Robert Humm & Co

Our online sales have been given a few days reprieve, at least until after Easter, we expect the replacement site will be in place in about a fortnight.

I cannot tell you how much of a tonic from Trump and his trouble running these trains is. Happy families all around…

Derby Midland Railway Station. A grand Victorian masterpiece with real civic presence is now a bland box with a glass canopy and corporate signage. Britain used to build for beauty and permanence, what happened to our standards?

@atlantean526 I have e-mailed you.

@RHummBooks Please could we make this conversation via email, or direct message? I just want an idea if anyone can help. There are far too many books for me to keep, and many not in my areas of interest.

Our closing down continues - online sales are coming to an end next week. We are running out of hosting, packaging and, to some extent, books. If you saw anything you fancied on our site, order now, next Wednesday will be too late.

@atlantean526 I'm sorry David, I do remember your request but as I couldn't answer at once I lost track of it. I'm afraid that the disposal of our own stock has put rather a strain on the market. I'll ask Robert's advice and get back to you.

@RHummBooks Whilst I know you are "winding down" your own business, I really need some help to find a buyer or home for a large and eclectic collection of books from my late friend. I emailed a while ago, but got no reply.

Our online sales have been given a few days reprieve, at least until after Easter, we expect the replacement site will be in place in about a fortnight.

@teignroy2 @Dave_H_King Yes, that's certainly the place. No sign of a railway!

@Dave_H_King @RHummBooks There are some similarities here. Gate is open here , the hedge beyond the has a similar shape

Anyone out there who can suggest location, or maybe even just the railway company, the gate seems an unusual design? @RHummBooks

@Bru_Mog @Dave_H_King Impressive research! And it is still there.

@RHummBooks @Dave_H_King Replied on original post - looks like toll gate at Lower Road, Folkestone warrenpress.net/FolkestoneThen…

@Dave_H_King Quite so!

@RHummBooks Very good point! There’s no sign of any track.

@PeteMaddams A lovely part of the world. We used regularly to go down there to visit a bookbinder in Keynsham.

@RHummBooks I was in TCR5 at St Christopher house and yes I did move on to Marsham Street. I them moved to Bristol in 1977 with the Planning Inspectorate. Retired now and still live between Bristol and Bath.

This sounds good if you are able to get French TV

it’s an Arch Company managed rail asset and we’d love to discuss with them how we might bring it back to life. Without a clear future it will just deteriorate. Already there have been recent examples of people removing the hoarding to go inside, and damaging padlocks.

@PeteMaddams Yes, that's right, Robert was in Winter Maintenance at the time. He remembers you as being in a section dealing with claims for injury due to uneven pavements, among other things. Did you move on to Marsham St in 1970?

@RHummBooks Did you used to work in St Christopher House in Southwark St in the late 1960s? I seem to recall you being there on the 2nd floor.

Actually we still have several thousand books to dispose of, including some rarities found as we clear the stock rooms. Although the shop is closed to casual callers we are still happy to open by appointment. This is best arranged by e-mail, the phone is not always manned.

#OnThisDay 115 years ago this single track connection between Waterloo and Waterloo East, crossing Waterloo concourse and traversed by a moveable platform, was closed after 44 years disuse. The bridge remains crossing Waterloo Road. Image from this article buff.ly/XexMj9x

#OnThisDay 92 years ago Osterley was re-sited west onto the new Great West Road and renamed from 'Osterley & Spring Grove'. The distinctive brick tower and concrete obelisk were designed by Stanley Heaps based on a preliminary Holden design. Keith Valla buff.ly/jHJ04Ql

@Iskra1234 @railnigel Super classic shot.

@railnigel Lovely little loco 👌

Other end of the scale! BR 2-6-0 No 78019. All Standards have similar cab layouts, though.

Changing trains at Carnforth yesterday and spotted the base of a water crane or column, now long gone, at the north end of Platform 2 opposite the former Furness Railway Signal Box, one of my favourites.