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  1. Xenophon PCDGS

    Noisy bathroom sink hot tap.

    The tap in question was one that was installed three years ago when this house was built on a six property five-bedroom development site and this week, all strange unmusical wailings have begun to make their presence felt. Have any website members had a similar problem with relatively new taps?
  2. Xenophon PCDGS

    Burning Man festival

    Just seen a reference to this American festival and for some reason, my mind brought back memories of the final scene of the film "The Wicker Man". Does anyone know the history of the naming of that festival in America?
  3. Xenophon PCDGS

    Dunfermline, Comely Park

    I came across a reference to a rail premises in this location some time ago and wonder if any website member has any knowledge of what these rail premises were.
  4. Xenophon PCDGS

    Could Salford Crescent gain a roof over the footbridge?

    Has there ever been any plans to put a roof on the footbridge over the tracks from the booking office to the station platforms?
  5. Xenophon PCDGS

    Wasps and white UPVC roofline fascia boards.

    August has arrived and it must be wasp nest-building season as quite a number of properties local to me have wasps flying in and out under the fascia boards. Have any other website members had this problem recently?
  6. Xenophon PCDGS

    Stagecoach Manchester strikes announced after the ballot held in July 2023.

    Does anyone know what the percentage was in favour of taking strike action? 1690910029 The TfGM webpage has a banner headline regarding the August strike action that affects both Stagecoach Manchester and First Manchester. The first strike action in August by Stagecoach Manchester bus drivers...
  7. Xenophon PCDGS

    Driver Updater

    I have found this entity in my HP Pavilion Tower System that is a product of Outbyte Computing Pty, Ltd. I certainly have never installed it and wonder if any website member has experience of it
  8. Xenophon PCDGS

    Holiday "Wakes Week" excursion train services from Middleton station and Royton station.

    I am trying to find the "Wakes Week" special services that ran from these two terminal branch line stations and would be grateful if website members can assist.
  9. Xenophon PCDGS

    Future for booking offices.

    Since this matter became a discussion matter quite some time ago, is there any news of an official current position on the matter. I ask this as currently, the booking office upgrading works as part of the project at Salford Central station improvements seem to be part of a programme still in...
  10. Xenophon PCDGS

    Coppull station relocation query

    The original station was opened by the North Union Railway in 1838. Does anyone know the reason why the London and North Western Railway chose to move it to a different station site in 1895?
  11. Xenophon PCDGS

    An unusual sighting in Wythenshawe bus station today.

    About mid-day today, a D & G red bus was driving through the bus station towards its usual 130 service bus stop (Manchester Airport to Macclesfield route) but very strangely it was displaying service number 32X and the destination being that of Checkley. I was on the platform of the adjacent...
  12. Xenophon PCDGS

    Southern Railway EMU designation codes.

    In what year was the first of these used and was there any person in particular who was credited with the introduction of them?
  13. Xenophon PCDGS

    What rolling stock could be used on the Amlwch branch, if it reopens?

    Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/class-230-units-training-introduction-on-the-borderlands-line.191986/ In the future Transport for Wales vision of rail travel with rolling stock to suit, how many years service will be expected of the ex-Vivarail ones on their...
  14. Xenophon PCDGS

    CrossNorth Programme

    Can any website member clarify what this entity actually is, and if it has any seats on any official transport bodies...
  15. Xenophon PCDGS

    A folk song query going back many years.

    In the 1960s, when our folk group at Manchester University were still performing, we recall a song about the Lancashire mines and cotton mills period which had a chorus of.... "We've been on strike for ten per cent, We're not downhearted yet, We've been on strike for ten per cent And ten per...
  16. Xenophon PCDGS

    Christmas Card and general postal deliveries...a query raised.

    Up to today, Wednesday 28th December, I had noticed that a large number of expected Christmas cards had not arrived. However the postman arrived at noon today with a total of 28 Christmas cards all posted in England with 2nd class stamps on them. Checking through the franking marks on the...
  17. Xenophon PCDGS

    Why did some 1st generation DMU carry carriage numbers in the 79XXX range?

    This is something that I pondered upon in past times but never followed up on.
  18. Xenophon PCDGS

    Co-ordinated trades union strike action.

    I saw this being mentioned on an evening TV news channel programme. Statement seemed to imply that the Labour Party were not acting fully on behalf of the working class and it was the trades union movement who were leading the way. How will the Government react to this?
  19. Xenophon PCDGS

    A strange computer problem has just affected my HP Pavilion desktop.

    Today, when I was on the Quizzes and Games forum, I typed a station name commencing with "P" and this brought up the "Print" box shortcut and the name typed of the station did not have its commencing letter "P". I have Microsoft Edge on my system with up-to-date Windows. Can anyone shed any...
  20. Xenophon PCDGS

    Any future use for the former NER Garforth to Castleford line?

    There were three stations on that line, Kippax, Bowers, Ledston. Would reintroduction of a rail service be of use to the area concerned.?

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