bgman Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Sorry to hear it was a wasted trip ( so Thomas has turned into a swinger ? Interesting!) Nice photos though and it's always useful to have a good reference point. Grahame Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium M.I.B Posted May 5, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 5, 2014 Anyone know approximately when farmers remove polytunnels from their land? Simple answer to that one Tim - when the supermarkets tell them they want it NOW! When 'ey wannem d'rekkly............. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted May 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 5, 2014 (edited) Dont know how Thomas was all the way down there whilst also being at Sheringham. I suspect one of them might be an impostor! Is the GWR roundel in question a Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway roundel? Edited May 5, 2014 by colin penfold 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 When 'ey wannem d'rekkly............. Proper job! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted May 5, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 5, 2014 (edited) Shewn before I know and an hour or so and lot's of trial and error, I've done the 'Tony Wright' style couplings on two of my Comet centenary rake.The handed brake and an all third.Ideally this job should have been done before being painted by the Master.Planning ! Not.I won't tell him if you don't.Here they are in the fiddle yard before being done when I incorrectly used the bogies instead of the body for Tony's method.They're waiting for the rest of the rake to be done but not today.Eagle eyed viewers may notice a passenger or two on board too. D120 left hand brake. C69 all third X2 Edited May 7, 2014 by gwrrob 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cary hill Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 (edited) .Eagle eyed viewers may notice a passenger or two on board too I thought for a fleeting moment that I had spotted one of the Finchings aboard until I realised the lady was far too well dressed. The lady looks quite severe so it must be Queen Mary on her way to some long naval standing engagement in Plymouth, although why she is not travelling in her own Super Saloon is a mystery. Would it ever be possible to see the Finchings in a coach, setting off for a shopping trip to Plymouth, or would they have to become (in)voluntary amputees first? Edited May 5, 2014 by cary hill 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted May 5, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 5, 2014 I thought for a fleeting moment that I had spotted one of the Finchings aboard until I realised the lady was far too well dressed. Would it ever be possible to see the Finchings in a coach, setting off for a shopping trip to Plymouth, or would they have to become (in)voluntary amputees first? That lady has got a name you know. Putting the Finchings in a coach has occurred to me in the past but their legs will not be cut off to do it as they are needed at RMweb 'live' in September.I'll have a look David. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cary hill Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 That lady has got a name you know. Putting the Finchings in a coach has occurred to me in the past but their legs will not be cut off to do it as they are needed at RMweb 'live' in September.I'll have a look David. What is the name of the lady? Surely as the Finchings are (in)famous by now they must have "doppelgangers"? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welchester Posted May 5, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 5, 2014 The lady looks quite severe so it must be Queen Mary on her way to some long naval standing engagement in Plymouth, although why she is not travelling in her own Super Saloon is a mystery. Her own GWR Royal Train, surely? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cary hill Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Her own GWR Royal Train, surely? Perhaps King George VI was using it elsewhere this Bank Holiday Weekend Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted May 5, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 5, 2014 What is the name of the lady? If I remember rightly Olddudders of this parish named Zach Plunkett so maybe I should throw her name open to this thread too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted May 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 5, 2014 I believe that's Gwendoline Hallworthy, isn't it? I'm sure it is... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted May 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 5, 2014 I might be when the threat of frost has passed at the end of the month but obviously it's what's being grown under them that would tell. Depends entirely on what is being grown - chap near here keeps his poly-tunnels up for most of the year as he grows soft fruit under them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cary hill Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 so maybe I should throw her name open to this thread too. I still think the lady looks quite "posh", but so that you can cross construction of the GWR Royal Train off your "long list", I've downgraded her to Lady Constance Trebilcock travelling up to London or back to the family estate near Roche in Cornwall (change at Par). n.b. For the avoidance of doubt she is not a relation of Mike Trebilcock (Gunnislake Trebilcocks) who would go on to score 2 goals for Everton in the 1966 F.A.Cup Final. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted May 5, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 5, 2014 Shewn before I know and an hour or so and lot's of trial and error, I've done the 'Tony Wright' style couplings on two of my Comet centenary rake.The handed brake and an all third.Ideally this job should have been done before being painted by the Master.Planning ! Not.I won't tell him if you don't.Here they are in the fiddle yard before being done when I incorrectly used the bogies instead of the body for Tony's method.They're waiting for the rest of the rake to be done but not today.Eagle eyed viewers may notice a passenger or two on board too. D95 DSCN3345.jpg C69 X2 DSCN3347.jpg DSCN3348.jpg DSCN3349.jpg Very nice Rob. Out of interest was there a Cornish Riviera PLC? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted May 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 5, 2014 If I remember rightly Olddudders of this parish named Zach Plunkett so maybe I should throw her name open to this thread too. Lady Dora Jarre of Faccombe Hall, now fully open to the public. As is her house. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 46444 Posted May 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 5, 2014 Very nice Rob. Out of interest was there a Cornish Riviera PLC? Would probably have been 'Gmbh' in this day and age! Excellent rake of coaching stock too. Did you you paint and build the stock Robin? Cheers, Mark 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 I still think the lady looks quite "posh", but so that you can cross construction of the GWR Royal Train off your "long list", I've downgraded her to Lady Constance Trebilcock travelling up to London or back to the family estate near Roche in Cornwall (change at Par). n.b. For the avoidance of doubt she is not a relation of Mike Trebilcock (Gunnislake Trebilcocks) who would go on to score 2 goals for Everton in the 1966 F.A.Cup Final. Trebilcock - "The home on the cuckoo's hill" or alternatives - see https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Trebilcock Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted May 6, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 6, 2014 Trebilcock - "The home on the cuckoo's hill" or alternatives - see https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Trebilcock I think it might have been three (or maybe the score was 3 to Everton) but my memory is a bit duff due to Argyle players hardly ever scoring goals......................so I don't register goals by ex Argyle players either as they are rarer than hen's teeth. Wasn't Tony Book the Everton manger then...sorry, O.T. P P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Lady Dora Jarre of Faccombe Hall, now fully open to the public. As is her house.And there really is a Faccombe Hall http://www.panoramio.com/m/photo/74424240 Although slightly out of area. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted May 6, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 6, 2014 (edited) Lady Constance Trebilcock always used to correct any one who used to refer to her as Lady Trebilcock. Twas said to be on account of how an uncouth element of her estate workers used to refer to her husband, Lord Albert Fitzgibbon Trebilcock as ' Ole Three D**ks'. Lady Trebilcock used to insist on being referred to as Lady 'Tree Bill Coe', something she maintained until she drew her last breath, at the age of 93, whilst arm wrestling with the milk man. Rob Edited May 6, 2014 by nhy581 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cary hill Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 (edited) Lady Trebilcock used to insist on being referred to as Lady 'Tree Bill Coe', something she maintained until she drew her last breath, at the age of 93, whilst arm wrestling with the milk man.Rob I seem to recall with some disappointment that 'Tre Bill Coe' was the BBC's preferred pronounciation for the Everton footballer. Edited May 6, 2014 by cary hill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted May 6, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 6, 2014 (edited) Excellent rake of coaching stock too. Did you you paint and build the stock Robin? Yes I had a hand in the builds of all my centenaries bar the one C69 I got off ebay part finished that had EM bogies that I discarded and rebuilt to OO.Three of my rake were painted back in 2005 by Larry Goddard [Coachman] but my last two were done by Chris Phillips.Building them wasn't easy with those inset ends and I'm sure Mallard60022 would concur with that.I wouldn't build anymore. Edited May 6, 2014 by gwrrob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted May 6, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 6, 2014 Mr Trebilcock's witty name was indeed pronounced Trebilco in his native Cornwall. If anyone (well blokes anyway) said hello Mr Treblec*ck, they used to wake up a few hours later wondering what passing truck had hit them! This player's transfer to Everton was a bit of a stroke of genius as he was an unknown quantity to the opposition and took them by surprise. However I do believe he disappeared off the face of the footballing earth thereafter? Argyle's team now play like most of the team do have treble coc*s and thus can't run due to all the flapping bits....... Sir Alf Ramsay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted May 6, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 6, 2014 I always thought that the 'Limited' and 'Express' were the same train that left Paddington at 10 30 am.I'm sure that GWR railwaymen used the term.I'll have to dig out my Stephen Austin book on the subject. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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