Dave 48 847 Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/c/carrington/ Carrington Station 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,510 Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Thanks for digging that out Dave. I can't say I've ever had an interest in trains and railways but that article is very interesting and I do now remember the little building that survived until the 80s. And all that was only about half a mile from where I now live too. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Remember it well, was the open university built there when they infilled the cut? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Think so my stepson had a couple of tutorials there when doing his computer sciences degree. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 The Open University opened there in May 1999 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Many thanks to Benjamin - it was the Grosvenor Hotel. Lizzie's suggestion was the New Inn......I once found a fiver on the steps of the New Inn. I went inside and asked if anyone had dropped it. That's a bare faced lie; I spent it in the next pub . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If it was big and white you owe me a fiver............. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 To the left of the shop in Cliffs photo is where I used to scramble out after walking the tunnel from York st. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Re Catfans post #341. On a similar vein is the situation whereby I want to exit a slip road onto a dual carriageway or Mway or a lay-bye and drivers fail to pull over into another lane so that I can join the carriageway. It's so simple and helps truckers no end. I had one idiot pull out on me on the A19 near Middlesborough. I was in a large van towing a flat trailer . I was too near the lay bye to pull out as he didn't indicate. He shot out of the lay bye as soon as I'd passed but he failed to see the flat trailer and hit the back. Tosser nearly peed himself. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 On East Midlands News tonight, another poor horse killed by having its ear cut off and its face mutilated thereby bleeding to death. Let me get at them !!!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 Join the queue FLY. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 I'm not normally a violent man (except when Forest lose) but this kind of activity makes my blood boil. Is it jealousy because someone can afford to keep four ponies. I don't know, but what I do know is that these scum are sick beyond belief. No amount of counciling will help them . Only total annihilation of filth like this is the answer. The Japs and Germans will have nothing in their repertoire compared to what in intend doing. An Eye For An Eye !!!!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 One bullet in the back of the head, job done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 You are right Catfan. Why should I waste my life on these beasts. Shoot em then have a beer ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 One bullet in the back of the head, job done. Why waste a bullet feed them to the lions at twycross zoo.(saves money on food too ) 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 How stupid are things. I've looked in the freezer for something for dinner. Breaded Haddock Fillets. Cooking instructions on inside of label. Defrost for 24 hours. Peppered Beef Steaks. Same instructions. Pork Fillet Medallions. Same. Salmon Fishcakes likewise. Why in Gods name can't the producers print the storing instructions on the front. I've now got four items in the freezer with most of the label hanging off. Unbelievable. Had a cuppa at a coffee shop today. I couldn't believe the saucer. The indentation to secure the cup was offset to one side. The conventional saucer has been adequate for centuries. Why the hell should some overpaid 'know nowt' redesign it FFS. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 Of course, the labels all say do not defrost in microwave. Sod it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 So you can keep your bisuit on it without the biscuit getting in the way of the cup Rog 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 FLY,......which Coffee shop was it ? love them saucers,...lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Espresso Cafe near Lidls opposite Chilwell retail park. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BilboroughShirley 1,120 Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 #400 FLY2 your comments about the frozen food instructions reminded me of the writings of Spike Milligan on "Your Christmas Foon" that comes in a crate and has instructions "open with the crow bar you will find inside"! Joke! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 And for anyone who doesn't know, all the railway stuff was below ground level. The station, lines, etc were down in a hole, and the buildings in the photo were the only thing you could see as you passed by on the road. Carrington station long closed when this photo was taken 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 That I am not old enough to fully appreciate steam as in #406.. damn!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 I'm sure you can appreciate this. Coronation Class 'Duchess of Sutherland', hauling the 'Cumbrian Mountains Express' through St Helens Central a few weeks back. I want one! Normally lives at Butterley. Col Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 And another thing what gets my goat is , hearing some teenager or other the fast becoming phrase nowadays, "HEY" not ayup, howdo or hello but bleddy "HEY" . GGGRRRRRRRRRR. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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