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Indeed so, I don't know how often I have seen on the dreaded Facebook (Welsh) Nationalists blaming Beeching, and the English in general, for the inability to travel now by rail from North to South Wales without having to go into England. In an idle moment I did once plan such a journey from one...

Precisely.

I would have thought that a cat was mandatory in a Signal Box! I remember a rather vivid and amusing account of Caernarfon No. 1 box in Bill Rear's book 'From Chester to Holyhead -The Branch Lines' which I have just looked up again. Apparently 'ginormous' and 'fearless' rats lived in the...

Entirely agree with you!

Off the top of my head from my own collection: Steamhammer - Riding on the L & N.....written by Hampton/Burley, a blues classic also covered by John Mayall, Dr Feelgood and 9 Inch Nails - Hold that Train Jonathan Kelly Great Northern Railroad (mentions...

I recall that there were some pubs that refused to serve women pints, so that might explain the 'two haalves to one pint'

....when 'A' level results weren't plastered all over the media! I know it's been usual for some years now, no idea when the trend started, but really! Slow news month?

Yes but who are the 'other side' @RailWanderer alludes to? The Police?

I can't make any sense of this sentence. If the thugs terrorising our cities are not 'far right' but 'criminals, layabouts and mischief makers' who are those on the other side who equally need to be arrested?

Wasn't he the political not military head? If Israel is serious about wanting an end to the fighting, I thought that he might be the one to talk to.

Yes, thanks, that's the one. The issue, I think, was possible closure of the local hospital (or downgrading it) and the campaign caught a great deal of national attention.

To be fair, UK has a history of single issue MP's....think Martin Bell (in Tatton) and the Doctor in Kidderminster (name escapes me) in recent times....just a handful more this election!

They probably were geniune back to back, but whether they still are is unlikely. In the mid 1970's after finishing University I moved to Cornholme (nr Todmorden) and purchased a back to back end terraced house for £100. My brother had purchased a similar property around the front for £75 a...

A friend has offered to give me (I think) this old LNWR stool that was given to him by his now deceased brother in law. He has mo idea of its provenance, thus I'm wondering whether it might have been from one of the local stations in this area (Eryri/Snowdonia). I'm thinking Booking...

I like Mark Wood, but he can frequently look very ordinary. Doesn't seem to be on the receiving end of much criticism though.

Yes, you are correct, apologies for my error, it was my second choice....2nd June 1975! Same year that the Test Match was abandoned at Headingley following damage to the pitch by 'Free George Davis' supporters, I remember that as I was travelling aroud Europe that summer and didn't have any...

I believe that was 1976, before the really hot summer! (if not, 1975)

Well, you posed the question and having a spare few minutes I've worked out that the answer is 54 (34 of these in India)

Well, about 530 of those England caps came from just four players (Anderson, Root, Stokes, Bairstow)! Agree about Robinson, he's played a number of tests - including this last one - where it is said that his pace is down. Perhaps telling that Stokes didn't bowl him in India's second innings.

Swimming four times a week (just over 1k on each occasion) which in total adds up to around 2.25 hrs a week. Walking - as much as I can! I'm in my late 60's, having retired at the end of 2010 I vouched to walk more, as my job was office, car (latterly quite a lot more on the train) but still...