Coombe Barton Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 (edited) There's also the Domesday Reloaded project (the old BBC videodisc thing) that may be of use - http://www.bbc.co.uk...B-388000-285000 And Black Country History - the photographic collection - http://blackcountryhistory.org/collections/search/?cb_ipp=50&cb_img_only=1&q=Oldbury%2C+Rowley+Regis%2C+Smethwick%2C+Tipton%2C+Wednesbury%2C+West+Bromwich&cb_submit=Search&cb_page=1 Edited June 23, 2012 by Coombe Barton 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted June 23, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 23, 2012 I take it back. It is clearly not pink.... more of a pale lilac now I would have thought. My daughter will love playing sindy with this great big lilac dollshouse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted June 23, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 23, 2012 Just to explain the Littleton connection is my fault as I wondered whether the 'box was of about the right size to suit our situation and (aware of the need to protect the sidings in some way when approached from the industrial line) I suggested a signal like the one which once existed to the east of the Wolverhampton road in Penkridge where the Littleton colliery line approached the exchange sidings. Any resemblance of the track layout to Littleton is purely coincidental - it was actually inspired by Trentham Junction; not LNWR but generic enough to suit our purposes. The fact that the viaduct also takes further inspiration from Penkridge is a further coincidence! Hope that clarifies - there will be no further mention of Littleton ;-) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted June 23, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 23, 2012 Hope that clarifies - there will be no further mention of Littleton ;-) Probably best Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PaternosterRow Posted June 24, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 24, 2012 There's some seriously good carpentry skills being applied here chaps. Any joiner worth his salt would be proud of that baseboard construction. Bostin! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike2steam Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 (edited) Fascinating stuff, did some of my 'courting' on Barr Beacon (1970-ish) , but never took much notice of the view. I can remember a few times driving/riding the m/c along the A461 from Sandhills over the traffic lights on the Chester Road, and down the hill into Walsall Wood in the 1950's & 1960's, on a good day you could easily pick out Ocker Bonk, but most days was just a big grey shroud over the whole area. In 1974 a good friend moved into a big block of flats on the Yew Tree estate ( about ten floors up) with a good view over our old 'stomping ground', I can asure 'Coobe Barton' there were very few, if any coal mines left by then, infact the nearest working one (just still working) was Hilton Main ( where my step-father once worked). Edited June 24, 2012 by bike2steam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 ... I can asure 'Coobe Barton' there were very few, if any coal mines left by then, infact the nearest working one (just still working) was Hilton Main ( where my step-father once worked). They weren't working, I know, but some remains were still around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted June 24, 2012 Author Share Posted June 24, 2012 There's some seriously good carpentry skills being applied here chaps. Any joiner worth his salt would be proud of that baseboard construction. Bostin! Cheers for that...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold bcnPete Posted June 24, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 24, 2012 The only comment I have is that the garage doesn't seem long enough Yep...really needs a Tardis to cope with it. Agreed on the carpentry skills...I take my hat off to all those who produce quality craftpersonship like that... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted June 25, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 25, 2012 Posted elsewhere (but I'm adding it here so I don't lose the link); looks like I've found our Western for the clayliner. Running alongside TOPS numbered locos and after the route indicators ceased to be used = perfect Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted June 25, 2012 Author Share Posted June 25, 2012 Can't believe how much I've got done today...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted June 25, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 25, 2012 Can't believe how much I've got done today...... The wine cellar must be quite empty in that case. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Er..., I'm not going to fall for that one! What thoughts on lighting rig for this one, Damian? Try something new or tried and tested? Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted June 25, 2012 Author Share Posted June 25, 2012 The wine cellar must be quite empty in that case. Cellar? We live in a modern house.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted June 25, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 25, 2012 Cellar? We live in a modern house.... I was setting the scene that Indomitable Towers, with it's wood working annex and layout building wing, was a sight to behold. Wine attic or wine rack doesn't sound as good. PS, just found out the house wireless works the laptop on the patio. PPS, and that you can have a beer whilst sitting outside and surfing RMweb on a big screen and proper keyboard PPPS, you still on for Friday eve / Sat?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted June 25, 2012 Author Share Posted June 25, 2012 I was setting the scene that Indomitable Towers, with it's wood working annex and layout building wing, was a sight to behold. Wine attic or wine rack doesn't sound as good. PS, just found out the house wireless works the laptop on the patio. PPS, and that you can have a beer whilst sitting outside and surfing RMweb on a big screen and proper keyboard PPPS, you still on for Friday eve / Sat?? Yes and yes yes Er..., I'm not going to fall for that one! What thoughts on lighting rig for this one, Damian? Try something new or tried and tested? Best, Pete. You thinking stage lighting from one of your gigs? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted June 25, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 25, 2012 Posted elsewhere (but I'm adding it here so I don't lose the link); looks like I've found our Western for the clayliner. Running alongside TOPS numbered locos and after the route indicators ceased to be used = perfect If she's running with her number in the blind box this is D 1048 Western lady. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted June 25, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 25, 2012 While I continue making steady progress with the Plate wagons, as usual I have a few other projects on the go at the same time. Some of these are wagons I started some time ago others are more recent. First up, a few more mineral wagons: I made a start on a couple of these at the weekend - can you tell what it is yet (rather what it is going to be)? <apologies for the poor photo> Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 How about setting a rotating "Mirror Ball" on Johnny Gringo's head (he may not notice) and then maybe six "SuperTroopers" attached to his braces? Best, Pete. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted June 25, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 25, 2012 How about setting a rotating "Mirror Ball" on Johnny Gringo's head (he may not notice) and then maybe six "SuperTroopers" attached to his braces? Best, Pete. Sounds like a cunning plan Pete! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted June 25, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 25, 2012 can you tell what it is yet? If I said 'no' would you be shocked?? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 If I said 'no' would you be shocked?? It's a JNV, innit..? I wonder if Dapol will use their Turbot underframe to make one of these, or perhaps the BoBol E they were based on.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixteen 12by 10s Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Where I werk, and have werked for 33 years!, there was a tradition amongst foundry men, of drinking beer on the job. Being the youngest in the foundry it was my job every morning, and just before dinner time, to go to the pub and fetch the ale allowance. I had a few hundred yards to walk with a sack trolley, and if the pub landlord was in a good mood, he would give me a half. The beer would be paid for on account, and once back at the foundry, the leading hand (head furnace man) would distribute the ale. The foundry is still going, but times have changed, no beer now, but the pub also lives on, as the Bottle and Glass in the Black Country museum. Gary 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium wagonbasher Posted June 26, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 26, 2012 The bottle and glass pub is superb. I love the look on the bar staffs face when someone asks for a lager. They just stare at each other and ask what's a lager. The cheese and onion cobs are great, of a bit pricey. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
artisan100 Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Following the discussion of Davenports, earlier in the thread, you may be interested to know that the stables for the dray horses were the premises just vacated by Grainge and Hodder, the company who do an lot of metal etching for the model trade. Geoff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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