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Old Kent Biker liked Meiriongwril's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I see the Exmoor Associates website has removed the Minority Newsletter that was visible a day or two ago. I wonder whether they were leaned on and, if so, what was said to make them do this?
Sep 23, 2023 at 12:44 PM -
Old Kent Biker replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
No, definitely no leaning! I doubt many people knew it was there tbh. It was posted there just to assist EA Shareholders and L&B Trust members who had not received it by email as had been intended. Due to some "technical issues", the bulk email...
Sep 23, 2023 at 12:43 PM -
Old Kent Biker liked 21B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I think they have explained why they are disaffected quite clearly.
Sep 22, 2023 at 10:37 AM -
Old Kent Biker replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
see https://www.lynton-rail.co.uk/trust-notices for a response from the chair and five trustees...
Sep 21, 2023 at 11:43 PM -
Old Kent Biker liked gwilialan's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
With regard to meetings and minutes, I have always been instructed by those far more qualified than me in company law etc. that:- "If it's not in the minutes it didn't happen" So if any significant action, be it physical, procedural or...
Sep 21, 2023 at 10:09 PM -
Old Kent Biker replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
It is good to hear that the two visiting locos have arrived in good order at Woody Bay for this weekend's Gala. [IMG] Despite the political issues oft-discussed here of late, The Gala at Woody Bay is always a delight. I hope it will give...
Sep 21, 2023 at 8:13 PM -
Old Kent Biker liked Tobbes's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
A central charge of the 'Minority Report' is that there was never £700,000 in the Return to Parracombe Fund, and that even if you include General Purpose Fund monies in the £700,000, there isn't £700,000 available now, despite the continuing...
Sep 21, 2023 at 7:59 PM -
Old Kent Biker liked RailWest's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
I may be wrong, but was it not the case with a similar meeting last November that the only members to get any information were those who actually attended the meeting, the Board making no attempt to disseminate the discussions to other members...
Sep 21, 2023 at 7:58 PM -
Old Kent Biker replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Apology accepted! Just to clarify, EA purchases land (mainly former trackbed and associated properties) - south of Wistlandpound - using its own donors' money, donated for that specific purpose. It does not rely in any way on funds raised by The...
Sep 19, 2023 at 7:41 PM -
Old Kent Biker liked talyllyn1's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Having read through the Minority Trustee Report, one thing stands out to me more than the "unknowns" over the purchase of the OSHI:- "The actions of Messrs Miles, Cowling, Swainson and Barton, aided and abetted by Messrs Curson & Summers, have...
Sep 19, 2023 at 11:01 AM -
Old Kent Biker liked Great Western's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
What a way to run / destroy a railway :(
Sep 19, 2023 at 11:00 AM -
Old Kent Biker liked ghost's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Just those three bits in black @DaveE - don't you think that there is a massive problem if all of the trustees don't know these facts? There should be no reason why every member of the board should not know where the money has gone, what the...
Sep 19, 2023 at 10:56 AM -
Old Kent Biker replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
What would the L&B have been like had it survived into the post-war era? I suspect that a hybrid operation would have been in place, diesel and steam traction. If the future first/last (commuter) train out of Barnstaple (and Lynton) each morning...
Sep 17, 2023 at 1:42 PM -
Old Kent Biker liked DaveE's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
Good morning! Personally I think we have to put aside the timetables of pre-1935. The dynamics of the railway in as much as passengers is going to be quite different now due to higher mobility by car and road, plus the proposed Park and Ride at...
Sep 17, 2023 at 10:19 AM -
Old Kent Biker liked Tobbes's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
It's always important to remember on here that behind an innocuous handle may be a whole career of expertise, and @21B makes a series of points which suggests that these points are not merely theoretical chunterings of an armchair enthusiast.......
Sep 17, 2023 at 10:16 AM
