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« on: January 12, 2008, 11:31:50 »
As the National Railway Museum in York opens a new ^4m visitor centre, it claims a 14-year-old in 1825 as the world's first trainspotter (link below.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7179030.stm
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« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2008, 11:39:28 »
I'll get in First, SEE I TOLD YOU, IT WASN'T ME, Vacman!!

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« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2008, 11:57:40 »
Quote from: smokey on January 12, 2008, 11:39:28
I'll get in First, SEE I TOLD YOU, IT WASN'T ME, Vacman!!

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Can't have been you smokey, you were about 30 then!!!! Wink
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« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2008, 13:49:34 »
Well somedays I wish I'd been around in the 19th C, at least in them days Rail was the way forward.

Long before FGW▸ (First Great Western) gave Brunels Billiard Table the "KISS▸ (keep it simple, stupid!) OF DEATH"

And Vacman how much was the First class Ticket you sold to Brunel on the LSWR▸ (London South Western Railway) from Exeter St D to Bideford?
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