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Pigeon guano on platform 2 at Hertford East earlier this evening. Notwork Rail need to sort this problem out quickly I think.

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Micky wrote:Mr Bunt the fella sitting further down the platform looks a bit suspicious to me?.

Is there a pub still outside the station entrance these days?.

Sadly not mate. The Dolphin closed about ten years ago, the next nearest pub, The Plough, closed about ten years before that and now the nearest alehouse is The Lord Haig (but you need to show your ASBO to gain admission ).

The guy along the platform was OK, I cadged a light off him 'cos I'd run out of matches and fancied breaching Railway Bye Laws by having a quick drag before the train arrived!

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A good bit of NBR history Petrol shunter No1 worked at Ware in the 1950s following its transfer from Kelso, wonder how it got there would have been a hell of a drive

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Ha! McMullens' fame must've spread far and wide, then. From Kelso, eh? Long way to come for a pint of No. 1.

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Now, don't start winding me up about Pukka Pies. And a pint of McMullen's would wash it down nicely.

Micky wrote:

giner wrote:Ha! McMullens' fame must've spread far and wide, then. From Kelso, eh? Long way to come for a pint of No. 1.

Use to like a nice pint of McMullen's Hertfordshire keg bitter.

Hey giner i had a Pukka steak & kidney pie yesterday (Wednesday).

Wow ! thought civilisation had yet to get to Oz !!
The Chicken ?? (well thats what it says on the packaging) ones are really nice.

Kind Regards,Del.

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Went to Hertford East the other week during the daytime and although the layout is a shadow of it's former self I was pleasantly surprised to see the overall state of the concourse.

The former yard looks a bit sad. Has it been sold off and the developers haven't yet got the funds to do anything with it?

The 315 set I travelled in on looked very down at heel and it had the usual PEP stock winter problem - no heat.

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I seem to remember hearing (regrettably I never visited) that it was in Hertford East box where there was a 'welcome' of a rather different kind; - in the form of a prominent note placed, either on the Notice Board or somewhere else, in such a way as to be as unmissable as possible to visitors, and which read :

'Next time you're just passing by, please do.'

giner wrote:Ha! McMullens' fame must've spread far and wide, then. From Kelso, eh? Long way to come for a pint of No. 1.

lets hope the called at Newcastle on Tyne first for a pint of Brown ale , probably found it better than McEwans

mr B