{"id":4060,"date":"2014-05-04T13:20:07","date_gmt":"2014-05-04T13:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/?p=4060"},"modified":"2014-05-04T13:25:35","modified_gmt":"2014-05-04T13:25:35","slug":"rainbow-worrier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/?p=4060","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow Worrier"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Bristol’s Barton Hill<\/a> district, there’s a lovely little pub affectionately known as the Little Russell (its real name is the Russell Arms; the ‘Big’ Russell used to be nearby on Church Road, Lawrence Hill, but has long since closed. Ed.<\/em>).<\/p>\n

It’s a friendly place and is little changed from when it first opened in the 19th century.<\/p>\n

One change in recent years, however, is the addition of a fine mural by local artist Andie that covers 2 walls of the yard, which has since the smoking ban become the pub’s smoking area. Part of the mural is shown below.<\/p>\n

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Rainbow Worrier at the Little Russell. Click on the image for a larger version<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The train in the shot is known as Rainbow Worrier because it’s green and has a shady-looking character in a hoodie in the cab. Note the machine gun and the fish-shaped bombs; they’re more reason to worry.<\/p>\n

Andie is definitely a man with a sense of humour and I love his punning references; note ‘Royal Male’ on the next locomotive.<\/p>\n

Rainbow Worrier itself reminds me of reading about the armoured trains that used to chug up and down the Russian railway network around the time of the Russian revolution<\/a>. For instance, the Czechoslovak Legion<\/a> used heavily armed and armoured trains to control large lengths of the Trans-Siberian Railway<\/a> (and of Russia itself) during the Russian Civil War. One of the Czechoslovak Legion’s armoured trains is shown below.<\/p>\n

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Czechoslovak Legion armoured train. Picture courtesy of Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I wonder if these trains or the later ones used in World War 2 were what inspired Andie; or was he just having fun?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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