Train GraphicClick on the map to explore geographics
 
I need help
FAQ
Emergency
About .
 Travel & transport from BBC stories as at 14:35 28 Apr 2025
 
- One dead and multiple injured after hit-and-run boat crash in Florida
Read about the forum [here].
Register [here] - it's free.
What do I gain from registering? [here]		 10/05/25 - BRTA Westbury
10/05/25 - Model Railway Show, Calne
13/05/25 - Melksham TUG / AGM
14/05/25 - West Wiltshire RUG

On this day
28th Apr (1996)
GNER franchise (Sea Containers) starts on ECML (*)
Train RunningCancelled
14:09 Reading to Newbury
14:12 Newbury to Reading
14:19 Newbury to Bedwyn
14:57 Bedwyn to Newbury
15:04 Bristol Temple Meads to Filton Abbey Wood
15:10 Newbury to Reading
15:10 Reading to Newbury
15:51 Filton Abbey Wood to Bristol Temple Meads
16:05 Newbury to Reading
Short Run
11:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
12:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
12:35 London Paddington to Exeter St Davids
13:03 London Paddington to Plymouth
14:06 London Paddington to Newbury
14:25 Newbury to London Paddington
14:29 Gatwick Airport to Reading
14:34 Didcot Parkway to Banbury
15:12 London Paddington to Newbury
15:55 Newbury to London Paddington
16:31 Barnstaple to Axminster
16:34 Newbury to London Paddington
Delayed
14:03 London Paddington to Penzance
14:35 London Paddington to Paignton
•
PollsThere are no open or recent polls
•
Abbreviation pageAcronymns and abbreviations
•
Stn ComparatorStation Comparator
•
Rail newsNews Now - live rail news feed
•
Train companiesSelect from:
GWR
SWR
XC
Chiltern
TfL
TfW
WMR
Southern
• Site Style 1 2 3 4
Next departures • Bristol Temple Meads • Bath Spa • Chippenham • Swindon • Didcot Parkway • Reading • London Paddington • Melksham
Exeter St Davids • Taunton • Westbury • Trowbridge • Bristol Parkway • Cardiff Central • Oxford • Cheltenham Spa • Birmingham New Street
April 28, 2025, 14:36:45 *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Forgotten your username or password? - get a reminder
Most recently liked subjects
[109] Chiltern Railways: an update on rolling stock / services
[96] Driving tests - ongoing discussion
[46] Stop orders as cover for cancelled services
[41] Doublebagging, Rawdoggers, Barebackers
[38] Priority seats redesigned for London transport - April 2025
[36] Nantwich footbridge to be restored, not replaced - Network rai...
 
News: A forum for passengers ... with input from rail professionals welcomed too
 
   Home   Help Search Calendar Login Register  
Great Western Coffee Shop > Sideshoots - associated subjects > The Lighter Side > Advent quiz - day 19 - Seasonal songs for modern times
Pages: [1]
« previous next »
  Print  
Author Topic: Advent quiz - day 19 - Seasonal songs for modern times  (Read 3293 times)
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 43918



View Profile WWW Email
« on: December 19, 2021, 08:17:53 »
"'Twas a week before Christmas and all through the house,
Music was playing as about restrictions we doth grouse."

In modern times, many songs have had new words to them.  Can you identify the original title of these?  Can you suggest any more songs for Christmas 2021?

1. "Taking the train home for Christmas"

2. "Won't you stay another lockdown"

3. "Cool Christmas"

4. "All I want for Christmas is a decent public transport service"

5. "Optare ride"

6. "Santa Claus is shielding"

7. "Duplication removed"
Logged
Coffee Shop Admin, Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, TravelWatch SouthWest Board Member
Reginald25
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 301


View Profile
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2021, 09:07:05 »
1 there is a song 'taking A train home for Christmas' ?
Logged
TonyN
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 517



View Profile
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2021, 09:15:21 »
6 Santa Claus is coming to town.
Logged
Surrey 455
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 1276


View Profile
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2021, 09:52:45 »
2. "Won't you stay another day"
Logged
paul7575
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 5346


View Profile
« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2021, 11:25:07 »
5. Sleigh ride?
Logged
ellendune
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 4524


View Profile
« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2021, 12:06:06 »
7 Jingle Bells
Logged
Red Squirrel
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 5502


There are some who call me... Tim


View Profile
« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2021, 12:28:30 »
4 is obviously "All I want for Xmas is my two front teeth" by Mariah Caries
Logged
Things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then they happen faster than you thought they could.
TonyN
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 517



View Profile
« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2021, 12:35:30 »
Don't they know its Christmas. Sung by the Staff choir of 10 Downing street
Logged
paul7575
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 5346


View Profile
« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2021, 12:46:26 »
Step Free into Christmas, now that Elton’s a pensioner…
Logged
Western Pathfinder
Global Moderator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 1656



View Profile
« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2021, 14:31:16 »
I Saw Mummy Swabing Santa Claus.. one more for the list..
Logged
johnneyw
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 2533


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


View Profile
« Reply #10 on: December 19, 2021, 16:15:57 »
A tad off topic I know but I couldn't resist relaying this joke that just now actually came out of a Christmas Cracker at a pre Crimbo family garden get together today.

'How did Mary and Joseph know that Jesus was 7lb 6oz when he was born?'

'They had a weigh in a manger'.


....... I'll get my camel.
Logged
chuffed
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 1562


View Profile
« Reply #11 on: December 20, 2021, 00:40:20 »
I'll be home for Christmas. See what I did there.
Logged
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 43918



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #12 on: December 20, 2021, 10:12:52 »
Here are my original thoughts ... there were lots of other good alternatives that you folks have come up with!

"Taking the train home for Christmas"
Driving home for Christmas

"Won't you stay until after lockdown"
Won't you stay another day

"Cool Christmas"
White Christmas

"All I want for Christmas is a decent public transport service"
All I want for Christmas is you

"Optare ride"
Sleigh Ride

"Santa Claus is shielding"
Santa Claus is coming to town

"Duplication removed"
2 become 1
Logged
Coffee Shop Admin, Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, TravelWatch SouthWest Board Member
Lee
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 7519


GBR - The Emperor's New Rail Network


View Profile WWW
« Reply #13 on: December 20, 2021, 12:30:38 »
Don't forget the follow-up single "Driving Home For Easter", for when Covid grant funding disappears, and all the bus services get withdrawn...
Logged
Vous devez être impitoyable, parce que ces gens sont des salauds - https://looka.com/s/78722877
Andy
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 559



View Profile
« Reply #14 on: December 21, 2021, 16:02:12 »
Quote from: TonyN on December 19, 2021, 12:35:30
Don't they know its Christmas. Sung by the Staff choir of 10 Downing street

B-side is a cover of Cliff Richard's
Mistletoe and Wine.
Logged
Do you have something you would like to add to this thread, or would you like to raise a new question at the Coffee Shop? Please [register] (it is free) if you have not done so before, or login (at the top of this page) if you already have an account - we would love to read what you have to say!

You can find out more about how this forum works [here] - that will link you to a copy of the forum agreement that you can read before you join, and tell you very much more about how we operate. We are an independent forum, provided and run by customers of Great Western Railway, for customers of Great Western Railway and we welcome railway professionals as members too, in either a personal or official capacity. Views expressed in posts are not necessarily the views of the operators of the forum.

As well as posting messages onto existing threads, and starting new subjects, members can communicate with each other through personal messages if they wish. And once members have made a certain number of posts, they will automatically be admitted to the "frequent posters club", where subjects not-for-public-domain are discussed; anything from the occasional rant to meetups we may be having ...

 
Pages: [1]
  Print  
« previous next »
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.2 | SMF © 2006-2007, Simple Machines LLC Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
This forum is provided by customers of Great Western Railway (formerly First Great Western), and the views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that the content provided by one of our posters contravenes our posting rules via admin@railcustomer.info. Full legal statement (here).

Jump to top of page • Jump to Forum Home Page