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I was hoping for it to be 100% chocolate, not 100% paper! 😂🤷‍♂️

York is one of a growing list of universities eager to bulldoze their 20th-century architectural heritage, writes Yanqi Huang

Valley Lines - getting you to the heart of Cardiff soon (well, from about October 1996 to October 2001) - still on display in 2025!

“When a train passes a signal box, the signal man sends an electric bell message to the next cabin. This means the “train has passed my section of line!” (In the Train, 1955) Artist: WC Watson

‘Weaver Network’ to replace ‘Metro’ transport branding (used since 1974) in West Yorkshire! Crikey, I get everywhere! www.westyorks-ca.gov.uk/all-news-and...

The mail train, 1965 Artist: John Berry (On the Railways)

Sorry what?

A fine ‘70s brutalist concrete building - @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy - where I’ve spent the day obtaining my reader’s ticket, playing with pencil sharpeners and feeling like a child on the first day of school! 😂

Backstage with the fancy birds at Blackpool’s famous show www.ft.com/content/fd19... via @ft There’s 42,000 pigeon fanciers left (down from half a million in the ‘50s) and I’ve learnt about pigeons fancier’s lung and how pigeons find their way home (motorways is one theory! 😂).

Diesel weekend at the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway - highlights today for me were the class 20 (from 1967) and the class 110 DMU (from 1961).

Regional Railways still rules on the Cumbrian Coast line - a) Workington, b) Whitehaven and c) Sellafield 🥰 #regionalrailways

Skived work yesterday afternoon to watch #flow - what a superb animated story about friendship, exploration and survival. Absolutely loved this! The Oscar was well deserved. 😊

Cracking issue this one - the article about Rotring technical drawing pens and the Letraset dry-transfer lettering sheets (niche, I know 😂) took me straight back to my undergraduate degree! 😊

It's Non-League Day today. ⚽️ Find a match using the link👇. nonleagueday.co.uk/map/

A great collection of old logos at St Leonards Warrior Square railway station, including Railtrack and Connex. The ‘Single Regeneration Budget’ takes me back to university days!