coozer
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| posted on 11/1/09 at 08:00 PM |
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OT: Hornby train set wanted.
I'm after one of these but don't want to pay silly money.
WHY??
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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Andybarbet
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| posted on 11/1/09 at 08:19 PM |
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Not much use to you but my other half (Her surname is Stephenson), is a 6th generation descendant from George Stephenson (designed it)...and surpsise
surprise, a 5th generation descendant from Robert Stephenson (who finished building it after his father passed away)
Oooooohh - i hear you all say, unfortunately, i am a 5th generation descendant from an alcoholic womaniser !! not quite the same really..
[Edited on 11/1/09 by Andybarbet]
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JoelP
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| posted on 11/1/09 at 08:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Andybarbet
unfortunately, i am a 5th generation descendant from an alcoholic womaniser !! not quite the same really..
its a good excuse though, i'll have to remember that one 
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coozer
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| posted on 11/1/09 at 08:56 PM |
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So you know that Robert lived about 100m away from me when in charge of the first railway in the world??
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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GeorgeM
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| posted on 11/1/09 at 09:47 PM |
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Hi Steve,
didn't know you were old enough to live
near him
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handyandy
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| posted on 11/1/09 at 10:35 PM |
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and i live in the town of the destination of the first rail journey. the flower beds in the middle of a big roundabout is set out as the train
itself.
andy
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coozer
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| posted on 11/1/09 at 10:35 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by GeorgeM
Hi Steve,
didn't know you were old enough to live
near him
The house he lived in has a plague on it saying so... His young engineer is buried in the cemetery next to house as well.
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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prawnabie
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| posted on 12/1/09 at 06:57 AM |
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Haha,
My house is built out of the bricks from an old cholera hospital!
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02GF74
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| posted on 12/1/09 at 10:06 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by coozer
quote:
Originally posted by GeorgeM
Hi Steve,
didn't know you were old enough to live
near him
The house he lived in has a plague on it saying so... His young engineer is buried in the cemetery next to house as well.
Was it the Black Death?
Perhaps you meant plaque.
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coozer
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| posted on 12/1/09 at 05:37 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by handyandy
and i live in the town of the destination of the first rail journey. the flower beds in the middle of a big roundabout is set out as the train
itself.
andy
Ah, so you live in Sunderland then. Never seen that roundabout, is it anywhere near Pansbank??
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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