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Old 29th August 2008, 14:31
paul miller paul miller is offline  
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Originally Posted by pavorossi View Post
I was under the impression that in Britain fencing around a railway line has always been a nessecity, right back to the earliest days.
I used to sit on a fence to do my train spotting in the 1950's, but it was'nt something that resembled the fence around a maximum security prison.
I believe that as someone said earlier in this thread, that it was a much to keep animals out as well as reminding people that they could be at danger if they went on the track. Who remembers the cast iron trespass notices, was it fourty shillings the fine they threatened you with?
The real reason we have these problems now is that we have gone soft as a nation, and we have a judiciary who are soft in the head.
Paul.
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