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

[Ian Hargrave]

I think I only stayed at two - Royal at Padlington, and Wellcome at Stratford. Had dinner at the Tregenna Castle, though.

 

Lucky you....they remain a faded memory of aspiration. Never made any of them.Quite fancied The Tregenna.Don't think my social class background measured up.Bit too Agatha Christie and my Valleys accent needed a polish.

[Limpley Stoker]

Following up on Focus Stacking, and not wishing to get immersed in complicated PC programmes, I downloaded an App on my iPhone* which takes 3 photos, each focussed on a point you choose.

 

You have to hold the phone really still during the exposures and you get processed combination image which has its flaws but gives the impression of a huge depth of focus and thus realism. Probably worth the £2.99!

 

Sven has been asked to get the orange paint off the cattle truck floor while a 64xx simmers waiting for more scenery. Samantha is busy scoring in Bath!

 

*FocusCamera

Edited January 5, 2017 by Limpley Stoker

[Clearwater]

Lucky you....they remain a faded memory of aspiration. Never made any of them.Quite fancied The Tregenna.Don't think my social class background measured up.Bit too Agatha Christie and my Valleys accent needed a polish.

  

I think I only stayed at two - Royal at Padlington, and Wellcome at Stratford. Had dinner at the Tregenna Castle, though.

 

https://www.tregenna-castle.co.uk

 

You can still stay there! No idea what it's like but it's a jazzy website

[Stubby47]

Went to an evening wedding reception there a few years ago. Very nice place.

[St Enodoc]

I think I only stayed at two - Royal at Padlington, and Wellcome at Stratford. Had dinner at the Tregenna Castle, though. 

About 25 years ago my then brother-in-law was the resident manager at Tregenna (long after it was privatised). We stayed there for his daughter's wedding. During the weekend we had a rummage round and found some old menus and other ephemera, probably dating from the 1950s. He was going to make a feature of them but moved on elsewhere before he had the chance so I don't know what happened to them after that.

[bgman]

Who's dun that then? I'll send the boys round.

I've been to their hideout, close to Brent, and Harry Strong said just give 'em a Nod and they'll be on their way, only a few beers n baccy is all they want......

 

 

Yours

I.Tinerant

[gwrrob]

These two will sort it....

 

[Limpley Stoker]

And before you know it ........

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T.Thyme

Where is the Sushi?

[bgman]

Where is the Sushi?

They're not keen on Indian food ! )

 

A believe they enjoy a damn good fry up ( I won't mention sausages for fear of setting someone off again )

 

B.Angerskins

[The Stationmaster]

Lucky you....they remain a faded memory of aspiration. Never made any of them.Quite fancied The Tregenna.Don't think my social class background measured up.Bit too Agatha Christie and my Valleys accent needed a polish.

 

The Tregenna has been through a phase as 'holiday flats' - not sure what it is now and I was very disappointed not to be able to sample it although I have stopped at the Royal at Paddington.  Although the food was good at the latter it was far better at the WR's restaurant car chef's training school at Windsor where I had the 'pleasure' of a two day interview a year or two before it closed.  By odd coincidence many years later I went back there to look at, and subsequently buy, a secondhand Citroen from the hotel group which had taken it over as its HQ offices. 

[Captain Kernow]

As Bachmann are supposed to be making some kind of announcement on Sunday (have I got that right), has anyone on here been speculating about the possibility of a nice little 16XX pannier tank?

 

You'd love one, Robin, even though it's a bit late for your period. 

[gwrrob]

As Bachmann are supposed to be making some kind of announcement on Sunday (have I got that right), has anyone on here been speculating about the possibility of a nice little 16XX pannier tank?

 

You'd love one, Robin, even though it's a bit late for your period. 

If you're thinking I have insider knowledge Tim, you'd be wrong.I can't confirm or deny a 16xx but a pannier rarely offends.Unless it's in that golden ochre livery as used in The Railway Children film.

Edited January 6, 2017 by gwrrob

[colin penfold]

As Bachmann are supposed to be making some kind of announcement on Sunday (have I got that right), has anyone on here been speculating about the possibility of a nice little 16XX pannier tank?

 

You'd love one, Robin, even though it's a bit late for your period. 

 

I imagine they will be announcing upgraded Manors and Moguls, and new toolings of the Bullied coaches. I also expect them to announce new revised release dates for the things they announced in 2014, 2015 and 2016 which they still haven't managed to make. I also expect to be dead before they actually produce half of it.

 

Mystic Mog

[Clearwater]

As Bachmann are supposed to be making some kind of announcement on Sunday (have I got that right), has anyone on here been speculating about the possibility of a nice little 16XX pannier tank?

 

You'd love one, Robin, even though it's a bit late for your period.

Maybe 15xx though I think that's only ever appeared in two liveries both with a black base?

[gwrrob]

I imagine they will be announcing upgraded Manors and Moguls, and new toolings of the Bullied coaches. I also expect them to announce new revised release dates for the things they announced in 2014, 2015 and 2016 which they still haven't managed to make. I also expect to be dead before they actually produce half of it.

 

Mystic Mog

 

Don't you wish your avatar was hot like me,dontcha ? Loving your Shertzy Col.

[Captain Kernow]

If you're thinking I have insider knowledge Tim, you'd be wrong.I can't confirm or deny a 16xx but a pannier rarely offends.Unless it's in that golden ochre livery as used in The Railway Children film.

That thought hadn't even entered my mind. If I had thought that you really did have insider knowledge, I'd have arranged for a very large Victoria Sponge and several bottles of High Octane Prune Juice to be delivered to your Railway Room with all possible alacrity.

[gwrrob]

As Hornby are doing a reissue of the Grange this year albeit in shirtbutton, it would be amiss of me not to shew you mine.

 

 

 

Copyright A York/ BRM.

[2ManySpams]

Class, you're getting into Chris Spams territory with that.

I can't see planning permission being gained in Spam Towers for setting Brio into the dining table. Fantastic idea but think of the problems at Christmas with sprouts and crackers on the line.

[2ManySpams]

No need as I've still got my memories.

 

 

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Copyright A York.BRM.

I read that as mammaries. You had me worried for a while.

[mattingleycustom]

As Hornby are doing a reissue of the Grange this year albeit in shirtbutton, it would be amiss of me not to shew you mine.

 

Grange parcels.jpg

 

 

Copyright A York/ BRM.

 

Now that is a cracking shot ... just a shame it's not in colour?

[gwrrob]

Now that is a cracking shot ... just a shame it's not in colour?

Moaning Glenn, because you asked nicely.

 

 

Copyright BRM.

[Mallard60022]

In case you are distracted by the F.A. Cup thingy or didn't read SOSJ:

J.A. alert for tomorrow morning. She will be fan#ying around in Walkabout, BBC2 00.45 - 02.20 (Sunday morning........   ).

Philth Y. Mind

[Oldddudders]

Lucky you....they remain a faded memory of aspiration. Never made any of them.Quite fancied The Tregenna.Don't think my social class background measured up.Bit too Agatha Christie and my Valleys accent needed a polish.

 

It hath to be admitted that there was some insider-dealing here. Deb was involved with PR for the BT Hotels lot, so we got a good rate for celebrating our anniversary at the Royal, the Wellcome was free because Deb was hosting a weekend for travel journalists, and the take-up wasn't quite as expected, and we dropped into Tregenna on holiday, whereupon the manager bought us dinner. He hadn't always pleased distant HQ (St Pancras Chambers), having started some sort of livestock holding in the grounds - whether this meant the pork could claim to be locally-reared I know not. All that had been stamped out by the time we got there (early '80s). 

 

The hotels represented the sort of headache BRB could have done without. Do you buy some new trains or a signalling scheme, or refurbish Gleneagles - or buy a new boat for Folkestone-Calais? Comparing apples with oranges, all!

 

EDIT : At the time, Deb told me Gleneagles was Scotland's only 5-star hotel. A significant asset or what?

Edited January 7, 2017 by Oldddudders

[Northroader]

While we're on about thingy, as usual, she wasn't on the 'call the midwife' trailer for the new series. What's happening? We need to know.

[Limpley Stoker]

In case you are distracted by the F.A. Cup thingy or didn't read SOSJ:

J.A. alert for tomorrow morning. She will be fan#ying around in Walkabout, BBC2 00.45 - 02.20 (Sunday morning........   ).

Philth Y. Mind

"In the USA, the film was originally rated R by the MPAA due to nudity, but was reduced to a GP-rating (PG) on appeal."

 

Are we allowed to watch?