Adam88

Very good - both the c*k*b*x diorama and the film. I'm not sure why, but I'd not seen the latter before and was only aware of 'Snowdrift at Bleath Gill' from a few years earlier which is shown so often that, recalling my father's words: "It's a wonder there are any sprocket holes left". I see from Wikipedia that this film was nominated for a Short Subject (Live Action) Oscar so that says something.

Not when written.

Leominster has the last ducking stool in the country. It doesn't get used much nowadays, I don't think many men would dare. https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g503875-d5915889-Reviews-The_Ducking_Stool-Leominster_Herefordshire_England.html#photos;aggregationId=&albumid=101&filter=7 PS It looks like it was designed for use on a plateway.

Whale meat again...

Absolutely incredible!

Very sad news. I only met him once when he was building model railways for the Peco exhibition centre in Devon. I always followed his writings and greatly admired his skill and pure artistry.

Until very recently you knew that anyone in choppy waters who had been given the 'full backing' of the PM would soon be reseated on the back benches.

When I was at school our headmaster arranged for Eric Treacy to conduct an anniversary service. I remember that sermon was couched in railway terminology although sadly I cannot recall the finer details - probably something like life's just like a railway journey...

Bombardier Billy Wells surely, accompanied by James Blades.

How childish, I would have thought that everybody would have acted in a more groan up way.

That really makes the biscuit.

https://chasewaterstuff.wordpress.com/2011/08/24/bashers-gadgets-and-mourners-the-life-and-times-of-the-lnwr-coal-tanks/ I ordered a copy of this book in the summer and fully recommend it. You get 250+ pages of photographs, drawings, restoration info relating to 1054, anecdotes, service and modification details, lists, modern image (LMS and BR), etc, etc. Very good value for a monograph which represents a real labour of love. I doubt many copies have filtered through to the s/h market yet. There are just too many fascinating railway books being published and I succumb too easily to their attractions.

Who else remembers George Slater of Slater's Plastikard demonstrating on his stand at the old Manchester exhibition? He invariably had a fag going with about an inch and a half of delicately poised ash. It was stated on the bottle that you should never smoke while using the MEK solvent as it would turn into phosgene. Apparently though it didn't do George much harm as he lasted well into his eighties or nineties and his lungs had already taken a beating after being gassed in the Great War. In those days all the model shows were 'atmospheric' (carcinogenic?), very many well-known modellers would be seen smoking a pipe and sometimes sharing a bottle of claret. One of my friends declares that railway modelling can be a very unhealthy hobby if you're not careful. On the other hand the social and mental health benefits of being able to engage with like-minded folk via places such as this can be tremendous.

I think this little film might appeal to the denizens of CA in particular. I can think of two or three folk for certain. They possibly know about it but it was a bit of a discovery for me and I found it very interesting. https://screenarchive.brighton.ac.uk/detail/7039/

Annie, that helps put my mind at ease.

Surely there's absolutely no reason why DJT cannot run again in 2024 if he so wishes.

The canopy bracket looks as though this car was manufactured by the British Electric Car Company. My copy of is not to hand but from memory they buit cars for the Portsdown and Horndean Light Railway (one saloon survived from this system and has been incorporated into a rebuilt tram http://www.britishtramsonline.co.uk/news/?p=29313) and Huddersfield Corporation amongst others. Price wrote that BEC were not in the first league for build quality at a time when tramways were expanding everywhere. Well seasoned timber was at a premium, just think how much the railways used in their rolling stock programmes, and short cuts were taken necessitating much subsequent rebuilding and reinforcement.

So were ours. Of a similar vintage our tortoises were called Twiss and Bannister.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-54780274 PB in the news today.

Turkish Delight - mutton fat and honey.

Laurie Taylor (R4) related the tale of the little lad waiting for a bus in the Wakefield area with his dad who said: "Yon's not ours, that's t'Osset bus" and the lad says: "but I can't see the horse".

I bought a new copy many years ago when they were being remaindered and it was only when I got it home that I realised that a batch of pages were completely blank. I hope yours is complete. There are conflicting forces at work here, D&C of this era were pretty good but OS Nock needed a good editor but didn't always get one.

GMT - Getgood, Mills and Thompson?

Most folk call theirs Dewsbury, there must have been dozens over the years.

Speak for yourself! I once witnessed "Rented Van Man" write off his windscreen within half an hour of picking up his 7.5ton truck and I would guess that was due to a) the early hour and b) his, and it was a man, unfamiliarity with his vehicle. It needn't be a traditional RAG traffic light, nor needn it be immediately next to the bridge, especially if some turning round is required, etc.