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« Reply #15 on: November 05, 2024, 11:49:37 »
Quote from: broadgage on November 05, 2024, 00:36:01

I REMEMBER the Aberfan disaster, which makes me feel very old.

I remember it as being the very first news story on TV that I sat up, took notice of and followed as it unfolded.
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« Reply #16 on: November 05, 2024, 13:01:33 »
Quote from: Oxonhutch on November 05, 2024, 06:58:06
Quote from: broadgage on November 05, 2024, 00:36:01
I REMEMBER the Aberfan disaster, which makes me feel very old.

Primary school collection of sixpence per week.

I gave over £2, a very considerable sum back then. As a young child I did not have £2 of my own, but it was from my grandfather who had been saving pennies in a jar. Another child gave £5, again from a relative. Most kids had never seen a five pound note and it was passed round the class in order that everyone could admire it !
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A proper intercity train has a minimum of 8 coaches, gangwayed throughout, with first at one end, and a full sized buffet car between first and standard.
It has space for cycles, surfboards,luggage etc.
A 5 car DMU▸ (Diesel Multiple Unit) is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.
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« Reply #17 on: November 13, 2024, 18:20:25 »
More flooding in Spain, and yet more heavy rain is forecast.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c80lxd9kne0o
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A proper intercity train has a minimum of 8 coaches, gangwayed throughout, with first at one end, and a full sized buffet car between first and standard.
It has space for cycles, surfboards,luggage etc.
A 5 car DMU▸ (Diesel Multiple Unit) is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.
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