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Mike, do the R4388/4389 coaches match the Duchess colour exactly? I think you have those in your rake behind the first two?

He's in Newcastle NSW. Seems he is a Passport Bro as well! 1 of the towns in Victoria my dad grew up in had a Ham station as well, run by a bloke named 'Statics'!

Thank you opening up the tank, I’ve not seen that yet. I’m shopping and educating myself.

Mike do you remember swifts taxis in north street run by Jack & Jan Rothwell. I remember the arcades before the meridian centre was built and the shop on the end of market parade was the southdown bus office now a flower shop the old library in north street was a cinema as well before the Empire cinema. i used to love streets the ironmongers as well and dittman and malpas and even the small woolworths store opposite what is now new look.

Really nice video Mike, great to see you and your old gang back together. 🙂

I was hoping you'd celebrate by riding the rails. Good to see you getting out and about. You can't beat riding behind a real steamy, believe me.

Fantastic video Mike I like it 😊😊 4:49

Thank you for making this video, what a great watch, packed with detail. It reminded me of a very happy day we spent on the Bluebell a couple of years ago. Loved the shrug of the shoulders as the sign went up on the Hall, along with the quality filming. I bet you glean a few sound clips from this one for future productions. Thank you Mike.

Lovely video. The nice thing about the steam railways is that there is nearly always a surprise : in this case a Great Western Hall. It must have been wonderful to meet up with old friends. Nice music too.

Super day, lot's of action, didn't realise you'd retired though??

Super video Mike! - looked to be an enjoyable day. If only somebody made a model of the Diagram 52 ex.SECR 100-seater @8.00. Some of these (including no.971) ended up strengthening Pull-Push sets, whilst others saw use in the West of England 'W' sets......

Super video enjoyed watching. Looks like everyone had a great day. The coaches looked great. Thanks for showing. Regards Paul.

Hi there, I'm a complete newbie about radios, but I'm getting into it. I’ve seen an advertisement recently that caught my eye of a Realistic 400 pro-2005. I would like to buy it, but I kind of remember watching a video saying that most of the frequencies nowadays, especially police, fire fighters, etc., are digital. I'm not sure, but I think the 400 pro-2005 is not digital, right? So, it would be fair to say this model of scanner is not that worthy anymore, isn't it? Am I correct? What could I still do with this kind of model? Thanks in advance.

Hello. Your recording is superb. I am a sw listener from 1965& also recorded signature tunes of many international broadcasting stations. I have many QSLs. I am in amateur radio with a VU2DSI call-sign. Datta Deogaonkar. VU2DSI. India.

Good motors as usual from Lima ever reliable quality product

Mike, fab video, very informative. Could you tell me the make and model numbers of the coaches at 2:50 please?

Not a bad place now.

Youre great work on this video makes me sad. Those were the days. Still have two of my radios the Grundig 800 and Panasonic 2800. Great job.

The Zurich building hasn't gone; it's been extended recently, taking up a small part of Victoria Park, and converted into yet more student digs.

I got one of these last week for £15. It and had the BATT error flashing despite changing it. Found a solution was to bridge the pink wire from the front panel to earth and fixed it. I need to also fix the back light now but its a great scanner.

Superb, Mike. Im in tears.

I've restored a realistic 2021 & 2022 Scanners to working order. Had to replace the EL-Tape for the LCD backlight. Funny that one of the first places to find replacements was from a business in the UK!

Remember to L/OUT all the 000.0000 channels or you'll be scanning a lot of nothing :) And the electroluminecent panels can be bought for cheap on Amazon and be replaced. Maybe change color?.

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Hi Mike, they flew over here last week, on there way to Swansea. All the best. Carl.

Well done Mike and thanks for posting

Will be going to see them at Fairford.........IF the rain stays away.........

About the same year I got my first shortwave radio a modest Realistic DX someting. Great compilation by the way. Well done.

@Electronics Visions 1960s I was walking along a Arkansas Road where there was High Tension Power Lines on then & The Electricity Spoke to me, to wit: They were captured and forced to Run Back & Forward by Humans. They showed me On Power Poles Yellow Creatures Running Back & Again (Same as Saw Tooth in Oscillator) further more From the Ground in front of me an the Road Electric Ground ""Demons"" popped from the Ground to impress me of the Truth, these were the Earth Ground. Not a Dream, I was Alive, 15 Years old, in Benton, Arkansas, when I often had visions and such.

IT SOUNDS familiar, but I can't put my finger on it!

It’s A Mouse

Little known fact, Havant got its name as it haven't got a decent pub, haven't got a decent restaurant, haven't got a decent leisure centre...

Used to drink in the Star in the 70's, it was wild back then! The toilets were referred to as the 'office' where dodgy transactions would take place. Anton Hartfree, Dave Neville, Diggs Andrew Holcroft, Frank Stokes, Dave Nugent...

not made by Tandy .. LOL

i have also fixed this by updating computer with Dell Command Tool. It has worked a few few but not every time

Street's was a proper hardware shop, scent of paraffin as you entered. Staff wearing brown linen shop coats. Myriad fixtures and fittings in those dark hardboard-faced drawers. Upstairs was all gardening stuff. What a loss.

Beign a kid in the 80s, the tail end years of the Cold War, Reagan, everything was just a time i could never describe to my ex step kids. Great times in my life.

Great memories, spent loads of happy days in haven't park during the 70s and early 80s, thanks

Lovely collection of Terriers and some very interesting coaching stock.

Thank you Mike for sharing.

It's been happening here as well, but I have NOT been able to see a THING! Just dark skies!

Glad your friend messaged you before you’d gone to bed and that you were able to get these marvellous shots and have the experience Mike.😉

You lucky boy Mike

Bit WET...

Judged by the comments, I seem to be one of the oldest here? I remember listening to european and global stations, SW-MW-LW, during day and night time, in the 60s - this was when the Beatles appeared. Agreed, it was a great time, something the present generations will find hard to appreciate...

Installed a 120 foot wire antenna in the attic. Great reception yes, but strong stations like VOA and Radio Canada, overwhelmed whatever mb they were broadcasting on. And if i used poorly shielded guitar cords in would hear both stations thru a bass guitar amp.

Brilliant

Great job👍

Hi Mike. I know I am seven years late but where can I get one of those remagnitizers?

Beautiful - thank you for sharing! 👍 Quite agree the area is rapidly being destroyed through over-development - parts of it I no longer recognise.😢