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Trackside |
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By: Poppy Date: April 11, 2015, 4:07 am |
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Yesterday it was such a glorious day - the warmest so far this |
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year - and we went to the East Lancs Railway in Bury where we |
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sat in the sunshine trackside with a couple of very good pints |
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of real ale and watching the trains. There was a diesel and |
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also War Department tank engine called 'Sapper' and then an old |
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diesel shunting engine brought the 'Pullman' train into the |
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platform ready for the evening diners. |
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http://www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk/uploads/Events-images/611a3d70-2a3c-4fca-b19… |
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Re: Trackside |
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By: Piper Date: April 11, 2015, 2:43 pm |
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[font=trebuchet ms]Will have to share your post above with |
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hubby. :)[/font] |
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Re: Trackside |
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By: Poppy Date: April 11, 2015, 3:03 pm |
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I did think of that but I didn't know if he would be interested |
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in British locos. |
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Re: Trackside |
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By: Helen Date: April 12, 2015, 11:38 am |
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Good to see you Pat. Glad you are here. Love the photo of the |
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old stream trains. I used to travel every work day up to London |
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from Sussex in them , starting a few days before my 15th |
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birthday...I do remember crying in the 50's when they pulled |
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them off and gave us diesel train.....the old steamer have a |
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personality all of their own :) |
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Re: Trackside |
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By: Poppy Date: April 12, 2015, 11:45 am |
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I love the noise of them and the smell of them as they get up a |
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head of steam. They have had some beauties on this track which |
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runs a full service five days a week all with volunteers. They |
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also run special events like a forties weekend or a Thomas the |
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Tank weekend as well as afternoon teas and evening fine dining |
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in the Pullman trains. www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk |
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Re: Trackside |
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By: Poppy Date: May 15, 2015, 8:06 am |
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It�s been lovely this morning with warm sun and clear blue |
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skies. I took my first cuppa of the day out on the front and |
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fed the birds and then sat there quietly watching them and |
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listening to them as I prayed in tongues. Later we painted our |
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new bench with a second coat of Danish and then did a bit of |
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tidying, sat out in the back with a cuppa for half an hour, |
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watered the planters and cut off four ash tree saplings and then |
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had lunch. |
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It's really gorgeous with all the flowers out and the birds |
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singing and making frequent visits to the feeders. We think we |
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might look for a philadelphus for the back garden and maybe a |
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small choisya as well. |
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