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Hi all,
I've spent all afternoon scanning some negatives from when I was a boy. Various trips in the early 80's, Crewe, Birmingham, Cardiff, Cardiff Canton Open Day etc etc. you can find them at
if interested. I was from between 12 and 15 for these pics and looking through my spotters books and the dates and places I just have to say that MY MUM IS AWESOME! I cannot believe she let her 12 1/2 yr old Son walk the 2 miles to Caerphilly station at 5am to get the first train to Cardiff and then on to these places ON HIS OWN!!. i cannot believe the worry I must have caused her but she never said no and I scraped my pocket money together to buy the tickets and sometimes film.
I even have a trip recorded to London Paddington in 1983 (I would have been just over 13). No pictures though, I remember it was expensive and I couldn't afford the film too.
Oh btw, please excuse the quality of some of the shots, 13 year olds don't look after negatives well (in fact I've lost a bunch ) I also went through a phase of thinking 1000ASA film was faster and so better.. so some of the shots at Crewe are grainy
Well I just wanted to share that.. Does / Did anyone else have such accomodating parents?