Where is he?
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All we know is:
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Always a very lively and interesting contributor.
Makemineadouble
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Always a very lively and interesting contributor.
I went for a quick rake through his later postings. The last model railway posting related to a new build of an O gauge layout he was just commencing in 2019, then a roughly two year sequence of showing old railway travel posters.
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His last set of old travel posters concluded with 'over and out' which rather suggests to me he was 'winding down'...
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The history of Gateshead (East) is described in detail at http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/g/gates...ast/index.shtml It was run down in BR days - the overall train shed was removed in 1966 leaving the station rather windswept - with an ever-decreasing train service, and eventually closed in...
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I seem to have some sort of memory that he had said that he had gone through every one of his Posters, so was calling a halt to them.
I used to enjoy his posts, as he was a complete encyclopaedia on the railways around the Bristol area and had spent much time in Africa {?}, a delight to read.
Julian
I used to enjoy his posts, as he was a complete encyclopaedia on the railways around the Bristol area and had spent much time in Africa {?}, a delight to read.
Julian
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I did email him without reply and I met him one time in Taunton as he lived in Burnham on Sea sorry to have missed him since then possibly back in 2019
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Having just reviewed the last few posts of the travel posters discussion, I'd have to agree that he's wrapped up and moved on, for whatever reasons.
I also enjoyed the history presented to us in the form of the travel posters.
Forums are strange places. If I died suddenly, no-one would think to come to these places and update 'the locals'. I suspect some former posters may have gone through natural attrition and more recently covid. Others may have just reached an age or physical state where it's no longer possible to contribute. Yet other may have just chosen to focus on another part of their lives. It seems to be happening at most forums. Maybe they've gone to FB, but then again maybe not. I know a couple of people here have discussed difficult times recently and have slowed down on updates.
Forums are strange places.
I also enjoyed the history presented to us in the form of the travel posters.
Forums are strange places. If I died suddenly, no-one would think to come to these places and update 'the locals'. I suspect some former posters may have gone through natural attrition and more recently covid. Others may have just reached an age or physical state where it's no longer possible to contribute. Yet other may have just chosen to focus on another part of their lives. It seems to be happening at most forums. Maybe they've gone to FB, but then again maybe not. I know a couple of people here have discussed difficult times recently and have slowed down on updates.
Forums are strange places.
Because they are novel places! In the time before internet, apart from a few radio hams you had to know more of those you communicated with, to some degree. There will be an evolution in social media customs to deal with the strangeness, but it may take a while yet to emerge.
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