tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post2211818967574750015..comments2023-07-10T14:18:09.980+01:00Comments on Extension Blog: Stirring up a hornets' nestJo http://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-4591225344089407872018-08-23T23:24:11.475+01:002018-08-23T23:24:11.475+01:00
Indeed. Many from 1983-88 period and beyond.
I sc...<br />Indeed. Many from 1983-88 period and beyond.<br />I scanned some to Jo a while back but the scanning could be done better ideally.Steve Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03246751941088920565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-26287239470048507082018-08-23T23:22:29.263+01:002018-08-23T23:22:29.263+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Steve Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03246751941088920565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-3382653201623003472018-08-23T07:39:45.162+01:002018-08-23T07:39:45.162+01:00Anon.
My thoughts as well, as their doing their b...Anon.<br /><br />My thoughts as well, as their doing their best to pollinate the important plants, along with bees and wasps...<br /><br />Hopefully the volunteers of GWSR can 'manage' the situation, until the hornets leave...Mark GWSR Contributorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16192235439908011574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-82967898390627732212018-08-23T07:36:23.734+01:002018-08-23T07:36:23.734+01:00Mr Baker,
Do you have any photographs of that tim...Mr Baker,<br /><br />Do you have any photographs of that time, when you volunteered on the PWay team?Mark GWSR Contributorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16192235439908011574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-53265997862095442022018-08-22T19:32:23.556+01:002018-08-22T19:32:23.556+01:00Please leave the hornets alone if you possibly can...Please leave the hornets alone if you possibly can! They are almost an endangered species and the nest will soon die out and be abandoned. I had only seen 2 in my life (now 65) before seeing a nest at Woodwalton Fen nature reserve a couple of years ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-12766666895206069952018-08-22T18:47:25.516+01:002018-08-22T18:47:25.516+01:00Not sure if the lad in the carriage was me as I vo...Not sure if the lad in the carriage was me as I volunteered on tracklaying in my teens...<br />There is a photo around where I am leaning out of a carriage window on the A46 bridge at Winchcombe in 1986 or 87....Steve Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03246751941088920565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-7555674470495555732018-08-22T16:21:16.859+01:002018-08-22T16:21:16.859+01:00The latest photographs from John Lees' collect...The latest photographs from John Lees' collection are VERY interesting.<br /><br />This one caught my eye;<br /><br />https://www.flickr.com/photos/73536293@N02/42164634264/in/album-72157664738875108/<br /><br />In for-ground, there appears to be a man rolling down the slope.<br />A 'thumbs up' from a lad in the carriage.<br />A man ready to jump out the carriage.<br />A guy hanging onto the front of the steam engine.<br /><br />I particularly liked this photograph;<br /><br />https://www.flickr.com/photos/73536293@N02/44029191732/in/album-72157664738875108/<br /><br />A desolate Winchcombe, with three men pushing a load past the 'beginnings' of a platform!<br /><br />Just what became of this monster crane?<br /><br />https://www.flickr.com/photos/73536293@N02/42813829162/in/album-72157664738875108/<br /><br />Finally for me, this photograph;<br /><br />https://www.flickr.com/photos/73536293@N02/44086067292/in/album-72157664738875108/<br /><br />Compared to what Winchcombe Station is now today, there are trees growing where the Station buildings will be built in the future in this photograph.<br /><br />A credit to EVERYBODY who made all this possible at the start of GWSR. They say that a picture says a thousand words. That picture set from John Lees' collection, says MANY hundreds of thousands...Mark GWSR Contributorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16192235439908011574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-9033405416375504722018-08-22T11:41:20.592+01:002018-08-22T11:41:20.592+01:00So what will become of the Hornets nest? Is anyone...So what will become of the Hornets nest? Is anyone brave enough to remove it? Aardvark11https://www.blogger.com/profile/13090938730424120909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-948691531030602018-08-21T15:48:37.659+01:002018-08-21T15:48:37.659+01:00Wonderful set of old photos.
Isn't it remarka...Wonderful set of old photos. <br />Isn't it remarkable, how in the early days of all preservation companies, we used steam power to move our works trains - now we choose diesel. probably because they don't need lighting up and disposal time!<br />Regards, Paul.St Blazey 1925https://www.blogger.com/profile/16697444840076235191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914276256646518799.post-76859736083635329502018-08-20T19:05:12.631+01:002018-08-20T19:05:12.631+01:00Castle class 5080 Defiant was a visiting engine i...Castle class 5080 Defiant was a visiting engine in 1990/1 when I joined the Loco Dept.This was the stop mark running tender first. Dave Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10463220740684887238noreply@blogger.com