A Nod To Brent - a friendly thread, filled with frivolity, cream teas and pasties. Longing for the happy days in the South Hams 1947.

[john dew]

I have a number of fire points dotted around Granby......over many years I have always painted the buckets red with black handles and the stands white.....I can't for the life of me remember where I got that scheme from.....it just seems " right" somehow. I have a feeling it was like that in the army?

 

Regards from a very wet and windy Vancouver

 

John

[gwrrob]

A bit of a tease here as 3440 is seen on the first weekend in December with the Santa Special to Loddiswell. This thread is booked for next weekends trip and a photoshoot.

 

[gwrrob]

There was a Christmas party at The Packhorse Inn last night and Augustus Snodgrass and Arthur Swidger brought something away with them.

 

[St Enodoc]

There was a Christmas party at The Packhorse Inn last night and Augustus Snodgrass and Arthur Swidger brought something away with them.

 

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Wot, the wheelbarrow?

[MikeHemmings]

Yes it was there transport to get home.

 

Mike

[Captain Kernow]

It's actually those two WAAFs all dressed up.

[gwrrob]

It's actually those two WAAFs all dressed up.

For those of you that missed my blog post, here are a couple of WAAFs for the down station building painted superbly by Purple Primer.

 

 

[Mallard60022]

I enjoy a WAFFer thin mint model, however I would very much like a WRNS sample from down that Devonport place. Lovely uniform.

A. Matelot. 

[NHY 581]

It's actually those two WAAFs all dressed up.

Some one mention WAAFs?

[gwrrob]

Some one mention WAAFs?

Maggie Harvey, the inspiration for one of the figures.

 

 

edit for correct spelling.

Edited December 6, 2015 by gwrrob

[Mallard60022]

Lovely eyes (sorry Rob, not you......). Loved that film, especially the intro and of course, "Achtung, Spitfire........." and then the listings in the Credits; quite sad really.

Phil 

[Captain Kernow]

A propos of Spitfires, just watched the Guy Martin and the last Vulcan documentary that was on the other night. Utterly amazed to see the RAF sending up a Spitfire to investigate a problem when the Vulcan reported that the landing gear hadn't quite fully come down, when preparing to land at Preswick Airport, Glasgow.

[NHY 581]

Lovely eyes (sorry Rob, not you......). Loved that film, especially the intro and of course, "Achtung, Spitfire........." and then the listings in the Credits; quite sad really.

Phil

 

daka!-daka!-daka!-daka!-daka!-daka!-daka!-daka!........

[46444]

Saw this today Robin and thought I was in Brent!:

 

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

[46444]

Android as I'm not made of money.

 

Not Alan Bennett Class then Robin?

 

 

[Mallard60022]

£22.00 for a family Large Pie? Blimey, is that a whole s*dding pig then?

P. Orker.

[The Blue Streak]

daka!-daka!-daka!-daka!-daka!-daka!-daka!-daka!........

Spring Chicken to Sh*te Hawk !!

[Captain Kernow]

I wouldn't mind a family of pork pies.

[gwrrob]

I wouldn't mind a family of pork pies.

 

Only if it includes some Branston and piccalilli.

[Captain Kernow]

That photo of Victorian-era Brent in the snow a few pages back, by the way was of the 'Zulu Express', stranded at the station. I found it in a book on the village.

[Penlan]

I wouldn't mind a family of pork pies.

Morrison's have Blackpudding mini pork pies at their Deli counter at 4 for £1.25,

apparently I'm the only one buying them in PZ.

However the lads at 'The Legion', in the Village, seem to wolf them done with great glee...

The mini pies have a nice spicy taste to them and (for me anyway) none of that 'cold' jelly.

Edited December 7, 2015 by Penlan

[bgman]

I wouldn't mind a family of pork pies.

You might just have to go back to basics first !

 

[gwrrob]

Well we've had a response from Hornby concerning last week's query on 4013 'Knight of St Patrick'.The website cgi illustration is incorrect and the model will be released without steam pipes. I will be getting one now as it opens the possibilty of more renames.It looks like I'll be ok to model 4012 Knight of The Thistle.

Edited December 8, 2015 by gwrrob

[OnTheBranchline]

Rob, I have an idea for you and ANTB.

 

You could buy the Hornby Railroad "Adderley Hall" and simply change the tender from "Great (crest) Western" to "G (crest) W" because the loco part is already in post war GW livery already (including without any lining on the cylinders).

 

I've seen pictures of Halls in the post-war era but pre-nationalisation running with 3500 gallon Churchward tenders.

Edited December 8, 2015 by OnTheBranchline

[The Fatadder]

Well we've had a response from Hornby concerning last week's query on 4013 'Knight of St Patrick'.The website cgi illustration is incorrect and the model will be released without steam pipes. I will be getting one now as it opens the possibilty of more renames.

Good news, a star should definitely be coming this way next year!