Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Merry Christmas to you all, I wish you a hopeful Christmas and a brave New Year. Let any anguish, pain, and sadness to leave your heart and your road be clear. Fill up your life with love, compassion, tolerance, peace, happiness and hopefully some time for modelling.   The early Southern Railway Christmas advert for … Continue reading Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Merry Christmas to you all, fill up your life with love, compassion, tolerance, peace, happiness and perhaps hopefully some time for modelling. The wonderful Southern Railway Christmas press advert from December 1924 seen left (click for a larger version) was recently unearthed by friend and Railway Historian Dr, David Turner, and is a fascinating glimpse … Continue reading Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Christmas in lockdown at Canute Road Quay

It is certainly going to be a different Christmas for many this year, it is not cancelled but just needs to be celebrated in a different way, especially if like me you have gone from Tier 2 through to Tier 4 in less than 48 hours! As the festive season and New Year break is … Continue reading Christmas in lockdown at Canute Road Quay

It could be a white Christmas at Canute Road Quay

It's a cold, crisp and frosty December morning as we approach Christmas at Canute Road Quay and the crew on board ex LSWR Adams B4 Class No. 100 try to keep warm whilst shunting on the quay as flurries of snow start to get heavier. As the festive season and New Year break is upon us, I … Continue reading It could be a white Christmas at Canute Road Quay

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Merry Christmas to you all, fill up your life with love, compassion, tolerance, peace, happiness and perhaps hopefully some time for modelling. As the festive season and New Year break is upon us, I just wanted to say many thanks to all of you whom have taken the time to read my ramblings over the past … Continue reading Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

It could be a white Christmas at Canute Road Quay

It's a cold, crisp and frosty December morning as we approach Christmas at Canute Road Quay and the crew on board ex LSWR Adams B4 Class No. 100 try to keep warm whilst shunting on the quay as flurries of snow start to get heavier. As the festive season and New Year break is upon us, I just … Continue reading It could be a white Christmas at Canute Road Quay

Snow lay round about…. Christmas at Fisherton Sarum

It's a cold and bright December Morning as we approach Christmas at Fisherton Sarum and snow lay round about, lightly dusting, crisp and even, although services have so far been largely unaffected (remember when that was the case, stikes aside?). As the festive season and New Year break is upon us, I just wanted to say many thanks … Continue reading Snow lay round about…. Christmas at Fisherton Sarum

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Merry Christmas to you all, fill up your life with love, compassion, tolerance, peace, happiness and perhaps hopefully some time for modelling. As the festive season and New Year break is upon us, I just wanted to say many thanks to all of you whom have taken the time to read my ramblings over the past … Continue reading Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

It’s Christmas!!!

Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in our own way, by going to the shopping centre or online store of our choice! If I were a philosopher, I would write a philosophic piece about toys, showing that nothing else in life need to be … Continue reading It’s Christmas!!!