Axlebox and Spring Castings for early LBSCR/LNWR coaches

[ianlbsc]

Many thanks for the kind offer Fraser, I would be very interested in the GA and newspaper articles. Please send either as a pm or direct to the email address on my blog IanMacCormacModels
I have just had a quick skim through all your Oddments - sounds a bit rude that! - and I must say you seem to live an interesting life down there. I only visited once in the late 1970s - Merchant Navy Navigator - but found the area to be very pleasant and the green and cream?? trams very useful for getting around. All evenings off after the 5 o'clock swill; something I couldn't quite comprehend the first time I went in a bar before 5pm and saw all the glasses lined up! I don't remember seeing any of what you have been posting about though!
Cheers
Ian

 

[Overseer]

Many thanks for the kind offer Fraser, I would be very interested in the GA and newspaper articles. Please send either as a pm or direct to the email address on my blog IanMacCormacModels
I have just had a quick skim through all your Oddments - sounds a bit rude that! - and I must say you seem to live an interesting life down there. I only visited once in the late 1970s - Merchant Navy Navigator - but found the area to be very pleasant and the green and cream?? trams very useful for getting around. All evenings off after the 5 o'clock swill; something I couldn't quite comprehend the first time I went in a bar before 5pm and saw all the glasses lined up! I don't remember seeing any of what you have been posting about though!
Cheers
Ian

Ian,
Email sent.
Not sure about your 5 o'clock swill, are you sure it wasn't just the sailors being thirsty? There was 6 o'clock closing of pubs from WW1 until 1966 which did result in the redesign of bars to fit as many people in and be served as fast as possible in the hour between most people finishing work and closing time, hence the 6 o'clock swill. Not quite the effect the Temperance movement were after. By the late 70s this was ancient history and most pubs closed at midnight or later, but I didn't start drinking until 1984 (officially) so I can't claim any first hand knowledge. It is quite possible that office workers were still stopping for a quick pot or two in city pubs before catching the train or a green and cream tram home.