RMweb Gold Donw Posted July 18 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 18 My wife's Aunt was very surprised when one got in the Coleford Co-op. Don 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium figworthy Posted July 18 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 18 6 hours ago, Donw said: My wife's Aunt was very surprised when one got in the Coleford Co-op. Don I would imagine that it was an unusual situation for the boar. Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted July 18 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 18 1 minute ago, figworthy said: I would imagine that it was an unusual situation for the boar. Adrian They wouldn't serve him without proof of ID and also his Members Card. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 18 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 18 Wild boar, 'sanglier', are regular nocturnal visitors to my garden. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 11 hours ago, Gilbert said: As long as its not coupled to the giraffe car... FoD 'giraffe badger'! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted July 19 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19 With all this talk of wild boar perhaps I should think about one or two........ I'd like him but sadly Shapeways are now defunct! ...so I might think about this.....then again.....! 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted July 19 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19 Actually the wild boar in the Forest had been hunted to extinction but in the 1990s some farm bred ones were released and in 2004 about 60 were released. These soon established and thrived. So apart from the preserved line the railways were gone when the boar returned. Don 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted July 19 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19 Thanks Don. Rule 1 might apply if I decide 'introduce' them! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Killybegs Posted July 19 Popular Post Share Posted July 19 On 10/07/2024 at 12:27, F-UnitMad said: If there's one extra detail I may be permitted to suggest needs adding, that is rather lacking at present, but would absolutely nail the location & time period - it's sheep. Sheep (or Scraggies as they were known locally) roamed free throughout the Forest of Dean and were an everyday part of the scene, until the Foot & Mouth outbreak around 2000 or so. They have returned since, but not in such numbers. When I was delivering that way regularly in the '90s they would be sat right at the roadside, oblivious to traffic. They'd also be in the smaller towns like Parkend, not just in the fields & scrub. You mean like this ............. 18 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 1 hour ago, Killybegs said: You mean like this ............. Indeed - just like that. 👍👌 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted July 20 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 20 IF a sheep ran out in front of you and was killed you could get a bill from the Sheep Badger (owner) and a nasty repair bill for your vehicle so locals avoided them. The main towns Coleford, Cinderford and Lydney were outside the forest area. In smaller villages within the forest boundary the sheep were everywhere. You needed good fences or walls to keep them out of your garden. If the postie left your gate open they could easily be in. You had to watch where you trod on the pavements. We also had the deer a group used to gather under the lamppost across the road at night. I found out just how good ABS brakes could be when one leapt from a high bank straight in front of me.. It could make a nice cameo to have someone trying to chase the sheep out of their garden. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 3 hours ago, Donw said: IF a sheep ran out in front of you and was killed you could get a bill.... Must admit that in 7 years or so of almost daily trips through the Forest I never once saw any sheep just run out in front of traffic like that. Wander across quieter roads, maybe, but not the way some other animals 'panic cross', like a deer I hit on Porlock Hill in Devon once.... Back in the Forest, I only ever saw a dead sheep once near the roadside, on the climb from Nailbridge to Plump Hill, on my way to the old Xerox factory at Mitcheldean. Only times I saw boar or deer were late at night; a different job, before the trucks were fitted with trackers, & I was on nights, heading for Chepstow but taking a 'scenic diversion' for old times' sake, and 'officially' avoiding the low bridges on the main A48....😁👍 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Captain Kernow Posted July 23 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted July 23 32 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 19 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said: Pictures like these revisit my childhood. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHC Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 Just seen on fb 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted July 24 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 24 4 minutes ago, KeithHC said: Just seen on fb Not that I could find it and do anything with it, but there a prequel to that first picture actually at the sidings. Also, phwoar, look at that cement mixer! Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHC Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 Probably a Leyland Comet with a Vista vue or also known as the LAD cab. Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted July 24 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 24 36 minutes ago, KeithHC said: Probably a Leyland Comet with a Vista vue or also known as the LAD cab. Keith I think the cement mixers were singularly Albions, either Reivers or Chieftains, at least up until mouth organ days, happy for someone more knowledgable to confirm/deny. Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted July 24 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 24 What particularly gets me is how high those Herring are loaded! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DLT Posted August 24 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 24 Not sure if you've already seen them (I certainly haven't) but several photos of Parkend and Marsh Sidings here: Dean Forest Society Facebook 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted August 25 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 25 (edited) 16 hours ago, DLT said: Not sure if you've already seen them (I certainly haven't) but several photos of Parkend and Marsh Sidings here: Dean Forest Society Facebook Very many thanks for that link. I hadn't seen most of them before. They will give me so many really useful details to be added! Edited August 25 by Re6/6 missing word! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted August 25 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 25 17 hours ago, DLT said: Not sure if you've already seen them (I certainly haven't) but several photos of Parkend and Marsh Sidings here: Dean Forest Society Facebook What absolutely fab photos, David. Thanks for the link. And at (almost) the right time of year, too. John - where did you put your misting machine?... 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted August 25 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 25 On 24/07/2024 at 15:37, Captain Kernow said: What particularly gets me is how high those Herring are loaded! Must have been an exceptional catch. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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