Recent content by Russ_H

A posting has recently appeared (this morning) on the Guido Fawkes politics website about the possible unscrapping of the previously scrapped route to Crewe. I do not think there is another thread about this, and I leave it to more knowledgeable posters to discuss the matter...

Possibly Redmire in Wensleydale? https://www.richmondshiretoday.co.uk/latest-season-of-vera-being-filmed-in-wensleydale/

I have a friend who has spent many years cooking in hotels and other venues. He says that the rule of thumb is to charge three and a half times the cost of ingredients: this covers the costs of heating, lighting, serving and so on, and also includes an element of profit. His experience is...

My late dad was from South Shields, so his reminiscences are from the thirties rather than the seventies. He was born in 1918 and gained an apprenticeship at Michell Bearings, on Scotswood Road in Newcastle. He travelled to work by train. That would be as a pedestrian from Cauldwell (pronounced...

I didn't think my first message to a rail forum would be about cars, but your observations about digital speedometers caught my eye. My current car is an Astra, and its predecessor was an Insignia - both have been manual, two-litre turbodiesels. These cars have each had digital speedometers, in...