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Sorry to hear that Dave, at least he's in the best place.

Thats a bu@@er. That is why as soon as it is physically possible I am going to make a start on distributing various items among my friends and family. Only thing though there's such an enormous amount of stuff to deal with.

This is why I asked my friend who shares my interest in railways and models to be one of my executors. I can't expect my main executor, my sister, to know whats what or what anything is worth with regard to those items. No doubt some items no member of the family will want such as furniture will have to be disposed of. In that case I have specified that it be offered to a local hospice charity that does house clearances.

The term comes because the original signalmen were officially railway policemen.

I once had a 1300 Allegro and that was fitted with a spin on/off filter. It was easily accessible as was most things under the bonnet.

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Getting things ready for Gary the plumber to remove the old radiator and cap off the pipes. Problem is the shelving I used to hold the stuff from the brick shed is right in front of the radiator. The brick shed has filled up with other stuff while I wasn't looking and I've now got to move the stuff off of the shelves and find somewhere to put it. Indeed many of us have the same problem. I am in the process of writing my will at the moment and I have asked a like minded friend to be executor. There are some items that are of sentimental value such as some Dublo Dinky models that I purchased with my pocket money as a child. My friend who I have designated as executor collects Hornby Dublo and I have told him that when I go they're his though by the time I go some of the items will be presented to friends and relatives who I know will appreciate them. The only problem with the will at the moment is getting someone to witness it due to lockdown. Fortunately my sister will be my main executor with my friend just to take care of the models and books.

It seems that the W&U coach has generated more interest than the locomotive.

Looking again at the photograph I think that the shading (blue?) on the numbers may have faded. In fact the original lettering/numbering would have faded as it was applied about ten years earlier. They carried the letters LNER at the opposite end of the waist panel that appears to be the same style and size as the numbers. This would probably be the source of the letter E. E60461 was the one repainted in brown with Gil Sands lettering, just a year before withdrawal.

Hello again from Estuary-Land. No sign of the wet or white stuff but its still blowing cold. I've managed to put Si Attica back in his box, hopefully he will stay there. Off to Tess Coes shortly for a few essentials, be back later.

Oops, my mistake, it was one of the ex Stoke Ferry six wheelers. There was a slight mismatch on 60462 in that the E was of similar style but appears fractionally larger*. PaulG posted as I was typing this, The E was the same size but set slightly higher than the numbers as can be seen in Pauls photograph. I was going to mention as well the later repaint of the same carriage in brown with the BR style lettering (Gil Sands?). I too was looking at the Tollesbury branch book, there are some excellent close ups of the end balconies in there as well that should prove useful. IIRC in the film the balconies were unaltered.

A very strange beast, never sold under the Austin badge (They were always Metropolitans.) The American Nash company wanted a small car but didn't have the capacity to build one at a reasonable price* so they hawked the design around Europe to find someone to make it for them. They tried Volkswagen, FIAT and Renault amongst others but finally settled upon Austin. It then turned out that sales were not as expected so Nash agreed to Austin selling them as the Metropolitan outside the USA. *A small car was almost as costly to produce as a large car, the only saving is on the materials used.

Unlike New Zealand were I understand a trolleybus museum operates on the public highway.

I once had an ash tree in my garden that was about 25 metres high. It had been there about fifty years but it had to go as the roots were affecting nearby buildings. Quite correct, the tower is now known as the Elizabeth Tower, before it was renamed it was simply the clock tower.

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Not a lot of trouble from Arthur Itis this morning. Just the usual stiffness and odd ache when I first got up this morning. However his mate Si Attica jumped in when I least expected it. I was bending over to empty the washing machine at the time, I just managed to complete the task and then get upstairs to stretch out on the bed for fifteen minutes. Its still aching a bit but I can feel the nurofen doing its bit now. No snow here yet and we might not get any. Very windy first thing this morning and the wind has deposited a new, empty black sack on my patio. Handy as I will retrieve it and use it to collect any other rubbish that the wind has left behind. Task for today is to move all the stuff removed from the brick shed somewhere else as it conceals the leaky radiator that has caused all the heating problems. Problem is that there is not much space to put it all, the shed has somehow filled up again.

Goodnight all.

I know I parked my car somewhere around here but can I find it?

They were last used on the Tollesbury branch until 1951 when they and the passenger service on that branch were withdrawn. They remained in LNER livery with only a letter E transfer in front of the number. The E was in a completely different style to the number.

And they're all over the globe.

When the tea has brewed the hot cross buns will be deployed. Do you remember Pam's people, here they are dancing in their baby doll nighties. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0zTY0y8VQ0

Afternoon/Evening all from Estuary-Land. Not done a lot anything today, the G word was intended but the hay fever struck again. Probably be no pollen tomorrow but it will most certainly not be gardening weather. Plenty to do though as I have to clear the stuff away from the radiator that needs removing. Dinner has been eaten, grilled sea bass with just green veg, no spuds. Time to put the kettle on, be back later.

Further to that it turned out that a woman in the pensions department was one of the senior managements 'bit-on-the-side'. She was a nasty piece of work as well. There was a bullying incident where she was the instigator, management was notified but it was all brushed under the carpet. Then her line manager left and she got his job.

One of the Maltese Swift conversions was to mid underfloor configuration. Externally it looked like a normal ex-London Swift until you noticed the raised seats. I looked inside and it still had the LT fleet number on the coving panel above the driver.

They eventually just put their name on the AEC models, the Reliance in particular. A back handed way of admitting that AEC was the superior product.

Hello again from Estuary-Land. Arthur Itis and his mate Si Attica have been playing their merry tunes since the early hours. Paracetamol has quietened them down but shortly it will be out with something a bit stronger to silence them altogether.

Indeed they were the same doors, reducing production and tooling costs. Even Fords done the same with the 100E Escort and Squire estates which used the van bodyshell with the shorter Prefect doors. Fords went the other way with the 105E Anglia based vans with doors exclusive to that model. Fords had planned an estate car body for the 100E but it was dropped in favour of the van shell version. There was also a saloon conversion rather like the Farnham estates on the larger Fords but few were sold.