tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15261050.post113631456524067637..comments2023-06-17T07:45:23.863-04:00Comments on The Wildgoose Chase: Transportation questionsMaryBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412656596874731198noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15261050.post-1136338923064330312006-01-03T20:42:00.000-05:002006-01-03T20:42:00.000-05:00Thanks for the tip, Pete. You may be right about h...Thanks for the tip, Pete. You may be right about having to go into London to get to Folkestone. I'll check out the link.MaryBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02412656596874731198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15261050.post-1136330374230969502006-01-03T18:19:00.000-05:002006-01-03T18:19:00.000-05:00Mary,Brunel University would appear to have rail t...Mary,<BR/><BR/>Brunel University would appear to have rail timetables from the period, which would help answer your disembarkation to Folkestone question:<BR/><BR/>http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/frames/fulldesc?inst_id=34&coll_id=4130<BR/><BR/>I *think* that the Hampshire south-coast and Kent were served by different rail companies at the time, so they would probably have had to go up to London (via Waterloo) and then down to Folkestone from London Bridge.petercmoorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17366331102790168465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15261050.post-1136319884718812472006-01-03T15:24:00.000-05:002006-01-03T15:24:00.000-05:00Peter, thanks for the "ships and the sea" tip - I ...Peter, thanks for the "ships and the sea" tip - I should've known you'd be a resource on that, with the posts you put out on ships (in addition to music). And, Lord, all sorts of connections there - Royal Hospital and Jerome K. Jerome!<BR/><BR/>Charlie - I've tried several iterations of ships/trains/schedules to no avail, but I'll use yours and see what I get. And I posted about the newest BBC version of "Three Men in a Boat" on my other blog. Let me know how it was, since it'll probably never see the light of day here. I am a huge "Three Men" fan.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your help, guys!MaryBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02412656596874731198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15261050.post-1136317648305378172006-01-03T14:47:00.000-05:002006-01-03T14:47:00.000-05:00I would have thought it would be worth typing 'shi...I would have thought it would be worth typing 'shipping lines' + '19th century' into Google - though I realise you may already have done this. Similarly 'railway times' and '19th century'.<BR/><BR/>I've just tried it with the first pair of phrases and all sorts of stuff has come up.<BR/><BR/>If you're stuck as regards the rail times let me know - I know someone who is a very avid railway ticket collector and he may be able to help.<BR/><BR/>Somewhere amongst my family papers I have a letter describing how some of my distant relatives - by the name of 'Bowman' not Wildgoose' - travelled from Derbyshire to the US in the 18th or 19th century. <BR/><BR/>On TV this evening three British comedians are tracing the journey made by Three Men in a Boat.<BR/><BR/>As usual I digress !Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03548969874395633339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15261050.post-1136317375156986302006-01-03T14:42:00.001-05:002006-01-03T14:42:00.001-05:00Hey Mary, You might raise your question at th...Hey Mary,<BR/> You might raise your question at the yahoo group "ships and the sea". There are a lot of historical UK type folk there, who love to be of help.<BR/><BR/>In 1989 I had a flat in St. George's Square in Pinlico. I used to walk by the Royal Hospital all the time (with the old guys walking about). And I would see Jerome K. Jerome's plaque on the building across the street on the way to Chelsea bridge.Peter (the other)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13566863953900423495noreply@blogger.com