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Just watching The land of saints & sinners set in Ireland in the 70s full of classic cars .P5B triumph pi ventoras capri xls .

thoughts on the treatment of Gateshead fc being denied their rightfull playoff place due to not having a long enough (10yr) lease on their stadium ?

also should solihull be given a bye or should they be playing Aldershot who are next in line ?

very shoddy by the EFL/ national league to let it get to this point in the season before acting 

Got offered a non running sapphire cosworth 2wd in moonstone  for £26k today if only 

On 23/02/2024 at 21:07, 62613 said:

There was a meeting between Mossley Town Council, and some of the TRU people last Wednesday evening, to explain the plans for Mossley station. As some who live near that town know, there are problems getting the knitting under Stamford Road bridge (Mossley Brow); the bridge can't really be raised, due to the gradients of the road. This means that either the track and platforms would have to be lowered, or the solution proposed, a new station in a different location. There are problems of access for infirm and disabled people at the existing station

 

The second solution is going to be adopted; a new station, 300 yards uphill from the existing one with proper disabled access (lifts). This is in the area of the exit from the old goods yard. The existing ticket office is listed and will be repurposed (apparently).

 

Looking at Greenfield station, some similar problems exist there, IMHO.

the footbridge at Greenfield is supposedly going and either being replaced with a new structure and lifts or the old underpass being reinstated and access built  from Oldham road for disabled to the eastbound platform.the road bridge is a major obstacle can only see lowering of the track bed 

Doing the rounds on faceache 

Lovely old Commer van re purposed as a beer van in for  some remedial work at one of my drops yesterday. 

1 hour ago, Pete the Elaner said:

 

Am I interpreting this correctly?

The Skoda driver cut the corner but claimed it your van's fault for being too close to the give way line (but on their side of the road).

yup our van was approaching the give way line when the skoda  cut the corner would not have been able to see our van due to a high hedge untill to late but is notorious for cars cutting there 

8 minutes ago, 30801 said:

 

I once looked at a nice Estelle when they were completely worthless, but then bought a garbage Sierra because I'm an idiot.

Had a couple of skodas a 120l & a 130l .the later gained the alloy  8 port head from the 136 twin 40s l & lowered stiffened springs .surprised a few hot hatches and stuck to the road especially after a foot long length of rail was bolted under the front bonnet .great fun on a twisty moorland road .

has the highway code changed in regards to right turns ? 

one of our company vans was hit yesterday just between the passenger door and the front wing by an idiot turning right onto the road he was just coming upto the give way line on .managed to push the fully loaded renault traffic 3feet sideways and wreck the skoda Octavia he was driving but he wasnt speeding and is insisting the bump was not his fault . we have the whole thing on cctv so he doesent have a leg to stand on .

On 20/01/2024 at 18:35, andyman7 said:

It seems to have become commonplace from the 1990s when such services as the Croxley Green branch and certain chords in the Clapham Junction area were substituted by buses. This seems to be contemporaneous with the 1993 Railways Act superseding previous legislation and making the closure process much more bureaucratic, so that running a bus was easier than going through the process.

As you note, the original 'Parliamentary' trains were those required to be operated in Victorian times for the benefit of workers with fixed 3rd class rates. The current usage refers to the requirement for passenger routes on the network to maintain a minimum advertised service of one train per week unless formal consent for withdrawal is given after following the required statutory process.

wasnt it also to do with grants for maintenance if a route was designated as a passenger route it received more funding seem to remember york mail being routed via OAGB & Ashton moss south for this reason .

i see the black sea fleet have lost another ship to the none existent Ukrainian navy  maybe time to start a shrinking black sea fleet thread ?

12 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:

is that on sark where they are not allowed motor cars but a film crew used a towed 2cv for a documentrey ?

24 minutes ago, Dunsignalling said:

The new look remains instantly recognisable and the basic shape still looks futuristic.

 

It should be powered with the technology that comes after batteries, though.... 

 

 

 

Hydrogen ? Flux capicitor dilithium crystals ?😉

Agree anything but batteries 

This popped up on my socials nice take on a DS or sacralidge?

2 hours ago, 62613 said:

Is that you, mate?

Saddly not this time Bro never got to co drive a shuvit 

2 hours ago, Hobby said:

Just on that photo, not the video, a Metro, Sherpa, what looks like the back end of a Montego (with the L plate, buried), I should know some of the others, especially that red one above the Sherpa, but can't name them at present! That Jag's a rare one as well, it's a Coupe!

fiat 128 behind the metro ? red one hyundia pony ?

dont know if this has been posted before but seems to fit the thread 

6 hours ago, woodenhead said:

If I recall there was a train journey from Stockport to Southport or Blackpool via Piccadilly - it used 769s so I am guessing it was Southport.

 

Doesn't appear on the timetable at present so must have been dropped.

there used to be a SO stockport blackpool via victoria in the summer timetable in the 80s was vary popular 

On 17/01/2024 at 13:57, woodenhead said:

A lobby group??

 

I cannot imagine much call for trains to Victoria from Stockport that would then want to stop at Denton - isn't that why we have Metrolink through the centre of Manchester so passengers wanting to go south can swap between the stations or if they're really lucky there happens to be a train going to Piccadilly via the Ordsall curve.  Going all the way to Stockport doesn't sound like a faster transfer.

Stockport - victoria probly wouldnt get that much patronage outside of the peaks but exstended onto blackpool or southport might especialy in the summer months .Buxton  victoria  blackpool ?

34 minutes ago, 30801 said:

 

Idly watching a YouTube mechanic the other day diagnosing an engine noise that turned out to be an alternator bearing. When doing the quote he was trying to figure out if he could get the alternator out without having to de-gas the air conditioning. Think the quote came to $600 or something.

 

delivered anew altenator to one of my garages on monday for a maybach requested did he have the old unit off for exchange to be informed that it will be wednesday before that happens as its an engine out job !

"Open both gates and cross quickly" 

"open both gates and cross quickly "

Wow ! 

https://x.com/historyinmemes/status/1745938430188560853?s=20

On 20/12/2023 at 15:36, geoffers said:

This would be interesting. Having worked on an operational Apache base, and given their Taliban nickname of "the mosquito" because you can't see it but you can feel its sting, there would no doubt be calls from various quarters that this would be unfair and that there should be warnings that they are operating, and they should have a police car livery.

Remember driving down the A57 one evening when an Apache looped around Barton airport hovered over the road then side slipped onto the GMP helipad next door . Did think that it was a bit of overkill to deal with the criminal elements that were in the middle of a vicious turf war localy at the time 

Ok you lot appeal for help my friend's mk1 1985 honda jazz  suffered a stone through the windscreen last night .after contact with insurance lead time for replacement is 4-6 weeks !! .bossat work has phoned around his contacts and is getting similar numbers .does anyone know of one lying unused somewhere long shot i know but .....