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yes i did go to barrow road with 15 other bath road men. it was ok as long as it lasted ARE YOU COLIN?

I think he's being shy about revealing his identity :mrgreen:

But when he mentioned who his father was I "got" him, but I still can't put a face to him. And even if I could, it would be what he ...

BRIAN HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO BE THE REGULAR FIREMAN TO DRIVER DICKIE THOMAS IN THE MILAGE LINK WHOS METHOD OF DRIVING KEPT THE MINERS HAPPY!!

Going off on a tangent on this for a moment (because its something that I'm interested in), where did the mileage link work to in Barrow Road?

My drinking ...

.BRIAN HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO BE THE REGULAR FIREMAN TO DRIVER DICKIE THOMAS IN THE MILAGE LINK WHOS METHOD OF DRIVING KEPT THE MINERS HAPPY!!

There used to be a driver working the Bristol to Gloucester local trains from time to time who would quite frequently allow us (then) young lads to travel ...

oldchapie wrote:yes i did go to barrow road with 15 other bath road men. it was ok as long as it lasted

ARE YOU COLIN?

Hmmmm ....

Alan

As we stood together on a number of occasions in the early 60s and watched the bloody things go by, I'm not sure that my views represent those of an independent third party :mrgreen:

As we both know, your correspondent on another forum is talking a load of dingo's kidneys (quote ...

HI,I AM A NEW MEMBER,I WAS WONDERING IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS WHO WERE FOOTPLATE STAFF IN THE EARLY 1960S AT BARROW ROAD.I MOVED TO BARROW ROAD IN SEPTEMBER 1961 FROM BATH GREEN PARK FOR PROMOTION TO FIREMAN.AFTER A SHORT PERIOD WAS PROMOTED TO NUMBER 4 LINK MY DRIVER WAS RAY HOWARTH FOLLOWED BY ...

I MOVED TO BARROW ROAD IN SEPTEMBER 1961 FROM BATH GREEN PARK FOR PROMOTION TO FIREMAN.
Hello 40700, I like you am new on this forum, but have posted a few questions on it so far, one of which you may be able to answer, seeing as you were at Green Park.
I was thinking recently back to my days as a ...

oldchapie wrote:hi i went to the depot in late 1963 straight into the shed link worked with a good gang until i went back to bath road into the t meads pilot link.

did you go to barrow road for promotion to driver

HI,I AM A NEW MEMBER,I WAS WONDERING IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS WHO WERE FOOTPLATE STAFF IN THE EARLY 1960S AT BARROW ROAD.I MOVED TO BARROW ROAD IN SEPTEMBER 1961 FROM BATH GREEN PARK FOR PROMOTION TO FIREMAN.AFTER A SHORT PERIOD WAS PROMOTED TO NUMBER 4 LINK MY DRIVER WAS RAY HOWARTH FOLLOWED BY ...