It all started with my train spotter’s anorak and bobble
hat, of course, but by the time this shot was taken, at Lakeside Station on the
Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway, in September 1977, I’d moved on to cagoule
and flares.
Equally well turned out on the day was one of the two LHR ex-LMS
Fairburn 2-6-4 tanks No. 2073. She was carrying an ex-LNWR blackberry black
livery, whereas her compatriot No. 2085, in the yard at Haverthwaite, was way-out
in Caledonian Railway blue – so avant-garde.
Later on, I had a shell-suit. I jettisoned that when I
realised that I was the only person on the over-night ferry to France that was
still wearing one. I think I left it in the cabin when we disembarked in the
morning.
I know that my trend-setting days are behind me now, though
I still leave them open-mouthed down at the pub with my trade-mark, grey woolly
socks and sandals combo. The Fairburns are also keeping things a bit more
low-key these days, predictably lined-out in in BR black.
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