Kings Cross

[Mickey]

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[rob237]

I must admit the only thing about Grantham that i ever found interesting was the signalling from Stoke tunnel...

At least the station refreshment room didn't sell this Double Diamond muck...
Cheers
Robt P.

[Mickey]

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[kudu]

Atleast Cambridge (G.N.R.) had NORWICH BITTER which was a 'nice drop' of KEG BITTER

You've set my oxymoron detector going there.

Kudu

[Mickey]

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[kudu]

Railways & Beer what else does a man need?.

Well, there are railways and railways ....

And there's beer and beer.

Double Diamond's for lubricating the ballast. (Same goes for lager brewed in this country.)

Kudu

[manna]

G'Day Gents

Do'nt drink Beer, makes my feet ache......................................................................... Walking to the loo every 2 mins.




mannna

[Mickey]

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[kudu]

Railways & Beer what else does a man need?.

Well, there are railways and railways ....

And there's beer and beer.

Double Diamond's for lubricating the ballast. (Same goes for lager brewed in this country.)

Kudu

Partly true Kudu, when it comes to railways it's British Railways first & last no other countries railways count

When it came to beer either Double Diamond or Watney's Red barrel the railwayman's drink alas no more

How about China (at least until a year or two ago)? The sight (and sound) of a pair of QJs climbing the Jing Peng Pass over the incredible curved viaduct at SiMingYi is not easily forgotten. Complete with semaphore signals, of course. Not your preserved stuff, either - this was steam in the wild.

As for "the railwayman's drink", if I was a railwayman I might be seeing my solicitor over that remark!

Anyway, long live the LNER!

Kudu

[Mickey]

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[strang steel]

I have just been watching Marsden Rail dvd Vol32 Kings Cross to York, and was somewhat taken aback when the location moved to Biggleswade and there was an EE Type 4 with a train of WR chocolate and cream Mk1s (except for a couple of maroon catering vehicles).

The commentary suggests this was a SuO Leeds to Kings Cross working. I would love to know how this WR set had managed to be rostered for a day out on the ECML and I wonder if it returned north again later in the day?

I have yet to see this event modelled on any ER layouts, and I wonder what the response would be if the combination was run at an exhibition. They say there is a prototype for everything and I really am beginning to believe it.

[Mickey]

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[Blink Bonny]

Pity they don't bring Double Diamond back but times have changed just like steam gave way to diesel still it was good while it was around.

Long live the L.N.E.R. i'll raise a glass to that.

Micky, I hope I never see the day that Double Diamond makes its comeback.

Mild forever!!!

[cambois]

My memory suggests that the listed gas holders were dismantled and were supposed to be re-erected somewhere, sometime in the future, but with no definite decision as to where and when, and not necessarily in the Kings Cross/St Pancras area.

[strang steel]

Pity they don't bring Double Diamond back but times have changed just like steam gave way to diesel still it was good while it was around.

Long live the L.N.E.R. i'll raise a glass to that.

Micky, I hope I never see the day that Double Diamond makes its comeback.

Mild forever!!!

Well, many of the pubs in that area were owned by Steward & Patterson in the late 50s early 60s, and so it may be that Grantham sold some of their brew from an outpost at Spalding.

Mind you S&P were taken over by Watneys some time later, so Red Barrel is far more likely than Double Diamond, although I think Whitbreads soon got in on the same keg beer act with their Tankard and Trophy brands.

While I was sojourning in the Thames Valley, the native drink seemed to be 'light and bitter', the point of which I never understood. In those days lager was for the ladies and was usually accompanied by a dash of lime cordial.