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Well I was not sure what to call it

I have a long standing friendship with lots of forum members and I have always said to them I have an open door to any of them should they want to stay. I have had the Candlewick Man Stephen Holmes to stay for week.

We ended up doing all sorts of things from train spotting to morseing. Me & my good lady have enjoyed his company.

I would also like to add Stephen and myself were at Oxford railway station to today waiting for his train. And by a million to 1 chance we met Foggy Morning. Steve thank you so much for saying hi


Regards


John

Good evening everyone
I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to Oxford
It was an absolute pleasure to be able to put a name to a face
Thanks Steve for taking the time to come and say hello
I arrived back in Manchester at 13:45
Kind regards Stephen

An amazing chance meeting although Trainsimmers are probably quite easy to recognise if you know what to look for

Hello Geoff
I wonder if my walking stick gave things away?
Kind regards Stephen

Geoff this is another side to the forum as you know Geoff I more than happy to come down to your neck of the woods for that exhibition. I have always made my front door open.
Friendship to is more important


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John

On a more lighter note hear Stephen waiting for his tea

It is so nice to meet or talk in real life with other people from the Forum.
Nice picture of Stephen. No Digestives
Kind regards James.

Found some old photos Happy Memories

Regards


John

Small World

Good job I checked the drive before formating
Regards


John

I've met some cool people on here, and have had the opportunity to meet a couple of them in person. Technically met one through MM2 but he does have a UKTS account (not a regular poster here though), and he's stayed over at mine many times.

Like the second birthday thread I hadn't seen this one either, and it was pleasing to hear that via the forums some socialising has developed.

I have always been a little saddened that economics has severely curtailed the UKTS Live Shows both in their attendance at events and mine, and the brief direct personal contact. Contact through these forums does not always give a true picture of ourselves; we are often surprised how our mental image does not match the real image!

I don't attend a lot of railway shows or visit preserved lines or relive my youth at the end of a platform and most of my current railway interest is "virtual". However I do remember reading a thread that referred to a get together of simmers some time ago, and had always thought that that would be worthwhile trip but as mentioned above financial restraints tend to rule OK!

Alec

PS Perhaps we should all wear something that refers to UKTS when visiting railway related events!

Hi Alec

I do agree with what you say about finances. I have always had an open door for any of my friends.
Stephen got a cheep return ticket and came down and did a bit of train spotting at Didcot a spot of Morse hunting in Oxford and at the end of his week a trip to Steam museum in Swindon and what is left of the works were I used to work.

I have been lucky to meet a lot of train simmers if that’s the right word over the years. After my stroke in 2007 the hobby became more important for me and so did my open door


Regards


John