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 Jun 1 2012, 09:31 AM
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Thanks for the Arkwright link. I forget how much is available these days.
Being a chap who worked at night, I missed all the old favourites. On my night off I went to the "darn theatre again". Then someone came up with VHS! ce |
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Jun 1 2012, 11:21 AM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jun 1 2012, 10:07 AM)  Not sure where Bridgewater is (I think there is one in Australia) , but Bridgwater is a town in Somerset!!  That's what comes of not being a local. I come from that part of the world originally. However, I can never remember which Gillingham is pronounced Gillingham, and which one is pronounced Gillingham.
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Jun 1 2012, 11:23 AM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Jun 1 2012, 12:21 PM) That's what comes of not being a local. I come from that part of the world originally. However, I can never remember which Gillingham is pronounced Gillingham, and which one is pronounced Gillingham. Well the one in Kent is pronounced "Gillingham" and the one in Dorset is pronounced "Gillingham". See, easy. (Very important if you are buying a railway ticket to one of them!) |
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Jun 1 2012, 11:27 AM
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Ah thanks. That clears that up then.
 Re train tickets - I think my son once asked for a ticket to Hatfield and they tried to sell him one to Hadfield. Being a bright lad, he spotted the price difference. |
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Jun 1 2012, 11:38 AM
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I was once on Whitchurch (just down the road) station to see a steam train pass and an elderly woman got off a service train at the station.
After wandering around for a while she came up to me and said "this is Whitchurch isn't it"? to which I replied "yes". After wandering a short while again she came up to me and said "this is Whitchurch in Shropshire"? to which I replied "oh!"  This was 8 o'clock at night - I helped her out the best I could. |
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Jun 1 2012, 12:37 PM
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"Oh Mr Porter" springs to mind.Biker1
You can't beat the football fans from Spain who chartered a plane for an event. Either Bucharest or Budapest. They ended up at the wrong one. They sounded to have had a good time anyway! Whitchurch in Hampshire was used by soap advertising. "The shining Parish of W". Anyway for 8pm it is a long way to the other. I am sure you did the gentlemanly bit. Got her leg over the Harley and sped her off to Shropshire, or maybe I am disruptive again. ce |
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Jun 1 2012, 12:55 PM
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QUOTE (Nothing Much @ Jun 1 2012, 01:37 PM) "Oh Mr Porter" springs to mind.Biker1 You can't beat the football fans from Spain who chartereded a plane for an event. Either Bucharest or Budapest. They ended up at the wrong one. They sounded to have had a good time anyway! Whitchurch in Hampshire was used by soap advertising. "The shining Parish of W". Anyway for 8pm it is a long way to the other. I am sure you did the gentlemanly bit. Got her leg over the Harley and sped her off to Shropshire, or maybe I am disruptive again. ce Keep going! If you could convince Biker to write it up and embelish it a bit - he has the making of a TV show at least. -------------------- Know your place!
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Jun 1 2012, 01:41 PM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jun 1 2012, 12:23 PM) Well the one in Kent is pronounced "Gillingham" and the one in Dorset is pronounced "Gillingham". See, easy. (Very important if you are buying a railway ticket to one of them!) What about if you are in Gillingham and want a ticket to Gillingham?  |
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Jun 1 2012, 02:27 PM
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Ahhh that is the olden days, when the Titchfield Thunderbolt went to Parvor and Minor.
Or Chipping even. Not to mention Woodhay or Norries. |
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Jun 1 2012, 03:49 PM
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QUOTE (NWNREADER @ Jun 1 2012, 02:41 PM) What about if you are in Gillingham and want a ticket to Gillingham? You will probably end up back where you came from! 
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Jun 1 2012, 03:58 PM
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QUOTE (Nothing Much @ Jun 1 2012, 01:37 PM) Got her leg over the Harley and sped her off to Shropshire, or maybe I am disruptive again. ce Wouldn't be seen dead on a Harley!
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Jun 1 2012, 09:05 PM
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QUOTE (Nothing Much @ Jun 1 2012, 03:27 PM) Ahhh that is the olden days, when the Titchfield Thunderbolt went to Parvor and Minor. Or Chipping even. Not to mention Woodhay or Norries. Chipping Lambourn or Chipping Ilsley? |
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Jun 1 2012, 09:27 PM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jun 1 2012, 04:58 PM) Wouldn't be seen dead on a Harley! What!! |
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Jun 1 2012, 10:59 PM
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I hear Vtwins are quite pleasurable for ladies.
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Jun 1 2012, 11:05 PM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jun 1 2012, 04:58 PM) Wouldn't be seen dead on a Harley! You mean you'd ride one? I like Harleys. Crap bikes but they have class: we are crap and we don't care. But I'm a Kawasaki 900 fan. 
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Jun 2 2012, 11:11 AM
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Chipping Lambourn or Chipping Ilsley? Blackdog.
That was another endearing thing about Russel Grant. He bought the whole OS maps from various sources. 1972 I think. Pre- boundary changes and some name changes just to preserve the old days. I think it would have cost quite a lot. Pay was a pittance. ce |
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Jun 2 2012, 11:54 AM
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Sorry about the Harley insult Biker1. They make a fine noise at 2.30pm.
On a Saturday afternoon. But at 6.30am past my bedroom window it rattles the house. Speaking of House. It is probably a Consultant at UCLH on Euston Road. ce. |
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