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If anyone knows...

a) When the fixtures come out ?

b) When is the fans forum ?

Thankyoooou.

Fixtures come out 22nd June 10am!!! 8)

Dunno about the forum though!

 Don't know about fixtures, but in a posting  on thisis, that nice Mr Power said there'd be a fans forum, as soon as Wise gets back from his hols.

Thanks guys, thats lovely jubbly. Can't wait for the fixtures to come out  :D

 When I were a lad and liked nothing better than a bit of train spotting combined with watching training at the A ground,  a jubbly was a frozen block of orange squash, that took ages to eat/drink.

 http://www.lightstraw.co.uk/faded/jubblyoj.gif


 Can you still get them?

:D  You learn something new everyday when the smeetonater is around.

Have you borrowed Birdys vibrator then Sade?! :?

  :shock: You got the Smeetonator Sadie....

They still exist, Reg... they have the Flintstones on now 8)

:o  Crikey guys, thats one hell of an assumption. I'm too young for this kind of thing.

I'm going to have to think of another name for reg, as I forgot thats the name of birdys...thing  :oops:

nah it is still in my porn drawer, I got it working again though.  Seems it just needed a rest  \ :D /

That reminds me, I'll have to let you have that picture of DV back.

*swoon*

He is a dream boat

He's the poor mans (or womans) Rory Fallon. Which is no bad thing :gay:

:shock:

We've gone from fixtures and fans forums to dildos and dv85  :?

Yes please coz I am bored of sonic now. Ta

xx

There were steam locos as well as diesel electrics, not to mention the diesel hydraulics, ....two out of the three types built in the Swindon works.  This was all within the perfumed vista of the gas works.  Pity about the training ground, though.

I'm sure the cocktail of the gas works, Cooper's blood and bone factory and Wills tobacco chimney, had a beneficial effect warding off asthma.

 I was always a fan of the Highworth Branch....knew it was time for tea when the Bunkie ran up to Highworth.

  A Bunkie was an 0-6-0 Pannier Tank like this one

  http://www.southdevonrailway.org/5786-Buck2k2.jpg

I forgot about Coopers, the fetid smell of burning flesh that used to waft over Shrivenham Road inducing nausea and disbelief.  I seemed to recall that some match days were tainted by the sickening wiff of the knackers yard.

Oh for the days of Borthwick's Abattoir and the Wiltshire Bacon Company.....real jobs for real men...not your nancy boy retail park tin sheds.

 Still got a bit of affection for the sets of sidings that abutt (I still call it Pressed Steel), up til say 5 or so years ago, Rover would still move a lot of pressings by rail, using their own shunter to move the stuff arouind.

 Used to be worth a look every so often, not sure what the state of play is now.

 Coopers is now European Metals Recycling, think they've still got a shunter and move a lot of stuff by rail.

I just realised, if I recall correctly, the bridge over the rail lines continuing the footpath between Press Steel and Shrivenham Road was called the "Bunkie Bridge".  Never knew why though until now.

 That'd be right.

  You might like this Ken White of the gas works , if you're not familiar with his work

 http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y154/Reg__Smeeton/kenwhite.jpg

Reg,

Thanks, I can recall the red glow from the coke ovens, and that penetrating smell of sulphur.  

Mike Summerbee on one wing, Don Rogers on the other, "the youngsters today wouldn't believe it".  I'm finding it hard to believe it at the moment.

Enjoyed this nostalgic thread. Early sixties, during the time when  I was helping build the new  diesel hydraulics in the Works, I  remember playing for a local select team  against Swindon Town A on Shrivvy Road under their wonderful floodlights! Seem to remember Cecil Green watching and spotting talent . Think we drew 1-1....

  Would that have been Warship class or Western class?

  I seem to remember the first Western class, was liveried in a sort of creamy colour....must have shown up the dirt.

 Cecil Green.. true gent.

Western Class, Reg. It was a bit weird at that time, with half of AE Shop repairing the last of  old steamers like the Castles, Kings, Halls, and building the new Evening Star type, and half on Western Class  diesels with entirely different construction using clean pre-made red- coloured parts before the final paint job.

The Westeners were magnificent and used to make a real low rumble when cruising into stations.  Not steam, but lots of character.

http://trainsferriesbuses.co.uk/westerns.htm

  http://www.railart.co.uk/gallery/images/austin4.jpg


  Between Dawlish and Teignmouth.....still one of the best places for a bit of train spotting.

Teignmouth I love it there! Its next(well across the bridge) to my favourite devonshire town of Shaldon. Its beautiful in the summer there, we sometimes stay in the ness hotel on the hill by the cliff - its very nice  8)

 It is indeed a fine part of the world.....I'm particularly fond of the Warren at Dawlish that sticks out into the Exe estuary.....bird spottters paradise.

 I wonder if FB knows he has such a thing on his doorstep?

I used to go to Dawlish all the time when I was little to see grandparents.  I used to love all the trains you see there Reg!  Teignmouth Pier used to be excellent in the summer.

I'm glad you enjoyed these simple pleasures Lady, sometimes folk lose sight of the important things in life.

Dawlish is great.

My friend Dan builds trains and is a trainspotter.  He is single. Don't know why  :shrug:

 8)  It still is pretty cool.

I went to the fair at teignmouth once and was on the waltz and was sick and at the time 'rock DJ' by robbie williams was playing so whenever I hear that song I think of being sick.

 You're not alone there Sadie....not me though I think Robbie is ace.

:D  :fag:  I'm sure he would entertain you Reg.

I find the same happens to me with all robbie williams songs.

The waltz were to fast for me. I'd just had dinner too and the pikeys on the fair were scary. My sister found it funny until she got sick in her hair  :D

FB knows nothing.

 What even Angels?   Fucking great to belt that out on  a dance floor when you've had a few. (birds love it too  :wink:

A classic pissed up blokes song!  :oops:

:D  And for girls! Especially the bit where it goes 'and down the waaaaaaterfaaaaaaaaaaaaall', I can get quite high on that part but thats not particulary a good thing.

no its not...

Wonderwall is THE classic pissed up blokes song!

So when it comes on in a pub, pissed up with the boys you don't throw your arms in the air and start singing?

 :oops: