7mm Pencarrow - Cornish BR(S)

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It may be on you shelf already but i thought i'd mention Capital Transport's Southern Branch Lines by Michael Welch has 2 good colour images of Bodmin North. Another by David Soggee taken the same day with likely the same O2 30236 and a Railcar/platform view from 1966.

Interesting to see the BR (S) totems fixed,uncommonly,at right angles to the platform face.Back in 2002 one of them sold for well over 3k
Interesting too to be reminded that in 1959 like the country at large Bodmin's human traffic is dressed entirely in "regulation" black,brown,grey or shades thereof...
Respects & Regards Brian W
 
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2-Bil said:
It may be on you shelf already but i thought i'd mention Capital Transport's Southern Branch Lines by Michael Welch has 2 good colour images of Bodmin North. Another by David Soggee taken the same day with likely the same O2 30236 and a Railcar/platform view from 1966.

Interesting to see the BR (S) totems fixed,uncommonly,at right angles to the platform face.Back in 2002 one of them sold for well over 3k
Interesting too to be reminded that in 1959 like the country at large Bodmin's human traffic is dressed entirely in "regulation" black,brown,grey or shades thereof...
Respects & Regards Brian W
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Hi Brian, just checked and yes, I do have that book. I've even bookmarked that page with an orange post-it.

What really strikes me in a lot of the colour shots if the station is how much the colour(s) of the stonework varies from photo to photo. Sometimes quite brown, as per the shot below, ranging through to very grey.

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In the shot below, same book and page, the stonework that's not in shade is almost white in places. How much is down to lighting, film type, processing and printing we'll never know.

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Very difficult to decide what colour to go for when painting the buildings.
 
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Having gone through quite a lot of my book collection last night, looking for photos of 34066 Spitfire, I couldn't help but notice how awful the photo reproduction is in a lot of modern books. Very patchy pixelated blacks, overblown whites and some not great colour balances.

I do wonder how much of this is to do with offshoring the printing to companies who have no knowledge of what they are looking at, whereas 'in the old days', I presume there were UK based companies that built up an expertise/specialism in the subject matter and we're able to adjust until it looked 'right'....
 
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Very difficult to decide what colour to go for when painting the buildings.
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Sounds like a strong case for a field visit to the area to have a look at some of the original stone buildings in the locale if any are any left standing - and sample the watering holes :).

Taking into account some buildings will have been cleaned up and others will have been cleaned by the elements since the clean air acts of the 1950s and 60s. However, the rear of any remaining buildings may still retain their original patina.
 
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Western Thunderer
Yep, comparing old/new Steam World magazines the same issue applies.
Regarding colour images of Bodmin North i came across a 1964 photo on geograph.org.uk evidencing clearer multiple colour variations in the stonework.......should keep your brush busy for months!
Brian W
 
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Yorkshire Dave said:
Sounds like a strong case for a field visit to the area to have a look at some of the original stone buildings in the locale if any are any left standing - and sample the watering holes :).

Taking into account some buildings will have been cleaned up and others will have been cleaned by the elements since the clean air acts of the 1950s and 60s. However, the rear of any remaining buildings may still retain their original patina.
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Ah, I think what you're describing Dave is a "liquid history tour"...
 
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Western Thunderer
2-Bil said:
Yep, comparing old/new Steam World magazines the same issue applies.
Regarding colour images of Bodmin North i came across a 1964 photo on geograph.org.uk evidencing clearer multiple colour variations in the stonework.......should keep your brush busy for months!
Brian W
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Would that be this one Brian?:

www.geograph.org.uk

Bodmin North Station, 1964 © Alan Murray-Rust

This was the terminus of the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway, opened in 1834, and therefore preceding the main line railways that eventually reached Wadebridge (LSWR, late Southern Railway) and Bodmin Road (GWR) with a separate branch to the town. As a result it remained a backwater with a low...
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PS, folk please keep suggesting photos. I've probably seen or got most, but every now and again there's a previously unknown gem.
 
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Morning all. Had a good rest after all the excitement of turning pannier tanks into bushes, and now back to the workbench. Although yesterday was taken up taking No1 daughter back to uni in Lancaster.

She did leave me with a funny momento though which I noticed when removing the building from the layout...

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