Happy New Year

Injector · Post by **Injector** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:52 pm

HAPPY NEW YEAR
TO ALL ON THE FORUM

stationcat · Post by **stationcat** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:14 pm

I'll second that.

BristleGWR · Post by **BristleGWR** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 1:11 pm

Happy New Year to everyone!!

tugboatcharly2 · Post by **tugboatcharly2** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:44 pm

A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL

Rich_Eason · Post by **Rich_Eason** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:33 pm

For me the undisputed stars of 2007 were...

Fowler 7F at Bitton

and...

The Bristol Coal Stone Haul...

Heres to 2008!!!!

Post by **madhattie** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 1:05 am

Gosh Rich! They all seem like such a long time ago now!

Here's a small Happy New Year taster of some of the things I've been adding to the new site this week:

Lawrence Hill Junction:

Station Road, Montpelier:

jules · Post by **jules** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:24 am

Wow!

Fantastic new pics! Can't wait to see more... Have you been time-travelling to get these or something?

Lawrence Hill Junction? Where was that signal box? Looks like Barrow Road - Midland to me. Was this box named from the old junction that many years ago went down to the Bristol & South Wales? Can't quite place it!

Happy New Year all.

Jules

horace · Post by **horace** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 2:52 pm

Taster, I'm drooling, this brings back memories and is a super record of the way Bristol railways used to be. I know as you said on Flickr that the new site keeps getting knocked back, but if this is what we are going to get the wait will be worthwhile.

Roger · Post by **Roger** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:14 pm

What a superb photograph of Lawrence Hill Jc. Spent many an hour in that area in the early 60s - brings back many memories.

Punker · Post by **Punker** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 9:36 pm

Brilliant pictures madhattie,we don't see enough of the old Midland line as it is in its heyday or at the end.
When do your new site go online because if that is what we have got to look forward to then I can't wait.

Post by **madhattie** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:37 pm

It'll be a while (unfortunately) before it goes live. The main reason is because I can't simply link the new webpages to the photos currently on the server, I have to upload the whole lot a second time. I've done quite a lot over the last two weeks in particular though, so I think I'm closer to the end than the beginning now!

It'll be worth the wait, there's loads of new stuff, loads of archive stuff, lots of gaps plugged etc.

Here's another taster, sent to my by John Thorn just this week.

Axbridge:

Fabulous!

Post by **James** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:02 am

Excellent pics, and happy new year!

simon · Post by **simon** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:59 am

Happy New Year to you all

BristleGWR · Post by **BristleGWR** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:06 pm

Having had a preview of the new site I can honestly say it will be well worth waiting for. There are a lot of new features, but I'd better not say anything else just in case madhattie doesn't want me to!!

Is there anything we can do to help?

Post by **madhattie** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 12:48 am

I've thought about trying to rope a few people in to help, but the trouble is anyone else would have twice as much work to do as myself because they wouldn't have the photos sitting on their hardrive. Therefore they'd have to download each photo and then re-upload it, which would probably drive them nuts!

I suppose people could maybe add the text for each location and I could add the photos later. I mean if people want to help, I'd certainly welcome it, but it's repetitive work, and I wouldn't want anyone to offer their services and then feel obligated.

Once the site is live, I'd definitely like to build up a team who'd be prepared to add new material and edit things. Events such as the Coal Stone Haul could be easily documented with a team of photographers adding their photos to a Coal Stone Haul section for instance.

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