Not too much problem in mentioning Weymouth on here I hope. After all, this is Bristol and Somerset, and much of Somerset was connected to the south coast, by the old Slow and Dirty. Cheddar Line and all that. Jim http://www.payman.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Now 26,000 Names in the forest Have found the WOODs and WOODLANDs (+ a BUSH) there are BIRDs in the trees (including SPARROWs) Also COOKs, BUTLERs, BUTCHERs BAKER's, CAKEs and OVENS Have PRINCEs, KINGs & DUKEs PARSONS, POPEs & BISHOPs but mostly Ag Labs - Happy Hunting see also: http://www.fromeresearch.org.uk http://www.opcdorset.com http://www.communigate.co.uk/twc/fromedissenters/index.phtml

On Sat, 01 Sep 2012 18:34:19 +0100, Jim Parsons <[email protected]> wrote: > Not too much problem in mentioning Weymouth on here I hope. After all, > this is Bristol and Somerset, and much of Somerset was connected to the > south > coast, by the old Slow and Dirty. Cheddar Line and all that. Hi Jim, There were a number of posts to the list in late June and early July 2011 about steam locomotives between Bristol and Weymouth. I remember the Slow and Dirty was mentioned, but I can't recollect that anyone objected to the thread. I see that there was an article this year in The Post on 2nd. July 2012, which mentions the Weymouth Seaside Express and has a photograph of the locomotive hauling the Express leaving Temple Meads Station: Expresses carry passengers back to age of steam http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Expresses-carry-passengers-age-steam/story-16475184-detail/story.html Josephine

I must be getting old. I was thinking "Those were the days" Incidentally, Max Bygraves who died today lived along the coast at Sandbanks Jim