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Berkeley Vale Railway
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:37 pm
by Sodbury Box
Hi everyone.
I noticed this in the Gazette :-
http://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/news/889 ... ng/?ref=mr
Anyone know any more ?
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:46 pm
by Robin Summerhill
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:54 pm
by Sodbury Box
Yep !
The phrase " Nine Legged Ghost " springs to mind !
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 2:34 am
by Robin Summerhill
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?
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 4:35 am
by Blackthorn
Good luck to them, I really hope they do it!
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 9:30 am
by Sodbury Box
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.