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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:10 am
by the green mile
Linking two threads, as thanks for helping Hornbachhh in Perth (Oz) with his model of Bath Road, he has sent me a copy of the latest DVD produced at around the time the depot finally closed. In one scene filmed at the station end, the voice of a lady announcer can be heard in the background. As this was 1995, I assume it was our Lil, unless there were any other female announcers at that time. Difficult to make out if there was a dialect of any sort.
Re: train anoucer
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:42 pm
by Robin Summerhill
Robin Summerhill wrote:oldchapie wrote:i believe the announcer was a driver on other ill health duties pity i cannot remember his name when we have our monthly gathering i will ask our own memory man
That would probably have been Douggie Evans. He developed severe neck problems in the mid-1970s which he always put down to taking a Peak to Gloucester one hot summer day with the cab door open (which always sounded a bit implausible to me given the years he had spent on a steam footplate, which ain't excatly draught proof). He was eventually taken off the footplate and given a station announcer's job.
They have pay-as-you-go broadband down here in South Africa so I won't be listening to the YouTube link until I get back.
I will confirm or otherwise on January 11th
I'm back and I've listened
It's not Douggie Evans - he was a station announcer at the time but he was Welsh, and his accent used to come over quite strongly
So I'm afraid I'm completely clueless as to who it is
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 5:28 pm
by bristolian
Afternoon everyone, whilst uploading more audio tracks to YouTube, I've found another with the Station Announcer that I asked about originally.
Hopefully this might jog a few memories...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM1FejmFw4I
Very Best Wishes,
Bob.