The Signalman

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    Bookmarked this for later when the little people have gone to bed :dbgrtmb:
     
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      :shocked::shocked::shocked::thud::thud::thud::rolleyespink:

      I don't think i should've watched that! Missed a bit out and still got terrified!
       
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        Cracking story 130 odd years old and still holds interest

        My father was a signalman, and his box was 22 miles from the nearest village
        Spent one night there with him when I was about 12
        apart from my Dad to protect me I have never been so scared
        pitch black, no one for miles around
        Apart from my Dad I do not know how all the signalmen did it

        Over many years, during the night he had "vistors" usually escapee's from
        Durham prison, one was a murderer but he just wanted a cup of tea and a warm on his way South
        All I remember is the pitch black middle of nowhere, tick tock tick tock tick tock of the clock and those Bells along with the crash of the signals being pulled

        It did not help things seeing the remains of the death crash from 1917 lying down the embankment opposite :-(

        Damn good movie though

        Jack McH
         
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          Ooo, shouldn't have watched that again after midnight:yikes::thud:
           
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          I too was a former Signaller and had seven signal boxes and five crossings, all needing my attention over various shifts. Trouble with these places is, they are hard to get to and so remote that a lot of people had no idea where the little track off the main road took them. Still go out to the track at night and alone for the most part, when there is trouble of any nature it is up to the trades to get there and resolve any situation which needs to be in all kinds of weather. Take your hats off to the people who keep it all running smoothly.
           
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            Bumping this for Halloween :yikes::yikes::yikes: :sofa::sofa::sofa:
             
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            As in "things that go bump in the night"?

            (Not watching those clips: it's too late at night now :heehee: )
             
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              @"M" you shouldn't come into 'GC's Question Time', it's haunted in here and you may not get out again! :heehee:
               
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