Michael Hodgson Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 I have just received an email from Rails advertising a new hi-vis orange coloured van in "Hendersons Relish" livery, apparently that's a Worcester Sauce made in Sheffield. Is this yet another specious livery or is it genuine? Comes complete with a bottle of sauce for £19.95! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted March 23, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 23, 2021 42 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said: I have just received an email from Rails advertising a new hi-vis orange coloured van in "Hendersons Relish" livery, apparently that's a Worcester Sauce made in Sheffield. Is this yet another specious livery or is it genuine? Comes complete with a bottle of sauce for £19.95! We're already discussing it! Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted March 23, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) 46 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said: Is this yet another specious livery or is it genuine? It is a livery that (it would appear) has genuinely been applied to this 00 gauge Dapol (ex-Airfix?) van. This particular brand of sauce provokes my ire as its labelling has the sauce to ape the labelling of the original and genuine Worcester product: Although Lea & Perrins' manufactuary stands in Midland Road, Worcester, adjacent to the Midland Railway line, as far as I can discover the company never owned any wagons. If they had, they would have been for incoming coal, not for outgoing sauce - comestibles were universally dispatched in railway company-owned vehicles. Model private owner vans are to be taken with a pinch of salt*, unlike private owner salt wagons. *There are some exceptions but they are exceptional. Edited March 23, 2021 by Compound2632 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 40 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: It is a livery that (it would appear) has genuinely been applied to this 00 gauge Dapol (ex-Airfix?) van. This particular brand of sauce provokes my ire as its labelling has the sauce to ape the labelling of the original and genuine Worcester product: Although Lea & Perrins' manufactuary stands in Midland Road, Worcester, adjacent to the Midland Railway line, as far as I can discover the company never owned any wagons. If they had, they would have been for incoming coal, not for outgoing sauce - comestibles were universally dispatched in railway company-owned vehicles. Model private owner vans are to be taken with a pinch of salt*, unlike private owner salt wagons. *There are some exceptions but they are exceptional. I thought Lea & perrins was the "Vinegar branch" in Worcester? This was a short private line to factory which had an unusual signal at a road crossing - arms facing the line for trains, and also facing the road in the days when even road users knew what a semaphore signal meant. I'm pretty sure there's photos in a GWR signalling book, two versions of the signal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted March 23, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 23, 2021 Just now, Michael Hodgson said: I thought Lea & perrins was the "Vinegar branch" in Worcester? This was a short private line to factory which had an unusual signal at a road crossing - arms facing the line for trains, and also facing the road in the days when even road users knew what a semaphore signal meant. I'm pretty sure there's photos in a GWR signalling book, two versions of the signal. No, I know about the Vinegar Branch - it went to the Vinegar Factory. The Sauce Manufactory is just south of Shrub Hill station. Map. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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