well filled baps The Sheep Chronicles. The adventures of a Sheep, the Works Forecat and the Works Apprentice, George.

[mullie]

By the way, you are still in wide screen for me!

[NHY 581]

Well, back from the Bristol show. I've not been for a few years and I have to say it was a really good show. No crowds and very easy to move around. Lots of familiar faces amongst the "non-crowds" as well. 

 

Layouts were excellent, probably the highest overall standard that I have seen there. 

 

Good balance of traders with some quite ridiculous offers. Heljan L&B Manning Wardles proved difficult to resist but resist I did, despite being less than half RRP @ £99.99. Dapol Manors were bring sold by one trader at £100.00 each ! 

 

First time I've been able to see Copenhagen Fields properly and very impressive it was. 

 

Dewerstone was lovely as was Norwich Central. 

 

Overall, for a free ticket and a lift over it presented an outstanding way to spend a few hours. 

 

Rob. 

[Gilbert]

1 hour ago, NHY 581 said:

Well, back from the Bristol show. I've not been for a few years and I have to say it was a really good show. No crowds and very easy to move around. Lots of familiar faces amongst the "non-crowds" as well. 

 

Layouts were excellent, probably the highest overall standard that I have seen there. 

 

Good balance of traders with some quite ridiculous offers. Heljan L&B Manning Wardles proved difficult to resist but resist I did, despite being less than half RRP @ £99.99. Dapol Manors were bring sold by one trader at £100.00 each ! 

 

First time I've been able to see Copenhagen Fields properly and very impressive it was. 

 

Dewerstone was lovely as was Norwich Central. 

 

Overall, for a free ticket and a lift over it presented an outstanding way to spend a few hours. 

 

Rob. 

Good to catch up Rob - glad you seem to have recovered from SWAGFEST

Chris

[NHY 581]

1 minute ago, Gilbert said:

Good to catch up Rob - glad you seem to have recovered from SWAGFEST

Chris

 

 

Yes, all good Chris. Sorry I didn't get back. We were on a bit of a tight schedule. 

 

Really enjoyed it. A very good show. I did come away with another J15 but otherwise, I was very brave. 

 

Rob. 

[Gilbert]

17 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

 

 

Yes, all good Chris. Sorry I didn't get back. We were on a bit of a tight schedule. 

 

Really enjoyed it. A very good show. I did come away with another J15 but otherwise, I was very brave. 

 

Rob. 

You can never have too many J15s (BR or LNER if I my be so bold?)

[NHY 581]

3 minutes ago, Gilbert said:

You can never have too many J15s (BR or LNER if I my be so bold?)

 

Um.....ahem.....I may be able to disprove that theory........

 

 

[NHY 581]

Actually, it's not that bad. 

 

65475 and 65477, both Cambridge locos and will be left pretty much as bought aside from tarp rails to be added to the tender. However, I need to check if 477 had a tender cab at one point. If so, this will be added. 

 

65469. A celebrity loco with it's red coupling rods. Yummy. Tarp rail needed. 

 

65469 No.2. It's looking like this will be renumbered as 65447 as running in 1952 on the Mid Suffolk Light Railway.  Tender weatherboard and polished brass trim behind the smokebox. 

 

Target is to get at least two finished by the time Ewe appears at Railwells in August. 

 

Well, that's the plan.........

 

Rob. 

 

 

[Gilbert]

6 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

Actually, it's not that bad. 

 

65475 and 65477, both Cambridge locos and will be left pretty much as bought aside from tarp rails to be added to the tender. However, I need to check if 477 had a tender cab at one point. If so, this will be added. 

 

65469. A celebrity loco with it's red coupling rods. Yummy. Tarp rail needed. 

 

65469 No.2. It's looking like this will be renumbered as 65447 as running in 1952 on the Mid Suffolk Light Railway.  Tender weatherboard and polished brass trim behind the smokebox. 

 

Target is to get at least two finished by the time Ewe appears at Railwells in August. 

 

Well, that's the plan.........

 

Rob. 

 

 

The "best laid schemes o' sheep and men"...or something like that..

[Stubby47]

New forum identity imminent? 2ManyJ15s ?

[NHY 581]

Morning all, 

 

Today is a good day. Actually, it's my name's day in the Czech Republic therefore, it's celebrated at Chateau Sheep thanks to the Memsahib who takes care of such matters. 

 

Therefore, aside from a selection of one's favourite beers, the Room of Doom has a new chair with which to sit at the Desk of Doing. The original Throne of Deliberation was a tad creaky and a replacement was long overdue. 

 

So, things, it would seem, are quietly coming together. 

 

Rob. 

 

 

[Stubby47]

We have two Thrones of Deliberation,  but neither is suitable for any Desk of Doing.

[Nick C]

Names days are good aren't they! Basically a second birthday (in fact for some the names day is more important)

 

For those unaware, it's a custom in Catholic countries, celebrating the feast day of the saint for whom you are named. Mine is, as might be expected, in December. 

[mullie]

In the early 2000s I used to be head of music at St Martin's school in Brentwood, every year I had to lead the music for a service to celebrate St Martin's day, it was a major event in the school calendar involving the orchestra, choirs, soloists and the movement of around 1000 students to church.

 

Senior leaders at the school found it highly amusing!

 

Martyn

[Graham T]

The boss hails from Latvia, where names day is also a big thing.  Best not to forget when it comes around!

 

[NHY 581]

12 minutes ago, Graham T said:

The boss hails from Latvia, where names day is also a big thing.  Best not to forget when it comes around!

 

 

Morning Graham,

 

Correct. October 24th is the relevant not to forget day hereabouts...........

 

Rob

[MrWolf]

I told my other half about this, despite her origins being frightfully English don't you know, apparently March 16th is "close enough...."

 

Another splendid opportunity to end up in the doghouse! 🤣

 

http://www.myczechrepublic.com/czech_culture/czech_name_days/alphabetical.html

[Graham T]

18th of March is the one I need to remember 🙂

 

[MrWolf]

43 minutes ago, Graham T said:

18th of March is the one I need to remember 🙂

 

 

A previous girlfriend who was German / Slovenian thanks to the complications of World War Two, could have nailed me for presents on November 25, August 18 and January 28 in that order...

[Graham T]

Inevitably, all this reminds me of a gag.  Not a very good one, but here you go...

 

How can you guarantee that you'll always remember a names day, anniversary, etc (other events are available)?

 

Just forget it once...

 

[MrWolf]

A gag? Or a cold, hard truth?

[Graham T]

They're often one and the same, I find...

 

[SteveyDee68]

21 hours ago, mullie said:

In the early 2000s I used to be head of music at St Martin's school in Brentwood, every year I had to lead the music for a service to celebrate St Martin's day, it was a major event in the school calendar involving the orchestra, choirs, soloists and the movement of around 1000 students to church.

 

Senior leaders at the school found it highly amusing!

 

Martyn

Nice to discover another music teacher lurking in the depths of RMWeb! 
 

Steve S

[MrWolf]

5 minutes ago, SteveyDee68 said:

Nice to discover another music teacher lurking in the depths of RMWeb! 
 

Steve S

 

I was always peeved that our school would only let you take art OR music and not both.

[Winslow Boy]

57 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

 

I was always peeved that our school would only let you take art OR music and not both.

 

I think that's was very progressive of your school Rob. They had obviously figured out that hearing your attempts at music should not be compounded by also seeing your attempts at art. There is only so much of the 'arts' that one can stand.

 

At my school our headteacher made both sexes take cooking, sewing, typing, art, music, wood work and metallurgy whether we liked it out not. I still can't stand Bakewell tart or art but aren't half good at woodwork, I also darn my socks and am a passable typist. So I suppose three out of seven isn't too bad.

[MrWolf]

29 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

 

I think that's was very progressive of your school Rob. They had obviously figured out that hearing your attempts at music should not be compounded by also seeing your attempts at art. There is only so much of the 'arts' that one can stand.

 

At my school our headteacher made both sexes take cooking, sewing, typing, art, music, wood work and metallurgy whether we liked it out not. I still can't stand Bakewell tart or art but aren't half good at woodwork, I also darn my socks and am a passable typist. So I suppose three out of seven isn't too bad.

 

Being able to cook, sew and make or repair things are basic survival skills that everyone should be taught and taught to a useful standard.

Ever since the seventies, the attitude has been that if you do a dirty job of some kind, you've somehow failed at life, you're either lazy or unambitious. 

So we have bred a couple of generations of morons who just want to get rich and famous as easily as possible and other morons worship them.

 

Typing is a bit before my time though! I had to teach myself to use a keyboard properly.

 

I was, until I got sick of the travel (amongst other things) about five years ago ISO 9606 coded for welding. I stick to tin bashing and various casting repairs on vintage motorcycles and cars these days.

I really enjoyed woodwork and metalwork at middle school, again you could only pick one craft subject, but I carried both on as a hobby.

I'm pretty much self taught in joinery, working to the 1904 Standard (an ancient technical book I found) and it has saved me a small fortune when renovating the houses I used to own, because I wanted to put back all the Victorian woodwork. Some of my Victorian woodwork is still doing service in the stations at Holt and Weybourne on the North Norfolk Railway, trouble is unless you're a whiz with modern materials and go shop fitting or similar, there's not much money in it for a lot of muck and effort

 

I was reasonably(?) good on piano and guitar, but that's never going to happen again thanks to a little mishap with something that went bang.

 

As for my artwork, people with enough money like it and galleries like it and especially the fact that people with enough money like it.

 

Proper Bakewell tart is neither one thing or the other to me and the iced version is too sugary, so I'm with you on that one!