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From: "Walter Crowe" <>
Subject: Re: Where is Astley Hall
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 10:17:43 -0400


Thanks for confirming my memory. On the basis of your message, I have
cancelled my appointment with my psychiatrist. Heck, I've forgotten his
phone number...

Walter Crowe Ontario

[what is a synonym for Thesaurus?]
-----Original Message-----
From: Graeme Wall <>
To: <>
Date: July 5, 1999 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: Where is Astley Hall

>In message <05aa01bec675$a72a67c0$>
> (Walter Crowe) wrote:
>
>> Are there any (elderly) train spotters out there? They would remember
that
>> Astley Hall was the name of one of the GWR "Hall" class of mixed-traffic
>> steam locomotives. There were about 300 engines each with a Hall name:
>> Kneller (that has a musical sound); Caxton; Astley... even a Marble Hall
>> (wherein I dreamt that I dwelt). They were built at Swindon from 1928
>> onwards, and Astley was numbered (if my memory serves) 4903, an early
one.
>> Not much to do with anything; but proves it existed.
>>
>At the risk of admitting I`m an elderly train-spotter, you are correct 4903
>Astley Hall was built in 1928 and scrapped in 1964. (Marble Hall was 5907.)
>
>Sad aren`t I :-)
>--
>Graeme Wall
>
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