RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted March 24, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 24, 2021 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Hroth said: Then there's the new kid on the block... I'm sorry but if that's intended as a new-build replica something went seriously wrong at the design stage... It's a nice colour, though, and will be even better once lined out straw and black and varnished. Edited March 24, 2021 by Compound2632 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted March 24, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 24, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: I'm sorry but if that's intended as a new-build replica something went seriously wrong at the design stage... Perhaps Bowen-Cooke suddenly decided he wanted a bit more than 21.7k lbf tractive effort... Quote It's a nice colour, though, and will be even better once lined out straw and black and varnished. Its a bit insipid at the moment, Black will do.... Edited March 24, 2021 by Hroth 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 4 hours ago, CameronL said: "Prince of Wales"? What's the difference between this Prince of Wales and the other one? One is the preserved relic of a bygone era that requires a lot of maintenance to allow it to continue emitting vast quantities of hot air. The other one's a steam engine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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luckymucklebackit Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 An Aberdonian Woman's husband has just passed away. She goes into the local newspaper office to put a death notice in the paper. She hands the receptionist a piece of paper, and on it is written: Jock Reid, Aberdeen, Dead. The receptionist says that she can have up to seven words for the same price, but she has only used four. The woman has a think, and writes on the piece of paper, and hands it back. Jock Reid, Aberdeen, Dead, Volvo for sale. Jim 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 4 hours ago, F-UnitMad said: Off to The Tower with you!!! The Prince of Wales was a battleship, sunk in Dec 1941 along with Repulse, by the Japanese, just days after their attack on Pearl Harbor. The new Prince of Wales is doing its best to sink itself without help from other nations. Quote Prince of Wales has been stranded for six months after flooding destroyed electrics on board for a second time. As previously said, not to be confused with the other Prince of Wales. One is an incredibly expensive folly that's not fit for purpose, designed for an obsolete role, and needs continual maintainance at great public expense. The other is an aircraft carrier. 6 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted March 24, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 24, 2021 8 hours ago, CameronL said: "Prince of Wales"? What's the difference between this Prince of Wales and the other one? One is the preserved relic of a bygone era that requires a lot of maintenance to allow it to continue emitting vast quantities of hot air. The other one's a steam engine That actually made me laugh out loud! 2 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 On 23/03/2021 at 14:34, luckymucklebackit said: Or even Hayley Mills Jim I have a recollection of a layout called 'Clayton Moor' (after the original Lone Ranger actor). There was also 'East Clintwood'.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 1 hour ago, J. S. Bach said: That actually made me laugh out loud! Another one for the chop! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold Hroth Posted March 25, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 25, 2021 21 hours ago, Baby Deltic said: Here's some REAL* Saxon Violence!!! https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Battle-of-Brunanburh/ * Well the pic ain't real, its just a 19c impression, but the real battle was violent, and the Saxons won... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 I'll have two at 19c each. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted March 25, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 25, 2021 (edited) The other vitally important and largely unrecorded battle was Catraeth (possibly Catterick) in c600CE. This was the massively strategic victory for the Angles of Bernicia and Deira (later Northumbria) over the Britons of the 'Hen Gogledd' (Welsh = 'Old North') that cleared ground for them to the west coast of England, splitting the Celtic kingdoms of the Welsh and Strathclyde Britons geographically and establishing control over an area we would now recognise as England. It is mostly recorded in a Strathclyde British epic poem written in Welsh at Dumbarton shortly afterwards, the Goddodin, written shortly after by the bard Aneurin, recording the British heroes gathered by the King Mynyddod, whose seat was at Caer Edyn (Edinburgh). The probablility is that the Britons fought Celtic style . despite what they should have learned from the Romans, which involves champions and single combat, or, if main battle is joined, each warrior singling out an enemy opponent and challenging him to individual combat for glory. This is never going to turn out well against a well prepared and positioned Saxon shield wall or against the Seax, the formidable hand axe that the Saxons took their name from. This combination came very close to defeating the Normans at Hastings, and they had probably the best heavy armoured cavalry in the world at that time.! The Britons, for all their heroes, were wiped out; this is probably the most important battle in the history of Engand, though it's emergence as a single nation had to wait a few more centuries. After it, the British Kingdoms were disunited into 3 areas; Cornwall and Wales had already been separated by the West Saxons and now Strathclyde was isolated as well. It held on until 870C£, when the last stronghold at Dumbarton succumbed to the Viking, but the Scots had already established the ascendancy north of Hadrian's Wall under Constantine the first by then. The battle seems to have been in the form of a besiegement of the Angles who were inside a fortification; Aneurin states that each one of the 300, whom he names and records the attributes of individually, ending each description with the line 'but he was not Arthur, and he fed the ravens at the walls of Catraeth'. Us Welsh loves a bit of doom and gloom, we does; we are much happier losing battles and moaning about it than if we'd won... Strange, though, that it is better remembered among us than among the English. Edited March 25, 2021 by The Johnster 3 7 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted March 25, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 25, 2021 ^^ still waiting for the punchline... 2 3 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted March 25, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 25, 2021 16 minutes ago, Stubby47 said: ^^ still waiting for the punchline... Completely overrated..... Perhaps we ought to create a community joke? Here, I'll start one. Knock Knock Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted March 25, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 25, 2021 8 minutes ago, Hroth said: Knock Knock Go away! I'm busy! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 It's the bailiffs, don't open it........ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted March 25, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 25, 2021 10 minutes ago, Hroth said: Completely overrated..... Perhaps we ought to create a community joke? Here, I'll start one. Knock Knock Swear word alert. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted March 25, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 25, 2021 On 24/03/2021 at 23:11, Compound2632 said: I'm sorry but if that's intended as a new-build replica something went seriously wrong at the design stage... It's a nice colour, though, and will be even better once lined out straw and black and varnished. A late member of my miniature railway club built a nice model of an A3. He did a nice job of painting it in LMS livery and lettering. It looked very smart, but weird! Not sure I understand why people do such things. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post peanuts Posted March 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 26, 2021 A true story from the pages of the Manchester Evening News . . . Last week a passenger in a taxi heading for Salford station leaned over to ask the driver a question and gently tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention. The driver screamed, lost control of the cab, nearly hit a bus, drove up over the kerb and stopped just inches from a large plate window. For a few moments everything was silent in the cab. Then the shaking driver said "Are you OK? I'm so sorry, but you scared the daylights out of me." The badly shaken passenger apologized to the driver and said, "I didn't realise that a mere tap on the shoulder would startle someone so badly." The driver replied, "No, no, I'm the one who is sorry, it's entirely my fault. Today is my very first day driving a cab. I've been driving a hearse for 25 years." 2 1 1 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted March 26, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 26, 2021 2 hours ago, peanuts said: A true story from the pages of the Manchester Evening News . . . Last week a passenger in a taxi heading for Salford station leaned over to ask the driver a question and gently tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention. The driver screamed, lost control of the cab, nearly hit a bus, drove up over the kerb and stopped just inches from a large plate window. For a few moments everything was silent in the cab. Then the shaking driver said "Are you OK? I'm so sorry, but you scared the daylights out of me." The badly shaken passenger apologized to the driver and said, "I didn't realise that a mere tap on the shoulder would startle someone so badly." The driver replied, "No, no, I'm the one who is sorry, it's entirely my fault. Today is my very first day driving a cab. I've been driving a hearse for 25 years." 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 On 24/03/2021 at 13:05, luckymucklebackit said: An Aberdonian Woman's husband has just passed away. She goes into the local newspaper office to put a death notice in the paper. She hands the receptionist a piece of paper, and on it is written: Jock Reid, Aberdeen, Dead. The receptionist says that she can have up to seven words for the same price, but she has only used four. The woman has a think, and writes on the piece of paper, and hands it back. Jock Reid, Aberdeen, Dead, Volvo for sale. Jim It's even funnier in the original Doric. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Another true story. Quote Rhea birds running wild on Hertfordshire housing estate Up to 20 rhea birds that have been running around a housing estate will be sent to an animal reserve when captured, police said. PC Christian Gottmann, from the Rickmansworth and District Safer Neighbourhood Team, said the birds were "an unusual sight on the streets" and that police and Three Rivers District Council were working on a plan to capture and rehome them. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-56535979 I can neither confirm nor deny whether police said they were on A Road To Hell, or we're a Fool (If You Think It's Over). Some Stainsby Girls are helping with enquiries, and police are also Looking for the Summer. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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