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Discussion in 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' started by Andy Norman, Feb 24, 2020.

  1. 5944

    5944 Resident of Nat Pres

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    I thought it was "if in doubt, give it a clout"?!
     
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    Which reminds me; when I worked for BR Southern for the CM&EE Dept, I was told that the only tool they ever used at Stewarts Lane Depot was a 2lb hammer!!

    Sorry for the thread drift.

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    I was told it was a 1lb hammer, only Nine Elms could lift a 2lb hammer, (local rivalry) :)
     
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    Maybe they did more delicate work ? :)
     
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    Jamessquared Nat Pres stalwart

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    Probably because the Chatham engines were built by artisans whereas the South Western ones were built and maintained by members of the Associated Union of Millwrights, Shipbuilders and one-armed Blacksmiths ...

    Tom
     
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    Whichever weight is chosen it could ideally knock some heads together in West Somerset! :D
     
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    martin1656 Nat Pres stalwart Friend

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    be like the sound of big ben then, as there is most likily nothing inside to muffle the noise Bong , Bong, Booooong :D As regards saying, one said to me went like this, Never Assume, if you assume, you make an ass of ume self :p and meassure twice, cut once followed by if you don't know B well ask .
     
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    For what it is worth, the Shedman at Nine Elms could apparently throw a three link coupling over the tender of a King Arthur.

    http://svsfilm.com/nineelms/men1.htm (Scroll down to Albert Preston)

    A good site for reading in lockdown.
     
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    I'm not sure I can imagine any events on the WSR ending with Don't Check Out somehow
     
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    The WSR seems to have watched a series about a hotel in Torquay and mistakenly thought it was a documentary. ‘We should run the WSR just like that man runs the hotel’.
     
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    Hotel California
     
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    And they have a talking moose head and who is the major haha
     
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    "What did you expect to see from the windows of a West Somerset Mk1? The Glenfinnan viaduct?.... "

    Jon
     
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    more like hotel California
     
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    I did that joke already haha
     
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    Assume and you make an ASS of U and ME
     
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    Maybe no one reads your posts anymore.
     
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    I think more Bates Motel or The Overlook Hotel

    Here’s Johnny...
     
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    Ironically, at the height of 'Fawlty Towers' fame, we went to a wedding reception held in a hotel in Torbay. Everybody called the poor waiter 'Manuel', a situation brought on it part when guests were invited to leave the wedding breakfast and go into the (admittedly nice) gardens via the windows ! Admittedly they were very tall and reached right down almost to the floor, but even so we would have expected 'proper' doors......:)
     
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    'Tis often true in politics that the mild enmity of both sides is an improvement on the hatred of one side and the approval of the other, since you can rely on your enemies to oppose you, but you can't always rely on your friends to support you.
     

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