Fawley Hill 17 - 18th May

[Victor Vectis]

When I was a kid I was friendly with a bloke who owned a Fowell, Gordon Wells, is he still around? He told me that best part of steam events is when the public have gone home. (Or perhaps in Fawley's case arrived)
How true he was.

BTW, and off topic. My tutor at university was called Fowell. On our first meeting I said "Oh, as in the traction engines". "No" he replied "that's Fowler."
Not really tactful to correct someone about their surname having just met, is it!

[QUOTE=Victor Vectis;He told me that best part of steam events is when the public have gone home. (Or perhaps in Fawley's case arrived)
How true he was./QUOTE]

Maybe I'm wrong, but surely:
No public means no appearance money.
No public means no free coal.
No public means no rally.

Stef.

[island steamer]

[QUOTE=stefan mlynek;300493]

Originally Posted by Victor Vectis;He told me that best part of steam events is when the public have gone home. (Or perhaps in Fawley's case arrived)
How true he was./QUOTE

Maybe I'm wrong, but surely:
No public means no appearance money.
No public means no free coal.
No public means no rally.

Stef.

Just a dam good get together What more could you want.! ! !

[s2steamy]

[QUOTE=stefan mlynek;300493]

Originally Posted by Victor Vectis;He told me that best part of steam events is when the public have gone home. (Or perhaps in Fawley's case arrived)
How true he was./QUOTE

Maybe I'm wrong, but surely:
No public means no appearance money.
No public means no free coal.
No public means no rally.

Stef.

Appearance money! whats that???

[Timothy Hackworth Jr]

Originally Posted by Victor Vectis

When I was a kid I was friendly with a bloke who owned a Fowell, Gordon Wells, is he still around? !

I last saw Gordon about 2-3 years ago when I went with Paul Jarman from Beamish to go and look at his loco in Cambridgeshire, others on here will know him better.