RMweb Gold Graham_Muz Posted April 1, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2023 (edited) Canute Road Quay is up and running at the Royston MRC exhibition today. Edited April 1, 2023 by Graham_Muz 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted April 1, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2023 Complete with a trainee submariner it seems! 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham_Muz Posted April 1, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Graham T said: Complete with a trainee submariner it seems! Indeed, as I position the layout at adult eye height I always offer our vertically challenged viewers the use of the periscope. Edited April 1, 2023 by Graham_Muz 6 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham_Muz Posted April 1, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2023 A delivery has arrived @Oldddudders apparently it's mine... 8 1 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted April 1, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2023 Drink that lot and you may feel a little unwell! 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted April 1, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 1, 2023 The Southampton branch of the Wine Merchants business of the Eldridge Pope Brewery was bombed in 1940. Buried in the rubble were several intact crates of bottled Graham's Golden Lager. In about 2004 while doing trial excavations on the site we discovered them with a JCB bucket that broke several bottles. They were still fizzy but the contents smelt utterly rank. 5 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted April 2, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 2, 2023 On 01/04/2023 at 13:06, Graham_Muz said: Indeed, as I position the layout at adult eye height I always offer our vertically challenged viewers the use of the periscope. Phew, I thought the Kriegsmarine had managed to sail up Southampton Water and were lining up a shot! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham_Muz Posted April 3, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 3, 2023 On 01/04/2023 at 14:02, petethemole said: The Southampton branch of the Wine Merchants business of the Eldridge Pope Brewery was bombed in 1940. Buried in the rubble were several intact crates of bottled Graham's Golden Lager. In about 2004 while doing trial excavations on the site we discovered them with a JCB bucket that broke several bottles. They were still fizzy but the contents smelt utterly rank. That's a fascinating snippet of local history, one if I may might have to be included in a wider blog post about 'my' larger (such a shame it ended up as 'Skol' and the Oxford Rail tanker wagon (which I feel might be their best wagon yet!). 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted April 3, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Graham_Muz said: That's a fascinating snippet of local history, one if I may might have to be included in a wider blog post about 'my' larger (such a shame it ended up as 'Skol' and the Oxford Rail tanker wagon (which I feel might be their best wagon yet!). I researched the brand while preparing the excavation report. One web page I found included an old photo of a rail van branded for Graham's; I can't remember whether it was pre or post war. I can't find it now. It would have carried lager bottled at the brewery. I have wondered whether the tank wagon is a genuine branding; do you know? ISTR that the wine merchants supplied the liners. They weren't near the docks but in Above Bar Street, in the area that is now Guildhall Square. We got on the BBC South local news, so I have a picture of one of the bottles, held by me. It's only a .gif as I copied it from the BBC local news website. 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham_Muz Posted April 3, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 3, 2023 (edited) 17 minutes ago, petethemole said: I researched the brand while preparing the excavation report. One web page I found included an old photo of a rail van branded for Graham's; I can't remember whether it was pre or post war. I can't find it now. It would have carried lager bottled at the brewery. I have wondered whether the tank wagon is a genuine branding; do you know? ISTR that the wine merchants supplied the liners. They weren't near the docks but in Above Bar Street, in the area that is now Guildhall Square. We got on the BBC South local news, so I have a picture of one of the bottles, held by me. It's only a .gif as I copied it from the BBC local news website. Thanks muchly, fascinating information. The tank branding is based on a real 'Graham's Large tank see here https://hmrs.org.uk/aat233-grahams-lager-alloa-10t-ale-tank-no-110-op-1939-exwks-side-a-arrol-sons-graham-s-golden-lager.html it looks like they had a number of different branded tank wagons. Edited April 3, 2023 by Graham_Muz 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted April 3, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 3, 2023 Thanks, Actually I think I found that before but had forgotten it. The Eldridge Pope brewery and bottling plant were at Dorchester, so bulk lager could have been sent there. However Cooper's Brewery in Southampton had a bottling plant and had ceased actual brewing due to war damage, so it could in theory have bottled Graham's Lager post war. No rail connection though, it was in the heart of the Old Town, inside the medieval walls. I found the text of the BBC news item, with the correct year! "Updated: Thursday, 2 June, 2005, 10:08 GMT 11:08 UK Archaeologists' intoxicating find By David Fuller BBC News Archaeologists searching for remains of a city's medieval past have made an intoxicating discovery, a cache of World War II beer. The hundred-or-so bottles of lager buried beneath Southampton's Guildhall Square were still capable of developing a head when they were opened. It is thought they had been stored in the cellar of an off-licence which was destroyed in the Blitz. The routine dig was to study the site before a new arts centre was built. Pete Cottrell, the dig leader, was hoping to find evidence of a medieval leper hospital known to have been in the area. He said the bottles were in very good condition, but the liquid inside was not. "I think you'd be very ill if you drank that, it's absolutely rank." Some of the bottles have now been handed to the city's museum, while the rest has been reburied." 3 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham_Muz Posted June 1, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 1, 2023 This month's picture... https://southern-railway.com/2023/06/01/picture-of-the-month-june-2023 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham_Muz Posted June 20, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 20, 2023 Following @petethemole's fascinating story about his Graham's Golden lager find in Southampton above, I have made a slighty wider post about the brew on my blog here https://southern-railway.com/2023/06/20/the-lager-must-be-mine-grahams-golden-lager-and-a-tenuous-link-to-canute-road-quay/ 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham_Muz Posted August 1, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 1, 2023 This months picture... https://southern-railway.com/2023/08/01/picture-of-the-month-august-2023/ 16 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham_Muz Posted September 21, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 21, 2023 Canute Road Quay on tour, see link for details... https://southern-railway.com/2023/09/21/driving-the-last-spike-canute-road-quay-on-the-road-in-september-and-october/ 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham_Muz Posted September 29, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 29, 2023 *Reminder* Canute Road Quay is at the R&DMRS Haddenham show this Saturday details here https://southern-railway.com/2023/09/21/driving-the-last-spike-canute-road-quay-on-the-road-in-september-and-october/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Graham_Muz Posted October 1, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 1, 2023 This month's picture... 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham_Muz Posted October 17, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2023 Canute Road Quay will be at the Beckenham & West Wickham MRC exhibition in their new larger venue at Forest Hill Boys School, Dacres Road, Forest Hill, London SE23 2XN this Saturday click link below for details https://southern-railway.com/2023/09/21/driving-the-last-spike-canute-road-quay-on-the-road-in-september-and-october/ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham_Muz Posted October 20, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2023 So despite a challenging night / early hours of the morning dealing with a flooded lounge, #stormbabet Canute Road Quay and it's stock has been cleaned this morning and is ready for loading in the car for tomorrow's Beckenham & West Wickham MRC exhibition. Details here https://southern-railway.com/2023/09/21/driving-the-last-spike-canute-road-quay-on-the-road-in-september-and-october 3 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 3 hours ago, Graham_Muz said: So despite a challenging night / early hours of the morning dealing with a flooded lounge, #stormbabet Canute Road Quay and it's stock has been cleaned this morning and is ready for loading in the car for tomorrow's Beckenham & West Wickham MRC exhibition. Details here https://southern-railway.com/2023/09/21/driving-the-last-spike-canute-road-quay-on-the-road-in-september-and-october Some of us are banned from that exhibition! Couldn't care as I have a far better offer in West Byfleet. I'm presently researching the Kriegsmarine and the LSWR ships in The Great War. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
amdaley Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 46 minutes ago, bbishop said: Some of us are banned from that exhibition! Couldn't care as I have a far better offer in West Byfleet. I'm presently researching the Kriegsmarine and the LSWR ships in The Great War. How could you get banned from a model railway exhibition ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wainwright1 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 2 hours ago, bbishop said: Some of us are banned from that exhibition! Couldn't care as I have a far better offer in West Byfleet. I'm presently researching the Kriegsmarine and the LSWR ships in The Great War. Aah Bish. How could you get banned from that show ? Going to Uckfield Sunday ? Sounds like being a very good show. All the best Ray Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham_Muz Posted October 21, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2023 Canute Road Quay is up and running at the Beckenham show... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SR71 Posted October 21, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2023 (edited) Nice to see the layout in the flesh. Much smaller than I expected it to be but no less excellent. SR71 Edited October 22, 2023 by SR71 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 21, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2023 8 minutes ago, SR71 said: Much smaller than I expected it to be but no less excellent. Small is beautiful. As I tell Sherry...... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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