Berkeley Vale Railway

Sodbury Box · Post by **Sodbury Box** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:37 pm

Hi everyone.

I noticed this in the Gazette :-

http://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/news/889 ... ng/?ref=mr

Anyone know any more ?

Robin Summerhill · Post by **Robin Summerhill** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:46 pm

Looks like a case of "don't hold your breath"

http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/ ... ticle.html

Sodbury Box · Post by **Sodbury Box** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:54 pm

Yep !

The phrase " Nine Legged Ghost " springs to mind !

Robin Summerhill · Post by **Robin Summerhill** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 2:34 am

Sodbury Box wrote:Yep !

The phrase " Nine Legged Ghost " springs to mind !

Two things:-

1. What is " Nine Legged Ghost?" I haven't got a clue, SWMBO hasn't got a clue, and Googling it doesn't give any information either ...

???

2. One of my few "claims to fame" in local railway circles is that I was the last fare-paying passenger to alight at Berkeley station. If this proposal goes ahead will I have to try to be the first fare-paying passenger to get on there under the new regime?

Blackthorn · Post by **Blackthorn** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 4:35 am

Good luck to them, I really hope they do it!

Sodbury Box · Post by **Sodbury Box** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 9:30 am

Actually Robin, I don't have a clue where ' Nine Legged Ghost ' came from either !
It was a fairly familiar term that was often used in my sales career when discussing the merits of a sales lead.
If the lead was ' iffy ' it was classed as chasing a nine legged ghost.
In truth though I'm not sure of it's origin.

Maybe like ' Fill your boots time ' which I learned was probably from quite innocent beginnings.