• (Sorry to go on) Clan Line (Below) Bit nostalgic really! Well just as the others of the fleet i spose? Leave home at 4am and pushbike twelve miles in wind or rain? 15 or early 16y old kid from school would clean or awake the giants! Never could explain the responsibility? Put it here, Put it there, Its going central tender first. But only (34s) or west countries going boiler first! Driver watch from walk plate gap under boiler! ‘You sure that cork good’ he says? Ive plenty in my pocket he repeats! Lol. My reward a giant humbug sweet with a swirl in it for oiling the monster! My bike slung in guards compartment to get home! By now Clans in Salisbury or some place called Waterloo? Often going over 100 mph! Wonder what that might take me on my push bike? My bikes to become the Arial 650 twin Huntmaster, Then the Triumph twin and the Ford 100E side valve Ford Prefect! It would take many years to match Clan? Dont spose Louis Hamilton match it with todays traffic? (Clan lines big ends a nice cosy warm)!

      Michael Ashworth and David Spencer
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      • I do enjoy reading your stories, Clive!

        • @RailAdvent, Ta, But sometimes i read it back and it confuses me also! I try to contribute to ‘Crisis’, I once suggested a spare rail coach stood in an inner city siding to take a few from a cold shop doorway? (in the coming months), Must be difficult with all these small boats hitting the southern shores? House prices (shortage) are the bane of our society on which inflation is fed!