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TaplowGreen

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Re: So then...what have I missed?

« Reply #15 on: October 23, 2019, 17:31:39 »

Quote from: bobm on October 23, 2019, 17:21:44

Quote from: Red Squirrel on October 23, 2019, 14:19:34

Quote from: TaplowGreen on October 23, 2019, 10:12:49

What does "to railhead" mean? I've seen the term before and its puzzled me? 🤔

I think it means bussing or motoring to a train station.

or in English, "to catch a train at"....

Thanks Bob! I'll bear that in mind next time I runwayhead at Heathrow! 😉


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JayMac

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Re: So then...what have I missed?

« Reply #16 on: October 23, 2019, 17:34:13 »

Quote from: bobm on October 23, 2019, 17:21:44

or in English, "to catch a train at"....

Or 'to railhead' for brevity. Tongue

Tongue

And yes, I used to bus it to Banbury or Bicester from Buckingham. And that's alliteration!


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Re: So then...what have I missed?

« Reply #17 on: October 23, 2019, 17:35:03 »

Quote from: TaplowGreen on October 23, 2019, 17:31:39

Thanks Bob! I'll bear that in mind next time I runwayhead at Heathrow! 😉

Airhead, surely? Tongue

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Wink

Grin


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BerkshireBugsy

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Re: So then...what have I missed?

« Reply #18 on: October 23, 2019, 17:57:54 »

Yet another new term I have to learn !


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grahame

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Re: So then...what have I missed?

« Reply #19 on: October 23, 2019, 18:42:51 »

Quote from: BerkshireBugsy on October 23, 2019, 12:29:49

Holiday sounds interesting ...is there a trip report on the Forum?

In excruciating bloggy detail, I'm afraid!

Travelogue observations - 1st September 2019 - GWR^▸ and P&O - http://www.passenger.chat/22161
Travelogue observations - 3rd September 2019 - P&O - http://www.passenger.chat/22163
Travelogue observations - 4th September 2019 - People - http://www.passenger.chat/22167
Travelogue observations - 5th September 2019 - Inspired?? http://www.passenger.chat/22170
Travelogue observations - 7th September 2019 - Story of a Canadian Railway - http://www.passenger.chat/22176
Travelogue observations - 8th September 2019 - Excursion - - http://www.passenger.chat/22179
Travelogue observations - 9th September 2019 - comparison of scale. - http://www.passenger.chat/22183
Travelogue observations - 10th September 2019 - My Crap Holiday Snaps - http://www.passenger.chat/22187
Travelogue observations - 11th September 2019 - What a difference an "A" made - http://www.passenger.chat/22193
Travelogue observations - 12th September 2019 - Sidney Leslie Godwin - http://www.passenger.chat/22196
Travelogue observations - 13th September 2019 - Rail and more, Halifax, NS - http://www.passenger.chat/22198
Travelogue observations - 15th September 2019 - making little of a city - http://www.passenger.chat/22202
Travelogue observations - 16th September 2019 - lessons from lifts - http://www.passenger.chat/22203
Travelogue observations - 17th September 2019 - switching - http://www.passenger.chat/22205
Travelogue observations - 20th September 2019 - on Penn Central, New York - http://www.passenger.chat/22215
Travelogue observations - 21st September 2019 - Express & local through the city - http://www.passenger.chat/22219
Travelogue observations - 23rd September 2019 - starting homewards - http://www.passenger.chat/22221
Travelogue observations - 25th September 2019 - Fair Weather Travel - http://www.passenger.chat/22228
Travelogue observations - 26th September 2019 - an eye in the sky. - http://www.passenger.chat/22229
Travelogue observations - 27th September 2019 - painting 42,000 words - http://www.passenger.chat/22232
Travelogue observations - 28th September 2019 - busy doing nothing - http://www.passenger.chat/22239
Travelogue observations - 29th September 2019 - people - http://www.passenger.chat/22241
Travelogue observations - 30th September 2019 - final full day on board - http://www.passenger.chat/22246


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JayMac

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Re: So then...what have I missed?

« Reply #20 on: October 23, 2019, 19:18:42 »

And while grahame was cruising the North Atlantic I was based at Coffee Shop Central, holding the fort and minding the dog.

http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=22162.0


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bobm

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Re: So then...what have I missed?

« Reply #21 on: October 23, 2019, 20:11:57 »

You can learn the intriguing story of how an Atlantic cruise led to the restoring of a cassette tape deck.

This forum informs more than many others can only dream of!


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BerkshireBugsy

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Re: So then...what have I missed?

« Reply #22 on: October 23, 2019, 20:15:18 »

Quote from: bobm on October 23, 2019, 20:11:57

You can learn the intriguing story of how an Atlantic cruise led to the restoring of a cassette tape deck.

This forum informs more than many others can only dream of!

Not 8 track then !


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johnneyw

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From station to station, back to Bristol city....

Re: So then...what have I missed?

« Reply #23 on: October 23, 2019, 20:41:02 »

Coincidentally, mini discs were mentioned of Radio Bristol today. Whatever happened to them?


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JayMac

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Re: So then...what have I missed?

« Reply #24 on: October 23, 2019, 21:46:18 »

Quote from: johnneyw on October 23, 2019, 20:41:02

Coincidentally, mini discs were mentioned of Radio Bristol today. Whatever happened to them?

One of my favourite YouTube channels may provide an answer:

https://youtu.be/kU3BceoMuaA

Techmoan. Well worth a watch if you are interested in 'old' audio formats.


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BerkshireBugsy

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Re: So then...what have I missed?

« Reply #25 on: October 23, 2019, 21:51:04 »

It's good to see that the coffee shop doesnt get distracted from the OP^▸


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johnneyw

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From station to station, back to Bristol city....

Re: So then...what have I missed?

« Reply #26 on: October 23, 2019, 21:55:28 »

Guilty as charged but it's good that you are back BB.


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Western Pathfinder

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Re: So then...what have I missed?

« Reply #27 on: October 23, 2019, 22:59:59 »

Quote from: bignosemac on October 23, 2019, 17:34:13

Quote from: bobm on October 23, 2019, 17:21:44

or in English, "to catch a train at"....

Or 'to railhead' for brevity. Tongue

Tongue

And yes, I used to bus it to Banbury or Bicester from Buckingham. And that's alliteration!

Or possibly Betchington ,Boventry, and Bings Bollage Bainbridge !,🙂


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JayMac

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Re: So then...what have I missed?

« Reply #28 on: October 23, 2019, 23:28:13 »

Quote from: Western Pathfinder on October 23, 2019, 22:59:59

Or possibly Betchington ,Boventry, and Bings Bollage Bainbridge !,🙂

It's King's Bollege, Bambridge. Mr Smoketoomuch's speech impediment was 'B' in place of 'C'. 'K' wasn't a problem. What a silly bunt Western Pathfinder.


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CyclingSid

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Re: So then...what have I missed?

« Reply #29 on: October 24, 2019, 06:55:30 »

Does this diversion lead to Dr Spooner and the Last Drain from Oxford?


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