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I read daily and more if there is something interesting ongoing but rarely post usually because I have nothing useful to contribute .

My grandsons were born and live in Peterborough and definitely have an accent although slight. They do the 'a' in bath and castle as 'a' not 'ar' and there seems to be a lack of tts in butter and splatter. It is subtle but it is there.

We saw it this morning through Ash. Locos both ends but not sure what they were I'm afraid. I check RTT every morning for anything unusual and picked this up.

Thank you. I know where you mean. That helps a lot.

Can anyone help with a bit of detail for a story I am writing for a group I belong to. I am wondering when the current lost property office at Waterloo Station opened in where it is now. And how did the lost property get to the office from the trains or stations? Did the guards take it down or...

I didn't hear it this morning as I normally do. I wondered if I had started at Reading.

Probably not but if it could be done without dragging a suitcase across London I'd go for it

I'm hoping for Guilford-Peterborough. I might be waiting a while :)

Thanks everyone. Card now purchased and I have the perfect excuse to kidnap the grandsons and take them on railway adventures. For this trip, they have decided to drive to Stevenage and come into London from there.

I did have wonder about that but as the eldest turns five in May, we will need to pay for him after that. The family rail card means we can take them out and about over the summer too. I think it will pay for itself in a year. Also if the two named people are me and my daughter, each of us...

Thank you. I knew about validity for one under five - it was just the other one I wasn't sure of. I know someone who has been using a F&F card since her child was a baby. Chances of this two year old needing a nap are zilch, sadly!

Morning all I have been trying to work out the fare options for my family for visit to London next week. They will be 2 adults, a four year old and a two year old. If they get a Family and Friends railcard and pay for the four year old that will work out cheaper I think, but do they need to...

I used to work part time in a secondary school and was on my way home one lunchtime when three of our little darlings, obviously bunking off, got on and were giving the guard to run around, literally dodging up and down the train. I stopped him and asked if they were a regular problem which he...

If you want to observe the silence you can do it alone. I was on a train at 11 this morning (we called at Huntingdon at 1101). I did wonder whether the crew would say anything but they didn't so I just sat quietly for a couple of minutes.

Filled in :) They were interesting questions. I use the tube regularly for a specific journey (Waterloo to Kings Cross) so am very good at that one. Random other journeys throw me though. For example, I went off route to see the horse sculptures at Vauxhall last week but instead of walking...

The National Archives have a lot of records and there is a guide to researching them on their website. There coverage is patchy though. I had no luck with the ancestor I was looking for recently.

That's interesting. I had not realised that. I currently do Aldershot to Peterborough regularly and use a Network Railcard, splitting the journey at Huntingdon which is the northerly point of the network and travelling after 10. But later this year when I can get a Senior Card, I could do...

I have begun a project to honour the memory of the members of my extended family on the 100th anniversary of their death. The first one, in September 1914, was a man named Allen Luff who was a porter in Reading. It's a bit long but if anyone is interested his story is here. Allen Luff 5th April...

Kings Cross is flat all the way from platforms to taxi and well signed