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Simond

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  1. Don't forget we lost Bristol too.
  2. It’s necessary because it’s sunny down here in Kent (well, sometimes :) )
  3. MG are back too, but bear little relationship to the original marque - just “Badge Engineering” (sorry, don’t know what happened to the quote)
  4. Likewise, was travelling back from holidays & couldn’t get to Kettering. Two coaches, two TGVs, a Eurostar, and two Javelins. Breakfast in Grenoble, lunch in Lille, dinner at home 🙂 Some nice new stuff for the dark green team…. 😄. (Shame there were no new panniers on show 🤣 Theres at least one that’s not available RTR!!!) I have absolutely no intention of purchasing a Western, but the maroon one…, the Clark Black5 looks the business, and I’ve a pal who will be rather taken by the pullmans. Hope to see a few folks at Kempton Simon
  5. If you want some exceptional modelling, the Lime St crew created an outstanding model of the North Western Hotel in 4mm (EM). do go look!
  6. Thanks Mark, I'm a Birkenhead lad but have lived some forty years dahn saaf. I recall the huntsman logo from the Tetley pubs along Scotland Road in Liverpool, when travelling to Crosby to see my dad’s uncle when I was a kid. There was no shortage of pubs on Scottie road…. I really don’t recall them more recently, but then there’s not a lot of Tetley pubs in Kent! But so many local individual breweries and brands have been gobbled up into these drinks giants, you’d almost think there was a profit motive! cheers Simon
  7. The “Huntsman Ales” logo appears very similar to the old Tetley one. Were they one and the same?
  8. Yes, I did indeed mean the suspension spring bump stops. The left hand one had me confused, but it’s a trick of the light, (and a clue to the colour of the wooden bits, perhaps).
  9. Lovely photos. What’s going on with the bump stops?
  10. I reckon there are three ages of playing trains. 1 TTE to early teens (then hormones, football, motorbikes, etc) 2 then early married life until the kids are early teens, (typically limited space, budget, time) 3 then empty nest. I'm blessed, my wife has indulged me, so there was no gap between 2 & 3…
  11. Games Workshop (Warhammer etc) is a fantastic success story. I wouldn’t mind 1% of their turnover. (And I’d bet Hornby, Heljan, Bachmann and Dapol are jealous too) “… Games Workshop is pleased to announce that for the 52 weeks ended 28 May 2023, we estimate the Group’s core revenue to be not less than £440 million (2021/22: £387 million) and licensing income of £25 million (2021/22: £28 million). The Group’s profit before tax is estimated to be not less than £170 million (2021/22: £157 million). …”
  12. Dave confirmed you were in contact, all good.
  13. Passed your request - don’t have an email but hope it will help
  14. There’s a lot of low cost opportunity, by searching the cheap bins at shows, and being careful on eBay. 00 is relatively easy, 0 is certainly possible. I would not discount DC in any way, but given the prevalence of digital items in our lives, I suspect any technically minded kid would probably grab DCC with both hands, I certainly would have done, indeed, some 25 years ago, I did! Marry that with laptops, Decoder Pro, Java and Arduinos, and it’s cool geek rather than dad-hobby-geek…. (and directly transferable into academic/work-related skills)
  15. I encouraged my offspring in the hobby, built them 0 gauge Mavis & Toby locos when they were very little, which they were allowed/encouraged to play with on my, and my pals’ railways (Vmax on DCC is very helpful for young kids), and let them get on with it. Now, neither is even slightly interested, though one has a MSc in Mech Eng, and the other is a few months from her MEng finals. Young sir has developed into a cautious consumer, and is disinclined to make anything, MsD, on the other hand, is quite capable of getting one of my lathes out and making precisely what she needs. Show them the path, if they choose to follow, encourage them. If they choose a different path, get involved, see what they’re doing, it might be fun, and you might learn something. I have.
  16. About 1974, we had a cap inspection at school. We were expected to wear them at all times in uniform outside the school gates until the sixth form. This was late in the fifth. This made us “posh kids” a bit of a target, though I never experienced any issues on my walk to/from school, I know a couple who did, particularly on the bus. “Eeer, where’s your cap, boy?” ”Sorry, sir, I don’t have it any more” ”Why not?” ”I shot it, sir”. (Mirth was heard from the back of the class) ”oh…” funnily enough, the inspection stopped at this point
  17. Hi Steve, Happy New Year to you and the gang! Good to hear of your progress, and looking forward to hearing of your forthcoming new running sessions. Will there be video? atb Simon
  18. Presumably the weird semaphore thing mounted just above the coupling hook.
  19. Bit of a rabbit hole, found a couple of pix with one lamp iron top centre of smokebox, but found this too looks like sockets rather than lamp irons. LNWR style?
  20. As nobody mentioned it, I just have to tell you that the suggested musicians all released versions of Cat Steven’s’ “Peace Train”, which seemed appropriate… Merry Christmas, and a Peaceful, Prosperous, Happy & Healthy New Year to all.
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