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West Somerset Railway General Discussion

Discussion in 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' started by gwr4090, Nov 15, 2007.

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  1. Faol

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    Nobody seemed to answer your question??? 1008 I am old enough to remember using them. My last purchase was 3 blackjacks from the little corner shop that was at the bottom of Alma Street and South Street. Now just a house with a large window. That would have been mid 1950s but they actually ceased to be legal tender 31 Dec 1960. Can I buy the Ostrich burger and chips for 3 groats and expect 1 thruppeny piece change?
     
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    Its an age thing Paul, I too am completely confused wasn't one group known as gricers once?
     
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    Not a problem isolated to Yorkshire I feel. It has been well worth passing the exam to be able to let myself out! :)
     
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    MellishR Resident of Nat Pres Friend

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    Further thread drift:
    When I first met the word "gricer", many years ago, it meant "one who grices", where "grice" had the specific sense of "ride on a bit of line or track that one has not ridden on before". A classic quote was "The squealing of flanges is music in the gricer's ear". One of the railway atlases was nicknamed "the gricer's guide". If the meaning has become broadened to a mere synonym for "railway enthusiast" that seems to me a pity.
     
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    martin1656 Nat Pres stalwart Friend

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    Blimey, i know you zummerzet people are a bit backward, but still using Groats :) so how many groats is a standard return from Minehead to BL ?
     
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    If anyone is interested the 1105 diesil service on Saturday is down for load 9, which should make the 47 cough a bit. If you like that sort of thing
     
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    Not groats, more like sheep....

    Robin

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    Surely you mean shreep? :confused:

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    I see they've laid a bit of track by the cattle dock, or is that the same bit of track that was there a few years ago? Dick Wood had a van on there plus I think the gunpowder van.
     
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    I think it goes under the title of
    It's not often I am right but I am wrong again.:)
     
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    Who?...... Me?..... :Jawdrop:
     
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    Is there no wagon that can go on it?
     
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    To look right it would have to be a cattle truck.
     
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    To look right it would need to be connected to the main track.

    DJB.
     
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    Good point.:)
     
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    AIUI that is the plan but it needs resources and effort. Maybe Faol can tell us more.
     
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    But anything left on the track adjacent the cattle dock would obstruct the otherwise clear view loco crews have of a foot crossing, and then presumably some other mitigation would be required that could not rely on always having Stogumber manned when trains were required to pass.

    At that location I would have thought a camping coach would be the ideal thing (except for the comment I made above).
     
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    Can't 'ee tell yer sheep from yer groats then ?
     
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