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Hroth: It's Christmas 1972, apparently. Incidentally, I've found another picture (FB) accredited to Reggie Lion, which might be of interest? It's 'sort of' the area in question, anyway. Dated 1982.

If it helps Rod - this is the best I've got of the rear of the cinema - might obscure your lovely signal diagram if modelled?:

Great pictures again Dave. C26297: Is that the viaduct used in the (90s?) TV programme 'The Train now departing' opening credits? See: https://twitter.com/i/status/954767167047823362 Looks like it anyway.

Coronavirus - 70s Public Information Film... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q7HkxNhnXA&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3eChg-pBuy4WIlqMdfXBTTxBaqM_0K2pdYHuCYMIzu_a3OCA35KU97mDY

I have only had one such experience. I was in a run-of-the-mill, mundane meeting at work, it was about 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Suddenly, and for no reason at all, I had an overwhelming sense of doom, a really black feeling came over me. I immediately thought to myself, "something really bad has happened", and then - the feeling had gone, I was back to the normality of the meeting. The date? 11th September 2001. Disturbance in the 'force'? Don't know, but the feeling was real enough.

Liveries, yes! I'd agree that a VC10 in BOAC Speedbird livery is perfection, I just never saw them, living as I did on Merseyside. The road I grew up on was under the final approach to Speke (Liverpool) Airport, and my personal favourites were the British Eagle Viscounts, and anything in Air Lingus colours - Aviation Traders Carvairs especially. The aircraft were that low, you could see the passengers in the big oval windows of the Viscounts as they passed over. It's nice to see that British Airways recognised their heritage and painted a few of their aircraft in the old liveries last year, and they still looked good! Especially these two: BEA Airbus A319: https://www.flightglobal.com/strategy/pictures-ba-turns-back-time-to-1960s-with-bea-a319-retro-livery/131651.article BOAC 747: https://www.flightglobal.com/strategy/pictures-boac-747-retrojet-marks-british-airways-centenary/131423.article

Penguin toy, by Tri-ang, I believe.

Mine was a balsa Spitfire, possibly Kiel Kraft and painstakingly constructed - a heavy rubber band connected the prop to a hook in the tail. It's maiden flight... wasn't, as I overwound the rubber band which pulled the propeller through each of the fuselage bulkheads in turn, and the thing folded in my hands with a loud crack.

Not quite complete due to the lack of Hornby Dublo, but this painting sums up my 60's childhood bedroom pretty well. Painting is from a Birthday card sent to me by my sister. Artist is J Makin.

Still got mine - made by a firm called 'Quercetti' - Italian, I think. It's got a main parachute for XL5 itself, and indeed a little 'Steve Zodiac' with his own. A 'smooth' Fireball Junior is (I think) part of the main ship, but another, that slips over the main one is included that has four fins. For better performance? About 12" long, comes complete with transfers to apply yourself.

Some of the things that stick in my mind from the 60s are the sounds whilst lying in bed at night - my Dad's BSA Bantam arriving home after a 'late' shift, the clattering of a long train of mineral wagons carried on the night air from over 1/2 mile away, and every night, the sound of a Douglas DC3 'Dakota' taking off from Speke Airport, bound for the Isle of Man with the post and next day's newspapers. If I heard all that - all was right with the world. Listening to the ship's horns and hooters on the River Mersey at New Year is another treasured memory.

Malt Extract in jars - was that 'Virol'?

Yum.

Sorry, can't find a suitable topic to post this in. For those of a certain age, I thought that it might be of interest that the cover subject of the Tri-ang-Hornby Edition 17 catalogue from 1971 sold for 65K - 2 days ago in a Fine Arts Auction in Essex... https://www.sworder.co.uk/auction/lot/512-Terence-Cuneo-1907-1996/?lot=361911&so=0&st=cuneo&sto=0&au=876&ef=&et=&ic=False&sd=2&mc=17&pp=25&pn=1&g=-1 We all know where the mouse is, don't we?

...the explosives were actually stored on a hulked ex-RN Gunboat (1868). My Grandparents lived in the village, and my Grandfather was foreman in charge of the hulk (called 'Swallow'). A lot of locals don't even know it was ever there - the village was demolished in 1969. While I'm here, I'd like to nominate my own village, Offord D'arcy, as a principal character in a Jane Austen novel...

Anyone interested in the inter-War Royal Navy? My mother went on holiday to the Devon area in 1937 as a small girl, and took a boat trip down the River Dart – her Father took some Brownie-type photographs, and I’ve scanned them, and tried to identify the ships depicted in them, but with mixed results. Some I know for sure, others not so sure, and finally no idea. I was just wondering if anyone would like the challenge, and confirm or add to my findings? Q1: Obviously a County-Class cruiser, but which one? I ‘think’ I know… Q2: Definitely know this one. Q3: I ‘think’ I know this one. Q4: The same ship as in Q3 on the left, but I have no idea on the ship on the right – sorry, long-range and a bit fuzzy. Q5: Destroyer, submarine, and a depot ship. I’ve no ideas as to class or identity of any of them. Billy Bonus: My Father took this photograph in (about 1951). What? Where? (I know the answer to this one)

Just a thought, but would it be an idea to get what you wanted with a well painted backscene, rather than trying to find a good photograph to manipulate?

First go on this thread! Class 503 DMBS No M28371M ticking away at 'Dacre Hill'.

Very likely! Thanks Ray. (now corrected)

Two from 1977: 08 497 in green at Leeds 13th August 1977 (composition could have been better, sorry - Instamatic from moving train) and 47 365 in Crewe Works on the 24th September 1977. Probably lost it's green at this visit I would have thought?

Not a great photo, but this is the one I think...

Incidentally, while I'm here, I thought it might be of interest to show the death of this (rather fine) station in a few pictures taken from almost the exact same spots on the Church Street bridge over the station throat - a "then, then and then" if you like. Of course, the obliteration of the station is even more complete nowadays, with buildings covering the site. First - in use, but towards the end - 1967: Next, the station is closed, deserted, and awaiting its fate. Signal arms removed. Finally, by 1986, all had been swept away...

Thanks Armchair, that's useful proof that there was one. Interestingly it's from platform 2 to the end loading dock road (note the loading gauge), I wonder if that has something to do with anything? I've been doing a bit more digging, and it would seem that that release was indeed the only one, as I've found a shot of the 3 roads between platforms 4 & 5 too - and there are no release crossovers there:

Excellent! Thank you Dave, understood - that ties everything up nicely, and gives me some good pointers. The model I have in my minds eye will only be 'based on' Woodside (cut down width-wise, shortened and reversed) I haven't got enough room for a copy, I'm afraid, but it's good to have a prototype layout to understand things. Cheers.