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Back in May, my father and I went to a steam railway gala at the West Somerset Railway, a heritage steam railway in - you guessed it - West Somerset! It"s actually the longest heritage line in Britain, at over 20 miles long running from Bishop"s Lydeard (nr Taunton, the county town of Somerset) to the coastal town of Minehead.
Just imagine how many cups of tea this machine could make! :D This particular engine is Odney Manor, numbered 7828. She"s actually quite a modern steam locomotive, built in 1950 by British Railways using a model used by the Great Western Railway before nationalisation. She was withdrawn from service in 1965, before being restored at the Gloucester and Warwickshire Railway in the late 1980s, and making her home at the WSR in 2004.
Hope you enjoy!
Just imagine how many cups of tea this machine could make! :D This particular engine is Odney Manor, numbered 7828. She"s actually quite a modern steam locomotive, built in 1950 by British Railways using a model used by the Great Western Railway before nationalisation. She was withdrawn from service in 1965, before being restored at the Gloucester and Warwickshire Railway in the late 1980s, and making her home at the WSR in 2004.
Hope you enjoy!
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"Just imagine how many cups of tea this machine could make!"
Spoken like a true Brit!
Spoken like a true Brit!
Well, I've been drinking instant coffee of late. A nice loco of tea would be a welcome change...
Takes about an hour to boil, but my goodness is it worth it. Though I wouldn't recommend drinking it all at once. ^__^
It would be funny to plan a journey from Cambria to Cumbria.
Hah! Perhaps from Caernarfon to Carlisle. ^__^
On a serious point, you've correctly recognised a similarity between the two, because they are related! After the Roman Empire left Britain, the area was settled by Celtic peoples with similar language and culture to the Welsh (from Cymru), through much of the time between 400-1100, it was contested by Celts, Saxons, Vikings, and Scots, until being finally and permanently occupied and settled by England in 1092. Unlike the Welsh, the Cumbric people weren't able to hold onto their language, which is now extinct, but we think it would have sounded a lot like Welsh. :)
On a serious point, you've correctly recognised a similarity between the two, because they are related! After the Roman Empire left Britain, the area was settled by Celtic peoples with similar language and culture to the Welsh (from Cymru), through much of the time between 400-1100, it was contested by Celts, Saxons, Vikings, and Scots, until being finally and permanently occupied and settled by England in 1092. Unlike the Welsh, the Cumbric people weren't able to hold onto their language, which is now extinct, but we think it would have sounded a lot like Welsh. :)
After I posted that I just googled and yes, they were very related. Celtic world.
Let the world get just a little crazier, and they 'll all be back Dai... no electricity needed!
All good pictures posted...
Vix
All good pictures posted...
Vix
What a beautiful machine! I always forget how far into the 20th Century steam trains were still in common use, until I see one with that delicious rounded 40s/50s aesthetic.
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