...Another Reunion (of Sorts)
Having met up with Alan Herbert a few months back, and discovering he just happened to live near the Bluebell Railway, (anorak's paradise!!!) Alan kindly organised a bit of a get-
This mini roll-
Natsuyo & Alan. (sadly, Alan remained at home organising the refreshments ,as his lovely wife was temporarily out of action due to a slight directional disagreement with a horse a few days earlier. The horse went one way and she went the other...)
Pauline & Brian Cakebread
Jenny & Manny Demello
Cheryl & Bill Sheils
Mina & Paul Tully (well someone had to write this..)
Footplate workers ...??? We know you don't like wearing specs Bill, but afraid
the old "plates" are a must.....
The four entries for "LOCO of the Year"... Definitely NOT a couple of old
Boilers!
Pauline dreams of faraway places...
Looks like Brian’s already there!
Amazing how everyone wants Showing off the new paint jobs. (The
to look out the window in a tunnel... carriage looks pretty good too!!)
Re-
Spot the Old Buffers in amongst the old buffers ...
....Having run out of steam at the end of trip, it was all back to A & N's to take on "water" for the rest of the activities.
A great big thank-
Next time the Fun's round our place....(We only have the K & E S R but it does the same job.)
C & W as we knew it may well disappear one day, but the guys and gals who made it, certainly won't (yet...)
...Oh and we've an apology to make. In our haste to snap everything that moved, we forgot to take a pic of Natsuyo and Alan. Will upfix and remedy next time....!!
(Which may present a slight problem -