tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post2549858870225916608..comments2024-03-26T10:23:12.534+00:00Comments on round the rails we go: From a Rock to a Hard PlaceScott Willisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02284196034782356946noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post-65488401399245947992012-02-06T22:52:19.572+00:002012-02-06T22:52:19.572+00:00And then you see adverts for that film about Maggi...And then you see adverts for that film about Maggie on the sides of buses, or go into WH Smith and see that they've reprinted all her books. Sickening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post-81705180268389313502012-02-05T17:04:23.286+00:002012-02-05T17:04:23.286+00:00The house in the middle of the wilderness is owned...The house in the middle of the wilderness is owned by a guy called Charlie Wright.<br /><br />Google him, I published a couple of pieces about him for the local paper ;-)Justin Dunnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post-27715221494675620372012-02-04T19:39:55.491+00:002012-02-04T19:39:55.491+00:00Though the line was built for freight access to th...Though the line was built for freight access to the docks and has never carried passengers, there were some charter trains for enthusiasts that ran over the line several times in the eighties. I was on one of them. Also rolling stock on the Wrexham to Bidston line went back to Mollington Street to refuel in emergencies on several occasions in the late seventies, so it saw some empty passenger trains. Freight to the docks continued until the mid eighties and also to Spillers flour mills in the early eighties. Dock sidings were left in situ for use in any 'national emergency' but have rottted too far for use now. There was a large trackside semaphore signal box at Canning Street level crossing that was padlocked but usable for a decade after regular traffic ceased.Chris.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329761583210135212.post-5779102772556769132012-02-04T18:30:03.206+00:002012-02-04T18:30:03.206+00:00Much of the railway you walked is still down and s...Much of the railway you walked is still down and still getting (very) minimum maintenance because the MoD objected to the closure and requires the line to be made operational again at six months' notice should we ever need to fight World War II again (or, even more specifically, if we ever need to fight World War II again *and* come as close to starving as in 1941 and have to have the same Plan B of invading the Irish Free State and confiscating their food).<br /><br />The wall behind the billboards is the wall of the booking office of Birkenhead Town, built in Wirral Railway "booking office on the overbridge" style despite being a GWR construct.<br /><br />And as for the non-redevelopment of northern Birkenhead and its docklands: I share your anger. There are people sleeping rough across Merseyside and NOBODY CARES. There are families in B&Bs, young people "sofa surfing", battered wives with children turning up at Birkenhead Town Hall with suitcases, old people living in unheated slums... and we have "wasteland" that isn't being used? HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?<br /><br />This is WRONG. It is DISGUSTING. How did we let this happen? Why are we letting it happen? IT IS SICK. But there's the money available to put That Woman in the ground with all due pomp and circumstance as soon as she dies. How many houses would that build around Birkenhead North? Even if it was just one house, it would be money well spent.<br /><br />*takes medication*Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992989840233745094noreply@blogger.com