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Old 10th April 2016, 17:05   #20
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Originally Posted by paulonsite View Post
Changed indeed!!! When I was 13annabit I drove a 117 in service in the weekday peak (in my school uniform) from Sutton Coldfield to Duddeston, supervised by a driver and Traction inspector. Lulz. Even then the risks we were taking were intergalatic but it was mighty fun. I only overan at Aston, and then only by about ten feet. Tee hee - I could hardly reach the dead man's but as you can imagine my AWS reactions were lightning quick at that age. Now THAT was an awesome afternoon.
These are things we will never forget and probably didn't understand how great they were at the time. You can't really thank these guys who indulged our dreams of the time.

Today's youngsters probably don't understand why these things were so...great!
Better than driving a PS2 tgat's for sure!

Chris
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