denshaw 2,871 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 My Grandad used to live in a converted railway carriage. One day when i went to visit him he was pushing the carriage along the track. When i asked him why, he said granny was using the toilet. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Received the following from a railway friend this afternoon in answer to the question about railway bogs discharging onto the track: "The newer units, 158, 170, 172, etc., the Voyagers, and Pendolinos all have retention tanks, as do the ECML Mk.4 coaching stock. HSTs and Mk.3 and 2 stock discharge onto the track. AFAIK a lot of the "Southern" stock, but not all, still drops onto the track, but not all of their stock is toilet-equipped anyway. " The 158 stock that uses our line (Far North, Scotrail) still discharges on to the track - I know.... there's some soiled bog roll just up the line from our house :o( Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Harry Worth, Arthur Haynes and The Army Game. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Harry Worth, Arthur Haynes and The Army Game. Napoleon... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Wellington.............not the boots, they're still around !rotfl! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 I should say so - wellies are my everyday choice of footwear <g> Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Compo 10,328 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Some chimney fire Poohbear! I have a sweeping brush and use it on our two fires. I once got the brush section stuck in the chimney and had to go onto the roof to poke it out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Cortina MkI Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 A strange looking vehicle but very common on the streets of Nottingham in the sixties.A very sensible bumper on them too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Called a "Scarab", it was the workhorse of the railways for many years. Could turn on its own axis. Great little vehicle though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Funny I was watching the BBC 4 steam feature tonight, and they were talking about BT freight transport. Reminded me of an airfix model I had. The Scammel Scarab, which is what that is. According to Google it would have been 1963. There are 67 parts to this excellent kit. With it you can make a true scale model of the Scarab tractor complet with a choice of trailer. There's a Watney's trailer complete with barrels, or a British Railways flat-bed trailer. Take your pick - you get them both. You can buy then via http://www.vintage-airfix.com/airfix-scammel-scarab-p-383.html 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 re that bumper, was it "spring steel"? could do with similar on my fiesta! all round, from back to front! had it 9 months and 4 people have managed to clout it somehow! luckily just paint damage, guess it's these idiots who go shopping in things more suited to the Australian Outback or Gobi Desert than Morrison's carpark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 0602 ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Compo 10,328 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 That would be High St on the rear left, Front St centre and St Alban's Rd directly on the left - would it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Exactly right Compo. The lovely old library which was pulled down in an act of vandalism by the local authority stands on the right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 I remember the library and the swimming baths alongside (out of shot). But when I was a kid the block of houses between High St and Front St had gone and been replaced by a lawn and "The Forms". I was born at 51 high St at my grandma's house. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 That's how I first remembered it. I recall a teacher at the British School up the road referring to it as the 'garden fork'. I never knew if that was the common term for it but it's how I've referred to it since. Even in the 1960s, High Street in particular looked much different to how it looks now. Always remember the little shops dotted at various intervals along it and the some of the old yards that lead on to Front Street like Hardstaff's Yard etc. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Scammell Scarabs: Weapon of choice for BRS (British Road Services) pea green livery, if I recall correctly, had a huge depot on Triumph Road?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 It could turn on a sixpence, apparently. Do we know of any preserved examples? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lynmee 38 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lynmee 38 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 The Raleigh Shop on Parliament Street Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,427 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 What year was that? Looks like the block where the Elite cinema came to be. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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