Thorness

21 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said:

 

As the crow flies (or the ferry glides), about 1,000 yards to Birkenhead Woodside and GWR trains. Here's the last one with a steam loco:

 

 

 

More on Disused Stations pages

http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/birkenhead_woodside/

and

http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/birkenhead_woodside/index2.shtml

I was there that day!

Clun Castle and Pendennis Castle both involved, I was invited into the cab of one of them.

Cheers

Don

55 minutes ago, monkeysarefun said:

 

The state of Victoria recently banned any public display of the swastika too, fair enough if displayed by right wing thugs marching down Collins St, less so if it means model Messerschmitts cant be shown in hobby shop windows. 

 

Meanwhile on afternoon TV reruns of Hogans Heroes splash it around along with Gestapo references all played for laughs, as does "Allo Allo!" over on another channel.  Neither of those series would probably get the green light to get made today, it seems that the further we move on in time, that particular   symbols imagery focusses more and more on the atrocities bit and less on its overall historical context, maybe as WW2 in total fades in popular culture. 

 

I recall reading a while back that a group in the US wanted Chevrolet to remove some of their model nomenclature based purely on the two letters which in the cars context had a completely different meaning from anything to do with Nazis but apparently it still had to go in their eyes. . The same nomenclature was used here by GMH and if anyone expects me to take to the ute with a screwdriver they'll have to prise it out of my cold dead hands or whatever.

 

 

These are awarded to returning guests at Sandals:

A bit closer than the Ss on your ute but I'm not aware of anyone refusing them!

Cheers

Don

One day a florist went to a barber for a haircut. After the cut, he
asked about his bill, and the barber replied, 'I cannot accept money
from you, I'm doing community service this week.'
The florist was pleased and left the shop.
When the barber went to open his shop the next morning, there was a
'thank you' card and a dozen roses waiting for him at his door.
Later, a cop comes in for a haircut, and when he tries to pay his bill,
the barber again replied, 'I cannot accept money from you, I'm doing
community service this week.' The cop was happy and left the shop.
The next morning when the barber went to open up, there was a 'thank
you' card and a dozen doughnuts waiting for him at his door.
Then a Member of Parliament came in for a haircut, and when he went to
pay his bill, the barber again replied, 'I cannot accept money from
you. I'm doing community service this week.' The Member of Parliament
was very happy and left the shop.
The next morning, when the barber went to open up, there were a dozen
Members of Parliament lined up waiting for a free haircut.

10 hours ago, Graham T said:

 

Ah, now there you have put your finger on the flaw in my plan!  I think I will take the easy way out and call this an empty train coming into Chuffnell Regis to collect cattle.  I have a few - admittedly somewhat undernourished - Herefords lurking on the cattle dock.

If there are cattle on the dock then the empty train arriving is about to load, the empty train departing has just unloaded!

Cheers

Don

11 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

 

I seem to recall that there's Flemish and another lot-cant remember. Anyway I think the polite description is 'they don't see eye to eye' in terms of language.

 

Also in passing wasn't Belgium the country that didn't have a functioning government for something like eighteen months because none of the political parties could agree.  So the bureaucrats ran the place instead.

Walloon is the other one I think.

Cheers

Don

A few more gratuitous photos:

Norwood Sidings by Thorness, on Flickr

Norwood Sidings by Thorness, on Flickr

Norwood Sidings by Thorness, on Flickr

Norwood Sidings by Thorness, on Flickr

On a sample of my photos the EXIF data has gone completely and the date shown is the date of download not the date of posting or original photo date.

A man lays sprawled across three entire seats at a posh theatre. Before the show has even started, an usher walks by and notices the man.

“Sir, you’re only allowed one seat, can you please sit up?” The man groans, but stays where he is. The usher becoming impatient with the man says “Sir, if you don’t get up, I will need to get my manager involved.”

Again the man just groans, which infuriates the usher as he marches off to get the manager. In a few moments he returns with the manager and they both repeatedly attempt to move him, but with no success. It was at this point that the manager calls the police. Moments later, a police officer arrives and approaches the man, “alright buddy, what’s your name?”

“Sam” the man moans.

“And where ya from Sam?”

With pain in his voice Sam replied “the balcony.”

Additions to the wharf.

A new yard crane installed and several new loads.

Cheers

Don

There may be a suitable small lorry in this lot:

http://www.autocraft.plus.com/page33.html

Cheers

Don

The 0-4-0 was perfect straight out of the box but the 0-6-0 was a bit variable. Investigation showed that on one side 2 of the pickups were missing! Hornby sent me a new pickup plate (with all 6 pickups) without any question and now it runs really well.

Cheers

Don

A few more gratuitous pictures:

Finally got some crew for the locos: