bluebottle Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Pick up a beautiful scratch-built model of a rare prototype and say "How much you asking for this one, then?" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davknigh Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Pick up a beautiful scratch-built model of a rare prototype and say "How much you asking for this one, then?" Picking up the model would be enough Cheers, David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Picking up the model would be enough Cheers, David Maybe, but I'm going for hung, drawn, quartered, head on a spike above the entrance of Meadowhall station, etc. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted November 29, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 29, 2014 Surely, if a well trained jungle nose could detect the faint whiff of soap, a group of heavily sweating, unwashed blokes would be even easier to track ? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Picking up on the quoted post above about the lack of contempoary layouts there's an idea, maybe I should build a "layout" that's a mass of greenery and claim that there's a railway somewhere underneath it Ah, you've seen "Cliffhanger", then? *preparing for my own lynching*...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted November 29, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 29, 2014 interesting story, Clive. Did you ever serve with Foggy Dewhurst? Surely, if a well trained jungle nose could detect the faint whiff of soap, a group of heavily sweating, unwashed blokes would be even easier to track ? Hi Guys Seriously when in the jungle we did not wash with soap. An unwashed body blends in with the smells of the jungle. I am sure the writers of Last of the Summer Wine knew our jungle instructors, Foggy told the same stories as they did 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted November 29, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 29, 2014 Surely, if a well trained jungle nose could detect the faint whiff of soap, a group of heavily sweating, unwashed blokes would be even easier to track ? Hi Guys Seriously when in the jungle we did not wash with soap. An unwashed body blends in with the smells of the jungle. I am sure the writers of Last of the Summer Wine knew our jungle instructors, Foggy told the same stories as they did You've heard of "the rank and file"? Well they were the rank... very, very, rank... :jester: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Scott Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 . On a point of clarification - does the NEC count as town or not ? I would hate to break this rule .. Mike b Town actually only referred to London and the saying referred to wearing brown boots with a blue suit. Before I get lynched by those north of watford this saying came from posh people who thought the north was simplly for hunting, house parties and shooting grouse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davknigh Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Maybe, but I'm going for hung, drawn, quartered, head on a spike above the entrance of Meadowhall station, etc. Maybe I should have been less subtle.... Ominously, David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted November 29, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 29, 2014 (edited) Smelly people, all the smelly people in Worcester were in one place today, Tescos, it reeked of the Fagash and BO aftershave Edited November 29, 2014 by MJI Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammy Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Smelly people, all the smelly people in Worcester were in one place today, Tescos, it reeked of the Fagash and BO aftershave Fagashbo the new fragrance from Dior Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacific231G Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Have a Sh!t, Shave and a Shower before going to the show and also wear clean clothes!!!!!!! (Obviously after ironing the said clothing). or even wear a suit collar and tie. Black shoes of course, no brown around town. It's quite interesting to see the operators at pre-war shows. They always wear a suit or a blazer and tie as do layout builders seen in many of the early post war magazines - well those not wearing dog collars anyway. Granted that at the pre war MRC shows the operators always seem to have been Bill Banwell and Frank Applegate with their 0 gauge Maybank MLT while most of the other exhibits were individual models in display cases, but if you look a the public they're also similarly attired and there's not a rucksack in sight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted November 30, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 30, 2014 Town actually only referred to London and the saying referred to wearing brown boots with a blue suit. Before I get lynched by those north of watford this saying came from posh people who thought the north was simplly for hunting, house parties and shooting grouse sounds good fun to me As a born and bred Northener (well as far as Londoners are concerned) I'm up for a hunting and shooting posh people party, what do you reckon Mickey? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iL Dottore Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 (edited) As a born and bred Northener (well as far as Londoners are concerned) I'm up for a hunting and shooting posh people party, what do you reckon Mickey?Aaaah! Good old fashioned English class warfare! Ironic isn't it, that the vast majority of what the British consider as "posh" are from families that made their wealth and changed their social status during periods of great social mobility ("the rise of the middling sort", "rise of the mercantile class") as opposed to being bona-fide aristocrats. If we really want to go down that particular road, then I reckon I have the ultimate trump card. I was born in Rome (SPQR and all that), so my ancestors owned your ancestors! And, quite frankly, using the same yardstick, I could say anything beyond Augusta Rarica is "oop north" and full of barbarians, woad covered savages and quite beyond the civilized world as we (i.e. the Romans) know it. Now, let's get back to causing a rumpus at a model railway exhibition.... Edited November 30, 2014 by iL Dottore 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 It's quite interesting to see the operators at pre-war shows. They always wear a suit or a blazer and tie as do layout builders seen in many of the early post war magazines - well those not wearing dog collars anyway. Granted that at the pre war MRC shows the operators always seem to have been Bill Banwell and Frank Applegate with their 0 gauge Maybank MLT while most of the other exhibits were individual models in display cases, but if you look a the public they're also similarly attired and there's not a rucksack in sight. They dressed the same for Railtours as well, right into the 1960's. Running around Steam Sheds in collar & tie!! All very Gentlemanly & civilised. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted November 30, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 30, 2014 Perhaps there ought to be a similar dress code at today's exhibitons... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted November 30, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 30, 2014 Then if you ever attend one where there are signs stating 'collar and tie must be worn', you could turn up wearing ONLY a collar and tie! :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted November 30, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 30, 2014 Perhaps there ought to be a similar dress code at today's exhibitons... I did suggest that as my layout was set in the sixties we all dressed as mods, smart tonic suits, button down Ben Sherman shirts..........Whoops, you should have seen the look of horror on my son and my mate's faces, both are Goths 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Scott Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Perhaps there ought to be a similar dress code at today's exhibitons... Just to make you all laugh. In the 60s you wore a suit to work. There were to be some publicity shots in an office. A senior manager visited the office and saw that most staff were wearing cheap suits. Before the phots were taken the manager issued chits for the staff to visit a well known tailor and get bettter suits.Incidentally I wore a suit, blazer or sports jacket to work untill the day I retired. (for those too young - Sports Jacket - like a blazer but made from tweed. Best Quality was Harris Tweed) 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted November 30, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 30, 2014 I went to the Falmouth exhibition yesterday, and whilst most of the members were wearing the club's rugby style shirt, one member did have a shirt and LSWR tie on, beneath a suitable Southern green jumper. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted November 30, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 30, 2014 Then if you ever attend one where there are signs stating 'collar and tie must be worn', you could turn up wearing ONLY a collar and tie! :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcountryman Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Id prefer to hunt townies if I get a say..... I like my rural outlook on life...old fashioned, illiberal, outdated as it may be Ahh! A big festive High Six to you my close-ish neighbour! I 'existed' in London for far too many years, waking up to car alarms, sirens & a 24/7 racket. Compare that to waking up to an uninterrupted view of the Taw estuary, silence & peace. It's a no brainer as far as I'm concerned. Also, there's very little truth in the rumour that we country folk have webbed fingers, sleep with our cousins & eat our young etc. Right, I'm off to the annual Townie roast & witch drowning! Cheers Rob (witchfinder general - North Devon Chapter) westcountryman 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray M Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 I could have lynched some one at the Wakey show this weekend. Smelly bleeder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinWalsh Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 (edited) Then if you ever attend one where there are signs stating 'collar and tie must be worn', you could turn up wearing ONLY a collar and tie! :-) For the love of all that's holy don't issue this challenge to Boris, he doesn't need any more encouragement to create mayhem and shocking mental images. Edited November 30, 2014 by KevinWalsh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Reichert Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Aaaah! Good old fashioned English class warfare! Ironic isn't it, that the vast majority of what the British consider as "posh" are from families that made their wealth and changed their social status during periods of great social mobility ("the rise of the middling sort", "rise of the mercantile class") as opposed to being bona-fide aristocrats. If we really want to go down that particular road, then I reckon I have the ultimate trump card. I was born in Rome (SPQR and all that), so my ancestors owned your ancestors! And, quite frankly, using the same yardstick, I could say anything beyond Augusta Rarica is "oop north" and full of barbarians, woad covered savages and quite beyond the civilized world as we (i.e. the Romans) know it. Now, let's get back to causing a rumpus at a model railway exhibition.... So what went wrong since? Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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