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« on: December 01, 2017, 14:18:12 » |
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Out and about, but where?
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
- Sir Terry Pratchett.
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« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2017, 14:22:59 » |
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Out and about, but where?
Made on new town? |
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« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2017, 14:31:14 » |
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Out and about, but where?
Made on new town? Spell check or debilerate?  I'll give it ya. Maiden Newton. Total fluke bagging the Turbo. No idea it was on test on the Heart of Wessex today. Hadn't seen the other forum topic about the test run before I arrived. I was driving back from Bournemouth and decided to pull in as it's a station I've only ever passed through on the way to and from the seaside. I'll post more pictures, and a bit of the gossip I had with the test crew, on the 'First Turbo to Weymouth?' thread later ( http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=19061.0). |
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« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2017, 14:45:33 » |
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It is a station well worth looking at. The gravity siding can still be recognised on the up side before the road bridge.
The up station building is interesting. The original building mirrors Castle Cary but in stone and flint. There were two extensions to this, on either side of the original, which was where the main doorway was. The posts for the roof of the Bridport branch can also be recognised.
The track running under the platform allow you to see that the Bridport branch was added later, there are two arches. Originally the Bridport train ran into the down line platform and left from there.
The station and signal box are listed
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« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2017, 14:57:56 » |
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
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« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2017, 14:58:20 » |
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Soon to be an everyday scene.
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« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2017, 14:59:05 » |
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Remember it well. I must say I did enjoy To The Manor Born. |
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« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2017, 16:42:37 » |
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I guess that's a Turbo on new territory?
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« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2017, 16:47:09 » |
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During filming of 'To the Manor Born' they used a DMU▸ which was stabled in the engineer's siding whenever the service Trains came through.
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« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2017, 19:46:08 » |
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Remember it well. I must say I did enjoy To The Manor Born.Still trying to work out the difference between the theme tune to that and Yes, Minister. |
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« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2017, 20:44:56 » |
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Both composed by Ronnie Hazlehurst. And, I agree, very similar. He was very prolific for the BBC» in the 1970s and 80s. Perhaps he was struggling for ideas and thought, let's just rehash one.  One thing I just learned from his Wikipedia entry is that the piccolo in the Some Mothers Do 'Ave' Em theme plays the programme title in Morse code. |
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« Reply #11 on: December 02, 2017, 07:53:49 » |
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As something of an amateur musician, I never cease to be astonished at the little snippets of musical information, that come my way via this forum !!
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« Reply #12 on: December 02, 2017, 13:26:21 » |
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One thing I just learned from his Wikipedia entry is that the piccolo in the Some Mothers Do 'Ave' Em theme plays the programme title in Morse code.
As did Barrington Pheloung in the theme for Inspector Ttorse... |
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« Reply #13 on: December 02, 2017, 16:47:06 » |
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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.
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« Reply #14 on: December 02, 2017, 17:10:03 » |
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Things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then they happen faster than you thought they could.
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