When dogs roamed the streets

[Greyman 25,165]

White dog shite for chalk anyone ???

[micky 3,325]

1 hour ago, W. Katchum said:

Fcukkkg dangerous them, we loved them, but we was all under 10 an lucky we never blew ourselfs up when j think back

There were stacks of them on the tracks  near  us , the were Black , Red and green with Lead straps that held them to the Rails , six sets of straps bought you five Woodbines .

[Mister Gain 1,759]

2 hours ago, micky said:

There were stacks of them on the tracks  near  us , the were Black , Red and green with Lead straps that held them to the Rails , six sets of straps bought you five Woodbines .

When I learned about detonators back in 1972, the instructors used an acronym to remember the colours and years in order. RGGYBWO (Rosie Green Gave Young Bob W*nk Off). That was Red, Green, Grey, Yellow, Blue, White and Orange. We used to have to check them and replace if they were out of date.

We used to lay about 10 close together in front of each of the locomotive wheels on the off-side, so about 40 in total, inside the locomotive shed, and the noise and length of bang was something to behold. Many a red faced angry driver would appear in the mess room trying to find the culprit.

[waltjnr 5,958]

What was the purpose of them ? I assumed to warn workers on the track ? That a train was coming 

[Mister Gain 1,759]

9 hours ago, waltjnr said:

What was the purpose of them ? I assumed to warn workers on the track ? That a train was coming 

They were used for various reasons, but as a member of traincrew I would have (and did) use them to protect the train if it had derailed or broken down. They would be laid at various distances from the train, with the furthest being 3 laid 20 yards apart. If a driver exploded  3 dets. they would bring the train to a stand. Also used singly to bring the drivers attention to an emergency speed restriction. The protection of engineering work sites etc.

[jeemes 3,501]

My mate got hold of some amonia from where he worked and we pushed a road pin into a burry and poured a load into the hole and 4 rabbits bolted...bollocks, no nets!! We didnt bother again.