It's delightful to watch the faces of the bystanders as you roll past. They all look wonderfully like 8 year old boys, thrilled by the size, noise and smell of such a great machine. Love it! Thanks for taking us along.
Great shame about Fred leaving so early in life . Thankfully he left a massive amount of video on his working life .That rally certainly woke that sleepy old village up for a few hours.
I love all the old stone houses! What do they usually use for roofs, slate? I don't see a single modern building within sight of the square? How has such a travesty been prevented? In the US some developer would buy up a row of those houses tear them all down and put in a strip mall.
A lot of the 'slates' are made from local sandstone. Most of the house (unless modern repros) do not have a damp proof course in the walls. Mine for instance is just sandstone dressed blocks set directly on clay, with essentially no foundations below ground level. Walls are often 2-3 feet wide at ground level and narrow slightly as they get towards the roof. Walls are 'solid' with sandstone infill, but over the years they can settle and create cavities. Mine has. Appearance is maintained through the planning regulations which all house anf commercial property builders has to conform with. Quite a number of more significant buildings are 'listed' meaning that they have greater regulation to maintain their appearance when repaired or extensions added. I realise that many may not like that but here it is generally thought a good thing to maintain the character of towns and villages.
My mam was born there and lived there most of her life until she got married but her sisters and there children and grandchildren still live there to this day beautiful village for a pint or two in the summer sun outside the white Bear pub when they have live bands playing kids dancing and drinking fizzy pop or eating ice creams...never any trouble a fight or a bad word said just fun with friendly locals and visitors from all over...
The Petrol (Gas) price was 118.9 pence, let call it 1 pound 19 Pence. Thats more than double the current US pump price. We pay arount 60% fuel duty (Tax) on petrol. FYI the 119.9 price was for Diesel.
It's delightful to watch the faces of the bystanders as you roll past. They all look wonderfully like 8 year old boys, thrilled by the size, noise and smell of such a great machine. Love it! Thanks for taking us along.
I have added that town to my bucket list. Thanks John
That lot filled the market place a treat. Thanks for sharing John. regards Gary
Wow, they really packed them in! That's the tightest parking I've seen in any of your steam videos.
Thanks for another ''steam fix'' John. Looked like a great turnout.
Only thing missing was Fred Dibnah!!
Great shame about Fred leaving so early in life . Thankfully he left a massive amount of video on his working life .That rally certainly woke that sleepy old village up for a few hours.
AWESOME! I have a new item for the bucket list. Show more John! Good stuff!
Great Video, John!
Really nice engines, wish that more of the steam engines would exists in Germany
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I love all the old stone houses! What do they usually use for roofs, slate? I don't see a single modern building within sight of the square? How has such a travesty been prevented? In the US some developer would buy up a row of those houses tear them all down and put in a strip mall.
A lot of the 'slates' are made from local sandstone. Most of the house (unless modern repros) do not have a damp proof course in the walls. Mine for instance is just sandstone dressed blocks set directly on clay, with essentially no foundations below ground level. Walls are often 2-3 feet wide at ground level and narrow slightly as they get towards the roof. Walls are 'solid' with sandstone infill, but over the years they can settle and create cavities. Mine has. Appearance is maintained through the planning regulations which all house anf commercial property builders has to conform with. Quite a number of more significant buildings are 'listed' meaning that they have greater regulation to maintain their appearance when repaired or extensions added. I realise that many may not like that but here it is generally thought a good thing to maintain the character of towns and villages.
Enjoined your video (s) very much cheers Ralph
My mam was born there and lived there most of her life until she got married but her sisters and there children and grandchildren still live there to this day beautiful village for a pint or two in the summer sun outside the white Bear pub when they have live bands playing kids dancing and drinking fizzy pop or eating ice creams...never any trouble a fight or a bad word said just fun with friendly locals and visitors from all over...
Sir, At .15 of the video the gas ( petrol) station reads 119.9, is that 1 pound 19 pence per liter or what ? Ralph
Sadly that is what we pay I think the fuel is 19 the rest is tax
19 what..... what I want to know is how much for petrol; price per liter
The Petrol (Gas) price was 118.9 pence, let call it 1 pound 19 Pence. Thats more than double the current US pump price. We pay arount 60% fuel duty (Tax) on petrol. FYI the 119.9 price was for Diesel.
Just looked it up on the web you in the UK pay around $5.50 per gallon
I do not know how you can drive around
Most cars now, especially diesel cars that are very popular here, do 50 miles per gallon - many approaching 60 mpg.
Hope you had an Old Peculiar or two while you were there
John what years were those vehicles built and used
Looks like it was a lot of fun.
Very interesting and cool.
very Cool !!
So English, So Awesome!
mooi hoor !
Yes, it was very good.
Masham is where Old Peculiar is brewed.
If you like good beer but haven't tasted it you don't know what you are missing.
looks like great fun. and then fish and chips too? bastard.
The original "rolling coal".