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I think the answer to your question is "Pylle Station". This is taken from an interview with the former 'stand-in' station mistress at Pylle; I think the section I have put in bold italics answers the question: "...BETTY: And I’d been on the railway a few weeks, so they said to me, “There’s nobody out at Pylle station,” which was the branch line from Evercreech Junction to Burnham-on-Sea, “You go out there and see to it.” I said, “I don’t know really anything about it.” And they said, “Oh, you’ll be alright, go on.” So I cycled from Evercreech New to Evercreech Junction every day, so I got t

Our two favourite charities are The Sally army and the Donkey Sanctuary.

Xmastime here in the far north is always cold and usually snowy - sounds great but the heating bills take the edge off it. The bonus is that living so close to Santa one is always sure that he'll reach us before foul weather can turn him back :o) SWMBO never, ever, buys me what I ask for; for months beforehand she is asking "What would you l like, etc" and I always tell her. Then she goes out and gets something different. Well this year I have been out and bought the things I want and given them to her to wrap as a surprise - so I should be ok :o) she, on the other hand, always says "Surp

Braddy, The Carlton Road Chippy was by the old Nottingham suburban railway bridge on the left going down towards town and the Dunkirk chip shop was, as I recall, on the corner of Montpelier road and Marlborough road in Dunkirk. Just looked at Google earth and the whole area around Dunkirk seems to have been redeveloped.

I wonder if it was Midsomer Norton box? The station was known for its prize winning gardens. I'll have to see if I have it somewhere on VHS.

Railway station gardens and smiling railway staff.

Schoolboys playing marbles. @Mick2me: Like this?

Things hanging from telegraph wires such as: toy soldier with parachute; plimpsol; kites (home made).

Fly papers. Frozen Jubblies 5 Park Drive 5 Woodbines Red tipped matches 120 roll film Schoolboys wearing caps Schoolgirls wearing straw boaters Short trousers Open back buses (no doors) fizzy drinks cans that require a pointy opener Sunecta pop home delivery van Beer at home means Davenports.

Thassa posh copper Cliff! Electric heater - many had a fire hole underneath.

In the 60s my sister was a tiny tot and her favourite bedtime story was "Rita and the Wringer" Synopsis: Rita is a child fascinated by the moving rollers of the new electric mangle. She puts her fingers into the rollers to see what it feels like and of course gets her arm mangled. Gruesome story but for some reason it was always her story of choice at bedtime!

Did someone say Trolley Buses?

I have a dolly tub in the garage but no ponch. I also have two 1970s juke boxes, one with a picture of Rory Gallagher and the Sweet on the glass. I also have an old peat cutting tool called a tushkar.

There are some things you don't see any more in this photo album - comments welcome: http://s736.photobuc...0century%20tat/ Double click image for bigger picture.

Piggy & Babs: I used to live on Gregory Street back in the 1970s, so The White Hart was one of my local pubs. There was a Jazz club on Thursday evenings and towards the end of the decade, a folk club too.

Is the answer to the "Where is this" picture Jacksdale. I believe that fossils of giant dragonflies were once found in a mine in the Jacksdale area and exhibited at the Natural History Museum.

I also used to fish the Trent at Gunthorpe. One night my brother and me walked down from my RAF married quarter at Newton and did a spot of night fishing. Arrived by the river just before midnight and fished for a couple of hours before trudging back fishless.

An interesting piece of gen Tony. It would make sense that Mabel Player could be related to W.G. Player of Ciggy fame.

I always snip irrelevant bits of quoted posts and leave in the bit to which I am responding. This, IMO, makes clear which post I am replying to and avoids mix-ups. On two occasions I have multi-quoted by accident and now that I have been made aware of a method of correcting my mistakes any future posts should comply with forum etiquette. However, I will accede to the Admin request to discontinue quoting. No hard feelings and apologies if I have upset anyone :o)

Normal Edit only allows me to remove the actual quote but not the quote tabs, hence my double quote with text in only one. I haven't tried "Full Editor" but will do so the next time I make a bog of things - promise :o)

Don't sit in Arthur's seat - he might get cross :o)

That's Tru Stu! :~ °Hic

Right! I shall be watching this space with effect from 1st January and I expect to see news of a finished quilt before the year is out :o)

I tried the "Edit" but it wouldn't allow me to take out the double quote, only to remove the text.

Pixie, No worries - I'll sign you up and if you don't like it just delete yourself from the members list. Karen is the group admin and she cross stitches - she will introduce you to her cross stitch gang if you ask. It is a friendly group but not always a busy one. you should get notification that you have been joined in a few minutes - just off to do it now. Had to go into edit mode - I just realized, you are not on my Facebook friends list so I can't add you to the group. You can either search for "Chatabout" (name of group) or send me a friends request. I go by the name of Paul Simmo