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Title: Malmesbury train shed gets plaque (this is Wiltshire 06/08/2010) Post by: JayMac on August 06, 2010, 14:46:06 From this is Wiltshire (http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/8315767.Malmesbury_train_shed_gets_plaque/):
Quote A plaque was unveiled on the last remaining building of Malmesbury Station, its former engine shed, last Saturday. The branch line, popularly known as the Malmesbury Bunk operated from the 1870s to the 1960s and the shed is now an MOT test centre. Barry Dent of the Civic Trust said: ^The line is still fondly remembered by many of the town^s older citizens.The shed has recently been sensitively refurbished by Kwik Fit. This seems a very appropriate 21st century use for a 19th century building where steam engines were serviced, two decades before motor cars became a practical form of transport.^ Title: Re: Malmesbury train shed gets plaque (this is Wiltshire 06/08/2010) Post by: Phil on August 06, 2010, 18:43:27 What a shame the place became an MOT test centre rather than a dentists' surgery :D
Quote Malmesbury train shed gets plaque Title: Re: Malmesbury train shed gets plaque (this is Wiltshire 06/08/2010) Post by: JayMac on August 06, 2010, 20:11:24 Would you like me to fetch your coat, Phil?
Title: Re: Malmesbury train shed gets plaque (this is Wiltshire 06/08/2010) Post by: Chris from Nailsea on August 06, 2010, 20:26:40 Oh, when he gets his teeth into something, it's just a matter of filling in time, until he lets go. If you offer him his cap, he'll probably just bite your hand off.
Title: Re: Malmesbury train shed gets plaque (this is Wiltshire 06/08/2010) Post by: JayMac on August 06, 2010, 20:30:28 :o I'll grab yours as well, Chris. ::)
Title: Re: Malmesbury train shed gets plaque (this is Wiltshire 06/08/2010) Post by: Phil on August 06, 2010, 20:56:43 Ha! To be fair, I wasn't that well educated about these things - or not until I got my indentures....
Title: Re: Malmesbury train shed gets plaque (this is Wiltshire 06/08/2010) Post by: Chris from Nailsea on August 06, 2010, 21:02:13 A very incisive comment, Phil. ;)
Title: Re: Malmesbury train shed gets plaque (this is Wiltshire 06/08/2010) Post by: Phil on August 06, 2010, 21:13:11 Ah, well I have my own flossify about such things.
Title: Re: Malmesbury train shed gets plaque (this is Wiltshire 06/08/2010) Post by: JayMac on August 06, 2010, 21:14:06 Ok guys, please stop. I'm fed up to my back teeth with these awful puns.
Title: Re: Malmesbury train shed gets plaque (this is Wiltshire 06/08/2010) Post by: Phil on August 06, 2010, 21:17:21 Don't blame me! I was just filling in for someone!
Title: Re: Malmesbury train shed gets plaque (this is Wiltshire 06/08/2010) Post by: Chris from Nailsea on August 06, 2010, 21:24:16 Well, after chewing it over, I do think we should stop now, while wisdom prevails.
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