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The wagon looks like the mortal remains of a Great Western 'Toad' brake van, it wouldn't surprise me if it came from nearby Long Marston. There's still a compound there today with all sorts of old stuff knocking about, I worked into there back in January this year and had a good shuftie, it's all that remains of the Honeybourne to Stratford main line. Part of the southern section from Honeybourne to Cheltenham has been preserved as the Glos & Warks Railway.
P5BNij said:
The wagon looks like the mortal remains of a Great Western 'Toad' brake van, it wouldn't surprise me if it came from nearby Long Marston. There's still a compound there today with all sorts of old stuff knocking about, I worked into there back in January this year and had a good shuftie, it's all that remains of the Honeybourne to Stratford main line. Part of the southern section from Honeybourne to Cheltenham has been preserved as the Glos & Warks Railway.
That makes more sense. If I understand it correctly RAF stations weren't typically adjacent to railways but if they were it must have helped with moving personnel and supplies to and from the base.
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DickyC said:
Riley Blue said:
I visited my sister in Trowbridge last weekend, she took me out especially to see them - which was nice.
Did you take a picture of your car in front of them? We have to keep these traditions alive.To compensate, here's a sign I spotted on another trip:
Not on the road but, as I was having a drink or two, on the side of a train at Paddington.
A locomotive name board in honour of Harry Patch showing his medal ribbons.
His medals include the Britsh War Medal and Victory Medal from the First War, the 1939-45 Defence Medal and National Service Medal and show that he was an Officer of the Légion d'Honneur and a Knight of the Order of Leopold.
When he died he was 111 years, 1 month, 1 week and 1 day old.
A locomotive name board in honour of Harry Patch showing his medal ribbons.
His medals include the Britsh War Medal and Victory Medal from the First War, the 1939-45 Defence Medal and National Service Medal and show that he was an Officer of the Légion d'Honneur and a Knight of the Order of Leopold.
When he died he was 111 years, 1 month, 1 week and 1 day old.
There are some scary roads near my mum's here in Devon. And some scary driving. A small hatchback sitting in a field, back to front, having cleared a bank and punctured an ancient hedge is testament to this. The driver, a local man, told Police he had to swerve to avoid the octopus in the road. He was also charged with drug related offences. But they do have a sense of humour down here.
Completely Off Topic - my Great Uncle Bill was an AA man before and after the war. During the war the authorities had a brainwave and called up AA men (and possibly RAC men, I don't know) and made them Military Policemen. It was the idea that they were already in uniform in positions of responsibility, you see. You didn't meet my Uncle Bill; he was small and amiable. Anyone less like the popular image of a Military Policeman is hard to imagine. He was one of a gaggle of MPs parachuted into Dunkirk to help keep order on the beaches during the evacuation.
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