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PorkyP
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I've got a fair bit of old 0 gauge tin stuff, I love these as they're proper hefty metal and have a real 'railway' feel about them, tho they aren't scale models as such...I've got one of those mamod steam locos tucked away somewhere too, which I must dig out and play with !
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I dug out an old banjo (which I got ages ago for literally pennies off ebay) ..and have been annoyin the dogs with it...
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As I recall ( not that i was around then obviously!) Auxiliaries were recruited from all ex officers, whereas b&t's were a motley of unemployed ex soldiers, ie other ranks.
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Just seen this..awesomely good..
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My lovely horse indeed.!..that's started off me watching Father Ted now !
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Why is the younger generation not getting-into Irish railway modeling?
PorkyP replied to Midland Man's topic in General Chat
I agree with popeye, we used to play on the railway tracks as kids and climb about on wagons etc, great fun!..I don't suppose in todays safety culture this happens much nowadays... -
There was a posh estate house built in the 1850s, called Rocksavage, near Castletownroche...??
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You just wonder, who it was that thought colour schemes like that would be good on a railway..!
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There is a time and a place for "social distancing"
PorkyP replied to spudfan's topic in Letting off Steam
No link to the fillum then Spud..? -
I believe they're planning to use it next as a community centre or something, it has been a school previously..
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I get the impression they just found a few bits of old track and bits of sleeper, and threw them on the ground any old how, just as a token memorial, it wont be a section still in place. Where the track was going thru the station has been filled in to 'ground level'. Its just a flat area now behind the building.
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There's a little memorial stone and a few feet of track nearby..pic taken when over that way last year.
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The Ballinamore station building is still in good condition, and in use as far as I know (not as a railway station of course! ). I got the Mrs to take some pics recently when visiting relatives nearby..
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These pics and stories are gold dust JHB..!
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1963 it Cost 3d. ( three old pennies!)
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This is brilliant ! ..I too haven't seen the thread before and just gone thru it all.. Some very interesting background and discussion in the comments too.
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Sounds great, I'd also be very interested to see pics....
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Could it be each shape is code for a particular type of wagon or load..?
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Ha! Is that you Spud ?...nice moves, nice shirt too..!
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Maybe it was the Murphy's, as he wasn't bitter.!
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Now I've got four old cars, does that mean I've got Carownervirus....??
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Nah....looking for a decent supply of sardines.....
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Very atmospheric, great stuff ..!
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That's an admirable quality in a wife, the ability to cast some metal components for you whilst the soda bread is in the oven....
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"isnt it time you turned off the soldering Iron"
PorkyP replied to WaYSidE's topic in Letting off Steam
I didn't do too badly at all compared to some poor souls who got exposed to blue asbestos for instance. A friend of mine's father sadly passed away as a result of asbestos, he could even name the job he was on when it likely started.... I always say the railway ( especially in England ) couldn't have even existed without those generations of mainly Irish lads digging massive tunnels and cuttings etc through solid hillsides, with nothing but hand tools.
