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  1. sir douglas

    finished the R&ER book but still no idea what a "chancery" is, and now i'm reading a book about the wagonways of chat moss

    1. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Google or Wikipedia should be able to help with the definition of 'Chancery' - could this be the legal subject - 'Court of Chancery' by any chance? However, not much connection with Chat Moss, apart from the fact that both begin with 'ch'...!! ;-)

    2. sir douglas

      sir douglas

      the "chancery" is in the R&ER book not the chatmoss book

  2. sir douglas

    finished the unimog the other day, time to back to my layout

  3. sir douglas

    found a few hundred yards of railway set into the concrete at wakefield powerstation

  4. sir douglas

    found a few hundred yards of railway set into the concrete at wakefield powerstation

  5. sir douglas

    found a long length of railway set into the concrete at wakefield powerstation

  6. sir douglas

    found a pile of victorian glass and pottery bottles while walking the dog

    1. GeoffW

      GeoffW

      Could be worth a bob or two, worth a search on eBay

    2. petethemole

      petethemole

      not as much as a few years ago, probably, but give it a whirl.

  7. sir douglas

    getting batteries for my camera and araldite for my layout soon

  8. sir douglas

    gildersome MRS next weekend!

  9. sir douglas

    gildersome show this weekend, i will probably on the door doing tickets

  10. sir douglas

    going to a field near Cleckheaton full of tanks and trucks

    1. PhilEakins

      PhilEakins

      Another airport parking company gone bust?

    2. sir douglas

      sir douglas

      Yorkshire Wartime Experience, my photos form last year https://www.flickr.com/photos/59562189@N03/sets/72157683216887054

  11. sir douglas

    going to be on the talyllyn tomorrow, ill probs see some of you around but not know it is you so hello in advance

    1. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      I only wish I was in a position to take a trip on the Talyllyn Railway today!

  12. sir douglas

    gonna try to make some wagon bodies out of the steel sheet of a sweet tin

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    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      Ready the plasters first!

    3. DonB

      DonB

      Will the decoration on the steel be on the outside or inside of the wagon?

      Welding, soldering, glueing or riveting?

    4. Tim V

      Tim V

      I've heard of some excuses for eating all the sweets, but this is a good one...

  13. sir douglas

    got a new o gauge project, but no photos yet

  14. sir douglas

    got a nice video of the west coast railway's "compass tour" at goosehill with two 47's top & tailing, it sounded brilliant

    1. Trainshed Terry

      Trainshed Terry

      Have you posted to Utube yet

    2. sir douglas

      sir douglas

      when i get to somewhere with a good enough connectionn

  15. sir douglas

    got some plans of the FR englands in a magazine, i can now make drawings for a 0-6-0 mod

  16. sir douglas

    got some vids of 45407 at goosehill

  17. sir douglas

    had a great chat with chris peacock on "calstock" about how to build track and waggons at the wakefield show

  18. sir douglas

    had a great day today at middleton railway

    1. mozzer models

      mozzer models

      I was there playing with my On30 trains there all weekend

    2. mozzer models

      mozzer models

      I was there playing with my On30 trains there all weekend

    3. sir douglas

      sir douglas

      that was a nice little module layout

  19. sir douglas

    had a very strange dream last night of a bullied pacific named "City of Barnsley"

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    2. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      Wasn't being driven by Arthur Scargill was it?

    3. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      Don't think he ever worked that hard!

    4. coachmann

      coachmann

      Bullied...Miners friend.

  20. sir douglas

    halfmoon colliery is getting there, but college work and mourning over my dog is getting in the way

  21. sir douglas

    has anyone else seen that roundhouse thats been uncovered at york

  22. sir douglas

    has backed up my TRS2006 files because my computer has decided that it wants to die soon

  23. sir douglas

    has just found out on www.old-maps.co.uk/maps that there was once a tramway inbetween goathland and whinston ridge quarry

    1. Worsdell forever

      Worsdell forever

      Boris will tell you about that in great detail...

  24. sir douglas

    has just hand made myself a small 56 A shedplat badge

  25. sir douglas

    has northern just got some hand-me-downs from firstGW? because a dark green sprinter just went by on the Knottingley to Leeds

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    2. bgman

      bgman

      As a consequence we're left with very little stock !

    3. newbryford

      newbryford

      Plenty of ex-FGW 150s with pink doors and the odd green 153 my way...

    4. cal.n

      cal.n

      I was on a train made up of a GWR green 153 and a FGW purple 150 in Lancashire. They appear to be bringing the weather with them...

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