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  1. minister_for_hardship
    Another dud doing the rounds.
  2. minister_for_hardship
    EIR stamped on it if I recall on ad. East Indian Railway.
  3. minister_for_hardship
    That was gas lit, fed from tanks under the coach. Pot lamps were fuelled with colza oil, basically vegetable oil, before the petrol industry took off. Latterly, pot lamps were cascaded down to horsebox groom compartments when they had disappeared from passenger stock. The one in the pics may be Indian, I've seen the listing.
  4. minister_for_hardship
    The successful rural independents set themselves up as "fixers", "fixshing de roads", etc doing the things a properly functional system should be taking care of, inspiring clan chieftain levels of fandom from voters.
  5. minister_for_hardship
    Any drawing or photo of it surviving?
  6. minister_for_hardship
    Garda traffic corps magnet.
  7. minister_for_hardship
    They live amongst us.. https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/king-of-ireland-seeks-court-orders-and-tells-judge-i-am-your-legal-employer-1507905.html
  8. minister_for_hardship
    The "will" part is lacking in many places.
  9. minister_for_hardship
    I'm assuming that's a very old ad. The buildings are crumbling shells now. Wonder who bought it, if indeed it was ever sold?
  10. minister_for_hardship
    Meanwhile.. door, stable, horse etc. https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41427925.html
  11. minister_for_hardship
    And the world's most expensive as yet unfinished hospital.
  12. minister_for_hardship
    I wouldn't read anything into that. Everyone is infatuated with greenways now.
  13. minister_for_hardship
    They were quite popular as holiday homes in west and east Cork and Fountainstown. Coaches, old buses, even a tram as a greenhouse. There's still a (very) small handful left if you know where to look.
  14. minister_for_hardship
    Carrot and stick. Give the required supports but at the same time there has to be a punishment of some sort, be that community service or similar. There can't be no consequences at all for acting the maggot.
  15. minister_for_hardship
    €1.5m! Doubt it.
  16. minister_for_hardship
    New security hut at government buildings...hmm..
  17. minister_for_hardship
    Hitting Fleabay already. Would one of our 3d specialists run off a few open top ones? What they missed out on were the grey painted Per Way Dept ones that might have limped on into the 70s.
  18. minister_for_hardship
    I don't know what the law is like up in NI when "pups" are caught, but it's fairly lenient down here. Minors, solicitor lay out a sob story, weren't hugged enough when toddlers, etc. Alright don't do it again you little scamp.
  19. minister_for_hardship
    Oil lit with Colza (vegetable) oil before petroleum industry kicked off, a very poor, smoky light. Since these are modelled without the old oil lighting "pots" on the roof, they're either supposed to be gas or more likely electrically lit from battery charged by an axle run dynamo.
  20. minister_for_hardship
    The lighting packs look well but were ancient 6 wheelers that brightly lit in reality?
  21. minister_for_hardship
    The flat roofed ones look MGWR-ish in profile at least.
  22. minister_for_hardship
    Invoiced, paid, and winging its way to my (fake) UK address.
  23. minister_for_hardship
    I haven't heard of any attempts to preserve the Newmarket branch, my understanding was it hit the blocks a decade too early to attract would-be preservationists. Once traders and farmers had means of conveying goods and cattle by road its fate was pretty much sealed.
  24. minister_for_hardship
    Now to seek out a friendly UK contact to avoid the dreaded Brextax, fool me once...
  25. minister_for_hardship
    Not that I recall, in any case the focus of the podcast was the Lartigue, not the broad gauge which only got an incidental mention. Built by Limerick & Kerry Railway but operated by Waterford & Limerick (pre WL&WR)
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