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« Reply #390 on: November 16, 2020, 15:05:47 » |
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Living on a street in Sneyd Park, Bristol with the same name as his was an ambition for someone I know. The road is Julian Close but as far as I'm aware he's not moved there yet.
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« Reply #391 on: November 16, 2020, 16:52:27 » |
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My mum used to know a Mrs Nelson who lived in Nelson House on Nelson Street in Stroud. She was a music teacher and there was a Nelson School in Stroud at that time (closed some decades ago, I think)... but also she didn't teach there.
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Waiting at Pilning for the midnight sleeper to Prague.
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« Reply #392 on: November 16, 2020, 20:15:16 » |
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My last ship in the RN was HMS Birmingham - a fellow mess member was Chief Petty Officer Birmingham !
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« Reply #393 on: November 16, 2020, 22:17:46 » |
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Before we get back on to the subject again, or at least close to it, a school chum's dad was called George Cross. His mother was Victoria. I'm surprised they didn't call him Maltese. I can recall tales of military men called Sergeant Major and Major Sergeant in the same outfit, and an Inspector Constable in Avon and Somerset Constabulary, who was presumably Constable Constable when he joined.
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« Reply #394 on: November 16, 2020, 22:44:04 » |
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At a College of Horticulture where my father worked in the 1960s a lot of the staff had appropriate surnames: Plant, Gale, Frost and Clay
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« Reply #395 on: January 19, 2021, 16:56:54 » |
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« Reply #396 on: February 10, 2021, 14:05:50 » |
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Update on Last September's incident in Winchester.
The Hampshire Chronicle reports today that the bus driver has been charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving and will appear in court in April.
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« Reply #398 on: March 05, 2021, 05:48:05 » |
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B&Q regularly hit the Trewoon bridge near st Austell. (The one being replaced in another thread) They use double decker trucks, both main road routes from the A30 to st Austell have bridges too low for double deck trucks! |
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« Reply #399 on: May 06, 2021, 13:18:48 » |
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Update on Last September's incident in Winchester.
The Hampshire Chronicle reports today that the bus driver has been charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving and will appear in court in April.
The same newspaper reports today that the driver pleaded guilty to three counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. He'll be sentenced at a court hearing in July. |
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« Reply #400 on: May 16, 2021, 18:59:06 » |
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Here's an interesting variation on our usual theme of a moving road vehicle hitting a stationary bridge. In this incident, the moving bridge apparently demolished the stationary road vehicle.  From the BBC» : Leeds bridge demolition: Trailer buckles under weight of debris The section of bridge is now being broken up for disposalDebris from a bridge which is being demolished in Leeds caused issues when a trailer buckled under its weight. Material from a large section of the old Regent Street flyover was being lifted onto the trailer, when it gave way. Nobody was injured, Leeds City Council said. Work to replace the bridge will continue and there are currently road closures in place while the work is carried out. |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #401 on: May 23, 2021, 09:54:26 » |
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Ah, this is why I had to take a different journey home on Friday. From Surrey LiveEpsom crash: Updates as lorry hits railway bridge The A24 High Street in Epsom was blocked in both directions and trains were disrupted after a HGV struck a railway bridge. An image posted on Twitter by Surrey's Roads Policing Unit (RPU) showed the lorry wedged under the bridge in Hook Road on Friday (May 21). A Surrey Police spokesperson said at 4.55pm on Friday: "We are currently at East Street in Epsom following a collision involving a HGV. "The street remains partially closed whilst emergency services are on scene. "At this time, the railway line below remains closed, limiting services in the area. Please check before you travel." The incident, which took place at around 3.40pm, caused delays on surrounding routes and numerous emergency services attended. The road reopened at around 7pm on Friday and there were no reported injuries, according to Surrey's RPU. That's not the High Street under the bridge, it's Hook Road which leads to East Street, which leads to High Street. |
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« Reply #402 on: May 23, 2021, 11:34:01 » |
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The railway line is ABOVE, not “below” too.
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« Reply #403 on: May 23, 2021, 15:54:56 » |
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I wonder how fast he was going to end up with the cab facing that way!
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« Reply #404 on: May 23, 2021, 17:17:26 » |
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I wonder how fast he was going to end up with the cab facing that way!
I'm not sure that is the cab. Looks like a van coming the other way but not mentioned in the report. |
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