RMweb Premium cctransuk Posted December 24, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Rugd1022 said: A recent discovery amongst the flotsom and jetsom of life... Have you also got the accompanying curled processed cheese slice sandwich - worth a lot more to collectors as a pair? CJI. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted December 24, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Rugd1022 said: A recent discovery amongst the flotsom and jetsom of life... A well thought out design, easier to handle and stack than today's cardboard affairs, with a built in rim so your fingers don't get burnt. Perhaps less environmentally friendly, being plastic, but I would think they would lend themselves to using recycled plastics. Unless recycled plastic can't be used for food grade products? 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted December 24, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 24, 2023 I think the word 'Tea' did some pretty heavy lifting with whatever was actually contained in those cups!!! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted December 24, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 24, 2023 Someone told me once that it was acorn tea. How much truth there is in that I don't know. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 50 minutes ago, John M Upton said: I think the word 'Tea' did some pretty heavy lifting with whatever was actually contained in those cups!!! A not uncommon wheeze amongst TF staff was to wipe the cups clean and fill them with supermarket tea/powdered milk and sell them to the customers multiple times to earn a little more money 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted December 24, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 24, 2023 6 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: A recent discovery amongst the flotsom and jetsom of life... I've long said thatn the bags issued to Drivers are far too big!! 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium figworthy Posted December 24, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 24, 2023 5 hours ago, rodent279 said: Someone told me once that it was acorn tea. How much truth there is in that I don't know. As served at Old Oak Common ? Adrian 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6150 Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Hello and happy Christmas to everyone on here... Not sure if this is the right place for this, but suppose it's a bit of a ghost. I found this LNER engine diagram booklet when I was helping my mum look for missing Christmas presents a few days ago. Mum is 75, and inherited this from her dad, who worked on the railways from LNER days through into BR (Scottish Region), and the early days of British Rail. He spent some of his time at Inverurie Works, where I guess this originates from. The offices are still there, now converted into flats. I'm not an expert, but I think all the types listed would have been used in and around Aberdeen in the 1930's and 1940's. Apologies for the doodling, I will blame some of my siblings for this... Thanks Ken 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted December 26, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 26, 2023 2 hours ago, D6150 said: Inverurie Works The Football club still exists in the Highland Football league. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6150 Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, melmerby said: The Football club still exists in the Highland Football league. Yes, the Locos have done pretty well considering its 50+ years since the works closed. The original carriage shops are now also flats, retaining the original north light roof. As I mentioned the offices have mostly survived, but the locomotive shops were demolished to make way for Tesco Inverurie. There are a couple of buildings left un-redeveloped, but I'm unsure of their original use. Thanks Edited December 26, 2023 by D6150 Bad maths 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 155342 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted January 4 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4 Looks like someone has tried to lever that off and failed. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 It's Leyland - it'll rust off eventually ................. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 4 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4 1 hour ago, Southernman46 said: It's Leyland - it'll rust off eventually ................. It's a wonder it hasn't done so already. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted January 5 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 5 17 hours ago, Mark Saunders said: 155342 Hi Mark the 153s still have the embossed Leyland logo but Hunslet Barclay put a plastic patch over it. I've exposed a few in my time! Shame they didn't get the plughole logo 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ianathompson Posted January 6 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 6 On 26/12/2023 at 17:20, melmerby said: The Football club still exists in the Highland Football league. Yes. They are one of two "railway" sides in the League. Forres Mechanics are the other. Ian T 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lurker Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Well I suppose Man United are in a similar place, having started life as Newton Heath Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted January 6 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 6 There's probably a lot more clubs formed from other company sides as well as railway companies. I know of some in Europe PSV Eindhoven is Philips Sports Club. Lokomotiv Dresden was associated with Deutsche ReichesBahn Dynamo Dresden were a DDR Police team. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 1 hour ago, melmerby said: There's probably a lot more clubs formed from other company sides as well as railway companies. I know of some in Europe PSV Eindhoven is Philips Sports Club. Lokomotiv Dresden was associated with Deutsche ReichesBahn Dynamo Dresden were a DDR Police team. KKS Lech Poznan (KKS = Kolej Klub Sportowy = Railway Sports Club) Not unsurprisingly also known as Kolejosz, - The Railway Boys Steam loco plinthed outside stadium on Ulica Bulgarska, Poznan and a train whistle is heard before kick off of every home game Andy 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 7 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 7 Makes you wonder how other football clubs got their nicknames. Ipswich Town for example are known as the Tractor boys. Although the town had an industrial history (Ransomes) they did not make tractors. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted January 7 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 7 Another "Railway" football club. I believe their ground is near Starbeck station, where the loco depot for Harrogate used to be: https://harrogaterailwayathleticfc.co.uk/default.aspx 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted January 7 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 7 14 minutes ago, 31A said: Another "Railway" football club. I believe their ground is near Starbeck station, where the loco depot for Harrogate used to be: https://harrogaterailwayathleticfc.co.uk/default.aspx Indeed, a short distance away: 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 7 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 7 Crewe are know as ‘The railwaymen’ there’s a Scottish club called ‘Caledonian locomotives’ based in springburn too 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted January 7 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 7 Also Leigh RMI (now Leigh Genisis). Was originally Horwich Works Railway Mechanics Institute I believe. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlambert Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 3 hours ago, melmerby said: Indeed, a short distance away: Off topic, but you've answered a question that's been bugging me for years. About 40 years ago, when I was around 7, my family visited some relatives in Harrogate. I remember, one day my dad and uncle took me to see a steam train that was passing through Harrogate (I can't remember what it was, but it might have been a LMS Pacific). However, we also caught a train for a day out. That was a DMU of some sort (1st gen slam-door as I recall), which departed from a different station that I recalled as having a level crossing at one end. Looking at the map view, I think it must have been Starbeck. Although I have no idea where we went... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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