We apologise for the delay to the arrival of this train to King's Cross. This is due to a cripple (his terminology), crip (your terminology) refusing to allow the departure of the train on the platform allocated for this train. We hope to leave Doncaster shortly. I think leaves on the line is a euphemism for shortage of sack barrows.
We apologise for the delayed arrival of the train, due to a crip having the utter temerity to ask for said train to be moved a few feet so he could safely board it. Rest assured we'll be watching out for this trouble causing git in the future, the cheeky bastard him expecting to be able to board a train without hassle, whatever next? The views expressed in this post are the views of a crip, my terminology.
50 years ago? This was my favouritist place in the whole wide world. Excepting Boothferry Park, obvs.
Listening to the video, moving a train a few feet in a station, with already boarded passengers moving around, is not quite as simple as backing a car a few feet along a curb. The driver, while being agreeable to moving the train, is not responsible for the safety of the train and passengers. Why is permission needed from the control box? Does movement of the train trigger any signals that need overriding? In the video he states to be known to those further up the food chain than the jobsworths. A regular user of trains from King's Cross? Why not record all the days all goes well? No, that doesn't quite have the same impact. Two solutions. The expensive, lengthy, and expensive one I proposed. The quick, easy and definitely cheaper is your suggestion. Sack barrows. I prefer mine.
First of all it didn't appear to show what type of wheelchair he was using, but I would imagine an experienced wheelchair user would overcome bigger obstacles than that on an hourly basis in normal daily use. Not saying he's wrong to complain about it though.
He has recorded, and published, when it goes well. Third solution is to make sure the train goes to the station in the correct configuration. All a matter of opinion of course, and not knowing your personal circumstances but, if your circumstances change to his your opinion may change also. Abridged version, never judge a crip until you've travelled a mile in his orthopaedic shoes. That is all.
As you say happy times, unlike today the fair was more of a special occasion, kids today get to go to theme parks etc and I guess it is not quite the same excitement as we felt. This picture is of me, the smaller one, and my pal at the fair in 1963, I was 5 foot and he was 5'10'', 2 years later he was still 5'10'' and I was 6'1', quite a transformation!
This is brilliant, well, it's not but you know what I mean. Televised bridge! https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/internationalbridge/zb4mfdm
This story was directly below yours : https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/space_invaders_wrist/zjjyscw Space Invaders wrist. Yea honestly its from playing too much space invaders mam. Not from anything else I do compulsively....
Good point about Fair and todays theme parks, unless you went to the seaside there was little opportunity to go on rides back in the 60/70’s
