Programme 2 of 8 tonight 1800-1825 on ITV1 Midlands, in which according 
to RT, 'A group of enthusiasts from Staffordshire travel to Poland, 
where they drive a commuter steam train'. This is presumably about 
Wolzstyn.

I watched last week's about Lincolnshire (Ross - any comment?), 
presented by Tony Francis in his usual style. Nevertheless quite 
interesting though I thought the research could have been better - i.e. 
they could have used my slide of hay being unloaded from a box van at 
Woodhall Jn in 1970 :-) More seriously I got a little tired of sepia 
tinted current video from the SVR and the Bluebell being used to 
represent Lincs in steam days, (though to be fair they never actually 
claimed it was). Some archive film from the area would have been much, 
much better.

This is a series of 8 programmes seemingly confined to ITV1 in the 
Midlands at this stage, though I note ITV1 Yorks is showing something 
about 'Flying Scotsman' at the same time.

Dave
-- 
Dave Spencer

"Dave Spencer"  wrote in message 
news:YXYhEwCKQ6xCFwY+@message-id.fsnet.co.uk...

> Programme 2 of 8 tonight 1800-1825 on ITV1 Midlands, in which according to 
> RT, 'A group of enthusiasts from Staffordshire travel to Poland, where 
> they drive a commuter steam train'. This is presumably about Wolzstyn.
>
> I watched last week's about Lincolnshire (Ross - any comment?), presented 
> by Tony Francis in his usual style. Nevertheless quite interesting though 
> I thought the research could have been better - i.e. they could have used 
> my slide of hay being unloaded from a box van at Woodhall Jn in 1970 :-) 
> More seriously I got a little tired of sepia tinted current video from the 
> SVR and the Bluebell being used to represent Lincs in steam days, (though 
> to be fair they never actually claimed it was). Some archive film from the 
> area would have been much, much better.
>
> This is a series of 8 programmes seemingly confined to ITV1 in the 
> Midlands at this stage, though I note ITV1 Yorks is showing something 
> about 'Flying Scotsman' at the same time.
>
> Dave
> -- 
> Dave Spencer


Thank you for this post I must have missed last weeks

In news:YXYhEwCKQ6xCFwY+@message-id.fsnet.co.uk,
Dave Spencer  typed:


> Programme 2 of 8 tonight 1800-1825 on ITV1 Midlands, in which
> according to RT, 'A group of enthusiasts from Staffordshire travel to
> Poland, where they drive a commuter steam train'. This is presumably
> about Wolzstyn.

[...]

> This is a series of 8 programmes seemingly confined to ITV1 in the
> Midlands at this stage, though I note ITV1 Yorks is showing something
> about 'Flying Scotsman' at the same time.



If you've got Sky, you can tune in to ITV Midlands (or ITV from any other 
region) wherever you are in the country.  For details:
http://www.vowles-home.demon.co.uk/Sat/SkyITV.htm







-- 
Bob

Bob Wood wrote:

> In news:YXYhEwCKQ6xCFwY+@message-id.fsnet.co.uk,
> Dave Spencer  typed:
>
> > Programme 2 of 8 tonight 1800-1825 on ITV1 Midlands, in which
> > according to RT, 'A group of enthusiasts from Staffordshire travel to
> > Poland, where they drive a commuter steam train'. This is presumably
> > about Wolzstyn.




Sounds like a good programme to watch. I have been to Wolsztyn and
driven and fired one of the steam locos.

Bloody hard work - started my 'turn' at 04.00 in temperatures of minus
12 outside. Was told initially by the PKP driver where to stop until he
was confident with me on the brake - stations were seemingly in the
middle of nowhere sometimes. The 'reward' was when around 300
passengers walked past the loco cab at Poznan - bit worring that they
lives had been my responsibility.  But well worth the cost for the
sheer experience.

Can recommend it thoroughly. 

Colin

On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 09:38:34 +0100, Dave Spencer wrote in
<YXYhEwCKQ6xCFwY+@message-id.fsnet.co.uk>, seen in uk.railway:


> Programme 2 of 8 tonight 1800-1825 on ITV1 Midlands,
[...]
> I watched last week's about Lincolnshire (Ross - any comment?), 


Didn't watch it; it's very rare that I tune my TV away from music
channels nowadays.

Bet it didn't feature dogboxes staggering around left, right & centre!
-- 
Ross, a.k.a.
Prof. E. Scrooge, CT, 153 & bar, Doctor of Cynicism (U. Life)
Hon. Pres., National Soc. for the Encouragement for Cruelty to Dogboxes

In news:i92gc1pnlgia35r12b0ee68p0vkfuivbms@4ax.com,
Ross  typed:


> On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 09:38:34 +0100, Dave Spencer wrote in
> <YXYhEwCKQ6xCFwY+@message-id.fsnet.co.uk>, seen in uk.railway:
>
> > Programme 2 of 8 tonight 1800-1825 on ITV1 Midlands,
> [...]
> > I watched last week's about Lincolnshire (Ross - any comment?),


> Didn't watch it; it's very rare that I tune my TV away from music
> channels nowadays.



Didn't watch it?   It hadn't even been on at the time that you wrote your 
message!!


-- 
Bob

On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 17:31:55 GMT, Bob Wood wrote in
<fiVxe.21898$Ar5.2559@newsfe5-win.ntli.net>, seen in uk.railway:


> In news:i92gc1pnlgia35r12b0ee68p0vkfuivbms@4ax.com,
> Ross  typed:
> 
> > On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 09:38:34 +0100, Dave Spencer wrote in
> > <YXYhEwCKQ6xCFwY+@message-id.fsnet.co.uk>, seen in uk.railway:
> >
> > > Programme 2 of 8 tonight 1800-1825 on ITV1 Midlands,
> > [...]
> > > I watched last week's about Lincolnshire (Ross - any comment?),
> 
> > Didn't watch it; it's very rare that I tune my TV away from music
> > channels nowadays.
> 
> Didn't watch it?   It hadn't even been on at the time that you wrote your 
> message!!


What, *last* *week's* about Lincolnshire hadn't been on? 

Errm... 

-- 
Ross, a.k.a.
Prof. E. Scrooge, CT, 153 & bar, Doctor of Cynicism (U. Life)
Hon. Pres., National Soc. for the Encouragement for Cruelty to Dogboxes

In message <YXYhEwCKQ6xCFwY+@message-id.fsnet.co.uk>, at 09:38:34 on 
Sun, 3 Jul 2005, Dave Spencer  remarked:

>Programme 2 of 8 tonight 1800-1825 on ITV1 Midlands, in which according 
>to RT, 'A group of enthusiasts from Staffordshire travel to Poland, 
>where they drive a commuter steam train'. This is presumably about 
>Wolzstyn.
>
>I watched last week's about Lincolnshire


Freeview's EPG is reporting that *tonight's* was about Lincolnshire. Oh 
well...
-- 
Roland Perry

In news:j3egc19hujer1k9c9736ue2sugc6rjnk39@4ax.com,
Ross  typed:


> On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 17:31:55 GMT, Bob Wood wrote in
> <fiVxe.21898$Ar5.2559@newsfe5-win.ntli.net>, seen in uk.railway:
>
> > In news:i92gc1pnlgia35r12b0ee68p0vkfuivbms@4ax.com,
> > Ross  typed:
> >
> > > On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 09:38:34 +0100, Dave Spencer wrote in
> > > <YXYhEwCKQ6xCFwY+@message-id.fsnet.co.uk>, seen in uk.railway:
> > >
> > > > Programme 2 of 8 tonight 1800-1825 on ITV1 Midlands,
> > > [...]
> > > > I watched last week's about Lincolnshire (Ross - any comment?),
> >
> > > Didn't watch it; it's very rare that I tune my TV away from music
> > > channels nowadays.
> >
> > Didn't watch it?   It hadn't even been on at the time that you
> > wrote your message!!
>
> What, *last* *week's* about Lincolnshire hadn't been on?
>
> Errm...


Whooooops!    I think I just proved that I didn't read every word of that 
post.

Apologies.


-- 
Bob