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Do Liquorice allsorts count ? I seem to be addicted to them.

Is it easy to re-badge them as Ford's ? Hat Coat Gone.

I'm sure that was "Not the Nine O'Clock News"

I find it funny that nobody boo'd Gatlin in 2012 but they do now. Nothing has changed in the interim. My thoughts are that once caught and confirmed, you're banned for life.

Yep. I remember Lord Carrington (he became that after a term as FO minister in Thatchers government) signing for one ship and he was well liked, but when Bob Horton was chosen he was universally hated by everyone. I asked why he was chosen and Ron Henderson (Hull inspector) said " Some get it by merit others by brown nosing, don't ask to borrow his handkerchief" Stuffed BP when Chairman and was walked from the building by security then went on to be Railtracks first Chairman on a 3 day week.

Yes, Respect was built in Kawasaki. Dad was CE at handover and first voyages of Norness, I've got some piccies I'll post. I might have posted some of these before, this is one of the 'R' class under construction "British Ranger" it is the one I have the fondest memories of as I saw pretty much most of its construction (I was 14) I was allowed to wander wherever I wanted in the yard and spent a lot of time with Mr Ichikawa the Mitsubishi head honcho. Keel laying. (Dad is in the middle in front of 'No', that's him looking cheerful) I did have to pass a safety test before wandering and had to have full protective gear on. Handover, now can anyone guess the one on the left and his link to railways? Sea trials. I have in the loft a lot of paperwork relating to the builds as Dad brought them back from Nagasaki, some are quite technical papers but others are simple things like a letter written asking for the floor to be repainted as the cleaners swept up when the paint was wet, and the finish wasn't good enough. I remember Dad moaning about it and saying "For 19 million pounds I want it right" More to come.

There is no "if's or buts" you need regs for a habitable room in the loft, (especially a 4th floor) A hobby room is a habitable room. Don't be tempted to just board it and wing it as most fires start on the ground floor and 3 floors above you'd be in trouble very quickly, talk to Building regs about what you want and be realistic about costs. Lofts don't come cheap, even a basic conversion will set you back £10,000 and you'll lose quite a bit of area on the 3rd floor creating an access. If you're required to fit a sprinkler system, they're quite straightforward but need a 32mm water main for the flow, most domestic houses in the UK are built with a 25mm main which would be insufficient.

I shall bore you all senseless with these soon. I've been digging out Dads and my pictures of these as they were the class that he oversaw the build of in Nagasaki in the 70's Resource, Reliance, Ranger, Resolution and.....the other one? He was also overseeing some French ones "Chinon Ceaux" IIRC? Excellent thread, Just swapping pics from another hard drive to contribute.

According to women, most blokes don't go there.

I hope you mean 'Shannon' from the Sandy & Potton Railway.

I'm trying to justify a J50 but they just didn't get as far as Sandy (as far as I know) I have a D16 to build, although it is a way down the pile.

Did you put fruit in or just have it plain?

If you go to the High Level thread http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/85210-high-level-kits/page-10 Post 246 It seems the problem is possibly at the server.

Hi Stewart. if you have a 19" wide hole I'd pop a lintel above just to stop any movement in the future. As it is single skin it's really easy to just put a single 'L' shaped one in like this https://www.lintels.co.uk/birtley-steel-lintel-mbl-750mm-10104-2804918 All you need do is chain drill the mortar joint which will form the top of the hole and to extend either side of the hole by 150mm and slide it in, we wedge with bits of slate then some mortar to finish. For the hole itself just chain drill the mortar joint and chain drill a brick in half to start the hole. Don't get too heavy handed with a hammer as it will soon break the face of the bricks off, Also work from outside to inside for the majority.

JK.....Is Stirlings Single related to Cornwall......coming up after the break, we've got DNA......... Actually I've just realised....is there a resemblance between Andy York and 'Big Steve' on the Kyle show.....................not that I watch it of course.

The link didn't work for me.

I didn't see a Wipac on the EP

As far as I know the side window was original, it gave a view to the yard so that carts leaving the yard could be seen approaching, those heading into the yard had to wait at the gate until they were called forward. St Neots Goods shed and weigh bridge was demolished a few years ago, I'm not sure if I've got anything on it but will check ( on another PC)

I bet Mike photoshopped the real one. I've ordered 2, I'm now looking at the EP and working out what I need to add to turn one into 549, luckily there is only one known photo in existence (taken at Sandy) which shows just one side, so I can do what I like on the other.

Having attended many auctions (work and hobby) it doesn't work like that. Mike went to £250 so that was where the competition stopped, had he continued he may have found the other chap was willing to go to £700+ as there was obviously profit in it. I've done it a few times and it can work, but you can easily get left with something that refuses to sell and is therefore a loss and can even wipe out any previous sales/profit. I can only imagine coming home from an auction and explaining to the other half you've spent Hundreds more than expected and you don't know what you'll get when and if it all sells. Tony.....That bench is completely normal, in fact I'd say that was quite tidy as I can see the work surface.

Along a similar (ok slightly tenuous) link, In the Great Northern railway society we have 2 chaps (1 of which is the Chairman) diligently working away on compiling the records of all those GN employees who served in the Great War, this is part of a larger project to record all the names of past employees as all the records were lost in a bombing raid in WW2. So far I think (IIRC) they are 60-70% there.

I've never heard or read of that before. Ta.

On the 3rd photo (is that a Thorneycroft?) that's some interesting text. It says "County Borough of Luton" Luton was a Borough in the County of Bedfordshire, it's now a Unitary authority (still in Bedfordshire although there are moves afoot to move it to Hertfordshire) By putting 'County' maybe they had ideas above their station. One of my Brickies is a retained officer and he looked at airport duty, but after visiting reckoned he would have been bored so stayed retained.

Shame ? Bit over the top. I saw the tight clearances and pondered whether the cylinders were placed lower to facilitate easier running, I was wrong on the running as it's assembly and maintenance, but I certainly have no shame in thinking that might be a plausible reason. This is only toy trains.

Lots of people (and businesses) do commemorate on the 11th at 11am. In our town by moving the procession to the nearest Sunday it does mean that lots (and I mean 100+) children in scouts/guides/cadets attend the procession to the Cenotaph as well as the service after, in the crowd of attendees many other children wear the medals of their Grandfathers/Great grandfathers as a mark of respect. If it was mid week this would be too difficult and what the day and time stands for could soon be lost. I don't think making the day a Bank Holiday would be right either, it would soon be turned into a 'holiday' with all the wrong connotations associated.