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« on: September 04, 2024, 21:55:52 »

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« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2024, 22:02:07 »
"What do you mean - you've never seen a fox at York before?"  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2024, 22:18:23 »
Disappointing turn out for York Station's "Dress Like A Fox" day.
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« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2024, 23:46:19 »
"I'm just here to get my tail trimmed - it's cheaper than going to a barber's shop out in the town".

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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.

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« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2024, 07:11:00 »
Just waiting for the pigeons to get off the train, as they do on the Underground.
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« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2024, 07:44:05 »
Now then where's that Polar Bear lurking?..
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« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2024, 07:47:28 »
Station tannoy....... "Attention please foxes on Platform 6. Please keep behind the yellow line"
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« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2024, 13:15:12 »

He was on a Rover ticket, but turned up for the 0830 train, he'll just get the brush off !
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« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2024, 20:11:55 »
He's waiting to see a hunt.
The Gresley D49 hunt class 4-4-0s worked the Harrogate line services until the early 1960s That looks like the Harrogate bay in the background.
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« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2024, 20:15:48 »
"What do you mean, my train's been cancelled?  Oh, fur fox sake ... !"
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