The train journey from Leuchars to Bedford involved changing at Edinburgh, Carlisle, Nottingham and Kettering.
I was born in Flitwick when it was a sleepy village (and two of my uncles worked at Bedford shed for the LMS)
Flitwick has changed a little.:)
13-02-2024, 12:48 PM
Llani Boy
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Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
I was born in Flitwick when it was a sleepy village (and two of my uncles worked at Bedford shed for the LMS)
Flitwick has changed a little.:)
Around the late 70's/early 80's I used to do the Henlow 10, which I think either went through or maybe finished in Flitwick. I managed to get under the hour on one occasion.
I can't remember whether Flitwick was sleepy or not!
13-02-2024, 01:10 PM
Graham Breeze
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Originally Posted by Llani Boy
Around the late 70's/early 80's I used to do the Henlow 10, which I think either went through or maybe finished in Flitwick. I managed to get under the hour on one occasion.
I can't remember whether Flitwick was sleepy or not!
Not by then I think!
Flitwick is 40 miles from London and on the fast 4 track railway you can get there in 38 minutes. It has therefore developed from the idyllic backwater of my birthplace to commuter central.:(
13-02-2024, 04:01 PM
anthonykay
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Originally Posted by Llani Boy
Around the late 70's/early 80's I used to do the Henlow 10, which I think either went through or maybe finished in Flitwick. I managed to get under the hour on one occasion.
So you were based at RAF Chicksands?
I was also living near an airfield. My father worked at what was then Cranfield Institute of Technology (previously RAF Cranfield, then Cranfield College of Aeronautics, and now Cranfield University).
13-02-2024, 06:21 PM
Llani Boy
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Originally Posted by anthonykay
So you were based at RAF Chicksands?
I was also living near an airfield. My father worked at what was then Cranfield Institute of Technology (previously RAF Cranfield, then Cranfield College of Aeronautics, and now Cranfield University).