RMweb Premium MJI Posted September 13, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 13, 2022 36 minutes ago, Phil Bullock said: I too thought that rail should have been used with 70000 as suggested motive power given her links with The Queens father. You may well be right … 70000 was main line today…. Here she is piloted by 45231 which is wearing a suitable wreath… 45231/70000 video Why not 46201? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted September 13, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 13, 2022 1 hour ago, wombatofludham said: I know there's been some criticism of the decision to fly the coffin south, rather than use the Royal Train, but watching the coverage of the motorcade, seeing people stopped on a major dual carriageway, and seeing people throwing flowers despite being asked not to, does rather suggest the decision to use air might have been sadly the correct one. An extraordinary, sad day. Much as it would have been both appropriate and splendid (with members of the armed services on each station platform as previously discussed elsewhere) I can completely understand why it would have been virtually impossible to manage.... Chris H 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted September 13, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 13, 2022 Perhaps they could have used the Royal Train for after the funeral from Waterloo to Windsor. I remember watching Winston Churchill's funeral train at Rusham Crossing. A memorable sight. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted September 13, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 13, 2022 26 minutes ago, MJI said: Why not 46201? Unfortunately she doesn’t currently have a main line ticket 46201 info 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 On 11/09/2022 at 12:30, Michael Hodgson said: The security services will have their work cut out at the State Funeral, as no doubt numerous Heads of State will attend. These infrequent major events can be more constructive than summits in international diplomacy, since the only positive expectation at a funeral is warm words, yet they do provide an opportunity for world leaders at loggerheads to meet discreetly and investigate whether there is any prospect of future reconciliation. "You can't arrange the seating in the Abbey in alphabetical order. You'd have Iran, Iraq, Israel and Jordan all in the same pew! That would be enough to start World War Three!" - Bernard Woolley 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted September 14, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 14, 2022 9 hours ago, RJS1977 said: You'd have Iran, Iraq, Israel and Jordan all in the same pew! No, Ireland would keep everyone peaceful. 😁 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted September 14, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 14, 2022 9 hours ago, RJS1977 said: "You can't arrange the seating in the Abbey in alphabetical order. You'd have Iran, Iraq, Israel and Jordan all in the same pew! That would be enough to start World War Three!" - Bernard Woolley Why not? Make them behave. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted September 14, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 14, 2022 (edited) Apparently the Flightradar24 site crashed because there were 6 million logged on, to follow the Queen's last flight! Edited September 14, 2022 by melmerby 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 (edited) Last Wednesday I took a picture of some cloud formations from the living room. Look at the cloud shape that is closest to the roof on the right. A sad omen taken the day before. R.I.P Edited September 14, 2022 by Mark 10 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted September 14, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 14, 2022 Spooky! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold simonmcp Posted September 14, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 14, 2022 (edited) On the Swiss lines from Brigg there is a rock near a tunnel entrance called Victoria's rock as it is said to resemble the profile of Queen Victoria. Re the cloud formation:- Queen Elizabeth II was of course a committed Christian so maybe God was gently calling his faithful servant home. Edited September 14, 2022 by simonmcp Clarity 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 14 hours ago, Colin_McLeod said: No, Ireland would keep everyone peaceful. 😁 IIRC the next line was "No, Ireland doesn't make it any better!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Woke up during the early hours this morning and on a whim, I put the telly on and watched the BBC live stream of Westminster Hall on the red button for a few minutes. A very poignant scene, with people silently filing past the coffin, pausing a moment to pay their respects in so many different ways and then moving on. All this around 3am. 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
didcot Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 A great deal of dignity and respect being shown from all walks of life. No one does the pomp and ceremony like we do. I for one am glad. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacific231G Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 On 13/09/2022 at 20:12, didcot said: Just been watching the procession from Northolt to Buckingham Palace. The amount of people lining the route was amazing. Might have shed a tear. Makes you feel very proud. I was one of them. It passed a few hundred yards from my house and though I wouldn't have queued for hours for the lying in state was glad to have had that opportunity to pay my last respects. I had the Union Jack I'd waved several times as she passed a firend's house on Derby Day. Unfortunately, though most of those along the route behaved entirely sensibly, I'm afraid the behaviour of a few who ran across to the central reservation of the A40 and the number of officers needed to police even the relatively short route from Northolt makes me agree with others that the decision to not use the royal train was the correct one. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted September 17, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 17, 2022 (edited) Spotted today at Woori Yallock station site, on the closed line to Warburton. Unfortunately whoever put this here, didn't laminate it, but just put it in a plastic sleeve. Edit to add. When you see things like this you realise just how long QE2 was Queen. That was a couple of years before I was born. Edited September 17, 2022 by kevinlms More info 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Accord Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Perhaps not unexpected, but the price is mind boggling. 5 grand?! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185585721166?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=JAjqdRfNQri&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=l3BdnK2wShC&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Simon Lee Posted September 18, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2022 11 minutes ago, Bon Accord said: Perhaps not unexpected, but the price is mind boggling. 5 grand?! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185585721166?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=JAjqdRfNQri&sssrc=2047675&ssuid=l3BdnK2wShC&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY 5 minutes later its now £24,000........ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Izzy Posted September 18, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2022 (edited) According to the BBC eBay has banned all these sales. Edited September 18, 2022 by Izzy 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted September 18, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2022 What was it, can’t see the listing any more 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 32 minutes ago, big jim said: What was it, can’t see the listing any more Arm bands for a place in The Queue. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Accord Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 3 hours ago, big jim said: What was it, can’t see the listing any more See attached screenshot. I find it bizarre that eBay has decided to take a stand against these armbands when it otherwise permits all manner of supposedly commemorative drivel/tat/rubbish to be advertised on the website. There are many hundreds if not thousands of mugs, plates, towels etc and all manner of other nonsense being advertised that supposedly "commemorate" her death and which are blatant profiteering, yet seemingly that is somehow more acceptable. Perhaps because the aforementioned tat hasn't had a social media reaction it's therefore ok? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 Just watched the last people straggle down the steps of Westminster Hall to pass the catafalque. A strange muted end to the river of mourners over the past four days. Now for the events and ceremonies of today. May she rest in peace. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 6 hours ago, Bon Accord said: See attached screenshot. I find it bizarre that eBay has decided to take a stand against these armbands when it otherwise permits all manner of supposedly commemorative drivel/tat/rubbish to be advertised on the website. There are many hundreds if not thousands of mugs, plates, towels etc and all manner of other nonsense being advertised that supposedly "commemorate" her death and which are blatant profiteering, yet seemingly that is somehow more acceptable. Perhaps because the aforementioned tat hasn't had a social media reaction it's therefore ok? I think the issue was that some of the armbands being sold were unused ones - i.e. they were allowing people to pay to jump the queue. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 60027Merlin Posted September 19, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 19, 2022 (edited) My brother took this photo from his garden in West Lothian shortly after the C17 took off from the former RAF Turnhouse heading south for RAF Northolt on Tuesday 13th. Edited September 19, 2022 by 60027Merlin 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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