Nostalgia for British Rail?
 

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.

Nostalgia for British Rail?
 

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.

Nostalgia for British Rail?
 

"1506" wrote in message
...
On Sep 16, 2:31 pm, "alexander.keys1"
wrote:


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.


There's a damn sight more music available on new vinyl than just 'nostalgia'
and 'ethnic':

http://www.ifmusic.co.uk/newvinyl.php

Just for starters....



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.



If you clean the record better before you digitise it you won't have to
clean up the recording so much - you might even find playing the record then
will make all that digitising malarky unnecessary!

Nostalgia for British Rail?
 

"1506" wrote in message
...
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.

--

In my case I listen to LPs that I don't have on CD, but more generally, for
the same reason others like to drive vintage MGs or blown
Bentleys...nostalgia.
S.

http://audiopages.googlepages.com

Nostalgia for British Rail?
 

On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:30:11 +0100, "Serge Auckland"
wrote:


"1506" wrote in message
...
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?

d

Nostalgia for British Rail?
 

In article ,
Keith G wrote:
If you clean the record better before you digitise it you won't have to
clean up the recording so much - you might even find playing the record
then will make all that digitising malarky unnecessary!

Sadly some types of dirt get 'ground in' and cause permanent damage. Ant
that's beside the clicks and pops that are part of the pressing from new
and any subsequent damage.

--
*Don't byte off more than you can view *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Nostalgia for British Rail?
 

"Don Pearce" wrote in message
news:4ab33ae7.540741203@localhost...
On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:30:11 +0100, "Serge Auckland"
wrote:


"1506" wrote in message
...
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.

Nostalgia for British Rail?
 

On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:10:24 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


"Don Pearce" wrote in message
news:4ab33ae7.540741203@localhost...
On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:30:11 +0100, "Serge Auckland"
wrote:


"1506" wrote in message
...
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.

d

Nostalgia for British Rail?
 

"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:10:24 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:30:11 +0100, "Serge Auckland"
wrote:


"1506" wrote in message
...
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.

Nostalgia for British Rail?
 

On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:36:01 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


"Don Pearce" wrote in message
news:4ab6607c.550361687@localhost...
On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:10:24 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:30:11 +0100, "Serge Auckland"
wrote:


"1506" wrote in message
...
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.

d