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Post by cogload on Feb 10, 2023 7:50:03 GMT
St Erth was of course mentioned in the Flanders and Swan song "The Slow Train". But wrongly. It has not "passed out of our lives" and remains open and indeed on the Cornish main line with hourly trains to and from Paddington. Not quite hourly trains to Paddington. Junction for the St Ives branch which is a shut in operation by staff. The box will escape the forthcoming cull of signalboxes in Cornwall- three are closing and control is moving to Exeter. Those being Truro (change here for Falmouth), Par (change here for Newquay) and Lostwithiel (change here for a walk to Fowey). |
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Post by cogload on Feb 10, 2023 7:51:58 GMT
Marazion has one of the best pasty shops in Penwith- Philps. They have a few other locations in the area too IIRC. Used to frequent the area regularly when I was studying in Falmouth as Marazion Bay and area is fantastic for birding. Was always worth trekking from the RSPB reserve into the village for sustenance. Have Philps opened in Marazion then? When I lived in Cornwall they had just the one shop in Hayle. Other pasty shops include Hampsons in Hayle and Anne's on the Lizard. As mentioned elsewhere. There isn't lot to Helston. Barring a dance or two. |
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Post by batman on Feb 10, 2023 8:20:32 GMT
the Blue Anchor pub in Helston is a must, a centuries-old pub with its own ancient brewery.
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Post by carlton43 on Feb 10, 2023 11:24:06 GMT
Marazion has one of the best pasty shops in Penwith- Philps. They have a few other locations in the area too IIRC. Used to frequent the area regularly when I was studying in Falmouth as Marazion Bay and area is fantastic for birding. Was always worth trekking from the RSPB reserve into the village for sustenance. Have Philps opened in Marazion then? When I lived in Cornwall they had just the one shop in Hayle. Other pasty shops include Hampsons in Hayle and Anne's on the Lizard. As mentioned elsewhere. There isn't lot to Helston. Barring a dance or two. Furry well said, My Lover. |
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Post by carlton43 on Feb 10, 2023 11:44:34 GMT
the Blue Anchor pub in Helston is a must, a centuries-old pub with its own ancient brewery. And after a pint or four of Middle one can get quality conversation with erudite alcoholics, until about 12.30 and then it gets quieter and a little more morose. It is a step back in time to pre-Progressive let alone pre-Woke! But, sadly I have not been for a couple of decades. |
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Post by iainbhx on Feb 10, 2023 13:18:07 GMT
the Blue Anchor pub in Helston is a must, a centuries-old pub with its own ancient brewery. A visit there is an absolute certainty, it is the only of one of the four ancient brew-pubs I have never been to. |
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Post by phil156 on Feb 16, 2023 7:45:46 GMT
They all count tonight great
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Feb 16, 2023 8:26:50 GMT
In the Cornwall UA election Labour's Natassia Player is the chairman of St Erth parish council.
St Erth was of course mentioned in the Flanders and Swan song "The Slow Train".
Nastassia... You don't meet many of those. |
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Post by minionofmidas on Feb 16, 2023 9:33:59 GMT
In the Cornwall UA election Labour's Natassia Player is the chairman of St Erth parish council.
St Erth was of course mentioned in the Flanders and Swan song "The Slow Train".
Nastassia... You don't meet many of those. then you're hanging out in the wrong countries. |
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Post by yellowperil on Feb 16, 2023 10:32:33 GMT
Nastassia... You don't meet many of those. then you're hanging out in the wrong countries. Only if you count Cornwall as a country (which many would, of course). |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Feb 16, 2023 11:34:44 GMT
Nastassia... You don't meet many of those. then you're hanging out in the wrong countries. Well yes, Nasstasja Kinski was the one who jumped out. Or Nastassia Noens who is a French skiier. But not sure I've ever met one in Britain. |
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Post by minionofmidas on Feb 16, 2023 12:07:07 GMT
Plenty of Nastassias wherever there are sizable numbers of Russians (or Ukrainians, Russia Germans etcpp)! Though some will have internationalized their name (Anastasia (sp)).
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Post by Chris from Brum on Feb 16, 2023 14:19:10 GMT
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Post by nobodyimportant on Feb 16, 2023 20:26:31 GMT
But wrongly. It has not "passed out of our lives" and remains open and indeed on the Cornish main line with hourly trains to and from Paddington. Yes, there were quite a few stations named in that song that remain open, Ambergate being another. One suspects that the names were chosen for their lyrical qualities rather than on the basis of accuracy. Everything in the song was proposed for closure, just in some cases the places in question were never actually closed. Ambergate station was one of these (see page 109 of the report); Chester-le-Street was another. While St Erth was never proposed for closure, the St Ives branch was (page 106), meaning one would no longer be able to go by train from St Erth to St Ives. |
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Post by finsobruce on Feb 16, 2023 20:57:33 GMT
Yes, there were quite a few stations named in that song that remain open, Ambergate being another. One suspects that the names were chosen for their lyrical qualities rather than on the basis of accuracy. Everything in the song was proposed for closure, just in some cases the places in question were never actually closed. Ambergate station was one of these (see page 109 of the report); Chester-le-Street was another. While St Erth was never proposed for closure, the St Ives branch was (page 106), meaning one would no longer be able to go by train from St Erth to St Ives. lots of versions of this on Youtube, but this guy took the trouble to add pictures of the stations.
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Post by Adam in Stroud on Feb 16, 2023 22:27:59 GMT
Everything in the song was proposed for closure, just in some cases the places in question were never actually closed. Ambergate station was one of these (see page 109 of the report); Chester-le-Street was another. While St Erth was never proposed for closure, the St Ives branch was (page 106), meaning one would no longer be able to go by train from St Erth to St Ives. lots of versions of this on Youtube, but this guy took the trouble to add pictures of the stations.
Nice to see Kirby Muxloe at the start; a whole bunch of my maternal ancestors came from there. |
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Post by yellowperil on Feb 16, 2023 22:52:04 GMT
lots of versions of this on Youtube, but this guy took the trouble to add pictures of the stations.
Nice to see Kirby Muxloe at the start; a whole bunch of my maternal ancestors came from there. Well, if we are going for personal connections... I used Dunstable Town once, and only once, in the snow and otherwise looking much like the picture here and that was the night before my wedding day. Some people do stags.... ... and I suppose not many of you are old enough to have seen Flanders and Swann ( or even as that film would have it, Fanders and Swann) perform that song live in their London theatre run - was it the Fortune? |
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Post by carolus on Feb 16, 2023 23:13:11 GMT
LD gain in St Neots
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Post by jamesdoyle on Feb 16, 2023 23:14:24 GMT
St Neots The Eatons
LDm 1042
Con 746
Ind 360
Lab 250
LDm gain from Ind
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Post by Tony Otim on Feb 16, 2023 23:21:43 GMT
St Neots The Eatons LDm 1042 Con 746 Ind 360 Lab 250 LDm gain from Ind Well that will please carlton - everyone in the prediction competition got that very wrong  |
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