It was built for the London Extension of the Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway which renamed as the Great Central Railway was the last main line built to London before HS1 and closed north of Aylesbury in the mid 1960s. In hindsight a major mistake as it could have formed much of HS2.
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It was built for the London Extension of the Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway which renamed as the Great Central Railway was the last main line built to London before HS1 and closed north of Aylesbury in the mid 1960s. In hindsight a major mistake as it could have formed much of HS2.
Chris S
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Milk being taken by barge to the Cadbury's factory in Bournville.
Mike Ayling
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Wow!
cisamcgu
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- Merseyside-ish
Looks like an AI generated picture, but interesting none the less
Bournemouth ( well Poole to Bournemouth first )
I can remember as a schoolboy visiting Snow Hill station and using a machine to stamp my name out on a metal strip. I think it cost 1d 🤔
Dogtrousers
Lefty tighty. Get it righty.
There's something a bit mysterious and romantic about some place names that you've never been to. I grew up in the West Midlands and rarely ventured into Brum, and it was always New St (boring). Names like Snow Hill and Moor St were strange places. And in the 40-odd years I've lived in London I've probably been to only 5% of the tube stations. One day I will visit Debden or Upney*. And be terribly disappointed
* Originally autocorrect intervened and changed Upney to Putney. Which is not an interesting place.
* Originally autocorrect intervened and changed Upney to Putney. Which is not an interesting place.
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Chris S
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An early recumbent (1935)
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- Crowland, Lincolnshire, UK.
I went to a blacksmith experience at Chain Bridge Forge in Spalding, South Lincs and was suprised to see this tucked away in one corner of the building the forge is in.
This dates back to the days before the majority of houses were on mains electricity and only had electrical appliances like a wireless to power so they'd do it using an accumulator (battery) which was charged by a company that would come to your house with a freshly charged one each day (I think, might have been week).
Interesting to me because I work in the power industry an also because one of my great uncle's jobs was going round to peoples houses and doing this.
This dates back to the days before the majority of houses were on mains electricity and only had electrical appliances like a wireless to power so they'd do it using an accumulator (battery) which was charged by a company that would come to your house with a freshly charged one each day (I think, might have been week).
Interesting to me because I work in the power industry an also because one of my great uncle's jobs was going round to peoples houses and doing this.
Alex321
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But they are missing the most useful ones in real world application
I use one all the time in work, called Cursor. It helps me tremendously with code development, particularly the more tedious bits.
