[Leica] Fwd: IMG: First Class on British Rail

[Jim Nichols]

Wonderful keepsake photo, Douglas.  Thanks for sharing.

On 11/26/20 5:46 AM, Douglas Barry wrote:
> This didn't seem to hit the Lug. Another try. Douglas
>
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> 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>
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>
> 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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Jim Nichols
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