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Broithe

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  1. 1985, I think - and I can still taste it. Possibly a serious issue, though, especially for those with younger 'potential modellers' in the house, where remedies might be sought in the heat of the moment and the dead of the night..
  2. Glad to see that you've taken the label off the old Optrex bottle. We wouldn't want any unfortunate accidents. ..writes somebody that once brushed his teeth with Deep Heat...
  3. Wexfordloco10 has some good Sperry shots on his Flickr -
  4. Nice - it almost sounds like you have a flat spot on a wheel at about 0:30, might have been a bit of ballast..?
  5. Found it - - very good.
  6. Might be of interest - http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/environment-geography/physical-landscape/castlecomer-plateau/coalmining-in-castlecomer/mining-equipment-and-inve/ - if you haven't already seen it..
  7. That screw-head in the road could be a manhole cover...
  8. Ah, I see it now - I thought he had an abscess..
  9. It seems the location they were held at has closed - if you copy the URL of the picture you will get this message - https://www.icloud.com/mobileme/not_found/ - maybe they can be reposted..?
  10. Time to add another search on eBay..?
  11. If they had orange waistcoats on it would be alright. I would have shoved that lad in the smokebox and shut the door....
  12. Glues sand on the rails to combat leaf induced slippage - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandite
  13. Most of the current collection occurs on the loco wheels, due to the traction tyres on the tender - the wires transfer the current. I've been inside the tender - I wonder if the body is just clipped on - can't remember and it isn't here at the moment to check.. http://web.blissett.me.uk/house/hornby-service-sheets/ss-204.jpg
  14. http://www.pkphotography.ie/photo_6649420.html
  15. Seconded - I sent an agent to investigate on my behalf, as I won't make it over until next week now - he was suitably impressed by it all..
  16. Could do with a sort of Street View feature..!
  17. From the other side - https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=waterford&hl=en&ll=52.279075,-7.150158&spn=0.00552,0.009645&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=10.873972,19.753418&t=h&hnear=Waterford,+County+Waterford,+Ireland&z=17&layer=c&cbll=52.278944,-7.150338&panoid=H8I0q3NaZeHUqDVabbv_sA&cbp=12,135.44,,2,1.23
  18. Uploaded August 2007. It looks like the original one..
  19. We'll see if there's any reaction - YouTube got excited enough when I put up a video of someone doing a cover of a Neil Diamond song...
  20. I've flagged it - again. I was also surprised that it's still there, but it is - after five years now....
  21. And, closer to home -
  22. When you start to get the hang of them, you could have a go at the capital letters, as well...
  23. Confused me for a minute, there - I wondered if Thomas the Tank Engine was available as Gaelige..?
  24. Not something to put on your application for the post of signalman...
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