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For Macro Mondays
Subject: Time
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I stopped by the Amtrak station to pick up a train and bus schedule for this assignment.
The Charity movement is wonderful picking up so much that the State once did. This Charity is one which I do support because of the wonderful work they do.
The title came to me as I took the picture because none of us will dodge the end. Fortunately for me I know life does not end as we die having experienced death as a child. Fortunately, the medical team in the operation managed to get me going again. Without going into too many details, to this day I can clearly remember looking down over the lights in the operating room at an age one does not normally remember things. I was experiencing no pain or fear but just looked down. The operation was successful, but it is a miracle that I am still here.
This photography is vehicle to tell of my experiences and this picture bought it back into my mind. It does not matter in the least if you do not believe me, but the picture did provoke these memories again whether real or fantasy.
GOD BLESS THE NHS
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Per favore no inviti a gruppi. Grazie per i vostri commenti (o fav)!
I recently bought a new, larger bookcase to house my collection of All-Line timetables dating back to 1974. Placing them in the new bookcase, I couldn’t but help notice the traditional old-fashioned covers, which depicted the latest motive power, unlike the later versions, which avoided pictures of trains. The May 1977 edition proudly celebrates the introduction of the full high-speed timetable on the Western Region. Now that HSTs are finally being replaced by the IEP trains, it seems appropriate to share this memento from yesteryear.
The new reduced GA timetable that came into force on Monday sees Norwich services reduced to hourly and stopping at all stations north of Shenfield (Norwich in 90 is so last year) and the hourly London - Ipswich off peak services eliminated making for very thin pickings north of Colchester.
Cavendish Mews is a smart set of flats in Mayfair where flapper and modern woman, the Honourable Lettice Chetwynd has set up home after coming of age and gaining her allowance. To supplement her already generous allowance, and to break away from dependence upon her family, Lettice has established herself as a society interior designer, so her flat is decorated with a mixture of elegant antique Georgian pieces and modern Art Deco furnishings, using it as a showroom for what she can offer to her well heeled clients.
After a busy morning working at her desk, painting some interior designs for the Duchess of Whitby, Lettice prepares to curl up in one of her armchairs and enjoy her latest library book from Boots, a thrilling mystery, when the telephone rings noisily on the occasional table beside her.
“Oh blast!” Lettice cries. “And just as I was getting comfortable.”
The silver and Bakelite telephone continues to trill loudly as Lettice brushes herself down and picks up the receiver.
“Mayfair 432,” she answers without the slightest trace of irritation in her very best telephone voice. A distant female voice speaks down the line. “Oh Mrs. Hatchett, how do you do. Yes, this is Miss Chetwynd speaking.” She listens. “You’d like me to visit your home in Sussex? Next Thursday? Well Mrs Hatchett, I am rather in demand at the moment, and it is after all, the Season, which makes it doubly difficult.” She listens to more simpering words coming down the line. “Let me just check my diary.”
Lettice deposits the receiver next to the telephone. She reaches across to the low table before her and helps herself to a sip of tea and a nibble of one of the biscuits Edith has brought her. She then flicks a few pages in her new novel. Finally, when she thinks enough time has passed, she reaches across past the telephone and picks up her leather-bound diary which is fastened with an ornate silver clip. Taking up her silver pen, she flicks to next Thursday, knowing full well that it is free. She puts a star next to the Friday to Monday country party inked in for the following day. She will have plenty of time to get down to Sussex by train to visit Mrs Hatchett’s parochial manor house and back again to London to then travel the next day to Worcestershire for the weekend party.
Picking up the receiver she says, “You’re lucky Mrs. Hatchett. Thursday is the only day I have free in my diary for next week.”
She smiles like a Cheshire cat as she listens to Mrs. Hatchett’s enthusiastic response.
“Now, if you’d just remind me of your address is Sussex please, Mrs. Hatchett.” She jots it in her diary. “And you will ensure your driver picks me up from Rotherfield and Mark Cross*?” She listens to Mrs. Hatchett’s reassurances. “Splendid! Shall we say one o’clock then?” She listens. “Yes? Very good. Yes… yes, I shall see you then. Good morning Mrs. Hatchett.”
Lettice hangs up the receiver and squeals with delight.
“Edith! Edith!” she calls.
Her maid scurries in, frustrated that her mistress insists of screaming through the flat rather than pressing the servants’ bell next to the fireplace. “Can I help you, Miss?”
“Oh Edith!” Lettice gasps, leaping up from her seat and clasping her hands in delight. “Such good news!”
“Yes Miss?” Edith asks, waiting to hear more.
“Your cake did the trick!”
“My cake, Miss?” Edith does not understand.
“Yes, yes! Your mother’s chocolate cake recipe, for Mrs. Hatchett. Remember?”
“Oh that cake!” Edith thinks to herself how many cakes she has made since the rather loud and somewhat gauche Mrs. Hatchett, wife of a banker, sat in Lettice’s drawing room, enthusing over her host’s taste and style. “Very good, Miss.”
“It’s splendid Edith. Mrs. Hatchett wants me to visit her next Thursday to look about her home to then propose some interior design ideas!” She throws her arms around Edith’s neck, much to the other woman’s consternation as she stiffens awkwardly at the overfamiliarity.
“I best fetch you the Bluebell timetable then, Miss.” Edith mutters, slipping from her mistress’ grasp.
“Edith,” Lettice called after her.
“Yes, Miss?”
“You’re such a brick!”
“Yes, Miss!”
Lettice sinks back down into her round tub armchair, picks up her book and sighs happily.
*The village of Rotherfield in East Sussex had a railway station open there on September 1st 1880. It was renamed Rotherfield and Mark Cross on November 11th 1901. It was never a busy railway station with only light traffic boarding to London, partly due to an inconvenient location. The station was finally closed on June 14th 1965.
This year the FFF+ Group have decided to have a weekly challenge called “Snap Happy”. A different theme chosen by a member of the group each week, and the image is to be posted on the Monday of the week.
This week the theme, “connections/connected” was chosen by David, DaveSPN.
I have taken a slightly different perspective on the theme, but I hope that this telephone, which kept people connected in the 1920s and keep them equally connected today. This upper-class domestic scene is different to what you may think, for it is made up entirely of 1:12 size dollhouse miniatures.
Fun things to look for in this tableaux include:
The black Bakelite and silver telephone is a 1:12 miniature of a model introduced around 1919.
The vase of red roses on the Art Deco occasional table and the glass vase of pink roses on the right-hand side of the mantlepiece are beautifully made by hand by the Doll House Emporium.
Lettice’s tea set is a beautiful artisan set featuring a rather avant-garde Art Deco Royal Doulton design from the Edwardian era. The biscuits are also artisan miniatures from a specialist stockist of food stuffs. He has a dizzying array of meals which is always growing, and all are made entirely or put together by hand.
Lettice’s drawing room is furnished with beautiful J.B.M. miniatures. The Art Deco tub chairs are of black japanned wood and have removable cushions, just like their life sized examples. To the left of the fireplace is a Hepplewhite drop-drawer bureau and chair of black japanned wood which has been hand painted with chinoiserie designs, even down the legs and inside the bureau. The chair set has a rattan seat, which has also been hand woven. To the right of the fireplace is a Chippendale cabinet which has also been decorated with chinoiserie designs. It also features very ornate metalwork hinges and locks.
On the top of the Hepplewhite bureau stand three real miniature photos in frames including an Edwardian silver frame, a Victorian brass frame and an Art Deco blue Bakelite and glass frame.
The fireplace is a 1:12 miniature resin Art Deco fireplace which is flanked by brass accessories including an ash brush with real bristles.
On the left hand side of the mantle is an Art Deco metal clock hand painted with wonderful detail by British miniature artisan Victoria Fasken.
In the middle of the mantle is a miniature artisan hand painted Art Deco statue on a “marble” plinth. Made by Warwick Miniatures in England, it is a 1:12 copy of the “Theban Dancer” sculpture created by Claire-Jeanne-Roberte Colinet in 1925.
The carpet beneath the furniture is a copy of a popular 1920s style Chinese silk rug, and the geometric Art Deco wallpaper is beautiful hand impressed paper given to me by a friend, which inspired the whole “Cavendish Mews – Lettice Chetwynd” series.
The old fella is looking through a magnifying glass at the country timetable at Central. Traveller or trainspotter? Reminds me of an Ealing film from the '50s.
73970 is seen heading north along the Angus Coast at Nether Dysart with the Aberdeen portion of the northbound 'Caledonian Sleeper'.
Now 1A25 Edinburgh to Aberdeen has been reduced to 4 coaches in the current timetable its a relatively effortless run for the single cl 73 - still can't get used to seeing these veteran locos away from the 3rd rail though !
Fresh from the paint shop, 55004 -'Queens Own Highlander' was on display at the Doncaster Works open day on June 17th 1978.
The loco had been built at Vulcan Foundry as D9004 in May 1961. It was named 'Queens Own Highlander in May 1964. D9004 was renumbered to 55004 in May 1974. It lasted just over 20 years in service, its official switch-off date being October 28th 1981, just two months before the remaining Deltics bowed-out of regular timetabled ECML workings. A rather sorry-looking 55004 went on display one more time at Doncaster Works as part of a hastily-arranged and well attended 'Deltic Farewell' open day on February 13th 1982. The loco was scrapped at Doncaster Works in July 1983.
“I need to have backing documentation. I need to see it visually, on the page, before it makes sense. I need a timetable and a map.” -Harlan Coben
Writing things down can certainly clear your mind and let you see things in a different, clearer way. Digital notes could never do the same for me what writing things down does!
Notebook from Top Flight, bandana from Pen & Pine (Etsy).
This picture is taken in Liverpool Street Station, London. I have converted to B&W with the exception of the digital time table
Looking very forlorn are three withdrawn Hastings DEMU vehicles stored in the open at Mountfield Exchange Sidings in East Sussex. Leading the line is power car S60021 from set 1014 while behind is TCK no. S60716 from set 1031 and bringing up the rear another power car this time S60023 from set 1015.
With electric services scheduled to start from the May timetable change the surviving DEMU's by this date were cobbled together formations using vehicles from various sets. Those vehicles with poor bodywork and serious corrosion issues were sidelined first exemplified by the vehicles seen here.
Last Monday was my first ever day driving the 1 Lerwick Town Service! Been covering for breaks the whole week and its really great! The Town Service has returned its old route pre 2014 using the North & South destinations again despite it not working on the screen (North: Esplanade to Hoofields via King Harald Street & North Road. Hoofields to esplanade via Lochside, Scalloway road and King Harald Street) (South: Esplanade to Quoys via Scalloway road, Clickimin Road. Quoys to Esplanade via Sea road, Lochside & North road) with the North section serving the college once every hour Monday to Friday with the Harrison Square stop being removed with the bus now serving Esplanade in both directions. The first run in the morning at 0820 from Quoys (but now 0825) is still the same however the 1705 going to the north section then the south section of Lerwick from the Esplanade which was on the old timetable has also returned!
Enviro 200 YY64 GWD seen here at the esplanade in Lerwick about to start the 1100 Town service north on Monday 17 August 2020
Felling chuffed that Ensignbus have graced the cover of their New Time-Table booklet , with one of my shots .
March-2018 .
Tokawa Sta. / Choshi Electoric Railway @Tokawa-cho, Choshi-shi, Chiba-ken
時刻表 / 外川駅 / 銚子電鉄 @千葉県銚子市外川町
A reminder of the straightforward style of the design of British Rail's post-1965 timetables; this for Greater Glasgow showing the new Passenger Transport Executive's "GG" Greater Glasgow branding and, instead of Scottish Region's blue cover, this uses a version of the PTE's mustard yellow. The timetable covers the Glasgow North and South lines of what was the busiest suburban rail network outside London. Indeed although there has been some contraction - most notably the loss of once through Kilmacolm line in 1983 although this has since been partially reopened as far as Paisley Canal station in 1990 in one of what must have been the shortest closures on the BR network - there has also been growth and continued electrification. The most obvious was the 1979 reopening of the "Argyle Line" that used the Low Level route through Glasgow Central that had been closed in 1964.
As well as the tables drawn from the National Timetable the booklet includes a series of route diagrams, including the soon to be modernised Glasgow Underground - better known as the "Subway" to many and operated directly by the PTE as successor to Glasgow Corporation Transport. This modernisation was finally completed in 1980 and included some station reconstructions, relocation and renaming.
The Official TCDD Passenger Guide, starting 8th November 1987.
Obtained upon request at Izmir Alsancak May 1988, believed not generally available and possibly low circulation.
Displayed together with a professional handprint of Isparta from 1986 and a selection of tickets from the 1988 visit.
A train guard at Burdur Gar seemed somewhat surprised seeing the timetable in my possession and quickly flicked through to a particular page, I believe to check if it matched his information!
Magic days of travel in Turkey.
First West of England WsM based 30012 YK25 OJB is seen approaching WsM interchange working an X1 towards Searle Cresent, wearing the press adverts from a previous showing to WECA.
Abellio ScotRail Class 365, 365525 & Class 385, 385107 at Camelon railway station working 2P42 & 2P47 Edinburgh Waverley - Dunblane and vice versa services on the 9th of December 2018
The electric trains for this new timetable have now replaced the Class 158 & 170 diesel units that were previous used on these services
The westbound Amtrak 4 slows for the station platform at Las Vegas, New Mexico passing an entire lineup of signal parts taken down from the BNSF Raton and Glorieta Subdivisions. Las Vegas is the location on the timetable where the two subdivisions meets within semaphore territory.
Pencil on paper.
That was at the time when => Patrick Nagel and => his pictures were quite popular.
Anatomical and figurative drawing was still on the timetable at that time. :-)
(46.93911, 07.43677)
Right on time, the westbound Pennsylvanian cruises around the curve at Gap, PA, on Amtrak's Keystone Corridor.
You can't hardly hear a train coming until it's on top of you here, so it's time to look at the timetable & do a little math...
First West of England Hengrove based 33110 SK19 EOX is seen leaving Temple Meads working an A1 towards Bristol Airport, 3 of these were acquired for the A1 PVR uplift and 33110 is so far the only one to enter service. Displaced in glasgow by their latest electroliners.
What might be called a "going away" picture as 8F 48276 sets off on the Up line and passes under the Balm Road skew bridge towards Stourton. Having worked a non-timetabled train it may have returned Light Engine to its home shed of Mirfield.
First Aberdeen have registered short notice changes to service 20 from tomorrow that see the Balnagask bound buses avoid Union St and instead return to Union Terrace. It is rare for a service to change with only a few days notice but the operator has evidently convinced the traffic commissioner that the service punctuality is being impacted by the congestion within the city centre. As well as changing the route there is a revised timetable with reduced running time southbound and increased running time in return northbound with layover time reduced. 63213 seen here on the last day of the Union St 20 for Balnagask.
Meanwhile Stagecoach Bluebird have announced consutation to proposed service changes that would see the withdrawal of the 62 Sunday service, 53607 seen here obliging on a Sunday 62A.