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  1. lynbarn liked Flying Phil's post in the thread Rolling Stock For Sale.

    Not quite sure why the previous 5 posts are in the "For Sale" section?? However our Steam Heat van has arrived at Rothley for its wheel exchange..(..Its doors have been temporarily removed for its transit from Quorn). Anyway this will be "For...

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  2. lynbarn replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    Well if he can't then we have a bench mark for the next Trust Secretary to be compared to then.

    Mar 24, 2024 at 9:36 PM
  3. lynbarn liked Michael B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    Having repeatedly seen Brom involved in every pie to do with this railway since the 80s, I can add my view that he is a stickler for things being done properly regardless of what else might be going on. I believe his only official role now is...

    Mar 24, 2024 at 9:31 PM
  4. lynbarn replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    For all his faults, you can not but help like the bloke, he likes to see that things are done right. I haven't always agreed with his point of view, but when the day comes and he wants to step down, then the L&BR will miss him. He is what they...

    Mar 24, 2024 at 8:15 PM
  5. lynbarn liked Tobbes's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    Just got home. One thing I meant to write earlier but was driving was that one person to whom a special vote of thanks is due is Brom Bromidge. I'm reasonably sure that Mr Bromidge and I will disagree on virtually everything to do with the...

    Mar 24, 2024 at 8:10 PM
  6. lynbarn liked Tobbes's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    For sure, look forward to it, @DaveE

    Mar 24, 2024 at 8:10 PM
  7. lynbarn liked 35B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    That language doesn’t help. These are people who have devoted years to the L&B, and achieved a great deal. Their tragedy, and that of the L&B, is that they have reached their limit and reacted badly. To fix that requires change, but that change...

    Mar 24, 2024 at 6:53 PM
  8. lynbarn liked RailWest's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    I can understand and sympathise with that sentiment. My concern however would be that it would lead to a (possibly quite large) proportion of the membership saying "oh dear, here we go again" and suggesting that the new Trustees are trying in...

    Mar 24, 2024 at 6:53 PM
  9. lynbarn liked martin1656's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    Do leopards change their spots ? , so will the present trustees, who let's face it, got their way, 2 members they didn't accept into their little clique are no longer trustees, change their way, I don't expect they will, why should they, see...

    Mar 24, 2024 at 6:52 PM
  10. lynbarn liked 35B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    It is key, but it is also key that the other sitting trustees also work together with the newly elected, whether or not they would have been those candidates' choice. It takes two to tango, and it is clear that a major part of the recent issues...

    Mar 24, 2024 at 6:51 PM
  11. lynbarn liked 35B's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    I disagree on stability - this is a time of change, and that will be destabilising in places. We will learn a lot when the AGM papers come out, as matters that were unclear a year ago will flush through the 2023 accounts. If well founded...

    Mar 24, 2024 at 6:50 PM
  12. lynbarn liked ikcdab's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    You're right, any more just splits the vote. But the four need to be a coherent cohort who present themselves as a group with a consistent and coherent policy of change with a clear way forward.

    Mar 24, 2024 at 6:49 PM
  13. lynbarn replied to the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    Not only that but he is also a director of the CIC

    Mar 24, 2024 at 6:48 PM
  14. lynbarn liked Tobbes's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    No, @Biermeister - I understand that both have honourably decided that because the Membership had voted them out that they would not be candidates in May.

    Mar 24, 2024 at 6:47 PM
  15. lynbarn liked martin1656's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    The best anyone can hope for is that at the next AGM, those new candidates, agree to work together, bring transparency to what's been going on, ideally if those elected are of the persuasion that change is needed, and that the Chairman, is...

    Mar 24, 2024 at 6:47 PM