it was a pre school which I attended. On one particular day we were evacuated due to a train of 12t vans derailing atop the embankment and there was a concern some may give in to gravity. I seem to recall there was a peak on the train. Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor quinn Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Our polling station is the venue for the Woodthorpe Model Railway Exhibition Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Claude_Dreyfus Posted June 24, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 24, 2016 Yes, the lucky voters at Milland in West Sussex cast their votes not 10 feet away from our club room and storage cupboard. Ironically containing an H0 layout set in 1950s Berlin! Should have thought really, we could have serenaded the voters with Dirty Ludmillas and sound-fitted DR class 01s... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 .... H0 layout set in 1950s Berlin! Should have thought really, we could have serenaded the voters with Dirty Ludmillas and sound-fitted DR class 01s... Ludmilla diesels didn't come to the DR until about 1973/4... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 (edited) You can hear the NVR quite clearly from our polling station (Botolph Arms) although being a Thursday I don't suppose there were any trains. Continuing the European theme, it has hosted a number of German, French, Polish and Swedish locos and rolling stock at various times (its convoluted history means it was relaid to the Berne loading gauge, apart from the station at Wansford) Edited June 25, 2016 by rockershovel 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Claude_Dreyfus Posted June 25, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 25, 2016 Ludmilla diesels didn't come to the DR until about 1973/4... Spoilsport! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Spoilsport! Blame COMECON. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Claude_Dreyfus Posted June 25, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 25, 2016 Blame COMECON. Them Eastern Europeans again... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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