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  1. Welchester
    For a moment I thought you meant this cheerful churchman.
  2. Welchester
    In the context of the railway it means 'shunting'.
  3. Welchester
    This question of partitions sort of rang a bell, and a quick glance at the GWR wagon bible revealed that, because livestock owners were not averse to moving the partition to gain more space than they had paid for, two GWR employees devised and patented a locking mechanism, which appears to be this: Improvements in, or relating to Cattle Trucks
  4. Welchester
    On the subject of number plates, my favourite, which was well before the era of vanity plates was ODD 1. It was on a quite a commonplace car, and was, I believe, a Gloucestershire registration.
  5. Welchester
    On another johnny machine: 'This is the worst chewing gum I've ever tasted.'
  6. Welchester
    I have a dim recollection of its being described as the work of the ‘Master of Paddington’.
  7. Welchester
    I hate to do this, but my inner pedant, and long years of Modern Languages at school and university force me to it: à la recherche de la tomate perdue. Are you sure that 'cult' is the correct spelling?
  8. Welchester
    He (or she) does seem a bit prickly.
  9. Welchester
    Crematoria are usually named after the nearest local town, except for the Forest of Dean Crematorium, where the towns are Coleford and Cindeford.
  10. Welchester
    The Warwickshire Railways site also has the photograph of the Singer car train and motorcycles being loaded, together with details of the formation of a couple of circus trains.
  11. Welchester
    I just happened to glance at the report of the 1890 Norton Fitzwarren accident, where it states How could that have been done?
  12. Welchester
    There are some strange things on Facebook, but thank you. It's not a narrowly focused group; a recent topic was the use of top hats by rabbis.
  13. Welchester
    Splendid. May I share this please on the 'Clerical Dress' Facebook group?
  14. Welchester
    Toplight brake in chocolate and cream in 1953 at Bristol TM (from The Titfield Thunderbolt).
  15. Welchester
    A friend of mine persuaded a Richard Brain not to apply for a job at a boys' school.
  16. Welchester
    Aka Coatbridge table wine, or wreck the hoose juice.
  17. Welchester
    Do they expect a tip?
  18. Welchester
    May I use your dictaphone? - No. Use your finger like everyone else.
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  20. Welchester
    1501 was throwing some spectacular sparks on the last train to Bridgnorth yesterday.
  21. Welchester
    You was robbed. I think mine was only a tenner. Best £10 I've ever spent.
  22. Welchester
    A neighbour, who was a Senior Traction Inspector for DB Cargo, was one of the people responsible for examining DBC drivers who wanted to work on steam traction. He had to retire in 2018 (aged 80). I believe they trained on the SVR.
  23. Welchester
    4270 is nearing the end of her boiler ticket, I believe.
  24. Welchester
    There is an article in GWRJ issue 12, Kitchen Service, describing the work of the restaurant car service, which is well worth a read. Food was prepared and cooked on board; the restaurant car would have a pantry for prep and a kitchen. A normal composition would be cook, cook's assistant and kitchen boy.
  25. Welchester
    Mmmm mocking Francis.
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