Rich up front the Poor down the back

jimmywizz · Post by **jimmywizz** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:36 pm

aahha the good old days of steam and snobs

http://www.southshields-sanddancers.co. ... ticket.htm

Little Lisa · Post by **Little Lisa** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 10:51 am

wow so the rattler used to actually be a real train???!!! i thought it was just put there for show, what about the one up seaburn was that a real train too? the puffin billy i thnik it was called!

brian c · Post by **brian c** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 10:57 am

Nothing changes Jimmy

discobarbie · Post by **discobarbie** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 9:44 pm

how come the 1st class fare is 3d and the second class is 4d???

jimmywizz · Post by **jimmywizz** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 11:38 pm

the first class ticket is a lot older, then once the national coal board took over they must have put the price of the tickets up

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 10:34 pm

My sister worked in a hotel in Brighton in the '60s and met Sir John Betjeman the poet. He guessed at her accent. Irish? Welsh? Then she explained she was from South Shields. 'Ah, ' said the great man, 'the Marsden Rattler!'

Jerry

brian c · Post by **brian c** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 11:05 am

our sister was the Marsden Rattler