Probably not the source of the word ‘Geordie’. Definitely the cause of trainspotting, and the railway cutting that runs behind the house where I lived while growing up. Didn’t like the idea of running a railway over Shap (q.v.).
1 January 2017
Huddersfield’s very own… Steve malkmus
Also the cause of steampunk, probably.
1 January 2017
custurdcream
And then there’s Robert with more choo choos and the Bell Rock Lighthouse – a first class bit of engineering.
2 January 2017
hendrix-tattoo
Robert was also Robert louis’s Grandad.
2 January 2017
D.DEYES
Stephensons rocket begat a new language thus ‘steaming’ originated from this time and referred to people who had perhaps ejoyed a little too much to drink and ended up drunk on the steamboats – hence ‘steaming’ drunk.
2 January 2017
dickhead in quicksand
A chug-a chug-a motion like a railroad train, now.
this leaden paul
Probably not the source of the word ‘Geordie’. Definitely the cause of trainspotting, and the railway cutting that runs behind the house where I lived while growing up. Didn’t like the idea of running a railway over Shap (q.v.).
1 January 2017
Huddersfield’s very own… Steve malkmus
Also the cause of steampunk, probably.
1 January 2017
custurdcream
And then there’s Robert with more choo choos and the Bell Rock Lighthouse – a first class bit of engineering.
2 January 2017
hendrix-tattoo
Robert was also Robert louis’s Grandad.
2 January 2017
D.DEYES
Stephensons rocket begat a new language thus ‘steaming’ originated from this time and referred to people who had perhaps ejoyed a little too much to drink and ended up drunk on the steamboats – hence ‘steaming’ drunk.
2 January 2017
dickhead in quicksand
A chug-a chug-a motion like a railroad train, now.
8 January 2017