tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835854219772837675.post3170448241764497547..comments2024-03-28T16:44:39.763+00:00Comments on Heritage Herald: Now it's in useJo http://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835854219772837675.post-8255630298415772002017-12-22T17:15:13.619+00:002017-12-22T17:15:13.619+00:00I think it was 'Broadway'. Regards, Paul.I think it was 'Broadway'. Regards, Paul.St Blazey 1925https://www.blogger.com/profile/16697444840076235191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835854219772837675.post-37251046770696235722017-07-16T21:55:58.047+01:002017-07-16T21:55:58.047+01:00You'll need to change the notice board soon fr...You'll need to change the notice board soon from toddington to broadway. <br />Looking even better now the grass has started to grow. Well donemackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17907522192585853360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835854219772837675.post-9580788195866687602017-06-16T20:29:59.494+01:002017-06-16T20:29:59.494+01:00Ah, well, nearly there Jo! I'm dual-national a...Ah, well, nearly there Jo! I'm dual-national and currently in the UK, but if you like I'll ask a question in a couple of months once I've moved to the Netherlands!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05242873049232328732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835854219772837675.post-35998297176437761512017-06-16T16:12:09.071+01:002017-06-16T16:12:09.071+01:00It did have - well spotted! We took it off, as it ...It did have - well spotted! We took it off, as it was easily unscrewed, and the name wasn't 'Hayles Abbey'.<br />I'll leave you to figure out which GWSR name it was :-)<br />Jo https://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835854219772837675.post-68608453966901876612017-06-16T16:01:41.877+01:002017-06-16T16:01:41.877+01:00Has it got a nameplate on the back of the seat? I ...Has it got a nameplate on the back of the seat? I see "RO" on the last picture...PlatformCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06310643756462869234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835854219772837675.post-34999537040645671932017-06-15T15:41:09.884+01:002017-06-15T15:41:09.884+01:00I,visited Hayles Abbey Halt,last Sunday.Took a few...I,visited Hayles Abbey Halt,last Sunday.Took a few pictures,and video,of the passing trains,and several shots,of 1450,and autocoach,calling there!.I,could almost imagine it was back in the 1950s!.Quite a few people,were using the Halt!.Shame about the wind,though!. Anthony.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08974105717079432895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835854219772837675.post-47935211309987019332017-06-15T00:21:02.650+01:002017-06-15T00:21:02.650+01:00Indeed, and something I thought would never be rec...Indeed, and something I thought would never be recreated. I have tried to resist using this description but can do so no longer! <br /><br />"......It was late June.<br /> <br />The steam hissed. Someone cleared his throat. <br />No one left and no one came <br />On the bare platform. What I saw <br />Was (Adlestrop) Hayles Abbey Halt—only the name <br /> <br />And willows, willow-herb, and grass, <br />And meadowsweet, and haycocks dry, <br />No whit less still and lonely fair <br />Than the high cloudlets in the sky. <br /> <br />And for that minute a blackbird sang <br />Close by, and round him, mistier, <br />Farther and farther, all the birds <br />Of Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire."<br /> <br />Edward ThomasToddingtontedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02470051178926426104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835854219772837675.post-49054381823332129352017-06-14T18:53:25.293+01:002017-06-14T18:53:25.293+01:00I have a problem there, as I don't own the cop...I have a problem there, as I don't own the copyright to any old photographs, or have consent from the holders.<br />You can see an old picture here:<br />https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hailes-abbey/features/hayles-abbey-halt<br /><br />Leuk, eens een vraag uit Nederland te krijgen :-)<br /><br />Jo https://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835854219772837675.post-47629359951213132742017-06-14T18:33:20.947+01:002017-06-14T18:33:20.947+01:00Could you repost the new & old (B&W) photo...Could you repost the new & old (B&W) photographs together, so we can compare?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05242873049232328732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835854219772837675.post-84141436647921187432017-06-14T11:59:32.072+01:002017-06-14T11:59:32.072+01:00OK so no power I will get fresh batteries for the ...OK so no power I will get fresh batteries for the tape player for the music and the radio, at least I now have a bench seat in my new humble abode, can you ask the trains not to sound whistles or horns from 14:00Hrs to 16:00hrs whilst I take my afternoon nap please!(LOL)What a fantastic site this is, I have written to several railway magazines to ask about an award for this Halt. So other bloggers please write to them as well. This one is so deserving as will Broadway when that opens next year! A wonderful job so well done. We are looking forward to our visit next week.<br />Regards <br />Paul & Marion Paul & Marion Sucksmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15384367780051937185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835854219772837675.post-32940145534453307922017-06-14T09:49:46.505+01:002017-06-14T09:49:46.505+01:00As English a scene as you can get. A GWR auto trai...As English a scene as you can get. A GWR auto train, a rural halt and a backdrop of The Cotswolds on a Summers day. All that is needed is the music of Vaughan Williams.Geoff Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05493499100736423903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835854219772837675.post-19788399792742336992017-06-13T21:44:31.379+01:002017-06-13T21:44:31.379+01:00If we could turn the clock back, we would still ha...If we could turn the clock back, we would still have a railway network (pre Beeching) and this railway would be a main line. Would be nice to have a piece of double track through the halt as there once was.Steve Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11690848806301527120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835854219772837675.post-2683632074375363002017-06-13T19:34:49.409+01:002017-06-13T19:34:49.409+01:00It will be bolted down.It will be bolted down.Jo https://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835854219772837675.post-89995609516600514352017-06-13T19:24:51.392+01:002017-06-13T19:24:51.392+01:00What a wonderful chase up blog. Nice to see a benc...What a wonderful chase up blog. Nice to see a bench inside the shelter. Even though it's a repro, I would still bolt the bench down to the concrete as even the repro benches fetch a tidy amount. It's a sorry world where we have to do these things. Oh to turn the clock back.... Regards, Paul. St Blazey 1925https://www.blogger.com/profile/16697444840076235191noreply@blogger.com