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The Special Pocket Club
Every Tuesday, the Special Pocket Club aka SPC meet down on the docks to chat about and show each other recently purchased pocket sized diecast model buses and locomotives. The founding members are...
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Canine Charm
Deidre the darling of the butter blending department at the local creamery, Farmer George and posh photographer Ivan Locksmith are enjoying a drink or 5 at the station pub. But Rufus hound has taken...
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All About Catcott Burtle - 2023 update!
I'm often asked about Catcott, so here is a reprint of my 2008 Hornby Magazine feature on the layout with a couple of more recent updates.‘Forget motor cars. Get rid of anxiety. And here, to the...
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Perfect Alignment
Thursday morning deep in The Forest of Dean at the little known Fountain Colliery, ‘Hi-Vis’ Victor and ‘Moody’ Malcolm have spent the last 10 minutes perfectly positioning the engine so it looks like...
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Champagne Darlings
#FEF aka Front End Friday.We’re not seen former ministers from The Ministry of Misery, Teresa & Dizzy Lizzie for some time. The main reason for this is that they’re midway through a nationwide tour...
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Double Denim Dando
Saturday mornings down at the coal wharf tend to be busy, with today being no exception. To keep one step ahead of ‘the law’, this week moonshine production has been on a narrowboat, but I’m not sure...
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Foiled by the Cat 🐾
It’s Sunday morning, and as usual Clive has lost the key to the colliery shunting locomotive. This happens most Sundays, it being a ploy to get a little more weekend overtime. Clive usually hides the...
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Andrew & Barclay
It’s Monochrome Monday again, and because the colour meter isn’t topped up until Tuesday morning, and because of colour overuse during the week prior, it usually runs out on Sunday night resulting in...
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Thunderbolt Thursday!
It’s Titfield Thunderbolt Thursday, the day of the week inspired by that much loved cult movie. And as we can see, the little people are playing with the camera again. Bob Geeza Cat has lined his head...
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Hire Boaters
Click to enlargeIt’s Saturday morning down at the coal wharf and the supply narrowboat has arrived on its weekly tour of the Somerset Coal Canal. But its stock has changed from the regular haul of...
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Clock Change
Click to enlarge Twice a year (‘2 times’ for those under 35 or Americans), the ancient stone ironstone circle has to be moved to reflect the clock change here in Little England. Luckily these days it’s...
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Armstrongs & Bulldogs
It’s Monochrome Monday again, and because the colour meter isn’t topped up until Tuesday morning, and because of colour overuse during the week prior, it usually runs out on Sunday night resulting in...
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Pointy Patrick
Thursday morning at the colliery greets the little people with golden rays as the sun creeps over the horizon. This almost certainly means that it will rain shortly, for of course this is Little...
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Philosophical Friday
Click to enlarge It’s Friday again, gosh they come around quickly, and as one rapidly heads towards later life the whole week feels like 3 days did when I was 21. Much this is no doubt due to routine...
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I’m Building a TMD!
I’ve decided after much thought to break up Brew Street. Once the boards have been stripped right back I’m going to build a TMD aka Traction Maintenance Depot in Brew Street’s place to display my...
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The Railway Hotel
Sunday at Culmstock in Devon and rumour has it that the passenger service might be ending in the forthcoming year, so celebrity average posh photographer Ivan Locksmith is on hand to record the arrival...
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My Most Stolen Photo
I wasn’t sure what I was going to post today, but this one came up from 2009 shortly after I extended Cement Quay by an extra 3 or 4 feet with an additional baseboard in preparation for Wycrail in...
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Pontification
At the colliery, getting motivated to start the early shift always takes some time in the land of the inch high. As usual there are the recently arrived empty wagons to swap with the full ones loaded...
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Something’s Afoot?
It’s Titfield Thunderbolt Thursday again. The day when something inspired by that cult colour Ealing Comedy is posted, in this case a scruffy ex GWR 0-4-2 chuffer and of course plenty of whimsical...
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Not Quite Front End Friday
Not Quite Front End Friday #NQFEF - Harry the Hammer and Shameless Shamus have been waiting at the tiny halt for days camping out in a nearby barn overnight after thinking that the thrice daily...
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