Rail programmes FRIDAY 8th May

[whole diary]

[infoman]

11.00am Together chanel 86 evacuation of children to the coutryside during World war two. Shown again later on friday at 13:45pm and 20:30pm
14:15pm to 14:30pm Together channel 86 kenneth kendall  (from year 1992) about his escape to Britain also show again at 19:00pm on the same day, friday.
15:15pm BBC2 "put your money where your mouth is" about railway signs
16:30pm till 17:30pm CCXTV channel Changing face of railways
20:00pm till 21:00pm Channel 5 Worlds most scenic railways
21:00pm till 22:00pm Channel 5 Norwegian railways with Tony Robinson

[grahame]

15:15pm BBC2 "put your money where your mouth is" about railway signs

There's one I may watch ... there is great interest in railway signs and I suspect I'm not the only member here to have one or two which have personal connections.

[RichardB]

15:15pm BBC2 "put your money where your mouth is" about railway signs

There's one I may watch ... there is great interest in railway signs and I suspect I'm not the only member here to have one or two which have personal connections.

I just watched it on the iPlayer.  The sign was a fairly plain Beware of Trains cast iron one (clearly genuine).  Maybe I'm a bit squeamish but I didn't like the format - presenter pressures the seller to give big discount, then pressures the person he's selling it to to pay a hefty premium. 

[RichardB]

On the upside for the seller, if he is a regular at Ardingly, a lot more people now know that there is a stall there with various railway bits and bobs.  I didn't think the price he was asking for the sign was bad (£115) and indeed the presenter managed to sell it for £165.

[grahame]

I just watched it on the iPlayer.  The sign was a fairly plain Beware of Trains cast iron one (clearly genuine).  Maybe I'm a bit squeamish but I didn't like the format - presenter pressures the seller to give big discount, then pressures the person he's selling it to to pay a hefty premium. 

I think you've hit on a feeling I get with so many of the antique shows - where "A" gets something for a good price from "B" then goes on to sell to "C" and feels victory if they make a big profit.   Feel a bit sorry for "B" being 'cheated' out of something for less than it's worth, or 'C' being ripped off by paying too much.

Mind you these shows are also artificial - the publicity you get for your shop or stall is ££££ more valuable than the money on the day.  So a dealer 'B' will let something go after a 'haggle' with the cameras rolling in a way he would not do if there was no cameras there.