NewcastleFalcon wrote:Just staking a claim for the 1,000 reply to the Pictures of the Day thread....but I haven't actually got anything in mind yet so I'll very probably have to edit it in later!
Regards Neil
You are quite right, but this is 1,004th post but only the 1,003rd reply!Hell Razor5543 wrote:I think that Chris managed it with the picture of Sir John Betjemen in the Harrods lorry. This post is 1003.
Because it's become a true classic of advertising like Double Diamond's 'I'm only here for the beer' and several others..NewcastleFalcon wrote: PS why has the marketing phrase "1,001 cleans a big big carpet for less than half a crown" stayed with me all these years
Sir Nigel Gresley at GrosmontCitroJim wrote:Something will come up... I thought I'd baited you with Sir Nigel Gresley Neil
[/b] Lovely!A doppelganger! That's not me; but I do work only a mile or two from Bo'ness railway. Fully intend to volunteer in the workshops when Kids are a bit bigger and I have a bit more timeNewcastleFalcon wrote: here it is "James the Red Engine" on a visit to Bo'ness!
from Geograph by Richard West
That is the sort of random bullseye I love Richard, and definitely one of those "what are the chances of that happening?" coincidences. 5.3 Million images on geograph to chose from, and I come up with one from another RichardW from the backyard of The RichardW moderator of this parish!RichardW wrote: A doppelganger! That's not me; but I do work only a mile or two from Bo'ness railway. Fully intend to volunteer in the workshops when Kids are a bit bigger and I have a bit more time
Very nice too when the Malachite Green is combined with a bit of "Sunshine Yellow" detailing....not a "Spamcan" but a very nice example of this version of Southern Railways Livery.CitroJim wrote:Neil, yes, BR Blue is a lovely livery but my favourite is Malachite Green that many SR 'Spamcans' were painted in..
Thanks for posting it Neil, just excellent! )
Big-boys Meccano! 
