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Sir Felix Pole's latest activity
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SSir Felix Pole replied to the thread Help requested. I'm esearching a journey made in 1895 by the British Ladies Football Club.Grantham to Burnley wouldn't have been *that* difficult - Bradford portion of a Leeds express from Grantham to start with. There were...
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SSir Felix Pole replied to the thread Help requested. I'm esearching a journey made in 1895 by the British Ladies Football Club.Just looking at the 1895 Bradshaw again in detail, it seems that dining cars had not quite been introduced on the NE / SW route, but...
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SSir Felix Pole replied to the thread Last named Waverley named train September 28th 1968.Yes, the local church minister, ringleader of the protests, was arrested but David Steel managed to get him released.
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SSir Felix Pole replied to the thread Signal boxes with poor access.Largin on the Cornish Main Line (between Liskeard and Bodmin Parkway / Road) was a very lonely and isolated box. It was retained to...
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SSir Felix Pole replied to the thread How can the Stranraer line be made more useful/less useless?.And if you travel by Stena the arrangements at the Belfast end are not ideal either - you have to faff around waiting to take the bus to...
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SSir Felix Pole replied to the thread Help requested. I'm esearching a journey made in 1895 by the British Ladies Football Club.The 1895 Bradshaw (Dec) is available on Timetable World. 1895 Bradshaw About 8 hours Bristol to Newcastle - morning express Bristol TM...
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SSir Felix Pole replied to the thread How can the Stranraer line be made more useful/less useless?.Even if the military railway was rebuilt it is a long loop around from Girvan compared to the direct A77. The through road coaches...
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SSir Felix Pole replied to the thread Manchester Victoria's roof has sprung a leak.To be fair the pre-1990 station was a dump too - badly damaged in WW2 and never fully repaired. The far through platforms were...
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SSir Felix Pole replied to the thread BR ticket offices not at a station.Yes on the Blvd. de la Madeline. This was inherited from the Big Four who had set up a joint operation pre WW2. It also had offices in...
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SSir Felix Pole replied to the thread How can the Stranraer line be made more useful/less useless?.Electrify to Girvan (from Ayr and via Kilmarnock) and run Girvan to Stranraer as a DMU / battery shuttle. No need for train crew...
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SSir Felix Pole replied to the thread D&G Buses.North Western Road Car liveried 504 on the 130 today. Quite nostalgic, as Wilmslow did have a depot of said company back in the day.
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SSir Felix Pole replied to the thread BBC Archive 1975: Time to Scrap British Rail? The Money Programme.Very nostalgic and balanced report - some old faces there including Gerry Fiennes, Sid Weighell and Richard Marsh. I liked some of the...
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SSir Felix Pole replied to the thread Can We Overturn This Loss of a Line from 1964?.You have to include the working expenses, of course - rail deliveries of coal to individual stations by trip working was pretty...
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SSir Felix Pole replied to the thread School Lane bridge on the Styal loop line.There doesn't appear to be an existing occupation bridge in the 1932 aerial shot at this location. South of East Didsbury station...
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SSir Felix Pole replied to the thread FIP free coupons, Norway..Midges can be a real nuisance in Northern Norway (like Western Scotland) in high summer - Bodø is particularly notorious for them. May /...