RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted June 22 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 22 (edited) Engineering work in deepest darkest Mitcham today… Dont go here at night, take care during the day.. surprised this southern sign hasnt been weighed in. driver was from Plymouth in this today Edited September 12 by adb968008 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted June 22 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 22 2 hours ago, adb968008 said: Engineering work in deepest darkest Mitcham today… Dont go here at night, take care during the day.. surprised this southern sign hasnt been weighed in. driver was from Plymouth in this today Did it say "Trespassers will be executed"? 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted June 22 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 22 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Northmoor said: Did it say "Trespassers will be executed"? Well there was a dead fox in the four foot half eaten…it didnt use the stairs. Edited June 22 by adb968008 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted June 22 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 22 46 minutes ago, Northmoor said: Did it say "Trespassers will be executed"? Sounds entirely reasonable! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted June 22 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 22 (edited) Surely it read "Trespassers will be Electrocuted (misprint)" Edited June 22 by melmerby 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 22 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 22 Probably trespassers will be prosecuted (well the survivors will be). 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lurker Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 (edited) Two of a number of hatches in the floor of the up platform at Sidcup Any idea what would need inspecting? Edited July 24 by The Lurker 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 Drains - but not the Waterloo & City type. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterem Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 While we're on the drains of Sidcup, there are little clusters of these in surrounding streets near me. I started noticing them because Eynsford in Kent doesn't seem natural foundry country, but Gibsons were a prolific, well-known and long-lived supplier of drain covers across Kent and South London. A clue on date is the SUDC initials on both. Sidcup Urban District Council ceased to exist in 1934, which was also when housebuilding across the area really took off - so there's a fair chance they've been there as long as the roads they're set into. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 24 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 24 20 minutes ago, Peterem said: While we're on the drains of Sidcup, there are little clusters of these in surrounding streets near me. I started noticing them because Eynsford in Kent doesn't seem natural foundry country, but Gibsons were a prolific, well-known and long-lived supplier of drain covers across Kent and South London. A clue on date is the SUDC initials on both. Sidcup Urban District Council ceased to exist in 1934, which was also when housebuilding across the area really took off - so there's a fair chance they've been there as long as the roads they're set into. The Kentish Weald was once well known for producing iron goods. 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 ... as was the Sussex Weald - but probably not into the era when Sidcup became urban !!?! 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 Photos by Kevin Lane : Liverpool Street, 1982... 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 I presume the sign to Stoke-on-Trent wasn't at Liverpool Street !!?! ( Euston p'raps ) 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lurker Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 20 hours ago, Wickham Green too said: ... as was the Sussex Weald - but probably not into the era when Sidcup became urban !!?! Agreed - the Wealden iron industry was a Middle Ages phenomenon and Sidcup was no more than a small village at the top of the hill and administratively part of the more important Foots Cray until the late 19th century. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lurker Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 21 hours ago, Peterem said: While we're on the drains of Sidcup, there are little clusters of these in surrounding streets near me. I started noticing them because Eynsford in Kent doesn't seem natural foundry country, but Gibsons were a prolific, well-known and long-lived supplier of drain covers across Kent and South London. A clue on date is the SUDC initials on both. Sidcup Urban District Council ceased to exist in 1934, which was also when housebuilding across the area really took off - so there's a fair chance they've been there as long as the roads they're set into. I would be surprised if Sidcup urban district council extended that far- far more likely to be Swanley or even Sevenoaks 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 As a brief OFF TOPIC - I must admit confusion as a child when I noticed local inspection covers marked BBC .................. no, not an early cable service by the British Broadcasting Corporation but the Beckenham Borough Council. ( 1934 -1965 ) 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SED Freightman Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 1 hour ago, The Lurker said: I would be surprised if Sidcup urban district council extended that far- far more likely to be Swanley or even Sevenoaks I suppose it depends where the manhole covers are located, Sevenoaks Urban District Council covered a large area including Eynsford and Swanley. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted July 25 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 25 (edited) Original enamel signs on Lowestoft station Edited July 25 by big jim 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 Are those Russian or Ukrainian drones overhead ? ☹️ 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 13 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said: Are those Russian or Ukrainian drones overhead ? ☹️ It's @The Johnster with his special new long-range model. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterem Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 (edited) 4 hours ago, The Lurker said: I would be surprised if Sidcup urban district council extended that far- far more likely to be Swanley or even Sevenoaks It didn't - but all the covers I have found so far are indeed to the North and West of Sidcup town centre in streets laid out between 1919 and 1935, so well within the spatial and temporal boundaries of Sidcup UDC (1921-34). While it is possible that the council got lucky with some second-hand stock from Swanley or somewhere else in Kent at just the right time, it is far more likely they simply bought them new from Gibson. The firm certainly supplied over a wide area. Surviving records of the concern are in the care of the Farningham & Eynsford Local History Society, while the foundry itself is now a housing development called Gibson Place. Edited July 25 by Peterem bad grammar 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted July 25 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 25 1 hour ago, Wickham Green too said: Are those Russian or Ukrainian drones overhead ? ☹️ I think they are from Norfolk! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mol_PMB Posted July 26 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 26 Here’s a few ghosts I spotted on a previous trip via London, and made time to photograph this tome round. Apologies for the poor pics though! London Euston, when did someone last send a Red Star Parcel? London Euston, HSTs haven’t been here for a while! London Liverpool Street, most of the clocks have been removed, replaced or at least repainted, but these two retain their NSE colours about 40 years on: 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted July 26 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 26 28 minutes ago, Mol_PMB said: Here’s a few ghosts I spotted on a previous trip via London, and made time to photograph this tome round. Apologies for the poor pics though! London Euston, when did someone last send a Red Star Parcel? London Euston, HSTs haven’t been here for a while! London Liverpool Street, most of the clocks have been removed, replaced or at least repainted, but these two retain their NSE colours about 40 years on: 38 years on from the launch of NSE, are there still any (original) red lampposts in use on the network? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mol_PMB Posted July 26 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 26 4 minutes ago, rodent279 said: 38 years on from the launch of NSE, are there still any (original) red lampposts in use on the network? Good question. I expect they would be very faded pink by now! 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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