Well I did wonder if it was a windup... Deltics were like a stable of beautiful racehorses (after which the Finsbury Park locos were named, of course), a little temperamental, hard to maintain in pea… (View Post)

In politics, as in life, the rule to follow is - if you wouldn't want people to know you're doing something, don't do it. (View Post)

Here comes the hot Stepper. (View Post)

I think there's a lot of romanticism about factory work. I've never done it but I'm sure that it can be just as soul-sapping as anything else. (View Post)

I suspect there is much in this, but really, people only have themselves to blame if they're bored. Read a book. Join a choir. Go for a walk. Take up birdwatching. Go to church. Do community the… (View Post)