4mm West Dorset lost line

[MarkR]

Still a lovely place to live though!

 

[LarryG]

My grandfather in Southampton had a garage rather like that at the bottom of his garden in Woolston which sheltered his beloved Vauxhall Velox. It was made from sections of former Anderson shelters extended with corrugated iron sheets. Another remnant of WW2 at my grandparents house was the old gasmask hanging on a nail in the 'coal hole'. It fascinated me as a kid but I was never brave enough to go in there and look at it closely!

Gerry

My maternal grans husband still had his gas mask. It used to make funny (rude) noises as we breathed in and out. When I did two weeks work in a friends cotton mill, which by 1961 was a waste paper mill, a room on the top floor was chock full of wartime gas masks. They would certainly have helped burn the mill down, which occured a few weeks after I left.

 

[Heather Kay]

A taster of horrors worth modelling

'Ere, you been sneaking into my back yard again?

 

[MarkR]

In June 1958, M7, 30107, headed a special over the Maiden Newton to Bridport Branch, going right down to West Bay, the only Southern loco to run on the branch.
Mark

 

[stevehowe]

I have just found your thread and am fascinated to see that your scheme for a 'lost' railway almost mirrors the concept for our club P4 layout 'Watermouth' I think its original Builder, the late Pat English, was inspired by Weymouth in placing his terminus on the south Devon/Dorset coast. More on Watermouth here: http://scalefournorth.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Watermouth.pdf

Will be following with interest!

Steve

Steve Howe
Chair, Helston & Falmouth MRC

 

[2996 Victor]

This is not the beginning of the end, just the end of the beginning.

Winston.....

The garage, the prototype one, where is it? It looks very familiar.....

Looking forward to see Beaminster, the Terminus, taking shape.

All the best,

Mark

 

[2996 Victor]

The filling station is one of just two Burmah establishments in the UK. It is located at West Wellow on the A36 just before the intersection with the M27 west of Southampton.

The owner does not appreciate any enquiries about his premises nor does he allow photographs to be taken but he does sell coal……a local character.

Tim

I thought so - we used to travel that way to the Beaulieu Autojumble! A fascinating looking place, a throwback to the 1950s I always thought!

 

[2996 Victor]

A perfect scheme, I'd say, and the trackplan is ideal for a small country terminus. The station building is delightful, by the way!

Looking forward to this project's progress.

Mark

 

[MarkR]

The picture of Beaminster shows that it has hardly changed at all, other than the number of cars!
Mark

 

[MarkR]

What is the beast?

 

[MarkR]

Hi Tim
Sounds interesting, any pictures?
Mark

 

[2996 Victor]

Agreed! Pics, please!

Mark
(another one!)

 

[MarkR]

My first job on leaving school was in Beaminster, an apprentice draughtsman drawing slide rules and navigation aids!
Mark

 

[MarkR]

The one and only!

 

[MarkR]

Hi Tim

The shop used to sell clotted cream, cheese and dried milk sticks direct from the factory, unfortunately access was across a busy yard and modern safety regs. meant that it had to close to the public.

I didn't know they had a sales counter, we used to have a plough-mans at lunch time in the pub across the road most days! Obviously paid too much!
Mark

 

[2996 Victor]

Accumulating bits for the milk factory continues, most of the bits are from Fair Price Models (thanks to a prod in the right direction from Neil Rushby) and having enjoyed building the laser cut cricket pavilion, it seemed like a good idea.

The boiler house promises to be rather interesting, the July ‘22 Hornby mag published a very informative blow by blow account with pictures (all pics and text downloaded) on the build of this quaint structure. It will be fun……

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I'll be watching this closely as I've been thinking of getting one of those! The chimney, too.

Mark

 

[2996 Victor]

Wow! Fast work indeed! Sad to see all that effort gone, but the result is a blank canvas and a sound base for the new layout.

Onward and upward!

Cheers,
Mark

 

[2996 Victor]

Sad to hear this, but I can understand it. Would the books be of use to a preserved railway's shop?

All the best,
Mark

 

[JimG]

After a couple of unpleasant encounters trying to sell the books, I prefer to have no further dealings with some of the railway fraternity and the recycling collection is on Monday.

Donate them to a local charity shop so that they can possibly make some money from them.

Jim.

 

[lankytank]

Tim

I've sent you a PM

Barry