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Rolls Royce was originally based in Derby, but took over Bentley's Crewe factory in 1931. The two brands parted comany in 1998 when VW bought the assets of Rolls Royce motors including the Bentley trade mark, but failed to secure a licence for the Rolls-Royce trade mark from the Rolls Royce aero-engine company (which had been a separate company since 1971)
BMW managed to secure such a licence before VW realised their mistake, and set up a new factory in Sussex to build cars to fit their new badge.
Timbo | 07.03.24 - 7:22 a.m. | #
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Many, many years ago I went on a one week course at a residential centre in Crewe.
We were told that if we wanted to stay out after 10.30 p.m. we must make sure we asked for a front door key and return it the next day. Our instructors also told us that when we returned the key we would be asked what we managed to find to do to stay out in Crewe after 10.30 p.m.
Pedantic of Purley | 07.03.24 - 7:30 a.m. | #
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In my football away match days we discovered a fantastic chippie nearly opposite the station. If we had to change trains we used to race out and grab fodder for the trek back south.
Far cheaper and tastier than British Rail (sic) fayre.
Chris | 07.03.24 - 8:05 a.m. | #
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In 1967, I too took a day trip from Euston to Crewe. Price of trip £5-2-0.
Not much else has gone down in 57 years...
Crispy | 07.03.24 - 8:36 a.m. | #
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Memories. I was briefly a volunteer on the restoration of the Exeter West signal box when it was at Bristol Temple Meads back in the late 1980s. It was preserved mainly by the efforts of one man, Peter Jordan, who sadly passed away three years ago.
I come from a railway family, and had relatives who lived and worked there. I was always amazed at how far a walk it was to get from the station to the town.
Ken | 07.03.24 - 8:40 a.m. | #
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Of course, Crewe was made famous by Marie Lloyd and the song "Oh, Mr. Porter". The second and third verses - infrequently sung - are about becoming another passenger's mistress.
martin'O'Holcombe | 07.03.24 - 8:47 a.m. | #
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Nine years ago, I took my daughter to view the university there, she eventually chose Huddersfield.
Mike | 07.03.24 - 8:58 a.m. | #
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Shouldn’t you call her Queen Elizabeth to avoid future confusion? Yes “stupid fare” they could have got twice as much out of you… was it £80 to get back?
Michael Jones | 07.03.24 - 9:05 a.m. | #
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This post has a touch of the melancholy about it - a town fading away.
I still can't fathom the rationale behind cutting the Northern half of HS2 where it is so badly needed in favour of the South, where it isn't!
Cornish Cockney | 07.03.24 - 9:06 a.m. | #
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Genuinely impressed that you got so many words out of such an unpromising destination. I had a few school friends scattered around south Cheshire so I went there a few times in the 80s and 90s and from memory it was no better then.
Favourite Crewe anecdote, probably apocryphal, is the one about the American servicemen who asked a local for directions to "Cree-wee".
CJS | 07.03.24 - 10:07 a.m. | #
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My anecdote, very banal, is standing forlornly on the platform watching the train which I should have waited for at Liverpool, go zooming past next stop Milton Keynes, my intended destination.
Of course all parts of HS2 are needed. Phase 1 has not been cancelled because it is too far advanced. Ironically it was started first because of Euston complexity, though that is now in some doubt.
Malcolm of Kent | 07.03.24 - 11:20 a.m. | #
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Ah, Crewe. Many's the time I found myself, depending on the vagaries of railway timetabling and delays, either standing around bored there or frantically running between platforms on my way between London and Holyhead. A brief look at Google street view confirms my recollection that I never got any further into the town than the station entrance on the bridge, which oddly enough I remembered clearly enough but thought was at the entrance to Birmingham New Street, a less frequent change, where I clearly never even got outside the station.
BWB | 07.03.24 - 11:40 a.m. | #
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There also used a pretty decent pub a few minutes outside the station that we used to visit on the way back from football trips up north. Not quite sure how we never missed the last train back to where we were living in Birmingham.
cjw714 | 07.03.24 - 3:44 p.m. | #
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I recently took a trip across Africa by train, from Benguela on the coast of Angola to Dar es Salaam on the opposite shore. I found myself sharing the trip with a man who was not so much interested in Africa as in trains, and whose passion as a train enthusiast stemmed from growing up in Crewe, as "Every train in Britain passes through Crewe." That was of course nonsense, and I remarked that some of them go through March instead. "Nobody has EVER corrected me on that before," he grinned.
MartinG | 07.03.24 - 4:49 p.m. | #
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A geezer, while visiting Crewe,
Saw four rats while having a brew
Before moving on
To see Joey the swan
And also some other place, too
An aspiring poet | 07.03.24 - 6:14 p.m. | #
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Crewe is like other railway based locations such as Derby, Doncaster and Swindon - for a certain generation they'll be so much more.
Still Anon | 08.03.24 - 1:20 a.m. | #
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Recall changing trains there on an epic journey in the very early 1980s which, from memory involved four changes of train: Towyn - Shrewsbury - Crewe - Preston - Barrow - Whitehaven. I’m not sure that there wasn’t a change at Machynellyth too, but can’t swear to it. Would never do such a journey now; I just know something would f*** it up. But for all last-days BR’s faults, it all went smoothly.
David B | 08.03.24 - 6:34 a.m. | #
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Very interesting - and the "three-lamp" fixture is most impressive.
cau1khead | 08.03.24 - 9:44 p.m. | #
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