APOLLO

In the bleak mid-winter
Frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow,
Snow upon Springs Branch,
In the bleak mid-winter
Long ago.

Britannias and Black fives
Many once gathered here,
Chime whistles and Stanier hooters
Once noisily thronged the air,
But this old shunters mother
In her maiden bliss,
Worshipped the beloved diesel,
Alas the Sulzer coupled up hard,

With a Wigan kiss !!

Why can I not start Him,
Poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd
I would bring a lamb,
If I were a wise man
I would do my part,

""Drag it the to the scrap line

The ***** ***** wont start !! ""

Happy Christmas all

Brit15

Aberdeen is one of the few British cities I've never been to, so can't really comment. My son was there a few weeks ago on a valve training course (he works in the oil & gas industry) and reckoned it was "a bit boring" (nightlife that is).

Not invited to the Christmas do in the canteen ? - that would not do at all - everyone including visitors was welcome to our Christmas canteen "feasts" (!!) at the "Gas Board" in Warrington many moons ago. A good turkey meal was always put on, but strictly no alcohol,

In a way I miss Christmas at work. The canteen meal, the evening do's (we all split over a couple of evenings so there would always be cover), Christmas eve, all the lads in a certain pub at 2pm (boss looked the other way as long as the emergency teams weren't there), The tree in the office foyer (with the top 4' missing as the janitor had cut the wrong end off !!) and we always got plenty of overtime leading up to Christmas clearing up outstanding jobs etc, a bit extra in the Xmas pay slip - we had thoughtful management back then.

Happy days.

Brit15

Yes the Apollo missions gave us so much technology wise, advances in computing, velcro etc.

We need to do it again for that very reason .

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/apollo-11-moon-landing-50-future-artificial-intelligence_uk_5d31d7d0e4b0419fd32c2990

Brit15 (Apollo !!)

Watch this Youtube video - taken from the Blue Pullman - driver is seen at 3m 35s

Brit15