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Yorkshire humour 16/02/2020 at 23:34 #123328
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Just been looking at the track diagrams shown on the Railcam website and noted the area around Rotherham is blocked due to the flooding. Good old Yorkshire humour abounds with the 4 digit tack circuits showing “WATA” and “FLUD”
I am sure you regular signallers could come up with other terminology used in emergencies.

Over to you all

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Yorkshire humour 17/02/2020 at 00:14 #123329
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Last time there were floods, the area around Sheffield saw quite a few of these (GETA BOAT, DAMP etc) - evidently a good sense of humour in the ROC!
There's the right way, the wrong way and the railway.
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Yorkshire humour 17/02/2020 at 15:37 #123331
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And here's me thinking that Yorkshire Humour was an oxymoron like Military Intelligence or Business Ethics.
“In life, there is always someone out there, who won’t like you, for whatever reason, don’t let the insecurities in their lives affect yours.” – Rashida Rowe
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Yorkshire humour 17/02/2020 at 15:50 #123332
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LOTA WATA

John - we have a sense of humour, but much like our finances, frugality is everything.

"We don't stop camborne wednesdays"
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Yorkshire humour 17/02/2020 at 16:41 #123333
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jc92 in post 123332 said:
LOTA WATA

John - we have a sense of humour, but much like our finances, frugality is everything.
Joe stop feeding the Geordie ammo - he will hold it against us and use it as and when required (more than likely Peterborough Meet )

Passed the age to be doing 'Spoon Feeding' !!!
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Yorkshire humour 18/02/2020 at 14:21 #123338
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That humour isn't confined to Yorkshire, it also occurs in Derbyshire. After the floods in November last year, berths on the down slow at St Marys Junction near Derby showed such things as SWAN LAKE and DUCK POND.
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Yorkshire humour 18/02/2020 at 23:07 #123342
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I can’t remember exactly where it was, but a signaller once put FUKD where a demic unit was stabled. Probably before signalling maps and real time displays were as mainstream!
There's the right way, the wrong way and the railway.
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