Cochise
Priest of the cult of the Dog with the Broken Paw
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Gosh, there used to be tribes of us. All the way up to the 80's there were little kids as well - I mean primary school kids. It did change somewhere about 1980 when it became more the preserve of older teens and sad 20 year olds. I had other entertainments by then. (and the Deltics and Westerns had gone IIRC the last Deltics finished in 1981 and the Westerns in 1977).Maybe the parents thought it was OK in a tourist village? Typical 'holiday' thinking!
Working on t'railway I sometimes met teenage train enthusiasts wandering round stations on their own. Some would chat and I'd remind them sternly not to go anywhere with people they met there.
I'd say 'Look at my badge, this is my name, notice I haven't asked your name! Don't tell anyone that!'
Maybe it was because there tended to be groups of us that it was safe-ish? I don't recall any predator targeting trainspotters back then.
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