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« on: December 19, 2016, 18:25:08 »
I didn't know I was going here, but when I saw it, I thought it would be worth a photo. Not obscure enough for the well-travelled observant eyes of this forum, I'm sure, but here it is:


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« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2016, 18:29:26 »
Dilton Marsh.
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« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2016, 18:31:01 »
Dilton Marsh.

Darn, BNM beat me to the line!  Roll Eyes
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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) 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 #3 on: December 19, 2016, 19:35:54 »
I knew it would be too easy for you lot! Was surprised (cos I hadn't been paying attention to where we were going) to find myself going past it on Saturday.
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« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2016, 20:12:16 »
Blimey, Bmblbzzz - where did you think you were going, when you inadvertently found yourself at Dilton Marsh??  Shocked Roll Eyes Huh
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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) 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 #5 on: December 19, 2016, 20:13:40 »
Afficionados of another place may recognise the water bottle...
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« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2016, 00:41:33 »
Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on December 19, 2016, 20:12:16
Blimey, Bmblbzzz - where did you think you were going, when you inadvertently found yourself at Dilton Marsh??  Shocked Roll Eyes Huh
Timbuctou. Or possibly New York City, either would do.
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« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2016, 00:47:14 »
Quote from: Bmblbzzz on December 20, 2016, 00:41:33
(Imber.)

Oh, well done: http://www.imbervillage.co.uk/visitor-information.html  Wink
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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) 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 #8 on: December 20, 2016, 11:54:18 »
Yes, we got there about 3pm and listened to the carols from the church in the otherwise deserted village as the sun sank on a misty Plain. Quite eerie.
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« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2016, 15:58:31 »
Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on December 20, 2016, 00:47:14
Quote from: Bmblbzzz on December 20, 2016, 00:41:33
(Imber.)

Oh, well done: http://www.imbervillage.co.uk/visitor-information.html  Wink

Thanks for posting that link CfN.  I'm planning to visit later this year.  I found one quote on the website to be the most telling of all:
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The blacksmith, Albert Nash, is said to have died of a broken heart.. “When the time came to evacuate the village they found him slumped over his anvil, crying like a child,” a local historian recalled. “Within a month he was dead.”, he is buried at the village church.
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