Don't whether you were aware, but there used to be an electric tramway that ran from a siding opposite Hellingly station, across the fields and up to the old Hellingly Mental Hospital. I believe it was closed in about 1960. The engine shed at the Hospital was still there until a couple of years...
I've travelled on the Cuckoo Line. My grandparents lived in Hellingly and they took my brother and I up the Cuckoo Line shortly before it closed. I do remember we travelled in some of the old green BR carriages behind a BR Class 5 Standard tank engine. We used to watch the steam hauled goods...
It is easy, just don't look at BBS again until after the next time we have beaten CPFC! That is what I have decided to do, they do not exist and therefore I don't give a damn about them :-)
One of my Palace supporting colleagues kindly showed me a map of Wembley, and pointed out the seat he and his lad had booked. I should have pointed out how nice it would be for him to see what a modern stadium looked like!
Stayed till the end, never left a match early. Applauded the team at the end, shutting out the racket from the noisy neighbours to my left. Now home and dreading work tomorrow - all the gloating Palace fans, who somehow never quite have the time to go see their beloved team at Shitehurst, but...
I''ve got one of the last TD5 Discovery's. 7 seater, brilliant in bad weather etc, kids love it. Performance not exactly sparkling! Mind you we live in the sticks, tow horse boxes etc, so can accept the many compromises you have with a genuine off broader. Great fun to drive though.
Looking forward to running a session on complaints at work in a couple of hours; hopefully that will take my mind off the match for a couple of hours. Shows how bad things are - I am looking forward to it!!!!!!!!:-)