Jul 2019
11:46am, 26 Jul 2019
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Diogenes
Surrey iron railway, allegedly world's first passenger railway, London
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Jul 2019
11:52am, 26 Jul 2019
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GlennR
1803 The Surrey Iron Railway, A the world's first P railway, opens in South London.
Allegedly and passenger are very close, but not what's on the card.
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Jul 2019
11:56am, 26 Jul 2019
38,864 posts
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Diogenes
almost arguably public
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Jul 2019
12:00pm, 26 Jul 2019
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Diogenes
I know this because it used to run through the area where I grew up. This is an surviving rail in the grounds of Wallington Public Library
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Jul 2019
12:00pm, 26 Jul 2019
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GlennR
1803 The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in South London.
Dio buys his ticket, only to discover that the rails have buckled and he'll have to walk to Croydon.
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Jul 2019
12:02pm, 26 Jul 2019
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GlennR
I used to live in Sanderstead, Dio.
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Jul 2019
12:03pm, 26 Jul 2019
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Diogenes
I get the feeling you have lived in most places, Glenners
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Jul 2019
12:08pm, 26 Jul 2019
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GlennR
True. Never further north than Leicester though, in the UK. I do have some standards.
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Jul 2019
12:16pm, 26 Jul 2019
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GregP
I don't. I lived in Surrey for over a year in the 1980s. Nasty business.
#SodOffSurrey
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Jul 2019
12:45pm, 26 Jul 2019
38,867 posts
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Diogenes
1941 - TCOTSCWTBTPW(H)FTCJC
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