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« on: December 14, 2012, 00:48:00 »
In aid of The Samaritans, South West Trains have announced via twitter that actor Brian Blessed will be doing station announcements at London Waterloo on 18th December 2012.

https://twitter.com/SW_Trains/status/279268210388393987

Brian is a famously sweary bloke (plenty of youtube evidence for that) so I hope he will stick to his script on the day!
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« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2012, 06:35:08 »
Now that I would love to see - err - I mean hear !
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« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2012, 09:06:47 »
WILL HE NEED TO USE THE SPEAKER SYSTEM AS HE CAN BE VERY LOUD? 

(Sorry got into character when writing this.   Grin)
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« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2012, 09:20:24 »
Quote from: trainer on December 14, 2012, 09:06:47
WILL HE NEED TO USE THE SPEAKER SYSTEM AS HE CAN BE VERY LOUD? 

(Sorry got into character when writing this.   Grin)

Thanks for posting what I was thinking!
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« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2012, 10:58:38 »
Would be great to hear some recordings....or You Tube clips from the Station of these being done :-)
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« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2012, 11:03:52 »
Quote from: Thatcham Crossing on December 14, 2012, 10:58:38
Would be great to hear some recordings....or You Tube clips from the Station of these being done :-)

Actually if the "please wait behind the yellow line" announcer at Reading P7 was not available, I would recommend Brian Blessed be hired on a temporary basis to make the announcements..

I can just hear it now "will be idiot on platform 7 who has 5 suitcases and 15 kids stop getting in everyones way"...mind you the intended recipient probably would hear it unless they take their earphones out Smiley
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« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2012, 22:30:19 »
Sick as a dog that I'm on annual leave on Tuesday...!!
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« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2012, 03:56:35 »
Surely 'youtube'TM‡(resolve) will be the answer?  Grin

One of my favourites is Stephen Fry doing Brian Blessed impressions on QI ...  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2012, 19:48:22 »
It is such a shame that during this attempt to raise money for the Samaritans, a person was hit by a train at Earlsfield which resulted in the cancellation of all services from Waterloo during the evening peak.
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« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2012, 09:44:06 »
Sad, and rather ironic ...  Lips sealed
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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament) 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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