RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted October 28, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2017 (edited) Which cheek would that be, Dud? Is that as in Dudley Stubbersley? Or as in a fashionably shortened version of 'Dude?' Or is Herr Stubbenshausen actually alleged to be a dud (surely not?). Edited October 29, 2017 by Captain Kernow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted October 28, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2017 I had a very interesting book delivered today courtesy of Mr Not Jeremy at Titfield Thunderbolt books, called 'Locomotives and Railways of the Mersey Ducks and Harbour Board'. Board? Certainly not, it is very interesting indeed. I commend this book to the House for all who are interested in cute little industrial locos, grimy and atmospheric urban railway locations, railway lines embedded in docksides and the like. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 28, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 28, 2017 Whither is Swindon? Conceptually, it has no aesthetics, but is it Art, Darling? If it identifies as Art, then it is Art. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 28, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 28, 2017 Haven't you missed out a Bostock? Well, I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition CK. You had me worried, as I had taken the above from that fount of indisputable knowledge (not) Wikipedia. However, reference to "Monty Python's Flying Circus - Just the Words - Volume 1", Methuen - Mandarin 1990, ISBN 0 7493 0226 7, page 262 - the closest I have to a primary source - confirms that the Silly Party candidate's full name was in fact Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lin-bus-stop-F'tang-F'tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel. Not a Bostock in sight I'm afraid. We apologise unreservedly to Mr Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lin-bus-stop-F'tang-F'tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel, the elected member for Luton, for the unwarranted and undeserved mis-spelling of his name. And now, a man with a tape-recorder up his nose... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted October 28, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2017 Is that as in Dudley Stubbersley? Or as in a fashionably shortened version of 'Dude?' Or is Her Stubbenshausen actually alleged to be a dud (surely not?). I was concerned about my status as a non-modeller, as I don't make my own track, so have decided to take the other extreme position of actually making my own rail. Just the one, of course, as a true monorailler, and quite short, as befits a boxfile afficionado. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted October 29, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2017 'Locomotives and Railways of the Mersey Ducks and Harbour Board'. Would that be a Liver Bird? Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 29, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2017 Would that be a Liver Bird? Rob. Which one did you fancy - Sandra or Beryl? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blue Streak Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 (edited) I was concerned about my status as a non-modeller, as I don't make my own track, so have decided to take the other extreme position of actually making my own rail. Just the one, of course, as a true monorailler, and quite short, as befits a boxfile afficionado. Where does that leave Me then ? As not only do I not hand build My own track, but am now outed as someone who doesn't scratch build their own Soup All is not lost however, as I do open all My own boxes without any assistance These skills must skip a generation as My Father was a scratchbuilder of brass locomotives (and soups) of some note. However I do have lovely soft fingers and hands that have no burn marks !!!! Edited October 29, 2017 by The Blue Streak 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted October 29, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2017 Where does that leave Me then ? As not only do I not hand build My own track, but am now outed as someone who doesn't scratch build their own Soup All is not lost however, as I do open all My own boxes without any assistance These skills must skip a generation as My Father was a scratchbuilder of brass locomotives (and soups) of some note. However I do have lovely soft fingers and hands that have no burn marks !!!! Did no one ever suggest to your dad if he didn't dip his fingers in the soup while it was cooking me might not burn his fingers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted October 29, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2017 Art is just one letter away from fart. Thought that would start the Sunday off with a serious thought. As for Duck Railways and similar industrial layouts I see your Cardiff East Duck and bid one Immingham. Oh yes CK, please do stop mentioning pretty little Industrial Tank Locomotives as it is putting temptation in my remaining Brain Cell. I already have an 0.6.0.that I don't need (one of those bright yelloow DJH things, No 68.) Neal of Peel had better get his work shirt pressed this evening as he may find the requirement for a forementioned RTP point in his inbox tomorrow morning. I know he won't have built it for me and I CBA to build one just to show that I can, but who gives a s##t? Here is some inspiration for today. Amen Corner. P.S. The singer with Amen Corner was Andy Fairweather York......... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted October 29, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2017 That's a nice Radial. Rob. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted October 29, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2017 Nice BCB-style view of the station building too, very helpful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 29, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2017 (edited) Art is just one letter away from fart. Thought that would start the Sunday off with a serious thought. As for Duck Railways and similar industrial layouts I see your Cardiff East Duck and bid one Immingham. Oh yes CK, please do stop mentioning pretty little Industrial Tank Locomotives as it is putting temptation in my remaining Brain Cell. I already have an 0.6.0.that I don't need (one of those bright yelloow DJH things, No 68.) Neal of Peel had better get his work shirt pressed this evening as he may find the requirement for a forementioned RTP point in his inbox tomorrow morning. I know he won't have built it for me and I CBA to build one just to show that I can, but who gives a s##t? Here is some inspiration for today. Img_0677.jpg Amen Corner. P.S. The singer with Amen Corner was Andy Fairweather York......... That was a very Low quality joke. Perhaps you were wide-eyed and legless when you thought of it. Edited October 29, 2017 by St Enodoc 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted October 29, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2017 I CBA to build one just to show that I can, but who gives a s##t? I know you can build them Comrade Quackinski for I have seen the wonderful and inspirational evidence Who gives a shirt? Strange fellow, have you not heard of charity shops?, where I might add, I purchase all my coasters (after being shipped across country to avoid embarrassment from the shirt giver.... ?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted October 29, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2017 Just thrown 3 more cake boxes into the ring... the last one is a bit tongue in cheek - poking fun at a certain set of threads... I did wonder if the ideal one would be a POecoboo boolheed point on a plinth with caricatures of various RMweb posters standing around it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted October 29, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2017 If it identifies as Art, then it is Art. Garfunkel? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted October 29, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2017 I did wonder if the ideal one would be a POecoboo boolheed point on a plinth with caricatures of various RMweb posters standing around it Worshipping it Mike, worshipping. It appears countries have gone to war for less Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Worshipping it Mike, worshipping. It appears countries have gone to war for less How's about a Flan Flinging Competition to see who can get closest to the Bullheed and ask a well know blogger to judge the winner ? C. Tar-rant 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted October 29, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2017 Ah Tiswas, anarchy for childrens 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted October 29, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2017 That's a nice Radial. Rob. Should have stopped that 'Packet' and stuck the Rad on the front as far as Central. That would have looked seriously weird. Rad is waiting a path to 72A having been replaced that weekend morning by one of the others. Think it happened on a Saturday afternoon or a Sunday but ICBA to look it up. In the Summer the replacement Rad and the 'resident' worked a couple of Saturday 'through trains' from that there Axminster place & return (in the late 50s/early 60s). My excuse for having all three Rads (apart from them being cute and with detail differences) is that I need to have one doing this and one going the other way of an early morning and the other one spare so that we can swap them around as happened in reality. B.Adams. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted October 29, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2017 (edited) Interesting how 'Packet' and Peckett' sound so similar. A Peckett is a posh packet. If you buy something in a National Trust shop, the lady behind the counter asks you if you would like a beg (happened to us, so it must be true). Edited October 29, 2017 by Captain Kernow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted October 29, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2017 Work shirt? Just a T shirt and a fleecy - my days of shirts, ties and suits are well and truly over, thank quack. I don't live in Peel BTW, it's out west somewhere, not to my northern tastes. We live in the top bit. John does live in Peel though, doesn't take him long to get to work! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted October 29, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2017 Nice BCB-style view of the station building too, very helpful. ....but you can see the chimney pots (attached to the Packet's cab roof) and I'm all excited about those metal chimneys in the Dairy; two have got hinged lids. I would date this pic at between 5/1958 and 9/59 due to details. Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted October 29, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2017 (edited) Interesting how 'Packet' and Peckett' sound so similar. A Peckett is a posh packet. Not only posh but smaller I should imagine? I went in a National Trust shop once, it was full of jam and the smelt of lavender. Ed It: I can't remember what the Titfield Thunderbox Bookshop smells like... probably biscuits with a hint of book? . Edited October 29, 2017 by Tim Dubya 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 I went in a National Trust shop once, it was full of jam and the smelt of lavender. No, that was the customers. Dame Alan Eagle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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