Nostalgia for British Rail?
 

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On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:36:01 +0100, "Keith G"
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On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:30:11 +0100, "Serge Auckland"
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On Sep 16, 2:31 pm, "alexander.keys1"
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On Sep 15, 5:21 pm, wrote: On Tue, 15 Sep 2009
05:16:23 -0700 (PDT), Andy Kirkham

wrote:
As far as I know, no heritage railway has yet restored a station
to
British Rail corporate style (e.g. with "See a Friend This
Weekend"
posters and buffet branded as Travellers-Fare). Is it just a
matter
of
time? Is there a generally constant interval that elapses before
the
general public will regard a past era as Heritage? Or are some
eras
more resistant to being cast in the rosy glow of nostalgia?

I went to the GCR Diesel Gala on Saturday 12/09/09, they had some
original 1970's BR posters up at Loughborough Central.

For a real 'Life on Mars' experience, you could try Manchester
Victoria, I went in there last October, it still had 1970's style BR
signage and other features.

There are of course plenty of blue diesel fanatics but it's not
their
enthusiasms that I'm thinking about here; I'm wondering about the
perceptions of the "normal" public.

Andy

Gosh - does this mean my turntable and vinyl long players are back
in
fashion ??

They have been for a few years now, you can buy some very nice
'designer' turntables from proper hi-fi shops, also DJ decks such as
the 'Technics 1200' never went away. Just recently, all the Beatles
LP's have been re-released on vinyl, along with various other
classic
albums. Many reggae and electronic music releases are avalable on
vinyl too.

Mine is a decent Denon turntable picked up on eBay. I utilize it for
digitizing vinyl albums. I then burn CDs. Why anyone would want to
listen to vinyl is beyond me. I spend hours cleaning up the copied
sound.

I'm lost. Is this post by Keith or Serge?



Neither - it's '1506's original response that Serge replied to.



No, look at the top. I was replying to Serge's post, not 1506's. And
you sent one a few posts back with that identical para (starting "Mine
is a decent") too. So I'm confused with who is writing what.


OK, now I'm lost too but it isn't my post.



It's ok - I sussed what happened. Your newsreader didn't quote
properly, and made it look like 1506's paragraph was yours. And Serge
managed to put his reply in his sig line, so I didn't see it. And his
newsreader didn't quote properly either. So it all got ****ed up.


Actually, there's a bit of a clue in that Serge removed the cross-posting -
which would seem to indicate his comment wasn't directed toward the OP
and/or his immediate respondent?

Nostalgia for British Rail?
 

"Keith G" wrote in message
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"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:36:01 +0100, "Keith G"
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"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:10:24 +0100, "Keith G"
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"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:30:11 +0100, "Serge Auckland"
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"1506" wrote in message
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On Sep 16, 2:31 pm, "alexander.keys1"

wrote:
On Sep 15, 5:21 pm, wrote: On Tue, 15 Sep 2009
05:16:23 -0700 (PDT), Andy Kirkham

wrote:
As far as I know, no heritage railway has yet restored a station
to
British Rail corporate style (e.g. with "See a Friend This
Weekend"
posters and buffet branded as Travellers-Fare). Is it just a
matter
of
time? Is there a generally constant interval that elapses before
the
general public will regard a past era as Heritage? Or are some
eras
more resistant to being cast in the rosy glow of nostalgia?

I went to the GCR Diesel Gala on Saturday 12/09/09, they had some
original 1970's BR posters up at Loughborough Central.

For a real 'Life on Mars' experience, you could try Manchester
Victoria, I went in there last October, it still had 1970's style
BR
signage and other features.

There are of course plenty of blue diesel fanatics but it's not
their
enthusiasms that I'm thinking about here; I'm wondering about
the
perceptions of the "normal" public.

Andy

Gosh - does this mean my turntable and vinyl long players are
back
in
fashion ??

They have been for a few years now, you can buy some very nice
'designer' turntables from proper hi-fi shops, also DJ decks such
as
the 'Technics 1200' never went away. Just recently, all the Beatles
LP's have been re-released on vinyl, along with various other
classic
albums. Many reggae and electronic music releases are avalable on
vinyl too.

Mine is a decent Denon turntable picked up on eBay. I utilize it for
digitizing vinyl albums. I then burn CDs. Why anyone would want to
listen to vinyl is beyond me. I spend hours cleaning up the copied
sound.

I'm lost. Is this post by Keith or Serge?



Neither - it's '1506's original response that Serge replied to.



No, look at the top. I was replying to Serge's post, not 1506's. And
you sent one a few posts back with that identical para (starting "Mine
is a decent") too. So I'm confused with who is writing what.


OK, now I'm lost too but it isn't my post.



It's ok - I sussed what happened. Your newsreader didn't quote
properly, and made it look like 1506's paragraph was yours. And Serge
managed to put his reply in his sig line, so I didn't see it. And his
newsreader didn't quote properly either. So it all got ****ed up.


Actually, there's a bit of a clue in that Serge removed the
cross-posting - which would seem to indicate his comment wasn't directed
toward the OP and/or his immediate respondent?



Yes, for some reason my Newsreader didn't quote properly (didn't insert the
arrows) so I replied after the -- just to indicate that it was a reply, not
part of the earlier post. I also removed the cross-posting as I've never
posted on those NGs. Sorry if I confused anyone. I reiterate that my use
of vinyl is mainly for nostalgia. I have four turntables in regular use, an
AEG TRS9000, an EMT948, a Garrard 401/SME3009/V15III and a GL75/G800-78 I
keep just for the few 78s I occasionally play. They're great fun, in a
vintage MG sort of way. However, my attitude to vinyl has changed over the
years. Before CD, the imperfections of vinyl would drive me up the wall, all
that distortion, clicks and bangs, W&F, cutter rumble etc etc. CD changed
all that. Now, if I want great music, immaculately reproduced I have CD, if
I want to play with my Hi-Fi I have my LPs. Totally different experience,
and I accept all the limitations of vinyl as just one of those things.

S.

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