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A rake of redundant Freightliner Heavy Haul HHA coal hoppers dumped in the back of the lorry yard adjacent to Knuckle Yard, Margam. The wagons are minus their bogies and buffers. Not sure on all the ID's but the front left example is 370413 then the two on the front right at a different angle are 370431 then 370444.
37116 passes Coalpit Heath on the return working of 4B20 09.10 Barry to Barry via Swindon with HHA's 370290, 370283, 370296, 370263 & 370292 Colas crew training run. Thursday 4th February 2016.
Named "Clyde" as part of their outlaw series and wearing the plates BIGDOG3, HHA's newest Mack Titan has a rest at Hi Way Inn, enroute to a life in Darwin.
Stratfield Saye House is a large stately home at Stratfield Saye in the north-east of the English county of Hampshire. It has been the home of the Dukes of Wellington since 1817.
Early history
The line of the Roman Road the Devil's Highway (Roman Britain) passes East to West just within the Northern boundary of the grounds of Stratfield Saye House [1]
The Manor of Stratfield Saye was created by the joining of two older manors. In the 12th century Stratfield was owned by the Stoteville family, and then early in the 13th century this passed by marriage to the Saye family.
Before 1370 the manor passed on again by marriage to the Dabridgecourts,[2] and in 1629 they sold the property to the Pitt family, cousins of the great father-and-son Prime Ministers.
The main part of the house was extensively enlarged around 1630 by Sir William Pitt, Comptroller of the Household to King James I. Sir William's eldest son, Edward Pitt (1592-1643), MP, of Steepleton Iwerne, Dorset, and later of Stratfield Saye, bought the estate for £4,800 in 1629.[3] Further extensive alterations were carried out to the house and park in the 18th century by George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers.
Purchase by the state
The coachhouses and stable blocks at Stratfield Saye House.
The estate was purchased by the state in 1817, in order that it could be given by a grateful nation to the victorious Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. The government gave £600,000 for the construction of a proposed "Waterloo Palace" to rival Blenheim Palace, home of the Dukes of Marlborough. The Hampshire site Wellington chose was the 5,000-acre (20 km2) estate of Stratfield Saye, home of the Pitt family. He was advised on the purchase by the architect Benjamin Dean Wyatt who had once been his private secretary.[4] He originally planned to demolish the existing house, and replace it with a more prestigious home, to be known as Waterloo Palace. The Duke abandoned these plans in 1821 when they proved to be too expensive, and subsequently made numerous additions and improvements to the existing building. All but the 1st and 6th Dukes are buried at Stratfield Saye House. Wikipedia
, Hochbahn-Typ DT5, als U3 Baumwall - Barmbek kurz vor der Haltestelle Landungsbrücken, mit der Elbphilharmonie im Hintergrund.
In circumstances which would surely tax even the combined wits of our heroes Peter, Janet, Jack, Pam, Colin, Barbara and George, 66607 passes through Warminster with 7 HHAs in tow on a Southampton MCT to East Usk Yard working, this mirrored a corresponding working the other way 3 hours earlier and the turnaround at Southampton was less than 1 hour.
In striving to unravel the perplexing passage I came across someone who advised me that "the purpose seems to have been to pass the acoustic detector at Swaythling", in hindsight I should have asked a few follow-up questions rather than just accept that and say thank you. It was only later that I reflected on the possible meaning of this confounded riddle, deep enough to stagger the sleuthing septuplets themselves.
Acoustic Detector?, yes that does sounded like some possibly rail-related gadget, who-je-ma-flip or doohickey type thing but:
1. Did 'pass' mean to test the devious device to confirm it's operation (by driving past or over it with seven wagons?).
2. To literally just go past the device - why?, and why come all the way from South Wales to do that?
3. Or was my baffling benefactor just joking with me, suggesting a ludicrous time wasting and expense day trip to Hampshire and back organised by Freightliner for no reason?
Any help would be appreciated in cracking this confounding conundrum which has haunted my every waking hour for 5 years or more. MJ?
The acclaimed and prolific author Enid Blyton wrote scores of books, almost exclusively in the realm of children's fiction, selling over 600 million copies worldwide with many titles being translated into 90 languages.
Possibly best known as the creator of that colourful, seemingly permanently pubescent taxi driver and part time Slade frontman Noddy, Blyton wrote her first Secret Seven volume 'The Secret Seven' in 1949 and her fifteenth and final 'Fun for the Secret Seven' in 1963. By my calculations, in 1963 the eldest, Peter, would have been 29 and even the youngest, George, was probably 24 and the idea of four guys and three girls all still meeting in some garden shed somewhere with their secret codes, passwords and badges is frankly weird but leads one to guess what sort of "Fun" the Secret Seven were really enjoying.
In 1979 a half-hearted attempt by publisher Hamptonbrock Press to revive the series stalled after just two titles, 'Secret Seven join the Skinheads' and 'Secret Seven rumble with the the Inter City Firm' resulted in poor sales.
Ardington is a downland village, with its parish stretching from the loam rich north to the chalk downlands to the south. The ancient path of the Ridgeway runs through the southern part of the parish, along the North Wessex Downs AONB section of the route. Racing stables are beside and around the village most of which use the Downs for gallops. Being set in the Lockinge Estate, most of Ardington parish and nearby of East and West Lockinge are owned by Thomas Loyd and managed by Adkin Rural and Commercial. Local amenities include a public house - The Boar's Head, a sports club, village store, post office and tearoom, and the Loyd-Lindsay Rooms - a set of rooms which are let out to the community and on a commercial basis for weddings, parties and conferences. Local charities can use the rooms to hold events to raise money.
Architecture
The oldest part of the Church of England parish church of Holy Trinity is the chancel arch, built about 1200.[2] The Gothic Revival architect Joseph Clarke added the tower and spire in 1856.[3] Somers Clarke remodelled the remainder of the church in 1887.[4] Ardington House was built for Edward Clarke in 1721 and has three tall storeys and seven window bays in breadth, not being deep, almost rectangular. It has small wings without bays to each side (alternatively the entire front range can be described as projecting) topped by a classical triangular pediment framing a weathered mid-19th century coat of arms in stone (cartouche). Its windows and central door are faced in complementary coloured brickwork dressings to its general grey brick façade.[5][6][7] It is a Georgian Grade II* listed building and is open to the public in the summer months. Wikipedia
1973 Bond Bug 700 ES.
Anglia Car Auctions, King's Lynn -
"V5 Present
Chassis number: 61924
Just seven hundred miles have been covered during the last ten years. Owned by the vendor since 2015 and used only for shows. The previous keeper was a member of the Bond Bug club. Described as being in good condition. The MoT history print‑out records MoT's for years 2008, 2013 and 2017 only. Has current and older V5. Mileage recorded at 43,720."
Sold for £5300.