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Old 28th December 2009, 10:54
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Originally Posted by garrat View Post
Ive seen a few of these restored and running at steam fairs I do believe the Rushden railway has one.When I was at oakley station one of these little Scammels called once a week to drop off and pick up parcels .The driver used to come up the box for a cuppa lovely feller called Joe .There never seemed to be anyone in a big hurry in those days and Joe certainly never was
Yes that is a fact you know, life in the 50s and 60s was done at a lot slower pace than today, everybody is in so much of a hurry today, I mean take me for instance, these days I go "Slow line" every day, I am built for comfort not speed

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