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18th October 2018

18/10/2018

 
Do you remember?
Truro 1970's
Trevor Tremethick
A question for you. Apologies if I have asked before - I don't think I have.

I wonder if you (or indeed anyone in the Society) will remember the glass-fronted trophy case that lived on Platform 2 at Truro Station for many years? I remember it well when I was there trainspotting in the 1960s and I think it was probably there in the 1970s as well.

Among the bits and bobs it contained was the large Robins Bolitho Ambulance Shield and there are photos on the internet of it being presented to teams from Truro and Penzance at various times during the 1920s. Truro must have been the final winners as I never saw it moved from the case (which was situated near the Falmouth Bay). There was also a photograph of one of the Truro drivers, Tobias Curgenven.

Robins Bolitho was a director of the GWR and an important man in the banking fraternity of Cornwall. He had a Saint class engine named after him (No. 2973, withdrawn 1933).

I'd be interested to know when the case was removed (it was not there when I looked some years ago) and what happened to its contents.

I can imagine it but cannot honestly recall it, maybe it went to Swindon Museum.  KJ
Memories of a Holiday in Dawlish Warren
​October 2018 Roger Salter
​Part 1

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181011 The 1C78 the 10.35 Paddington to Plymouth passes Langstone Rock behind 43027 90 Glorious Years. Copyright Roger Salter
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181011 The 621F Moorswater to Aberthaw passes Dawlish Warren on a very wet October morning. Copyright Roger Salter
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181011 Its only 11.06 as storm Callum makes its presence felt at Dawlish Warren. Copyright Roger Salter
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181010 The 08.50 Westbury to St Blazey RHTT at Powderham. Copyright Roger Salter
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181011 The 08.50 RHTT Westbury to St Blazey passes Langstone Rock behind 66200 already dirty after only a few days work. Copyright Roger Salter
Plymouth
Roger Geach

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It's the 21st March 1992 at Plymouth station as 47634 backs in light diesel for the 08.30 vans. Note Met Cam DMU in adjacent platform. Copyright Roger Geach
Many thanks Roger
Winnen's Westerns (11)
Angarrack
Roger Winnen

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A Class 52 leaves Angarrack Viaduct and heads for Hayle. 18th May 1974 Copyright Roger Winnen. Note how clear of vegetation the cutting is.

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