Compo 10,328 Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 ........and not so great: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 Compo:sad snaps indeed! Photo 2 is 1978? Judging by the punk artwork.fave trainspotting sites Bristol - York- Donny. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 York, Carlisle, Rugby for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 Carlisle was a hot spot fly? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 Never got to Carlisle in the steam days 4 loco sheds (Kinkmoor,Upperby,Canal & Durran Hill)there were others prior to 1923. You could see both L.M.S & L.N.E.R. pacifics Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smiffy49 590 Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 Trainspotting gave me a thorough knowledge of the UK's geography and the names of far away lands. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 SNAP ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smiffy49 590 Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 Not forgetting Kings & Castles, Derby Winners and famous people from history and literature. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 And much else. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smiffy49 590 Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 Other things I learnt as a trainspotter Sprinting 100 yards at record speed to elude the shed foreman. Seeing how flat you could make a penny. Finding out how hard it was to wash both red & blue biro from your shirt sleeve. How to remove grit from your friends eye with the folded corner of a piece of paper. Matching countless numbers to names in your minds eye. Writing things down accurately at breakneck speed. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 Know how to get anywhere in the UK by rail (if had a station) without a rail atlas. Can't do it by road. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 I agree with all of above....+ picking out best notebooks from sissons- following a griser into the sheds- layering the clothes- school mates went skating or catching gudgeon at Attenborough gravel pits- me k opping westerns and impressing girls about brush4's and type 2 electrics-- NOT!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 Don't forget that we learned about the British Empire and the army regiments from the LMS engines. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 Yes - remember 45610 "Gold Coast" being re-named "Ghana" in 1961 in recognition of independence. But 45595 never became "Zimbabwe" ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BulwellBrian 107 Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 Also Jubilee 45700 "Britannia" being renamed "Amethyst" when 70000 was built. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 Train spotting taught me more about British history and geography than five years at FFGS. I should have spent more time at Tamworth, I might have passed some O levels !!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bing 78 Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 Peaks? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 Crap !!! They displaced Jubes, Scots and Black Fives. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 The ability to impress people with your knowledge of the novels of Sir Walter Scott without the bother of having to read the dreary things. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 How to remove grit from your friends eye with the folded corner of a piece of paper. Didn't they make a film about that? Although I think he used a handkerchief. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 Talking of trains and films my mate was in Ragman's Daughter in the train coach sequence. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 #343 and 8Fs too 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Talking of trains and films my mate was in Ragman's Daughter in the train coach sequence. Was that Marty? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robbie 39 Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 #346 Ian, One of my favourite films. I preferred Ragman's Daughter to Saturday Night Sunday Morning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Trainspotting gave me a thorough knowledge of the UK's geography and the names of far away lands. Me too Smiffy,..........Dad was a Goods Guard at Annesley,and on the on the inside of the Lav.door were always Railway Goods train timetables' and as i sat there as a boy i read them everyday,always remember Woodford being a destination,and Dad always mentioned it. Being football mad as a lad also learnt me Geography,had to know where all the teams were,and later as i travelled the country in my work always had to visit the grounds.....Amazing how many times i was just let in and given a bit of a tour for free,probably would'nt happen now in the 'cash' driven football world. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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