A Nod To Brent - a friendly thread, filled with frivolity, cream teas and pasties. Longing for the happy days in the South Hams 1947.

[BWsTrains]

3 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said:

I think you will find they are Mr Bulleid's locomotives named after places in Bandit Country.

 

I have been to 21C156 but never again.

Ah!

 

Not GWR therefore of zero significance / meaning down here, and I suspect, so it shall remain.

 

Nice photos all the same; as a friend of mine once said "does it add anything to your appreciation if you knew where/ what it was anyway?" He had a point.

 

Colin

Edited September 23, 2022 by BWsTrains

[2ManySpams]

Finally people talking sense on this thread 😉. To aid further sensible discussion, and to educate those in denial, here's a translation service provided by the Bulleid Society: https://www.bulleidsociety.org/OVS_Bulleid/OVSB_Light_Pacifics.html

 

 

Don't forget the later locos that never received 21C numbers...

 

[NHY 581]

All gone a bit 21C114 if you ask me......

 

 

 

Edited September 23, 2022 by NHY 581
Tripe

[gwrrob]

It was nice to visit 21C139 , the first time since the floods of 2004. Of course nearby we have Castle classes 5011 and 5000 to redress the balance.

[BWsTrains]

After the big reveal I must confess that I have to eat the thinnest slice of humble pie.

 

My mythical GWR branch line to Upper Hembury allowed LSWR / SR to build and operate a minor ancillary service up from 21C110 Jct. / 21C134 so I guess I should understand a little of this stuff!  Only locos sporting SR Olive green which I'm going to see will be an Adams O2 and possibly the rarest of Terriers.

Edited September 23, 2022 by BWsTrains

[Dunsignalling]

19 hours ago, The Stationmaster said:

Never been to 21C136 although i have been past it (on a ship)

Have not been to 21C105 but have  been through it on a train to 21C108. (please calm down Mr Spams)

Never been to 21C146 but have n been through it on a train - see above

Never been to 21C144  but have been past it (on a ship)

Never been to 21C119 or past it in or on anything

 

On a ship I have been to 21C129 and to the immediate vicinity of 21C128 for most of a day

You'd have gone through 21C146 en route to 21C117, of course.

 

Your journey to 21C108 would also have taken you through 21C132.

 

I passed through 21C119 on a special train headed for 21C131, just before final closure.

 

John

 

 

[Dunsignalling]

5 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

All gone a bit 21C114 if you ask me......

 

 

 

I thought the expression was "gone 21C116".

[St Enodoc]

Earlier this year we had a long weekend in 21C112 and while we were there we visited a number of excellent wineries in the 21C124 and had a nice lunch at 21C101.

[2750Papyrus]

I think this thread has gone for a 17B.

[The Stationmaster]

7 hours ago, gwrrob said:

It was nice to visit 21C139 , the first time since the floods of 2004. Of course nearby we have Castle classes 5011 and 5000 to redress the balance.

Talking of 'Castles' and getting back to far saner territory on my recent weekend visit to the far west (i.e. some way to the west of Porthmellyn Road's real life equivalent) I had the pleasure of travelling between a pair of them plus seeing several more.

 

And of course I also passed through Brent (twice reasonably obviously) which is but a mere shadow of its former self alas.

[Nick Gough]

15 hours ago, MrWolf said:

I've also been to 21C156, all I can say is, don't.

 

It would have been more fun in the 1930s when there was a decent airport there.

[Metropolitan H]

And don't forget the "Surrey Iron Railway" ran through the area many years earlier.

 

regards

Chris H

[Nick Gough]

53 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said:

Talking of 'Castles' and getting back to far saner territory on my recent weekend visit to the far west (i.e. some way to the west of Porthmellyn Road's real life equivalent) I had the pleasure of travelling between a pair of them plus seeing several more.

 

And of course I also passed through Brent (twice reasonably obviously) which is but a mere shadow of its former self alas.

 

The last time I did that was in 2004.

 

Mind you, the pair then were numbered 5029 & 5051.

[Mallard60022]

10 hours ago, 2ManySpams said:

Finally people talking sense on this thread 😉. To aid further sensible discussion, and to educate those in denial, here's a translation service provided by the Bulleid Society: https://www.bulleidsociety.org/OVS_Bulleid/OVSB_Light_Pacifics.html

 

 

Don't forget the later locos that never received 21C numbers...

 

They were also 'fat' bas###ds.

P

[Mallard60022]

You are all bonkers. 😉

[Oldddudders]

1 hour ago, Mallard60022 said:

You are all bonkers. 😉

And your point is? I spent 4 years in 21C156, '69-73, as Area 4 Controller (London Bridge to Coulsdon North and Warnham, and branches), and lived there for the following 12 months. It was then seen as London's most forward-looking Borough, with high-rise buildings popping up everywhere. It has not looked back, and I suspect I'd get lost there now. 

[Clive Mortimore]

1 hour ago, Mallard60022 said:

You are all bonkers. 😉

Hi Mr Duck

 

Rearrange these four words

 

Black, Kettle, Pot, Calling. 🥴

[Mallard60022]

1 hour ago, Oldddudders said:

And your point is? I spent 4 years in 21C156, '69-73, as Area 4 Controller (London Bridge to Coulsdon North and Warnham, and branches), and lived there for the following 12 months. It was then seen as London's most forward-looking Borough, with high-rise buildings popping up everywhere. It has not looked back, and I suspect I'd get lost there now. 

Asymmetric 3 Way. Kaboom Tish.

[gwrrob]

5 hours ago, 2750Papyrus said:

I think this thread has gone for a 17B.

 

I'm back home now so a normal service will be resumed.

[5BarVT]

20 hours ago, MrWolf said:

I've also been to 21C156, all I can say is, don't.

Useful if changing trains, and in a former role for visiting my boss.  Other than that, I cannot disagree.

Paul.

[MrWolf]

12 minutes ago, 5BarVT said:

Useful if changing trains, and in a former role for visiting my boss.  Other than that, I cannot disagree.

Paul.

 

One of my friends went down to 21C156  with his long time girlfriend as they had both been offered a fantastic job opportunity.

 

Their relationship crashed and burned shortly thereafter...

[Neal Ball]

14 hours ago, The Stationmaster said:

Talking of 'Castles' and getting back to far saner territory on my recent weekend visit to the far west (i.e. some way to the west of Porthmellyn Road's real life equivalent) I had the pleasure of travelling between a pair of them plus seeing several more.

 

And of course I also passed through Brent (twice reasonably obviously) which is but a mere shadow of its former self alas.

We drove past Brent in the motorhome at the start of our extended July / August trip to the UK. 
 

We were heading for Dunster and the Caravan club site there…. Took a wrong turn and ended up driving across Exmoor, which is not to be recommended! Although we were on the lorry route, it was still a bit tight!

 

10 hours ago, gwrrob said:

 

I'm back home now so a normal service will be resumed.

Thank goodness Robin…. There’s been a lot of talk of 21C blah blah and it’s been hard to follow 🤣🤣

 

Do you have a nice Castle class loco to underline the essence of the proper railway 😎😎

 

Thanks, Neal.

[Ian Hargrave]

17 hours ago, 2750Papyrus said:

I think this thread has gone for a 17B.

 
Really ? Good news comes to Froth City. .Hallelujah from a long term 17 B old lag !

 

[Mallard60022]

This has resembled a load of 65 I.

21C156 is truly horrible, except for the Fairfield Halls and the Trams.

Presumably I will now be sent to 2D.

Have a good y'all.

P

 

[Clive Mortimore]

1 hour ago, Mallard60022 said:

This has resembled a load of 65 I.

21C156 is truly horrible, except for the Fairfield Halls and the Trams.

Presumably I will now be sent to 2D.

Have a good y'all.

P

 

A song by the toilet cleaner at Fairfield Halls.