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Mike Smith - 15 Feb 2010 09:31 GMT

http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/steamtrains/index.shtml

Probbly been posted here before, but first time I had seen it - Liked the
one about banning Eccles cakes from stations ('cos they had rum in them,
caused a bit of a problem for one bloke).

Regards

Mike

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MartinS - 15 Feb 2010 18:01 GMT

> http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/steamtrains/index.shtml
>
> Probbly been posted here before, but first time I had seen it - Liked
> the one about banning Eccles cakes from stations ('cos they had rum in
> them, caused a bit of a problem for one bloke).

Rum do!

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Mike Smith - 16 Feb 2010 00:55 GMT

>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/steamtrains/index.shtml
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> Rum do!

I hadn't realised that the bridcage lookouts had lasted into the 1950s.
Some interesting bits in there.

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Mike

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