Rob Bonser-Wilton
@waterloosunsetrail.bsky.social
Proof never too old for Politics & Contemporary History 1st at University of Chichester. Back Stage to stellar Helen Bonser-Wilton at Leeds Castle Kent. Charisma is a gift.Cornish Expat. Research: UK Southern Railways for future multi media Waterloo Sunset
22YrsAgo Today purely by chance I got chatting to @hbwleedscastle.bsky.social at Christmas Party, on Exeter Quay 5 minutes before she’d intended to call it a day. Unbeknown to me & ‘inconveniently’ for her at time, I passed all 5 screening questions of consummate interviewer! #TheRestIsHistory
December 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
22YrsAgo Today purely by chance I got chatting to @hbwleedscastle.bsky.social at Christmas Party, on Exeter Quay 5 minutes before she’d intended to call it a day. Unbeknown to me & ‘inconveniently’ for her at time, I passed all 5 screening questions of consummate interviewer! #TheRestIsHistory
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"I lived in Surrey for a while and I used to get the train home from there most nights. You've got the river there, and when you cross the river that means you're going on somewhere to the south by train. It's always been a special place for me." - Ray Davies on Waterloo station
December 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
"I lived in Surrey for a while and I used to get the train home from there most nights. You've got the river there, and when you cross the river that means you're going on somewhere to the south by train. It's always been a special place for me." - Ray Davies on Waterloo station
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Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
Terry MEETS Julie
Waterloo Station
Every Friday night
But I am so lazy
Don't want to wander
I stay at home at night
Terry MEETS Julie
Waterloo Station
Every Friday night
But I am so lazy
Don't want to wander
I stay at home at night
The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset (Official Audio)
YouTube video by The Kinks
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
Terry MEETS Julie
Waterloo Station
Every Friday night
But I am so lazy
Don't want to wander
I stay at home at night
Terry MEETS Julie
Waterloo Station
Every Friday night
But I am so lazy
Don't want to wander
I stay at home at night
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The exhibition train Inspiration has welcomed its 50,000th visitor as it cotinues to tour around locations across the United Kingdom. https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/12/travelling-exhibition-train-welcomes-50000th-visitor.html #derby #InspirationTrain #llandudno
Travelling exhibition train welcomes 50,000th visitor
The exhibition train Inspiration has welcomed its 50,000th visitor as it cotinues to tour around locations across the United Kingdom.
www.railadvent.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The exhibition train Inspiration has welcomed its 50,000th visitor as it cotinues to tour around locations across the United Kingdom. https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/12/travelling-exhibition-train-welcomes-50000th-visitor.html #derby #InspirationTrain #llandudno
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Morning from Holstebro. It's 9 o'clock. And nearly dark. And raining. 🌧️ Today will be a train day.
#NebulousNorth
#NebulousNorth
December 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Morning from Holstebro. It's 9 o'clock. And nearly dark. And raining. 🌧️ Today will be a train day.
#NebulousNorth
#NebulousNorth
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🚨NEW POSTERS ON DISPLAY! 🚨
Our next Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts #Railway200 posters are now in the up (London-bound) waiting room/ cafe at #Petersfield station!
They tell the stories of Arthur Hobbs & Albert Darnell, who worked at Petersfield in the early 1900s.
#RailwayHistory
Our next Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts #Railway200 posters are now in the up (London-bound) waiting room/ cafe at #Petersfield station!
They tell the stories of Arthur Hobbs & Albert Darnell, who worked at Petersfield in the early 1900s.
#RailwayHistory
December 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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This is your annual reminder that Chris Rea wrote 'Driving Home For Christmas' after his record company, Magnet, refused to buy him a train ticket from London back to his native Middlesbrough. Instead wife Joan drove south by car to pick Chris up & bring him home.
📷 Keith Holt
📷 Keith Holt
December 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This is your annual reminder that Chris Rea wrote 'Driving Home For Christmas' after his record company, Magnet, refused to buy him a train ticket from London back to his native Middlesbrough. Instead wife Joan drove south by car to pick Chris up & bring him home.
📷 Keith Holt
📷 Keith Holt
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📍 Hamburg Hbf
A LOT to say about these trains, but definitely a step-up to the other models Talgo’s produced in terms of ride comfort. The capacity boost is also very much welcome!
Now for lunch then to plan my next move.
A LOT to say about these trains, but definitely a step-up to the other models Talgo’s produced in terms of ride comfort. The capacity boost is also very much welcome!
Now for lunch then to plan my next move.
December 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
📍 Hamburg Hbf
A LOT to say about these trains, but definitely a step-up to the other models Talgo’s produced in terms of ride comfort. The capacity boost is also very much welcome!
Now for lunch then to plan my next move.
A LOT to say about these trains, but definitely a step-up to the other models Talgo’s produced in terms of ride comfort. The capacity boost is also very much welcome!
Now for lunch then to plan my next move.
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River Dart and the remains of the medieval clapper bridge last week, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #landscape #nature #medieval
December 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
River Dart and the remains of the medieval clapper bridge last week, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #landscape #nature #medieval
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📍 Hamburg Dammtor
A pretty good photography spot, but I best be moving on now - back to Hbf with me…
A pretty good photography spot, but I best be moving on now - back to Hbf with me…
December 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
📍 Hamburg Dammtor
A pretty good photography spot, but I best be moving on now - back to Hbf with me…
A pretty good photography spot, but I best be moving on now - back to Hbf with me…
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Major new investigation by The Observer: Privatised citizens: the business of kids in care. Children in care are growing up as commodities in a system driven by profit.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Privatised citizens: the business of kids in care
Children in care are growing up as commodities in a system driven by profit. What does that mean for them day to day? In the first part of a series on the care system, Charlotte Reck worked under cove...
observer.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Major new investigation by The Observer: Privatised citizens: the business of kids in care. Children in care are growing up as commodities in a system driven by profit.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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We are down to the last few of our exclusive LBSC Diagram 1369 5 plank open wagon version SB009A in LBSC livery order yours here www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/p/89664/SB00...
December 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
We are down to the last few of our exclusive LBSC Diagram 1369 5 plank open wagon version SB009A in LBSC livery order yours here www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/p/89664/SB00...
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New video now live on YouTube! Final video of the year before the yearly break of the holiday season ❄️ 🎄🎅
12 hours to the Arctic Circle on the Santa Claus Express!
Link down below 👇
12 hours to the Arctic Circle on the Santa Claus Express!
Link down below 👇
December 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
New video now live on YouTube! Final video of the year before the yearly break of the holiday season ❄️ 🎄🎅
12 hours to the Arctic Circle on the Santa Claus Express!
Link down below 👇
12 hours to the Arctic Circle on the Santa Claus Express!
Link down below 👇
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Railway staff across Scotland donated 125 gifts to Age Scotland’s Big Gift Appeal, supporting older people who feel isolated at Christmas. The gifts will be shared nationwide, highlighting efforts to tackle loneliness.
www.scotrail.co.uk/about-scotra...
www.scotrail.co.uk/about-scotra...
Generous railway staff support Age Scotland's ‘Big Gift Appeal’
Staff from across Scotland’s Railway have come together this Christmas to donate an incredible 125 gifts to Age Scotland’s Big Gift Appeal, helping to bring joy and support to older people across the ...
www.scotrail.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Railway staff across Scotland donated 125 gifts to Age Scotland’s Big Gift Appeal, supporting older people who feel isolated at Christmas. The gifts will be shared nationwide, highlighting efforts to tackle loneliness.
www.scotrail.co.uk/about-scotra...
www.scotrail.co.uk/about-scotra...
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🎅Remember, trains finish earlier than usual on Christmas Eve.
❕We're running our Saturday timetable, with additional peak-time trains on some routes but there will be no trains after 22:00.
📲Don't forget to check your last train home: spkl.io/63328AcoP4
❕We're running our Saturday timetable, with additional peak-time trains on some routes but there will be no trains after 22:00.
📲Don't forget to check your last train home: spkl.io/63328AcoP4
December 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🎅Remember, trains finish earlier than usual on Christmas Eve.
❕We're running our Saturday timetable, with additional peak-time trains on some routes but there will be no trains after 22:00.
📲Don't forget to check your last train home: spkl.io/63328AcoP4
❕We're running our Saturday timetable, with additional peak-time trains on some routes but there will be no trains after 22:00.
📲Don't forget to check your last train home: spkl.io/63328AcoP4
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📣 STEAM ILLUMINATIONS UPDATE - FRIDAY 19TH DECEMBER 📣
We’re pleased to confirm that following yesterday evening’s landslip, the line has now been fully cleared and normal operations have resumed.
All services from Alton and Alresford will be running as scheduled from this evening onwards.
We’re pleased to confirm that following yesterday evening’s landslip, the line has now been fully cleared and normal operations have resumed.
All services from Alton and Alresford will be running as scheduled from this evening onwards.
December 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
📣 STEAM ILLUMINATIONS UPDATE - FRIDAY 19TH DECEMBER 📣
We’re pleased to confirm that following yesterday evening’s landslip, the line has now been fully cleared and normal operations have resumed.
All services from Alton and Alresford will be running as scheduled from this evening onwards.
We’re pleased to confirm that following yesterday evening’s landslip, the line has now been fully cleared and normal operations have resumed.
All services from Alton and Alresford will be running as scheduled from this evening onwards.
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🚧 Weekend Engineering Work
Saturday 20th December: Normal Saturday service.
Sunday 21st December: No trains via #Tonbridge.
🚌 Buses replace trains Sevenoaks<>Paddock Wood, Sevenoaks<>Wadhurst.
ℹ More info: spkl.io/2083
Saturday 20th December: Normal Saturday service.
Sunday 21st December: No trains via #Tonbridge.
🚌 Buses replace trains Sevenoaks<>Paddock Wood, Sevenoaks<>Wadhurst.
ℹ More info: spkl.io/2083
Engineering work | Southeastern
Working in conjunction with Network Rail, we are committed to continual improvement of our tracks.
spkl.io
December 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
🚧 Weekend Engineering Work
Saturday 20th December: Normal Saturday service.
Sunday 21st December: No trains via #Tonbridge.
🚌 Buses replace trains Sevenoaks<>Paddock Wood, Sevenoaks<>Wadhurst.
ℹ More info: spkl.io/2083
Saturday 20th December: Normal Saturday service.
Sunday 21st December: No trains via #Tonbridge.
🚌 Buses replace trains Sevenoaks<>Paddock Wood, Sevenoaks<>Wadhurst.
ℹ More info: spkl.io/2083
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🚨 NEW ARTICLE!🚨
Proud to share the latest open access article from the Railway Work, Life & Death project: 'Collaborative working with challenging histories'
In the current issue of the @sciencemuseum.org.uk Group Journal, it touches on #Railway200!
journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk/article/coll...
Proud to share the latest open access article from the Railway Work, Life & Death project: 'Collaborative working with challenging histories'
In the current issue of the @sciencemuseum.org.uk Group Journal, it touches on #Railway200!
journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk/article/coll...
Collaborative working with challenging histories: the Railway Work, Life & Death project - Science Museum Group Journal
journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk
December 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🚨 NEW ARTICLE!🚨
Proud to share the latest open access article from the Railway Work, Life & Death project: 'Collaborative working with challenging histories'
In the current issue of the @sciencemuseum.org.uk Group Journal, it touches on #Railway200!
journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk/article/coll...
Proud to share the latest open access article from the Railway Work, Life & Death project: 'Collaborative working with challenging histories'
In the current issue of the @sciencemuseum.org.uk Group Journal, it touches on #Railway200!
journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk/article/coll...
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December 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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12 Covers of Christmas!
Day 7: Today’s cover comes from December 2000. Are those snowmen still waiting on the platform today? They will be if it’s Southern Rail.
Day 7: Today’s cover comes from December 2000. Are those snowmen still waiting on the platform today? They will be if it’s Southern Rail.
December 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
12 Covers of Christmas!
Day 7: Today’s cover comes from December 2000. Are those snowmen still waiting on the platform today? They will be if it’s Southern Rail.
Day 7: Today’s cover comes from December 2000. Are those snowmen still waiting on the platform today? They will be if it’s Southern Rail.
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Family wheel ‘dead’ British woman on to easyJet flight
Family wheel ‘dead’ British woman on to easyJet flight
The 89-year-old passenger was brought on to the plane at Malaga airport, where she was confirmed to be dead
www.thetimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Family wheel ‘dead’ British woman on to easyJet flight
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Dec 1908: Custard ad from Bird's
(+Fruit)
«“A Joy to come.”»
(+Fruit)
«“A Joy to come.”»
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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JOHN BETJEMAN GOES BY TRAIN (1962) | https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-john-betjeman-goes-by-train-kings-lynn-to-hunstanton-1962-online
December 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
JOHN BETJEMAN GOES BY TRAIN (1962) | https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-john-betjeman-goes-by-train-kings-lynn-to-hunstanton-1962-online
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#OnThisDay 41 years ago there were apocalyptic scenes in The Pennines when a petroleum train derailed in Summit Tunnel and caught fire. Temperatures reached 1,500C, wagons welded to the rails, and 40m jets of flames shot out of the vent shafts. @RAIL buff.ly/LBu5GgN
December 20, 2025 at 5:00 AM
#OnThisDay 41 years ago there were apocalyptic scenes in The Pennines when a petroleum train derailed in Summit Tunnel and caught fire. Temperatures reached 1,500C, wagons welded to the rails, and 40m jets of flames shot out of the vent shafts. @RAIL buff.ly/LBu5GgN