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Post by zerps on Feb 18, 2021 20:09:17 GMT
Series 4 episode 3. Available on sky on demand.
I like this anyway but it was nice to see something about Stoke that actually makes you proud. Portillo is a cracking presenter too.
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Post by maninasuitcase on Feb 19, 2021 0:01:45 GMT
Its a great program.
Imagine what it must have been like pre-Beeching to get to virtually anywhere in the country by train.
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Post by mrcoke on Mar 18, 2024 19:05:23 GMT
Just watched the first of a new series.
Lots of social comment.
Recommended.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Mar 18, 2024 19:23:00 GMT
I wonder where Zerps is these days👀
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Post by felonious on Mar 18, 2024 19:36:35 GMT
I wonder where Zerps is these days👀 Shacked up with Rednwhitenblue is the rumour I've heard  |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Mar 18, 2024 19:40:53 GMT
I wonder where Zerps is these days👀 Shacked up with Rednwhitenblue is the rumour I've heard A visit from social services appears to be in order |
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Mar 18, 2024 22:14:38 GMT
Series 4 episode 3. Available on sky on demand. I like this anyway but it was nice to see something about Stoke that actually makes you proud. Portillo is a cracking presenter too. He is yep Hope they mention the Nestle Crunch machine on Stoke station that used to steal your 20p as the slot never opened |
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Post by NassauDave on Mar 18, 2024 23:35:10 GMT
Series 4 episode 3. Available on sky on demand. I like this anyway but it was nice to see something about Stoke that actually makes you proud. Portillo is a cracking presenter too. He is yep Hope they mention the Nestle Crunch machine on Stoke station that used to steal your 20p as the slot never opened And the strange machine that used to punch a metal strip with letters so that you could write your name. Fucking pointless to be honest. The best thing was the platform tickets. I hopped on trains to a few nearby places as a kid after purchasing a platform ticket. |
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Post by 4372 on Mar 19, 2024 0:15:11 GMT
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Mar 19, 2024 0:23:00 GMT
He is yep Hope they mention the Nestle Crunch machine on Stoke station that used to steal your 20p as the slot never opened And the strange machine that used to punch a metal strip with letters so that you could write your name. Fucking pointless to be honest. The best thing was the platform tickets. I hopped on trains to a few nearby places as a kid after purchasing a platform ticket. I hadn't been on a train for about 30 years in the UK, since I was at school in fact and recently went to pick someone up at Crewe I asked the lady at the tickets , where do I get a platform ticket. She looked at me like I'd just escaped from somewhere. I didn't know 😁 There used to be a machine where they were 2p by the barriers. Etruria was a great station for jumping off. Was a fella who was older than Young Mr Grace on the platform and he just couldn't be arsed. You could flash a pic of your Mum and he'd wave you by |
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Post by maninasuitcase on Mar 19, 2024 18:01:19 GMT
We could have had an amazing railway infrastructure today, including old mineral and coal lines, if we had hindsight.
Stoke vould have had a light railway throughout the city to all corners if we had kept the loop line and associated branches.
Quite sad its all gone now.
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