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Time - Pink Floyd

Photo by Ian Charles : Thornaby on 7th April 1979... Photographer unknown : D5567 at York on 7th January 1961...

Burt Lancaster enjoys a laugh with the train crew whilst filming 'The Train' in 1964...

Photo by Nigel Miles : Westbury, 1982...

Photo by Julian Ogle of Old Oak...

I was at Padd that day, just minutes after '41 came to a halt on its side, I was on the way in to Old Oak for the 06.00 shed turn on the tube from Hammersmith and saw the coaches skewed with some on their side as we pulled into Padd. When I got off you could hear a pin drop and there was still a fair bit of dust in the air. I made my way past the lawn to board the workabus where I found six other Old Oak lads waiting, there was much confusion on the way down to Old Oak and when we arrived the lobby was full of train crew booking on with nowhere to go. I can remember it as though it were only yesterday.

Up, Up And Away - Jimmy Webb / 5th Dimension

I was watching him in 'The Persuaders' and 'The Gold Robbers' the other night.... 95 is a good age. RIP.

Stray Cat Blues - The Stones...

I'd say that's about right - the OLE gantries have appeared bu the wiring isn't yet installed.

Just one point - they're 27s not 26s 😉.

I went over the affected line at Braybrook the other day where the TSR was raised to 40mph.

Yes - thanks for posting them, I still can't find mine! I'm still wondering if the train crew were Northampton or Wellingborough men, most likely the latter though.

Song Of A Baker - The Small Faces

Struggling to find them at the moment but I'll keep looking 😉

Photo by Rich Jones...

I'll dig them out later Andy and repost them - from memory they were taken by Northampton local snapper Bob Faulkner 😉

The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks

Those relief Bobbies must have racked up some miles getting to and from the 'boxes on their patch - I know David Canning did in his trusty Austin 1100 down on the Berks & Hants. Pete 'Pinkie' Salmon was one of the highest paid relief men on the Midland, a local legend in the East Mids, he didn't half get about and worked as many rest days as possible to keep the job afloat. I posted some photos of him at Bardon Hill earlier in the thread - he was known for keeping the kettle on the go wherever he went and wearing cycle clips when riding one of his many motorbikes to work. He retired at 62 but came back for another stint, just to get away from his mother-in-law!

An old friend of Mrs.Rugd1022 once made her living by dressing as a late-ex nun...! Back to HS2...!

Always Coming Back To You - Scott Walker, from his 1967 debut solo long player...

Murder On The Dance Floor - Sophie Ellis-Baxter

Oh well if we're adding numbers into the mix... 😉