RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted October 27, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 27, 2018 (edited) NR staff and contractors working through the night (and all weekend) to totally replace the level crossing surface and contaminated ballast at Reigate. Edited October 27, 2018 by phil-b259 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DY444 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Reading General ahoy... A slight faux pah at platform 5 in 1983, photo c/o Michael Hobbs... RG P5 1983 MICHAEL HOBBS.jpg I was always surprised that didn't happen more often Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 The picket line looks totaly different to the current ones almost apolgetic and dressed as though they are off to the pub ,dont think the world has got better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvdlcs Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Reading General ahoy... Down on the Southern bit in 1965... RG Southstation65.jpg Looks like he is blocked in by the trolleys. Wonder whether he stood there and someone pushed a trolley in to close the gap or whether he climbed over them to get in there... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted October 27, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2018 While hoping that 'blocked in by the trolleys' isn't some dreadful euphemism, I note that Reading Southern seems to be awash with GW trolleys... That's nothing; when I worked on Cardiff Central for the Post Office in the early 90s, the station boasted a passenger's luggage wire trolley clearly labelled 'Not To Be Removed From Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong'! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted October 27, 2018 Author Share Posted October 27, 2018 Looks like he is blocked in by the trolleys. Wonder whether he stood there and someone pushed a trolley in to close the gap or whether he climbed over them to get in there... I hadn't noticed that... I was too busy looking at the BR / SR enamel sign and wondering if it's stashed away in someone's loft or garage! Tell you what folks, I'm still astonished that this thread hasn't died a death - it's been going for six years now, so many heartfelt thanks to all those who've contributed. Photo c/o Stephen Dowle - D1011 at Cardiff Central on 4th March 1975... 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 27, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2018 While hoping that 'blocked in by the trolleys' isn't some dreadful euphemism, I note that Reading Southern seems to be awash with GW trolleys... That's nothing; when I worked on Cardiff Central for the Post Office in the early 90s, the station boasted a passenger's luggage wire trolley clearly labelled 'Not To Be Removed From Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong'! It was a matter of some ongoing sorrow to the Chief Passenger Manager, Southern Region, that at low tide a self-help trolley could be seen perched on a sandbank near Grosvenor Bridge. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted October 27, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2018 This is Grosmont on the NYMR sometime in the 1970s. Something's happening, obviously:Martin. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Crying shame that the NER cottages were demolished. I bet folk would pay good money to stay in a holiday let in the centre of a loco shed. Looks like it could be Malcolm Dunnett in front of the steps wearing the upturned brim trilby. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted October 27, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2018 My mate had one as a seasonal guard in Sumner 83, they were absolutely knackered and weren't the nicest places to stay I suppose they could have relocated Beamish style to somewhere else but they were a bit on the small size for holiday let's Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 I suppose they could have relocated Beamish style to somewhere else but they were a bit on the small size for holiday let's Half decent builder armed with a mash hammer and a couple of tubes of polyfiller would have had them sorted in no time. (Including an en suite jacuzzi) Have you seen Premier Inns latest plan for room sizes. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45940657 P 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted October 27, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2018 Premier inn seem hell bent on getting rid of baths, the recent one in Derby doesn't have any. Mind I asked if they could sieve the bits out of some soup and said they didn't possess a sieve either....... Not a great hotel really Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted October 31, 2018 Author Share Posted October 31, 2018 Photo c/o David Gradwell, Polmadie Inspector Davie Tweedie enjoying the newfangled APT... Glasgow St.Enoch, 1966... Photo c/o Gary Jones, Gloucester Eastgate in the '70s... Down in the tube station... Photo c/o Chad Harrison, Poplar Docks, 1974... Photo c/o Charles Eric Steel, his grandfather Charlie with some of his colleagues at Proof House Junction... Photo c/o Stephen Dowle, Taunton on a very chilly 25th February 1974... 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 I hadn't noticed that... I was too busy looking at the BR / SR enamel sign and wondering if it's stashed away in someone's loft or garage! Tell you what folks, I'm still astonished that this thread hasn't died a death - it's been going for six years now, so many heartfelt thanks to all those who've contributed. Photo c/o Stephen Dowle - D1011 at Cardiff Central on 4th March 1975... FB D1011 STEPHEN DOWLE 040375 13.15 PDN.CFa.jpg Is the the chap upon the platform Rab C Nesitt's mate Jamesie Cotter ? Certainly looks like his jacket. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 My mate had one as a seasonal guard in Sumner 83, they were absolutely knackered and weren't the nicest places to stay I suppose they could have relocated Beamish style to somewhere else but they were a bit on the small size for holiday let's And believe it or not on the 1911 census there were 43 children living in those 4 cottages (with parents!) - there was obviously as much to do in the evenings in Grosmont then as there is now!!!! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted November 1, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 1, 2018 43 kids, Jesus. They were tiny, did you ever go in them? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted November 1, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 1, 2018 Sounds a bit dodgey that the cottages not the kids! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted November 1, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 1, 2018 I once had a similar two up two down cottage, about 80 years earlier there had been a family with twelve children living there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 43 kids, Jesus. They were tiny, did you ever go in them? Yeah, they were tiny and quite squalid tbh! Always struck me as being a bit odd as station cottages were built at the same time and are considerably larger! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted November 2, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 2, 2018 Is the the chap upon the platform Rab C Nesitt's mate Jamesie Cotter ? Certainly looks like his jacket. He must get around a bit because I’m sure thats him again standing on the right of the group next to that derailed Peak at Gloucester. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted November 2, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 2, 2018 Tell you what folks, I'm still astonished that this thread hasn't died a death - it's been going for six years now, so many heartfelt thanks to all those who've contributed. The best thing about this thread is when it says the latest poster is you nidge as you can guarantee the picture will be an absolute gem of a shot of either a celeb or an unsung member of staff just going about their job back in ‘the olden days’ It’s always my go to when I see you’ve posted something new 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 (edited) Thanks Jim, much appreciated... and keep the pics coming A few more - this one c/o Carl Buckley, the crew of 4472 get stuck in during a stop at Tyseley… From the Birmingham Evening Mail, things are getting a little out of hand at Snow Hill when 7029 'Clun Castle' was due on 4th March 1967... Edited November 2, 2018 by Rugd1022 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackthorn Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 A rather tired fireman at Bitton on the Avon Valley Railway. Around 1991 (I think). 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 The British Exhbiditionary Force in WWII... Driver Ernie Moss as seen in the famous 'Let's Go To Birmingham' Blue Pullman film, sadly one of three railwaymen who met their demise in the cab of D1040 'Western Queen' at Knowle & Dorridge on the 15th August 1963... 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Louch Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Thanks Jim, much appreciated... and keep the pics coming A few more - this one c/o Carl Buckley, the crew of 4472 get stuck in during a stop at Tyseley… FB 4472 CARL BUCKLEY TYS#1.jpg From the Birmingham Evening Mail, things are getting a little out of hand at Snow Hill when 7029 'Clun Castle' was due on 4th March 1967... FB SNOW HILL 040367 for Clun Castle Brum Evening Mail.jpg Ha ha, I was amongst the throng at Snow Hill! 7029 hauled 'The Zulu' and, if I remember correctly, 4079 'Pendennis Castle' hauled the preceding 'Birkenhead Flyer'. I've got some of my own (rubbish) Instamatic pics somewhere; additionally, someone also passed on the attached - apologies, can't remember who it wasand hope they are happy for them to be published here? Thanks, Andy 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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