RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 30, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 30, 2023 "No, Sisters - you want Waterloo for Whimple!" 4 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted January 30, 2023 Author Share Posted January 30, 2023 Down the tube in the '70s... 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rugd1022 Posted January 30, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 30, 2023 Photo by Peter Lowe : Teignmouth, 1980s... 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WessexEclectic Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 2 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: Down the tube in the '70s... And I've been on the pale ale And I feel like a pinball... Brian Protheroe 1974 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welchester Posted January 30, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 30, 2023 8 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: London Euston, 1957... Splendid. May I share this please on the 'Clerical Dress' Facebook group? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted January 30, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 30, 2023 8 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: London Euston, 1957... BR trials special headgear to prevent passengers sticking heads out of windows😉 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 22 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: London Euston, 1957... Oh my god a covey of nuns wed better be on time or they will send us on a bus!!!1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 15 hours ago, Welchester said: Splendid. May I share this please on the 'Clerical Dress' Facebook group? By all means - I didn't know there was one! 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 On 30/01/2023 at 12:46, Rugd1022 said: London Euston, 1957... Nobody expects the Papal Origami Inquisition Our *three* weapons are eye hand co-ordination, sequencing skills, maths reasoning...and an almost fanatical devotion to spatial skills 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2251 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 16 hours ago, Welchester said: Splendid. May I share this please on the 'Clerical Dress' Facebook group? At the risk of being accused of extreme pedantry, it may be noted that they are not clerics, but female religious (NB, not nuns), namely Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welchester Posted January 31, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2023 2 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: By all means - I didn't know there was one! There are some strange things on Facebook, but thank you. 1 hour ago, 2251 said: At the risk of being accused of extreme pedantry, it may be noted that they are not clerics, but female religious (NB, not nuns), namely Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul. It's not a narrowly focused group; a recent topic was the use of top hats by rabbis. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted January 31, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2023 1 hour ago, Welchester said: It's not a narrowly focused group; a recent topic was the use of top hats by rabbis. I initially misread that as "the use of top hats by rabbits" - which of course makes perfect sense to anyone who has ever seen a magic trick, but didn't quite fit the context... 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Very interesting video. Brit15 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted February 1, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 1, 2023 153333 at Rugeley Trent Valley on 15/08/03 (my photo) 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post The Border Reiver Posted February 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 2, 2023 The 'Carlisle Gang' flanked by two 9Fs bunking Tyne Dock shed on 20 November 1965. It was a very cold day!!! 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted February 3, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2023 One from my Father in Laws Box Brownie collection that I have cleaned up a bit: 32424 Beachy Head (the original one of course!) presumably the farewell rail tour and I am guessing Newhaven? 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25901 Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 On 02/02/2023 at 06:39, Ray M said: Just a quick slurp. Man(owner) and machine in perfect harmony 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted February 7, 2023 Author Share Posted February 7, 2023 Old Oak fitter Peter Blinco on top of the Factory in the '80s, photo c/o Stef Curtis... Earlier days at Old Oak... 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted February 7, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2023 5 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: Old Oak fitter Peter Blinco on top of the Factory in the '80s, photo c/o Stef Curtis... I remember Pete as one of the Inspectors, I had to remove all the axle box covers from an HST set so he could do the ultrasonic axle tests, which then required them all refitting afterwards. And I spent 3 months at Southall learning DMUs with Stef during the rail strikes in the 80s. Happy apprentice days..... 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted February 7, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2023 6 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: I recognised Johnny Morris straight away, never realised he was "BBC's globe trotting rail fan". At first glance, I thought he was talking to Charles de Gaulle! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRB Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 My first posting on here, I do remember Bert Miles at OOC but cant recall ever working with him ,back then(1973) lonely Three Link secondmen rarely went with Top Link Drivers. Just about remember Alec Swain and if memory serves I was interviewed by him for the job. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted February 22, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 22, 2023 I suppose he counts as human 😄 153378 at Barnetby on 08/04/00 (my photo) 10 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted February 22, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 22, 2023 Consternation at St Davids, as the lunchtime trip to Exmouth is terminated with door problems, empty to depot. 7.7.2022. 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 30368 Posted February 22, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2023 7 hours ago, Oldddudders said: Consternation at St Davids, as the lunchtime trip to Exmouth is terminated with door problems, empty to depot. 7.7.2022. Door problems were (probably still are) a top ten reason for unit/train failure. Even when the correct maintenence practices are carried out they still failed. I recall a trip to India a few years back when the guide took us to the main railway station in Chennai (I think) and pointed out how efficient the suburban trains were. They were absolutely packed, I pointed out that one of the major causes of train failure in the UK would be solved by applying Indian Railway practice. The suburban units had no doors! Kind regards, Richard B 1 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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