Re: Bernard Cribbins : Sat Aug 17, 2019 8:46 pm  

Take's me back to around about 1968 when we used to run up to the foot-bridge near Miller's Cottage to stand in the smoke off the steam loco's passing underneath! and oh! the strawberry milk machines dotted around the caravan site's.

Re: Bernard Cribbins : Sat Aug 17, 2019 8:57 pm  

That reminds me of swinging on the wire fence next to the railway track and hearing the engines vibration coming along the fence and track long before the train.... Morrowell site in Pensarn near Abergele.

Re: Bernard Cribbins : Sat Aug 17, 2019 9:23 pm  

tradesmans entrance wrote:

Take's me back to around about 1968 when we used to run up to the foot-bridge near Miller's Cottage to stand in the smoke off the steam loco's passing underneath! and oh! the strawberry milk machines dotted around the caravan site's.

I recall one of them near the shop just before the driveway to Golden Sands holiday camp. Those cartons were a devil to get into!

[Uncle Rico]

Re: Bernard Cribbins : Sun Aug 18, 2019 10:24 am  

rubber duckie wrote:

That reminds me of swinging on the wire fence next to the railway track and hearing the engines vibration coming along the fence and track long before the train.... Morrowell site in Pensarn near Abergele.

Did you see Albert Perks?

Re: Bernard Cribbins : Sun Aug 18, 2019 1:30 pm  

MorePlaymakersNeeded wrote:

Did you make your folks wait ages by insisting on travelling by the open top bus?

My dad had a car so we never got to go in on the bus.

I fondly remember "staying up late" and playing pontoon in the caravan to the accompaniment of hissing gas lights!

I used to feel all grown up helping my dad go to the stand pipe to fill up the water container - simpler times indeed

Re: Bernard Cribbins : Sun Aug 18, 2019 1:30 pm  

Double post

Re: Bernard Cribbins : Sun Aug 18, 2019 1:32 pm  

Uncle Rico wrote:

Did you see Albert Perks?

Plenty BR 55 class.

Re: Bernard Cribbins : Sun Aug 18, 2019 1:47 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

Plenty BR 55 class.

Very rare to see the Deltics on West coast.

Re: Bernard Cribbins : Sun Aug 18, 2019 4:04 pm  

Mr Snoodle wrote:

My dad had a car so we never got to go in on the bus.

I fondly remember "staying up late" and playing pontoon in the caravan to the accompaniment of hissing gas lights!

I used to feel all grown up helping my dad go to the stand pipe to fill up the water container - simpler times indeed

You had a car in them days!

Re: Bernard Cribbins : Sun Aug 18, 2019 4:08 pm  

Uncle Rico wrote:

Did you see Albert Perks?

Lionel Jeffries had him moved out of shot.