|
| Author |
 Topic  |
|
John T
|
 Posted -
10/05/2008
:
21:33
|
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!
|
|
| Replies |
| Author |
|
|
Stanley
Local Historian & Old Fart
36804 Posts
|
|
Posted - 30/12/2008 : 09:02
I love it! I'll bet the garden did well, plenty of body in the drainage water......
Stanley Challenger Graham
Barlick View
stanley at barnoldswick.freeserve.co.uk  |
Tizer
|
Posted - 30/12/2008 : 10:11
I think Elaine, who runs the Cemsearch service, still takes her motor caravan into cemeteries when she is recording. She and her late husband Joe would do part of a cemetery then retire to the caravan and sit outside it drinking a cup of tea. People would come by and stare at them, puzzled to see people "camping" in the cemetery. But when they explained, everyone understood and commended them for their work.
|
Sue
|
Posted - 30/12/2008 : 10:29
Sorry no spookies, but I did fall in a hole once when we were trying to do some research on the past inhabitants of the cottage. In the 1841 census it was listed as the OLD COTTAGE
Frank, Bob got to Traws quite a lot and in the last days was involved in the major project for running it down. He trained for months in a mock up down in London and then several months on the station itself. i'll ask him about Alan Brash. I remeber in about 1979 he worked there all summer so we went and stayed in a caravan and I spent many hours withe girls at Black Rock sands and around
When on Anglesey he was at Wylfa.
Sue
If you keep searching you'll find it |
Sue
|
Posted - 30/12/2008 : 15:00
No Frank he says he doesn't remember the name
Sue
If you keep searching you'll find it |
|
|
|
|
Page load time - 0.500 |
|
Your job
