Shampoo & Set

A recent photo grabbed from the rear of the former Pedant & Armchair pub showing as 66618 ‘Railways Illustrated’ rumbling through on a cement train. Most the colliery was demolished years ago to make way for housing, but just a few buildings remain including the listed steam pumping engine and chimney towering above the forest which now occupies much of the site. 

The old tractor has been disused for years, it’s believed it was owned by identical twin farmers called George and George, who until recently ran a hairdressing salon in Radstock, having given up farming back in the 90s. Having made their fortune, year before last they moved to a retirement complex for hairdressers on Flat Holm in the middle of the Bristol Channel. It’s a very tidy island, all the grass is cut using scissors and clippers. It’s rumoured that some of the lawns even have a weekly a shampoo and set “oh, darling, I could do wonders with this lawn” being frequently heard. 

In the cab, just visible is driver Toby Tuttle-Thomas-Smythe, grandson of Terry. Unlike his grandfather Terry who was a bit of a slippery businessman, Toby chose the path of a railwayman having briefly worked as an estate agent in one of Terry’s many businesses. Though I must admit ‘Toby’ does suit that of being an estate agent far more than that of a railwayman. 

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