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  1. DerekC

    Settlement Association

    In their last match on June 3rd, Peebles FC Under 13s beat Leith Athletic Reds 2-0.
  2. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Holmesley
  3. DerekC

    Railway General Knowledge.

    Well, up to version 4 there were three, I think. All provide full ATP. Level 1- communication between track and train by balise (or Euroloop) - applied over conventional signalling. Level 2 - communication between track and train by radio (GSM-R in older installations, now migrating to LTE)...
  4. DerekC

    Trains all at a stand in the Manchester area... (Thursday afternoon 06AUG2026)

    I can't believe that ROCs were designed with power system arrangements incapable of coping with a brief interruption to mains power. What has happened seems much more likely to involve multiple faults, an cascade failure of some kind or a failure to maintain the systems properly, or a...
  5. DerekC

    Settlement Association

    The Parish Church of Weston-on-the-Green has an altarpiece by the 18th Century Italian painter Pompeo Batoni. There are several of his works in the National Gallery and a portrait of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, in Holkham Hall, Holkham, Norfolk.
  6. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Semington Halt
  7. DerekC

    Settlement Association

    The pub in Shaugh Prior is called "The White Thorn". There doesn't seem to be another pub of the same name anywhere. The nearest I can get is the Thorn Tree in Ossett, West Yorkshire.
  8. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Groeslon
  9. DerekC

    Settlement Association

    The name Rumaldkirk is thought to be derived from that of Saint Rumwold, who achieved sainthood despite having lived only three days. A grandson of King Penda of Mercia, he is said to be buried in Buckingham.
  10. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Gogarth Halt
  11. DerekC

    Reform UK discussion

    I wonder if he thinks it puts him in a better place when it comes to taking the rap for failing to declare his £5m present and whatever else comes to the surface. He will no doubt say that calling another byelection would be a waste of time and money because the people have already spoken.
  12. DerekC

    The years before you were born

    As I understand it, the royal convention is that if there has only been one monarch of the relevant name they are referred to by the name with no number (so it's King John, King Stephen, Queen Anne, Queen Victoria). But when another with the same name comes along, the first one gets a number to...
  13. DerekC

    Settlement Association

    Lackenby in North Yorkshire was also the site of a steelworks, now almost all closed.
  14. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Caersws (VR)
  15. DerekC

    Settlement Association

    All Saints Church, Chebsey will be running a stall selling local produce at the Eccleshall (Staffordshire) Show on Saturday 5th September. All proceeds in aid of the church.
  16. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Ebberston
  17. DerekC

    Thoughts on the Trump presidency

    Oh yes they have - the cost of living has gone up for the average Joe.
  18. DerekC

    Settlement Association

    Wakefield in West Yorkshire, like Stoke on Trent, is often referred to as a city of five towns.
  19. DerekC

    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    MeigleJunction
  20. DerekC

    Settlement Association

    Manydown near Basingstoke, Hampshire, like Gilston, is to be the site of a new garden village developed under government plans set out in 2022.

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