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I've just seen this - https://www.facebook.com/briggstransportart/posts/pfbid0NjbALejj1CCWhWjsv9BfzA99kMyVTrqaGy2mp4B8BcVY1ZdxUSnYoz77BowwkW1Ql "Earlier this week NI Railways and the greater railway community was shocked at the sudden passing of one of its longest serving and most enthusiastic employees and friends. Noel Playfair was a railwayman to his very core, not only in his day job as a driver but for many years the stalwart of preserved steam on the mainline in these parts. A pleasant individual who had a greeting for everyone he met and a dedicated family man he will be sorely missed. I had the privilege to produce this painting for him just over 2 years ago, which depicts Noel as a junior porter removing the tail lamp from a recently arrived railcar at his home station of Carrickfergus where his railway career began. During the following decades he would drive every loco and railcar type in use here and amongst his duties he would drive the late Queen and Prince Philip on their visits. His place in railway history on this island is assured and he will be sorely missed by friends and colleagues alike."

Not everything will arrive, I suspect, there are reports of many parcels being "inspected by volunteer workers" - four-legged volunteers of the rat and fox persuasion - as so much is having to be stored in insecure and outdoor locations...

My rule 'at work' was "Never ask a question that you don't already know the answer to".

I understand that they will prioritise parcels over letters. It may be due to the volume that they create when they start to stack up...

An interesting little scene for anybody doing Southern Region stuff.

I project I inherited had a welded pedestal, one of the few parts that never gave much trouble - until we started to make them at a South African subsidiary - suddenly the circuit breakers there wouldn't fit into the pedestal - everything was checked and was clearly 'to the drawing', but investigations revealed that the actual original pedestals had a bend of 30 degrees, where the drawing showed one of 60 degrees. I went to see the chap who made them in our factory and asked him why he made them like he did - "I knew it was wrong, but nobody would listen, so I just gave up and made them right. Inspection never noticed, anyway."

We do need to resurrect the Gorey Detail newspaper. https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000117209

Ceasing to exist at the end of this month. https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2023/0113/1346615-parcel-motel-closure/

Red cloth and beads - essential bartering goods for entering tribal areas.

Ah, but you had the lure of the Hatters on Kenilworth Road - I had two buses a week to the outside world, if it was still there.

I did 'live' in Lincolnshire for a while, that was enough for me...

I have, in fact, never been in Norfolk in my entire life.

Preiser do a selection of denominations of wedding groups. No issues have been reported. I know this, because I had to be careful to get the 'right side', as an acquaintance of the layout's owner was a CofE vicar, and also a noted participant in the world of radio controlled aircraft. We added a piece of fine wire into the celebrant's bible, to convert it into a transmitter, and had a small plane suspended just off the church tower.

Mmm, installing steep gradients on model layouts... ...it can be a slippery slope...

Wandering through the forum whilst having my tea, I initially thought these pictures were shots that you had found and were using for weathering inspiration...

Getting my second Covid jab - and being stabbed by someone with the same name as me, which must have made the paperwork look odd - I was told "My mother would make you eat a sack of spuds!"

Hornby, a model world - are we really sure it was about trains? It could have been about Twiggy, the model formerly known as Lesley Hornby...

You need secondary codenames, like Cheese Slice and Little Drummer Boy.

Turn the volume up to 11 for this -