[Leica] IMG: First Class on British Rail

[cartersxrd at gmail.com (RicCarter)]

that?s swell! I?ve got an old Bessa I love AND it?s trains!

ric





> On Nov 26, 2020, at 6:46 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
> 
> This didn't seem to hit the Lug. Another try. Douglas
> 
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject:      IMG: First Class on British Rail
> Date:         Thu, 26 Nov 2020 01:21:43 +0000
> From:         Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie>
> To:   lug at leica-users.org <lug at leica-users.org>
> 
> 
> 
> My mother on her honeymoon in July 1948 about to board a Great Western 
> train at Paddington Station en-route to Cornwall, England. She was 24 at 
> the time.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Mother+Paddington+Station+July+1948.jpg.html
> 
> Taken with a Voigtlander Bessa by my father Louis Barry. Can be seen 
> larger.
> 
> I still have the camera. On a railway nerd issue, at this stage British 
> Rail were just over six months old being the state vehicle that all of the 
> old railway companies in Britain were merged into. However, the rolling 
> stock had not been repainted, so it was still in the old colours of the 
> particular constituent company relevant to the particular region.
> 
> 
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