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Have I missed something? Can’t see any of the Lake District ones in previous posts! So that’s Penrith-Keswick (never did go on to Cockermouth but did nab a Keswick totem whilst they were knocking the station down). Foxfield- Coniston Plumbton-Haverthwaite (inc both sides of the triangle)...

Reading through this thread it strikes me that simply quoting population sizes is a poor way of estimating potential demand to any given place is unsound. As a Yorkshireman it may grate but cannot be denied that London has a ‘pull’ that is nothing to do with the population. For one it is a...

Ha! You truly are an offcomer as we would say up North. In modern English usage the words ‘rural’ and ‘bus’ have no meaning when used in the same sentence (except the one I’ve just written). Someone has offered you some good advice early on …… try without one and see how you get on. It all...

Incident on WCML made me late back home so stopped in for fish and chips twice (plus a scallop/fish cake)………£18 ! First time visited since before covid, undoubtedly the last time I shall ever visit. So sad after a lifetime of loving fish and chips

Indeed it would

There is a thread on the Skyscraper city Leeds forum covering LBIA but obviously the Doncaster closure gets mention. One determined poster has been flogging the same pitch for years now and comes across as somewhat manic but his basic premise has some sense to it I think. He argues that LBA...

Sadly Stanley Unwin died in 2002. I think he would have been appropriate considering the current state of Britain’s railways.

Would a six car service mean any changes to the CS’s at Barrow?

Another point…… loco brake shoes are generally harder to source/cost more than say carriage shoes. Also, taking a loco out of service early in a cycle simply to replace prematurely worn shoes is mucho frowned on. Wear the carriage/wagon brakes out, not the loco’s

The coal mine project in Cumbria was thwarted for environmental politico reasons, not economic ones

By Googling “building Ribblehead viaduct” and selecting ‘images’, contemporary drawings of the work in progress come up. To me these suggest that the abutments were built before the embankments were placed.

At one time the heamatite ores around Dalton (approx 50% Fe) were the richest in the world. Then someone discovered mountains (literally) of staggeringly pure ores in Australia.

Similar has been commented on upthread but I too once gave a policeman a lift on a winding road. I had been ‘cutting corners’ and suddenly thought better of it with him present. However, he told me he had been on a police safe driving course (not the blue light one) and was told that...

On Ulverston station, if the wind is in the right direction, it is perfectly possible to hear the train run on to the Leven viaduct some 3 miles away. The same sound can be heard from my garden some 5 miles away

So local children either get a poorer educational system or have to bus much further. I’d rather have local families contributing to ALL aspects of the community

There is so much more to it than that. For instance, second homers don’t send their kids to local schools as local families would. A lower school roll means less central government funding for the schools and they struggle to be viable.

Of course “Opal Fruits… made to make your mouth water” Was coined by Murray Walker no less in a former job. He also had a hand in “A Mars a day helps you work rest and play.” My favourite though is a seemingly genuine Scottish crofter advertising Pedigree Chum… “It does not run all over the...

My next door neighbour was a CPO on a Trident sub. He told me Miele were the only make the Navy would consider in such applications.

My failing mother-in-law lived at a property that had three possible addresses 61 Edwardian Terrace, Rural Lane, Market Town 61 Edwardian Terrace Market Town 61 Rural Lane Market Town The BBC relentlessly hounded her for all three, requiring a licence for each. With an enduring power of...

Ow! That little boy’s trauma always breaks my heart. Always assumed it was genuine distress from losing his mum. What on Earth did they do to him to bring that on for the cameras!