TV programme tonight

[GaryMParticipant @garym]

Hi,

Just letting people know about a programme on BBC 4 tonight. "The joy of train sets: the model railway story". 9pm Wednesday 23/1/2013. Some of us might enjoy it.

Gary

[GaryMParticipant @garym]

Model Trains

[ZiggarParticipant @ziggar]

watching it now…………..

mildly interesting

history is good though

[DMBParticipant @dmb]

Michael Portillo is doing a full size rail journey every night BBC2@630.!

[Mike AngeloParticipant @mikeangelo94956]

It's a shame that steam powered larger loco models were not covered in greater detail – model engineering is far too complicated for the BBC.

[SpringbokParticipant @springbok]

Hi Garry
Thanks for pointing me to this, very interesting

Bob

[Roderick JenkinsParticipant @roderickjenkins93242]

An interesting bit of social history.  Not really my thing but I can admire the skills.  Nice to see Mike Sharman and his Cramptons though, as I have his book. Does anybody know which programme the clip was from?

I may be wrong, but I am getting the impression that there is less derision being poured on people who have technical interests these days – perhaps as a reaction to the failures of the money manipulators?

Rod

Edited By Roderick Jenkins on 24/01/2013 09:31:29

[jason udallParticipant @jasonudall57142]

Posted by Roderick Jenkins on 24/01/2013 09:29:39:

An interesting bit of social history. Not really my thing but I can admire the skills. Nice to see Mike Sharman and his Cramptons though, as I have his book. Does anybody know which programme the clip was from?

I may be wrong, but I am getting the impression that there is less derision being poured on people who have technical interests these days – perhaps as a reaction to the failures of the money manipulators?

Rod

Edited By Roderick Jenkins on 24/01/2013 09:31:29

Seems like it to me. Science too.

[Roderick JenkinsParticipant @roderickjenkins93242]

Gray,

Thanks – I did wonder as we had a clip of Bob's talking head but I couldn't remember the name of the series. I used to watch it but I was probably more interested in model aircraft at the time. I didn't know that some were YouTube, I''ll have a search.

cheers,

Rod

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

When I were a lad, he was Bob Symes-Shutzman, if I recall correctly. Model World was a great series and an inspation, shame they don't do something similar instead of the pdding on 95% of the channels.

Nice to see he is still going strong as I see his name/ face in the magazines now and then.

Neil

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