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densnaps
Ace Cruncher Sunny Lancaster Windmill capital of England Joined: Apr 27, 2007 Post Count: 4205 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Kitchen replacement is in the wind, this morning the guy came to size up the room ( and I suppose the weight of my wallet ) ...
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Mornin.........
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densnaps
Ace Cruncher Sunny Lancaster Windmill capital of England Joined: Apr 27, 2007 Post Count: 4205 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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 Well good morning all. This is Sir Nigel Greasley sister engine to Mallard the world record holder for steam powered traction. 126 mph .  The engine was fired by one Thomas Bray  The crew of the Mallard Class 4 Locomotive at Peterborough after their world record-breaking feat of reaching speeds of 126mph by a steam engine. The Mallard was five months old during its record-breaking journey and was driven by Joseph Duddington and fireman Thomas Bray. Inspector Sid Jenkins was also on board ---------------------------------------- [Edit 1 times, last edit by densnaps at Jul 3, 2013 7:31:13 AM] |
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...and the only remaining six A4's are together at York from today.....wish I could go
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Former Member
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..what was Thomas's relationship to you Dens?
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When I was a young lad of 11/12 in the early fifties, the guy next door was an engine driver. He had been on passenger runs from Leeds to Kings Cross in the LNER days but had lost a couple of fingers and was now mainly on goods and shunting duties. He used to take me on the footplate round the Horbury marshalling yards, leaving home at 5-30…….and yes, the footplate men did have bacon & eggs cooked on the shovel in a nice dollop of lard!
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densnaps
Ace Cruncher Sunny Lancaster Windmill capital of England Joined: Apr 27, 2007 Post Count: 4205 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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..what was Thomas's relationship to you Dens? None that I can see, except we share a surname pretty tenuous really might be a distant cousin that would be nice. I have been on the footplate of Sir Nigel Greasley when it lived at steam town in Carnforth some years ago. And often saw it in steam going up the west coat of Cumbria. |
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Living in Wakefield I had both LNER and LMS. Westgate was on the main Leeds London, and Kirkgate was on the LMS......anoraks paradise!
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Greetings all.
Growing up in Three Bridges the only steam I remember is the short single rail trip to East Grinstead which I used daily to go to Grammar School. |
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Mornin..........
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