Its Cold t’up North
As you will know we had twenty apprentices start the first week in Jan. Well we had a foot of snow, days when it was 8 below ,so here we are at the end of the second week and heres some photo. I have to say that even with these appalling conditions they have not lost any time and are already to send
the wheels off to North Wales. Photos by Keith Langston.
pete waterman
January 15th, 2010 at 8:27 am
its good to see younger and older people working side by side in harmony and enjoying what they r doing.
January 15th, 2010 at 8:40 am
You are all doing a wonderful job guys.Its hard to imagine anything in that state ever working again, and roughly how long till its back in action.
January 15th, 2010 at 8:47 am
This time next year!
January 15th, 2010 at 9:01 am
Thanks Pete ,look forward to seeing it.
January 15th, 2010 at 9:43 am
These young men are a credit to you, and to the youth today. They have taken the opportunity you have given them, and don’t want to let you down. They really look as if they are enjoying what they are doing, well done indeed to all involved.
January 15th, 2010 at 11:32 am
Proof that today’s youths are not all bad as some sections of the press would have us believe.
Credit to all concerned
January 18th, 2010 at 12:46 am
It’s an excellent way to engage young people and give them real hands-on experience. Even if they don’t like railways they’ll learn some really valuable skills.
More places need to echo this imagination!
I’m looking forward to next month’s article in Steam Railway Magazine.
Keep up the good work all
January 18th, 2010 at 3:03 am
May I ask which A4 that is? – is this a piece of information I could have sourced elsewhere?
January 18th, 2010 at 4:25 am
Its number 9.
March 27th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Well done on the restoration front / work.
I’ve always been interested (sometimes fanatical) about steam trains, and my mum & dad used to take me down to a small station West of Reading (Tilehurst) to see the steam trains thundering by, I now have moved to Fareham in Hampshire and have the luxury of a Sea view and the Isle of Wight. So inspired am I by your Trains programme, I will have to travel to nearby Alton for a trip on the Watercress line soon.
Thanks for your interest and investment in helping keep the steam railway alive!
(My dad – died aged 76, was born in Koenigsberg , East prussia, and has been lucky enough to travel on the Trans – Siberian express btw, and was shot down on a raid on RAF Manston, was held in Bordon camp, and met my mother, who was English in the 50’s), I applied and failed 3 times to drive for Southern Railways (Bombardier class 377’s), and now work in I.T.
Martin Schwanke (Portchester) Hampshire.