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Calling Paignton
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:17 pm
by Squiggle
Hi
I might have a chance to move to Paignton!
Any comments good or bad regarding the town please?
Where would my nearest branch be?
Many thanks
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:29 pm
by Judge
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:37 pm
by simmitc
Paignton is the junction between the main national rail network and the Paignton - Kingswear privately owned steam line. It's a very steep incline from Paignton and last time I was on the Torbay Express (steam hauled from Bristol Temple Mead by a Battle of Britain 4-6-0) we got stuck and had to be rescued by "Goliath", a local GWR 0-6-0 as a double-header. A great trip along the Dawlish sea wall.
As with driving Moggies, it's great to see locomotives running at express speeds as they were designed to do.
Well, this is in the off-topic section
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:48 pm
by Judge
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:54 pm
by bigginger
Nuh - uh
They're cool - as long as they don't carry morris prancers...
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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:05 pm
by Judge
Now there's a thought, a ride on a traditional train, with traditional Morris dancers, and a ceilidh, what more could a cultured person desire
OK, perhaps just some real ale thrown in
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:15 pm
by bigginger
Time was I would have gone for the third. Could we make it a gig by the Pistols instead of the morris men and country dancing, though?
Anyhow, back to Paignton...
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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:05 pm
by Squiggle
Well, I didn't think 'off topic' meant we could go off the topic addressed!
Thanks for the responses chaps.
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:43 pm
by Judge
It's OK once the topic has been addressed, and I had addressed it
But for once it wasn't me that took it off topic
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:59 pm
by d_harris
You can get "old moggy" beer in Paignton!
Re: Calling Paignton
Posted: Tue May 21, 2024 5:33 pm
by Rose taupe
Paignton is a nice town with the sea and walks and of course the steam railway, but like a lot of places it can be let down by the falling standards of people living here.
Re: Calling Paignton
Posted: Wed May 22, 2024 12:27 pm
by myoldjalopy
So sad, I remember going there from PZ on the train as a school child and it was a great day out.......
Re: Calling Paignton
Posted: Wed May 22, 2024 6:21 pm
by les
Paignton has probably changed in the 17 years since the original post !
. ——-and Squiggle disappeared years ago.
Re: Calling Paignton
Posted: Wed May 22, 2024 7:31 pm
by myoldjalopy
So did most of them - I wonder where they all went?
Re: Calling Paignton
Posted: Wed May 22, 2024 8:31 pm
by les
Yes these old threads feature many people that we never hear from again. The Morris Minor perhaps just a passing whim.
Re:
Posted: Thu May 23, 2024 2:24 pm
by POMMReg
simmitc wrote: ↑Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:37 pm
Paignton is the junction between the main national rail network and the Paignton - Kingswear privately owned steam line. It's a very steep incline from Paignton and last time I was on the Torbay Express (steam hauled from Bristol Temple Mead by a Battle of Britain 4-6-0) we got stuck and had to be rescued by "Goliath", a local GWR 0-6-0 as a double-header. A great trip along the Dawlish sea wall.
As with driving Moggies, it's great to see locomotives running at express speeds as they were designed to do.
Well, this is in the off-topic section
Same as old wagons/trucks/lorries being given a bit of welly...."enthusiastic" gearchanges etc.
