Love Lane, B.R. (E) c.1956-59

[Tim Humphreys ex Mudhen]

All put right today together fixing things in their correct position and starting to connect the rodding runs. David Rayner has been busy connecting up a facing point lock and point rodding runs to the London end station crossover.
Phil it will all work once I've sorted out the lever and interlocking mechanisms, this might take some considerable time

Tim

 

[Eastsidepilot]

Tim, Looking excellent mate.
Who's product are the cranks etc. ?
Col.

 

[Tim Humphreys ex Mudhen]

They were drawn by John who had them etched together with other point rodding parts.

Tim

 

[Cliff Williams]

Really looking forward to seeing this at Guildex, you will probably have a big lad stuck to the barriers.

 

[Peter Insole]

Champion Col! That little lamp is just the job.

Pete.

 

[Steph Dale]

...you will probably have a big lad stuck to the barriers.

Extinction Rebellion protests are getting progressively more obscure aren't they...?

Steph

 

[Scale7JB]

Extinction Rebellion protests are getting progressively more obscure aren't they...?

Steph

JB.

 

[Oz7mm]

That nice Mr Turner said "Let there be light", and there was.

John

 

[Oz7mm]

Later that evening

 

[Peter Insole]

"It's alive... It's alive...!"

The diffusion effect of those shades is absolutely perfect, eh Mr B ? Thank you for a super job too Mr T !

Now I am going to have to do all the cornices, aren't I...???

Pete.

 

[Oz7mm]

Pete

If you are going to do cornices I don't know where you will draw the line. Surely the next thing must be the light switches.

No, no....don't encourage him.

John

 

[Eastsidepilot]

Pete

If you are going to do cornices I don't know where you will draw the line. Surely the next thing must be the light switches.

No, no....don't encourage him.

John

Would you like some screws for 'em

Col.

 

[Peter Insole]

Too late! I'm afraid your "art director" will never seem to learn where to draw the line!

Thankfully for me, there aren't men in white coats any more! Care in the community is what I think they call it?!!

Pete.

 

[Oz7mm]

Oh that's what it is. And there was me thinking it was a model railway group

 

[Eastsidepilot]

Col.

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

Surely the next thing must be the light switches.

Fully functional? Naturally

 

[Peter Insole]

In the workshop, and all over Love Lane, there has been an awful lot of work going on! Mind you, progress continues to be difficult to assess, while Love Lane is all over the workshop!

I fear that the enormity of the task in the final run up to Telford, as well as the chaotic appearance of so many parts of the layout, and so many parts scattered, could easily be getting some of us down?

At the last gasp this evening, I finally remembered to grab my camera and take some shots.

The only three passable pictures are here appended:



I hope that these will serve to invigorate a tired crew, and provide a little inspiration too!

Pete.

 

[Eastsidepilot]

...............I hope that these will serve to invigorate a tired crew, and provide a little inspiration too!

Pete.

I think that although we do get tired I never seem to loose any inspiration with the quality of the work going on around us when we are there, we all bounce off each other........also the near to the knuckle jokes etc. ( " 'allo Dud", " alright Pete" ! ...or should that be Derek & Clive) which helps break the occasional monotony when deep into a task.



Col.

 

[SimonT]

I've got nothing against your leg Mr Spiggot, the trouble is ....."!

 

[Susie]

I've got nothing against your leg Mr Spiggot, the trouble is ....."!

Aaah yes! Mr Spiggot's left leg (or should that be right?) was mentioned during the banter yesterday! It was while we were trying to think of a suitable name for the newsagents... You have been warned.

Susie