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John T
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10/05/2008
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Was anyone on the footplate?
What was it like? What did it feel like? Who was the stoker? Do you know any names of the station masters or signalmen (excluding the obvious)? What bearings etc did you have to oil, and what pressures did you have to keep? What type was your loco and what was it's identification? What did you wear and what did you bring as snap? What smells and sounds bring back those times?
Were there inclines you had to be careful or or bends to watch?
What was the pay like and what did you feel about the Great Northwestern or whatever your line was. Were there any incidents or powerful memories?
I would love to hear your stories.
Wether they are steam related or not.
Kind regards, John Timpany
Edited by - John T on 10/05/2008 9:36:30 PM
The string theory proves that everything is connected, though it may just be in a different dimension.
I wondered where I was going wrong!
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Stanley
Local Historian & Old Fart
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Posted - 11/05/2008 : 06:12
Look for 'Footplate Days' and 'Firing Days' by H Gasson. Look for the topic on Barlick railways on the site and find Handlamp's contributions.
Stanley Challenger Graham
Barlick View
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panbiker
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Posted - 11/05/2008 : 18:07
I bet John would be interested in your "little project" last year in "Shed Culture" as well Stanley.
Ian |
John T
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Posted - 11/05/2008 : 19:15
Brilliant - I will. Thanks.
Sorry not to have spotted it - I have already found so much of interest, but there is such a lot to look at.
Thank you very much guys.
Kind regards, John T.
The string theory proves that everything is connected, though it may just be in a different dimension.
I wondered where I was going wrong! |
Stanley
Local Historian & Old Fart
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Posted - 12/05/2008 : 06:55
Shed culture is moribund at the moment as I transcribe a big handwritten rare text. I wonder sometimes what drives me to do these things....... What did posterity ever do for me?
Stanley Challenger Graham
Barlick View
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Julie in Norfolk
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Posted - 12/05/2008 : 07:32
We used to witness your posterity on the home page as I remember.
Measure with a micrometer.
Mark with a pencil.
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marilyn
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Posted - 12/05/2008 : 08:44
What's my job?
Oooooo....apart from general dogsbody....I keep Febby happy. (most gratifying)
The pay is lousy and the hours are way too long.....
get your people to phone my people and we will do lunch...MAZ |
belle
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Posted - 13/05/2008 : 08:37
Stanley... I find the historical texts that people have transcribed onto the net such a beautiful gift, I am indebted to them and very grateful, I am sure your work will be just as valued, though it may seem a bit of a thankless task at the moment. Recently i brought the youngest two back to Barrowford, showed them the house I was born in, the first school I went to , and their grandfather's local etc. None of my family seem interested in Family history, and I wonder what will happen to all the documents I have recorded and researched...then much later in the day, back home, one of them sidled up to me as I was cooking tea, and thanked me for showing them all those places...it had begun to spark an interest that wasn't there before....you see it's worth it after all.
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Cathy
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Posted - 13/05/2008 : 10:04
I think part of wanting to know about our family trees is an 'age' thing, just let them know where all the info that you have gathered is, and one day they will be grateful for all your time and effort. Hopefully, they will add to it.
All thru the fields and meadows gay .... Enjoy
Take Care...Cathy |
AiredalePete
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Posted - 29/12/2008 : 12:41
I wish my three would sidle up to me and express an interest.
Whenever I suggest going out for the day, my youngest invariably pipes up, 'We aren't visiting any graveyards are we?'
I wouldn't mind but the next time they visit a graveyard with me will be the first time they did so! 
Insanity doesn't run in my family.
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Stanley
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Posted - 29/12/2008 : 14:03
That depends on whether they come to your funeral.......
I've been approached and asked to publish Arthur Robert's Black Book on Lulu. The bloke who brought the subject up knew the old blokes who gathered the information and said that he thought they would be chuffed to know that they were in a book. What do you reckon, would it be a good thing to do? It's published on the site already under rare texts, I transcribed it all from the manuscript and added some comments of my own.
Stanley Challenger Graham
Barlick View
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Sue
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Posted - 29/12/2008 : 14:04
I said something about visiting a graveyard the other day, and Bob said it must be the only one we haven't been round. REALLY!!!!
Sue
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jill harwood
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Posted - 29/12/2008 : 19:06
We lived next to a graveyard for several years, my little lad (now grown up) used to play at digging graves with his diggers & lorries as he'd seen so many done.
Jill Harwood- Researching the Atkinson, Abbott & Broughton families in Barlick and beyond. |
Sue
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Posted - 29/12/2008 : 23:20
We have a cottage in wales, dating back to when Bob worked at the power station for a few years. Its called TanY FFynwent ( I think that is the spelling 0 it means Under the Graveyard. The coattage backs on to the graveyard and is below the level of the graves. There is no back garden, so the lounge back window is almost in touching distance of the first tomb
Sue
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Cathy
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Posted - 30/12/2008 : 00:48
Any spooky stories to tell, Sue?
All thru the fields and meadows gay .... Enjoy
Take Care...Cathy |
frankwilk
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Posted - 30/12/2008 : 07:22
Sue
off topic, but did Bob work at Trawsfyndd, if he did I wonder if he knew Alan Brash ??
Frank Wilkinson Once Navy Always Navy |
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