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[richard hughes @rickymcbear]

@RailwayHeritage Great to see this. I worked at Surbiton in 1971 when Keith Ricketts was the SM. The SMO was on the downside separated from the ticket office by a sliding door. The SM's clerk used to bring in a full gravy meal for lunch; spuds, carrots, chops and gravy all in a big flask..

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@TalyllynRailway @bluebellrailway That reminds me of times on the footplate with David Ratcliffe and Alan Barrett who worked in both loco departments..

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@TalyllynRailway Thanks for the memory. There was a stubborn tree stump holding up the platform extension works at Aber. I remember being on No2 when we pulled it out with the loco after the work party had put a cable around it. I guess that wouldn't happen today....

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@Tarka_Man Lovely to see the old stationery! I worked in the SMO at Surbiton in the early 1970s. I hated ordering uniforms. You had to use a pack of tracing paper to take measurements for the order. They never came back right and the platform staff thought I was messing them about...

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@BCalStewardess My first flight was with BCal in 1974. BAC 111 Gatwick to Munich.....happy days.

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@BygoneBritain The noises it all made, like to coins dropping in or the button A after it was pressed, that stick in my memory....thanks for the image..

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@RailwayMagazine @TalyllynRailway This reminds me of your former Editor the late John Slater who was such a presence at the Pendre workshop.

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@CheminsdeFerTC That should be "water crane". A scoop would be underneath a locomotive tender. Glad of the image, thank you.

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@bo66ie29 First in the line is a Vauxhall Cresta just like the one in the Specials' "Ghost Town" video. Loads of room. No seatbelts..

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@YesterdaysBrit1 That is a Triumph Herald in the foreground. I remember a TV advert for the car showed it turning a full circle within a tennis court. It seems like only yesterday...thanks.

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@tSHandJ The question @maxrushden and @BakersTweet should have asked darter Gerwyn Price was "how do you pronounce your forename?" Not to ask when you don't know and then foul up is disappointing guys.

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@CrecyRail On page 133 of my 1960 edition of the Observer's Book of Locomotives there is a an exSDJR Sentinal numbered 47190. Cannot tell from the picture whether it is the one at Chinnor. Anyway, this one is a nice loco to have survived. Thanks.

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@YesterdaysBrit1 Two of the Rootes Group's finest offerings on view in this great picture. Thanks.

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@VoughtSikorsky 30350 is underlined in my Summer 1961 edition Ian Allan ABC (Western and Southern Region). My recollection is of seeing it on local freight workings that called at Godalming Goods. Thanks for the memory.

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@MattCas04807118 Bluebird Milk Chocolate Toffees please..

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@YesterdaysBrit1 Lovely to see Guildford Dolls Hospital in this shot of Swan Lane. Have to confess to delayed trips home from school while I studied the Subbuteo football, Lotts' Chemistry sets and Triang Trains they had on display upstairs..

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@bo66ie29 I have always loved "Theme from a Summer Place". It was one of many cinema themes in a Readers Digest boxed set of LPs some relatives owned. It reminds me of long summer holidays by the coast. Thanks for airing it.

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@bo66ie29 My first car was a Morris1300 which I bought in 1971. Disc brakes on the front, it was a really nice car. A weakness was the constant velocity joints which would give up too quickly because the protective gaiters would split. Still, I only have happy memories. Loved the film.

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@YesterdaysBrit1 I took my driving test in a Singer Chamois (a cosmetically upgraded Imp). It was a fun car to drive..

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@bo66ie29 I had one for years that was full of marbles. Compliments of the Season to all.