Porcy Mane

As there wasn't much chance of visiting, I have compensated by eating cake all day long.

1 hour ago, Not Jeremy said:

Larkrail is "GO".

Surely you mean...

I thinks that's the 6a from Manvers Street arriving.

59 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said:

Is there now a 'bus from the station to Larkhall?  That will save a walk.

Bustimes.org is a half decent bus tracker/routes app to have on your phone thingy in these modern times.

Maps, times and tracker all in your waistcoat pocket by Jove.

Looks like some of the services recommended here are doing a version of the Grand Tour though.

https://bustimes.org/localities/larkhall-bath

Low & behest, it tells me the 6A will be going right past The Oriel in a few minutes time.

39 minutes ago, Not Jeremy said:

You should have been there the day we went to Bregenz and "lost" Phil Flaherty - oh how the grown ups looked worried(!)

Looks like he lost his entire troop from the photo.

40 minutes ago, Not Jeremy said:

You don't get this kind of local colour for most shows

I've got a mate that could build a P4 layout to fit in that palanquin. Hmmmmm, scratches chin and glances skywards.

I bet there was some Morris dancers bringing up the rear.  (Shades of the Wicker Man?).

31 minutes ago, queensquare said:

confirmation that scratch built cakes are on their way from Durham.

Oh no. Sounds like ham and peace pudding stotties washed doon wi a bottle o dog.

Could it be ...   

2 hours ago, Not Jeremy said:

up in arms over the damage it will do to the local beavers,

Aye, that Baden Powel has a lot to answer for...   turning the yoof of tomorrow into young reactionaries.  

6 minutes ago, St Enodoc said:

Rodda's clotted cream for me, please. Pretty please...

"It's all at the Co-op...NOW!"

Mass produced excess.

You couldn't beat the Arcade Dairy  (Penzance) but I think it shut down about 45 years ago.

49 minutes ago, Tim Dubya said:

Have they been trouser trained?

You bet. Can also cut their own escape hatches in case of emergency.

44 minutes ago, Not Jeremy said:

Will Larkhall ever forgive me....

Will Larkhall?    Nivvor hoard o him lyke.

Is he well known in the railway modelling fraternity?

Nice to see  goats still being accepted as legal tender in some parts of the country. Would ferrets be acceptable on the door. I still have a few I need to get rid of. 

3 hours ago, Not Jeremy said:

I think what some of us might need is Scrotes milk(!)

Whilst on a Lanky & Yorkie walkabout around Bill Brandt land the other week I came across this/these. Spent 5 minutes trying to get milk out of them, alas to no avail.

Nice weathering though.

3 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

Any gold top ? 

It was expected that the milk may have had a metallic tinge to it.

3 hours ago, Tim Dubya said:

Think it actually comes from the tiger nut. 🤷

So it looks like my milking attempt may have had some merit.

P

27 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

Just ahead of the car in the middle of the road, with a dark frontage and on the right, is a very nice French-themed restaurant.

Does it have its own officer Crabtree?

"Ploose may I hov a kippy of the dooly nosepooper. We should be grateful that all the RAF bummers are still farting for our freedom".

45 minutes ago, Tim Dubya said:

Oh and if you haven't been to Larkhall before, it's a bit different to the rest of Bath...

Wot, no lamposts?  Pah!

Just now, micklner said:

Looks like a lot of photoshopping has been done by someone.

... looks like the original may have been well under exposed and with transparency film not having the exposure latitude of B & W, the highlights have started to blow well before shadow detail has begun to resolve. Digitising has probably emphasized the contrast giving further colour shifts.

2 hours ago, micklner said:

At Shildon.

I like how the tender is a different shade of green to the locomotive.

and in 1975 there was this.

Rail 150 August 26-31 1975 Steam Up. NER 901 Class, No 910. Loco part of the National Collection. by Mike Hutton, on Flickr

2 hours ago, Compound2632 said:

(Thomas and Percy racing track at exhibitions!)

I do hope Percy showed  the newbie a clean pair of heels.

Maybe this is where Bachmann got it's paint samples from.  Due deference to historical accuracy and all that.

Just now, Compound2632 said:

On film, sixty years ago; scanned within the last ten or twenty years, and displayed on an LCD screen. 

Going to prove the point that manufacturers haven't got much hope of getting it right and no matter how much debate, we will never be sure if colour & shade will be correct.

When I was a working photographer back in the days of film: if I was was working outside, away from a studio where lighting and colour temperature could be, to a certain degree controlled, one of my main tools  (if time allowed) was a Minolta Color Temperature meter, the readings from which was used to select the colour temp, of film stock to use. You would be amazed at the variation in colour rendition, even on a bright but overcast day.

Although digital has afforded us way greater dynamic range, I wonder how many of the "comparison" images up thread were taken following a simple white balance or 18% grey determination or just taken with the camera on auto settings?

P

I'll just throw this into the mix.

Photos taken within a few weeks of each other.

5 hours ago, Edwardian said:

So, what paint does he use?!?

Predominantly cellulose.

2 hours ago, Not Jeremy said:

Everyone's a critic!!

Aye!  Them curtains definitely need a good washing.  (Or a good poss tubbing back in those days). Mr Tiff should be a bit more choosy of his residents.

https://goo.gl/maps/ipJZUyReNuxMbKdC8

2 hours ago, Oldddudders said:

Indeed. The fact that a livery is not authentic does not stop it being potentially attractive. 

In a Marilyn Monroe lookalike sort of way?

On 19/06/2023 at 10:46, ERIC ALLTORQUE said:

Quiet and 37 dont go together,as a kid when the ore trains ran past the chippy back door in Leadgate main street you felt the earth move and the fish jumped out the fryer.

It was even worse if you were sat on the lav.  Stuff that jumped out of the pot had to be seen to be believed.

https://flic.kr/p/M296SR

7 minutes ago, adb968008 said:

Transporters

4 minutes ago, adb968008 said:

Vans

NPCS.

2 minutes ago, Bucoops said:

Wagons

... Coaches.       

Just now, adb968008 said:

This quote, in a pub, could have a whole different meaning.

Or a photographic studio.