Recent content by Peter C

This is something which could fit equally well into the "What's made you happy" thread. I've seen an eclipse! Not around for the 1999 one and I seem to remember there was another sort of eclipse about a decade ago (?) but the clouds got in the way of that one. So I'm over the moon (!) to have...

I've just seen this video on YouTube and went searching on here for a thread mentioning it. I've never seen a loco running tender first on a railtour before! -Peter

The final day of the Radio 4 longwave service is here - but there's an article recently posted on the BBC News website which appears to suggest that rather than closing down at the end of the R4 day at 0100 (following the 0048 Shipping Forecast), the LW service will actually close down at 0001...

They're clearly reading the thread! :lol: I've also read somewhere else that the Radio Times has removed 198LW from the Radio 4 listings in the current issue (which went on sale yesterday). -Peter

Thanking you kindly :lol: Thanks for that. It'd be great if they could play at least something - maybe not anything big (I think Radio 4 and the wider BBC probably don't have the money to justify that!) but even just a short clip or mention in another programme would be great. A few programmes...

Thanks @Cowley! I'll be interested to see if anything will be said on the air about the longwave closure on the 27th - there's normally a bit of time between the end of the 0048 Shipping Forecast and the start of the national anthem (before the pips at 0100) during which the announcer often...

Something that's made me happy -- finding out that the recently-rediscovered episode of The Morecambe and Wise Show from 1968 will be shown on BBC4 on 14th May: https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2026/the-morecambe-and-wise-show-missing-episode-on-bbc -Peter

That's excellent - thank you! :) -Peter

Morning all, Would someone be able to tell me which 153 is on 2Q45 0830 Par Liner Sidings to Yeovil Junction today, please? Thanks! -Peter

That squirrel design is lovely. And I expect you already know but those two children are Prince Charles and Princess Anne! (I had to look it up to be sure...) -Peter

This will certainly have been mentioned already, but I'd ban companies asking you "how did we do?" when they've done something really basic or otherwise, well, bland. Case in point: Royal Mail, from whom I've just had an email asking "how did we do?" after postie... put a parcel through the...

As it happens, I popped into TGJones today and they had the March '26 edition of the Railway Magazine just on its own, without the random extra copy, so I assume it's specific to WHSmith shops? -Peter

Thanks for that -- now you've mentioned it being done before, I seem to have a very hazy memory of seeing it somewhere with another railway mag but can't remember any of the details. Interestingly, the Smiths in Plymouth station still has a decent selection of railway magazines, whereas my local...

Apologies for "bumping" this thread, and especially so because the question I've got isn't really an "oh dear" so much as a simple "oh" -- it just didn't seem worth making a whole new thread about this one question. Does anyone know why the March 2026 edition of The Railway Magazine comes with a...

In a similar vein to this -- stickers on books which tell you that the story is "Coming soon to Netflix" or similar, and which are a pain in the proverbial to remove. I'd also add (though it's not something which really irritates me that much, but it does niggle) price stickers on charity-shop...