Dr David Jarratt.

British Railways (Western Region) - British Transport Catering Services : the Pembroke Coast Express menu & wine list card, November 1962 - covers. For many years special "named trains" 'express' or long distance train services were operated by British Railways and various of these dated back to the predecessor companies that existed before nationalisation in 1948 or grouping in 1923. One of the ex-Great Western Railway's services that was continued by the successor Western Region of BR was the "Pembroke Coast Express". This service did what its name suggested - leaving London Paddington (usually at 1030) and running non-stop to Newport and then on via some relatively small stations such as Whitland to arrive at Pembroke Dock around late afternoon. The 'up' trip returned leaving Pembroke at about 1300. The "named trains" usually had a full dining and catering offer and BR usually commissioned artwork for the menu and wine lists and this is the November 1962 version. The cover and back have a very contemporary feel and indeed BR and particularly British Transport Catering had generally high standards of production for such items in terms of the overall graphic design and typography. Annoyingly this version is anonymous but artists and designers such as Eric Fraser were much used. The interior of the card shows the wine list (with a by then quite dated typeface used for the "Wine List" heading or titling, as well as an inset pocket for the seperate dinner menu. 13/6d would get you a three course at table meal and you could wash that down with a wide choice of wines and spirts including the still available "GWR Special" blend of whisky! The graphics are stylised, in red, green & black, with bowls of fruit, falgons of wine and bowls inc. fish with script lettering for the front titles.

For St. David's Day - British Railways menu card & wine tariff for the "Pembroke Coast Express", the daily named train service that served South Wales from Paddington. #Wales

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A walk up Hampsfell, Cumbria, this weeked.

More random pics of my holiday to the Algarve this week.

Lagos, Portugal this week.

Ah, Top Gear, lovely...themz were the dayz. Defo nostalgia more generally. Quite like him as a farmer in fairness.

Blackpool in bids to become Town and City of Culture Blackpool's bid to become the first UK Town of Culture could create jobs the council says.

#Blackpool in bids to become Town and City of Culture - BBC News
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Now we are talking!

£100m Eden Project Morecambe to take major step forward next week - Place North West Lancaster City Council is expected to give its backing to the potentially town-transforming attraction for the second time, having granted consent for the original, larger version of the scheme more t...

www.placenorthwest.co.uk/100m-eden-pr... #EdenPojectMorecambe news...

We’re Watching North America’s Scariest Ski Run Live. And Yes, It’s As Good as It Sounds. A new webcam captures the moment of truth as skiers attempt the 20-foot plunge into Corbet’s Couloir, a narrow ski line at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.

I was interviewed about this webcam due to my research on #webcamtravel. #corbetcouloir www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...

Bleasdale with Beacon Fell in the distance. Another hike up Parlick and the neighboring hills in #Lancashire. Love it up there; it's not grey, it's 'gothic.'

Yep and its not just left vs right. Authoritarian.

Another kind of student debt is entrenching inequality Having more time allows some students to explore their interests.

Another kind of student debt is entrenching inequality: banked time vs borrowed time. share.google/0B4ukJxwd853...

Sorry no drumstick.

Last tuesday we went to Brighton for the day and I spent all of my money on clothes. Dad bought me a portable typewriter. On the pavements there, there were millions of LADYBIRDS.

@lakesstiles.bsky.social Grange-over-Sands stilin'.

The Ukraine war has given rise to an ‘exorcism economy’ in Russia Thousands of Russians have travelled to monasteries and priests for exorcisms since the start of the Ukraine war.

theconversation.com/the-ukraine-... An interesting read by one of my colleagues on the Exorcism Economy of Russia. Business is 'good'...

Lithuanian barflies obsess over yellow cars, America — and a Jackson Hole livestream From 5,000 miles away, patrons of a Lithuanian bar have turned watching a Jackson Hole livestream into a nightly ritual, cheering for yellow vehicles that carry the promise of free

I was interviewed for a local paper in #JacksonHole, USA, about a bar in Lithuania! #WebcamTravel. www.jhnewsandguide.com/special/spot...

Hahahahaha pathetic, well done Big Man you've torched the lot for nowt. See what happens when you stand up to the bully?

A small lighthouse on the corner of a harbour on Jeju, a South Korean island. It's concrete, red and angular but also horse shaped.

I've just stumbled across this photo of a Korean lighthouse that's shaped like a pony so I'm showing it to other people straight away

I'll be thinking of you & your PROBLEMS.

Lancaster Canal at Barton last week.

Up #Parlick and #WolfFell, Lancs, today.

@lakesstiles.bsky.social Parastilin, Parlick, Lancs, today.

My Xmas (subsription) arrived. Looking good @privateeyenews.bsky.social!

Morning all.

Photograph by Colin O’Brien, Margate Seafront 1960s.

The alcohol-free Victorian venues transformed into pubs A historian says temperance campaigners would have been 'distributed' to see their venues used as pubs.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 'The alcohol-free Victorian venues transformed into pubs' - BBC News. An interesting read on Temperance Billiard Halls, something I knew nothing about, even though #Preston is the home of Teatotalism. #Heritage #Architecture #Manchester #NWEngland

Yes, quite a few in Preston (where I live) but per capita I reckon the rural areas have more. I see them on bike rides in the Lancashire countryside.

Housing scheme to benefit from North Yorkshire's second home tax - BBC News North Yorkshire Council is to invest £435,000 raised through the tax to help build 15 new homes.

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Housing scheme to benefit from North Yorkshire's second home tax - BBC News

The snow moving in. Today's walk along Lancaster Canal, near Preston.

Limestone on Hampsfell, Cumbria.