[ebooktalk] Re: railways
- From: "Shell" <shell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:52:28 +0100
Thanks Linda, I will be going through Carnforth Station On Saturday.
I have to admit to never having seen Brief Encounters yet.
Shell.
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From: "Linda Welding" <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 10:27 AM
To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: railways
> For Shell and June and other railway lovers!
>
> A little bit off topic but I visited the heritage centre at Cqarnforth
> station a few weeks ago and if any of you are ever in the area, it is worth a
> visit I think. The refreshment room at Carnforth was the station used in
> David Lean’s 1945 film Brief Encounters. They have a small exhibition and a
> little theatre where you can watch the film. I’d never seen it before and it
> was easy enough to follow.
>
> Here’s the link if you want to take a look.
>
> http://www.carnforthstation.co.uk/
>
> Linda
>
> From: Tar Barrels
> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 10:49 PM
> To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: railways
>
> Newcastle has such lovely bridges, and the railway station is truly
> wonderful. Did I hear somewhere that it was the first station to be built on
> such a curve? I think in your case, Newcastle is not only the wrong side of
> the tracks, is it also the wrong side of the river? Only joking, by the way.
>
> What is it about trains that makes them appear romantic? Who will ever forget
> those scenes in Brief Encounter? By the way, was that taken from a novel?
>
> June
>
>
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> From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Ian Macrae
> Sent: 19 June 2013 10:02
> To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: railways
>
>
> I was brought up when at home at the south end of the King Edward railway
> bridge over the Tyne. there was a massive shunting yard very close too. My
> home-time childhood was therefore full of the sounds of trains, including, in
> those days, steam engines. The first job I ever had in education was running
> a project based in a restored railway station building in Felling in the east
> side of gateshead. Trains ran past the windows to and from South Shields and
> beyond. all very magical.
>
> On 19 Jun 2013, at 09:19, Shell wrote:
>
>
> Hi June,
> There is a book on Kindle, which seems to be an anthology of travel writing
> about this railway line, but also talks about the history and building of the
> network.
> I have also always loved railways and when we looked at this house and saw
> that it backed right onto the rail track, I knew we had to live here. I love
> to hear the trains rumbling past all the time. The only thing we didn't count
> on was the train track's amazing mouse population, which is something we have
> to be constantly vidulent about.
> I do have some books about train travel, I will look them out for you.
> The details for the kindle book and link are
> The Trans-Siberian Railway: A Traveller's Anthology by Deborah Manley
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Deborah%20Manley%20kindle
> Shell.
>
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> From: "Tar Barrels" <tar.barrels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 6:42 PM
> To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [ebooktalk] railways
>
> > Clare, I've always been fascinated by railways, and Thomas the Tank Engine
> > was the bedtime reading for both my boys for many years, and had long
> wanted
> > an old station as a house. What I got was a bit different - the station
> > master's house on a line still very well in use - the Carlisle to Newcastle
> > line. However, we love it.
> >
> > As for railway books - I'll read anything about the railways, fact or
> > fiction, so was a bit surprised when I couldn't get away with Edward
> > Marston's detective, especially as I think some of them are set in Cumbria.
> > I really will try them again.
> >
> > I'm just about to start a book on the building of the Burmese railway, and
> > though it will be harrowing, I expect it will also be fascinating. What I'd
> > really like ot find is something about the Siberian railways, and the
> people
> > who built those lines.
> >
> > We now have a very interesting situation in the village. My husband is
> > called David Horne, and we live in the Old Station House, but there is
> > another Station House in the village, on the side of the Settle line, and
> > the guy who lives there is also called David Horne. You couldn't make it
> up,
> > could you? There has to be a book in there somewhere!
> >
> > June
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > On Behalf Of Clare Gailans
> > Sent: 18 June 2013 09:18
> > To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: CURRENT READING
> >
> > June, I had somehow failed to realise, though you've told us a lot about it
> > on other lists, that you live in an old station-master's house. Some people
> > will remember Annette Brown from our year at school (whatever happened to
> > her?). She lived in the old station-master's house at Tankersley, near
> > Barnsley. In fact I think her dad was the old station-master. Can't
> remember
> > what job he moved on to, if any. He was a good bit older than her mum. Her
> > parents had both lost their former spouses and each had a girl and boy of
> > very similar ages. Annette's stepsister was a month younger than she was.
> > Sorry, nothing to do with books. Clare
> >
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