ChrisB

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  1. I've never read the book but the Wikipedia entry would be correct, the actual station was meant to be Codnor Park (or Codnor Park and Ironville)

    Strange because the nearest station to Swanwick Hayes was Butterley, less than a mile away but perhaps he knew there weren't many trains on that line!

    Codnor Park would have been about three miles away.

    In the film, the station was very clearly not Codnor Park, I heard it was somewhere on the Southern but it may well have been Gerrards Cross.

    Always enjoy seeing the film because I was born and grew up in Swanwick!

  2. I don't.

    I usually glance at the headlines on the news stand in the supermarket and the one that astonishes me most is the Express.

    My parents took the Daily Express and Sunday Express for many many years and how a once respected national newspaper has descended into the absolute garbage which it is today beggars all comprehension. You can almost guess what the headlines will be:

    NEW CURE FOR ARTHRITIS

    NEW CURE FOR DIABETES

    NEW CURE FOR DEMENTIA

    These 'stories' have been done so many times now, it's almost as if the Express is taking the p+$$ out of it's declining readership!

  3. The Commonwealth Games, I'm referring to.

    Now I fully understand that there will be avid sports enthusiasts who are loving every minute of them but I do feel that the BBC have gone a little over the top with their coverage.

    All next week, BBC1 starts with the games at 9am and continues through till midnight, stopping only for the news. Even the news bulletins contain reports about the games!

    That's fifteen hours per day on one, then BBC3 which usually doesn't start until 7pm is being started at 9am with thirteen hours coverage each day.

    Much of the usual BBC1 stuff has been shunted over to BBC2 and if there's any gaps, they're filled with.......the games!

    This is an absolute gift for the BBC, no production costs, just send the outside broadcast units, switch them on and sit back. They'll probably have a cheap week and end up with plenty of money in the kitty to chuck away on largesse like they normally do.

    Is there anyone on here who will be glued to the box from morning till night, not missing a single second of it?

  4. If you would like a really pleasant and enjoyable ride on a scheduled loco hauled service, I would recommend this:

    Make your way down to London on any Saturday and return by taking the Chiltern Railways service to Birmingham.

    It leaves Marylebone at 18.06 and is lightly loaded on Saturdays, no commuters. The Mk.3 carriages have been very nicely refurbished and there's a buffet car also. The quiet coach is usually the one behind the engine. It arrives in Birmingham just before 8pm, plenty of time to get back to Nottingham.

    It's a fast ride too, up through Bicester, Banbury and Leamington Spa. very nice scenery up through the Chiltern Hills.

    And incredibly, there's a café opposite Marylebone Station where you can get a cup of tea to take away for 70p!