Bob the Bike Man

I’m told that clearing out the cupboards, making room, getting rid is now known as life-laundry. Well my small nod to life-laundry has been to put my Triang TT model railway collection up for sale. It goes under the hammer at Fellows & Sons auction house on 25th August (lot number 533, estimate £300 - 400). You can see details and download the sale catalogue here.

The collection includes locomotives and rolling stock (inc. boxed items), track (inc. a large quantity of points), buildings, controllers/rectifiers/transformers, related literature and other items. The photographs below give a flavour of what’s on offer.

Locomotives...

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Sister Frances, Gisela Stuart & myself (Photo B'ham Post website)

Edgbaston MP Gisela Stuart had agreed to donate to the appeal and on 22nd May she visited St. Joseph’s Home to present a cheque to Sister Frances. The money was a fee paid to her by a survey company - so here’s a parliamentarian who puts expenses to good use!

She asked about the ride route and I told her that it would take in Dieppe where I watched, on television in a small bar/tabac, the football world cup in 1966. We agreed to differ over that goal…

She was being ’shadowed’ that day by a Birmingham Post reporter and a photographer. See the Press & Publicity page for the full article.