Things that time forgot.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Marks and Spencer advertising their clothing as 100% British made.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Trains between Ruabon and Barmouth.
Trains between New Mills and Hayfield.
Trains between Scarborough and Whitby.
Trains on the Great Central Line.
Trains on the electrified Woodhead line between Manchester and Sheffield.
Trains between Manchester Central and London St Pancras, via Chinley and Bakewell.
Trains between Penrith and Keswick (and beyond).
Trains to Ripon.
Trains between Bangor and Pwllheli.
Trains between Edinburgh and Carlisle (via Selkirk).

[Nick Armstrong]

I seem to remember these were rather unpleasant:




I preferred the classic Spangles:




Enjoyable to see 'Old English Flavours' in that iconic yet oh-so-dated 70s typeface, though!

[ahinton]

Somehow I fear that I might have said this before (and I can't be bothered to trawl through the thread to check) but I wonder when nostalgia will become "a thing that time forgot"?

[ahinton]

Trains between Ruabon and Barmouth.
Trains between New Mills and Hayfield.
Trains between Scarborough and Whitby.
Trains on the Great Central Line.
Trains on the electrified Woodhead line between Manchester and Sheffield.
Trains between Manchester Central and London St Pancras, via Chinley and Bakewell.
Trains between Penrith and Keswick (and beyond).
Trains to Ripon.
Trains between Bangor and Pwllheli.
Trains between Edinburgh and Carlisle (via Selkirk).

Ah, who knows; one of these fine days, it might just be "trains" tout court (other than mainline expresses and city commuter ones)...

[mangerton]

Trains between Edinburgh and Carlisle (via Selkirk).

Trains between E & C ran via Galashiels and Hawick. Selkirk was on a branch line, which shut to passengers in 1951, and to goods in 1964.

As of last September, there are again trains between Edinburgh and Galashiels, so perhaps in another fifty years?

[Nick Armstrong]

Somehow I fear that I might have said this before (and I can't be bothered to trawl through the thread to check) but I wonder when nostalgia will become "a thing that time forgot"?

The "Search Thread" facility just above the uppermost post on each page makes it a relatively easy task to relive the faded glory of your February post to the same effect:

After no less than 726 posts in just 43 days, it would seem that nostalgia has yet to fall under the thread title...

[ahinton]

The "Search Thread" facility just above the uppermost post on each page makes it a relatively easy task to relive the faded glory of your February post to the same effect:

I somehow thought that I'd done that; apologies for repetition (I'd not do too well on JAM, obviouisly!). I do like your reference to "faded glory"; most apposite, given the thread title!

[Nick Armstrong]

I do like your reference to "faded glory"; most apposite, given the thread title!

I do try, ah

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Trains between E & C ran via Galashiels and Hawick. Selkirk was on a branch line, which shut to passengers in 1951, and to goods in 1964.

As of last September, there are again trains between Edinburgh and Galashiels, so perhaps in another fifty years?

Thank you for that. I'll get it right next time.

[Nick Armstrong]

Thank you for that. I'll get it right next time.

It was a nice try, EA! You were asking for trouble!

[Keraulophone]

Marks and Spencer advertising their clothing as 100% British made.

The St Michael brand (1928-2000).

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

The St Michael brand (1928-2000).

Also M & S without piped music. I used to shop there in those days. Never in a million years now.

[vinteuil]

... I must check - but I don't think there is piped music in the various Marks & Sparks in these parts. Is it a regional thing, perhaps?

[Beef Oven!]

Does anybody remember the line-system that Woolworths had on the ceiling to send money and cashier rolls about the place?