The Lady-bug trolley

I'd better not show this to Thomas..Father Christmas already has his list :o)

LOL, my dad bought me a train set when I was about Thomas's age. I've been hooked ever since.

A little train set was one of the first things my OH bought,when Thomas was born.which he loves.A love of them is in the Family,as Russell was a fireman on the steam trains,and on his way to being a driver,when a lot were made redundant in the 60's ,by Dr Beeching when he axed many lines..An exercise which has been sadly regretted in hindsight..His father and Uncle worked for the Rail company all their lives..You would love the Rail Museum in York,Paul,it's fantastic,and free to go in..another 'to do' if you ever pay another visit :o).

Yes, the Rail Museum sounds like a "must" for when I visit the UK. I would love to see all the old steam locomotives. My brothers and I all had train sets (model cars, boats, and planes too) and we belonged to a train hobbyist club, much like GoY but for people into model trains. Half the fun was building the model town. You never really finish. Our train club would have an annual convention where we would buy, sell, trade different models and accessories. My grandfather helped to build the Long Island Railroad which I happily take to work everyday.

What a lovely nostalgic memory to have of your Grandfather..I know you are of Irish descent,and my Father in laws family were of Welsh descent..only the Irish sea in between them. we might be related if we went back far enough :o)

Oh that's very interesting that would be a trip if we were related. I actually crossed the Irish Sea, from Holy Head, England. The sea was pretty rough. I instantly made a lot of friends on the boat. I was going to visit my relatives in Donegal, Ireland. Have you ever traced your family tree? I'm actually Irish/Polish 50/50 but seem to relate more to my Irish side - they were always more fun then my stoic Polish side.

I've crossed to Dublin from Holyhead,too ..just a little tip,Paul....It's in Wales,not England :o) My Cousin on my Maternal side has been tracing our Family tree.but we are only back as far as the 1800's..Some very interesting facts have arisen,some of them are Eyebrow raising ! .but as yet we are all from our local area..

OK so I have been in Wales. I stayed at a Bed & Breakfast and my heart went out to the poor woman running the place. She had to make me breakfast at 4am. My ship left the port at 6am and I needed to be there an hour before departure. She fixed me a classic English breakfast which carried me through to when I arrived in Dublin. Then I had to journey across to Northern Ireland to Donegal, but was stopped by the IRA while crossing over - that's another story, lol!

We caught a ferry at the same time too,Paul..We were staying with friends in a caravan nearby,and had been given discounted tickets from where I used to work,so it was a cheap day out,albeit a long one! What a great hostess you had,to make you a full breakfast at that time in the morning!You can't beat it when you are on holiday..it's my favourite meal when we go away..someone else doing all the cooking is part of it :o)
Oh my,you do get into some situations,don't you? I bet that was scary,being stopped by the IRA !