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A day at the scrap yard...
« on: 06 August 2009, 16:15:30 »

Had an enjoyable few hours at the scrap yard yesterday......a rather large one 'up north'.

Not on a car mind....and I cant give to many details as its a bit of a touchy subject on some forums.

Needless to say, we got loads of spares for our little hobby!

And its the first time in years that I have been to a yard where you get stuck in and remove the items yourself
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Re: A day at the scrap yard...
« Reply #1 on: 06 August 2009, 16:19:45 »

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Had an enjoyable few hours at the scrap yard yesterday......a rather large one 'up north'.

Not on a car mind....and I cant give to many details as its a bit of a touchy subject on some forums.

Needless to say, we got loads of spares for our little hobby!

And its the first time in years that I have been to a yard where you get stuck in and remove the items yourself


...makes for an even more enjoyable day :y :y
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« Reply #2 on: 06 August 2009, 16:22:31 »

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Had an enjoyable few hours at the scrap yard yesterday......a rather large one 'up north'.

Not on a car mind....and I cant give to many details as its a bit of a touchy subject on some forums.

Needless to say, we got loads of spares for our little hobby!

And its the first time in years that I have been to a yard where you get stuck in and remove the items yourself

Train scrap yard :-/ :-? ::)
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Re: A day at the scrap yard...
« Reply #3 on: 06 August 2009, 16:24:15 »

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And its the first time in years that I have been to a yard where you get stuck in and remove the items yourself

We have a car scrapyard like that here - excellent place...
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Re: A day at the scrap yard...
« Reply #4 on: 06 August 2009, 16:35:18 »

I wonder what sort of scrapyard it could have been Master?  ::)
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Re: A day at the scrap yard...
« Reply #6 on: 06 August 2009, 17:03:34 »

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And its the first time in years that I have been to a yard where you get stuck in and remove the items yourself

We have a car scrapyard like that here - excellent place...

One here too, i am like a kid in a sweetie shop.

That train one looks very interesting, love to go wonder around that. Shame its so far away  :'(
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Re: A day at the scrap yard...
« Reply #7 on: 06 August 2009, 17:04:47 »

 :) always a nice sense of satisfaction after a good days rummaging about in a scrapyard 
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Re: A day at the scrap yard...
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Re: A day at the scrap yard...
« Reply #9 on: 06 August 2009, 17:26:26 »

I love scrapyards; my favourite "old fashioned scrappy" has mountains of machinery, plant and shipyard sized stock offcuts.....and (most importantly) friendly, 'blind in one eye' workers. ;D
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Re: A day at the scrap yard...
« Reply #11 on: 06 August 2009, 17:32:50 »

Not T.J Thompsons by any chance? my dad used to be a crane driver there many moons ago!
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Re: A day at the scrap yard...
« Reply #12 on: 06 August 2009, 17:35:22 »

One of my most enjoyable memories is of my ex and I in the late 1970s making trips to Dai Woodhams Barry scrap yard when there was still a considerable percentage of the 220+ steam engines he had at one stage:

The famous scene in 1968:



So Mark I would be well at home at any other railway orientated scrap yard, as I am at any car one!! :D :D :y :y :y 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 

The trouble is it can prove a bit difficult squeezing an engine's wheels in your boot, especially if connected to an axle!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;) ;)

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Re: A day at the scrap yard...
« Reply #13 on: 06 August 2009, 17:49:01 »

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One of my most enjoyable memories is of my ex and I in the late 1970s making trips to Dai Woodhams Barry scrap yard when there was still a considerable percentage of the 220+ steam engines he had at one stage:

The famous scene in 1968:



So Mark I would be well at home at any other railway orientated scrap yard, as I am at any car one!! :D :D :y :y :y 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 

The trouble is it can prove a bit difficult squeezing an engine's wheels in your boot, especially if connected to an axle!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;) ;)


.. and what about freebies? I guess you need pretty big pockets to get out unnoticed.  ::)

Kevin
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Re: A day at the scrap yard...
« Reply #14 on: 06 August 2009, 18:17:56 »

A few 47s in there!
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