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		<title>When the train comes, call me!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 16:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Call me don&#8217;t be afraid, you can call meMaybe it&#8217;s late, but just call meTell me, and I&#8217;ll be around&#8221;(Petula Clark in Call me)Eschweiler (D)</p>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br />&#8220;Call me don&#8217;t be afraid, you can call me</span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Maybe it&#8217;s late, but just call me</span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Tell me, and I&#8217;ll be around&#8221;<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px;">(Petula Clark in Call me)</span><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Eschweiler (D)</span></p><p><a class="a2a_button_tumblr" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/tumblr?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefleetingworld.nl%2Fthe-blacked-out-windows-of-an-abandoned-signal-box%2F&amp;linkname=When%20the%20train%20comes%2C%20call%20me%21" title="Tumblr" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_google_gmail" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/google_gmail?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefleetingworld.nl%2Fthe-blacked-out-windows-of-an-abandoned-signal-box%2F&amp;linkname=When%20the%20train%20comes%2C%20call%20me%21" title="Gmail" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_whatsapp" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/whatsapp?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefleetingworld.nl%2Fthe-blacked-out-windows-of-an-abandoned-signal-box%2F&amp;linkname=When%20the%20train%20comes%2C%20call%20me%21" title="WhatsApp" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefleetingworld.nl%2Fthe-blacked-out-windows-of-an-abandoned-signal-box%2F&#038;title=When%20the%20train%20comes%2C%20call%20me%21" data-a2a-url="https://www.thefleetingworld.nl/the-blacked-out-windows-of-an-abandoned-signal-box/" data-a2a-title="When the train comes, call me!"></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://www.thefleetingworld.nl/the-blacked-out-windows-of-an-abandoned-signal-box/">When the train comes, call me!</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.thefleetingworld.nl">the fleeting world; bubbles in a stream</a>.</p>
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		<title>A lonely bridge over a forgotten track</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 16:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I have come a long way to-day:On a strange bridge alone,Remembering friends, old friends,I rest, without smile or moan,As they remember me without smile or moan.&#8221; (Edward Thomas in The bridge)Grâce-Hollogne (B)</p>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br />&#8220;I have come a long way to-day:<br />On a strange bridge alone,<br />Remembering friends, old friends,<br />I rest, without smile or moan,<br />As they remember me without smile or moan.&#8221;<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 14px;">(Edward Thomas in The bridge)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px;">Grâce-Hollogne (B)</span></span></p>


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		<title>The lighthouse shines on Kloosterboer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Three wives sat up in the lighthouse tower,And they trimmed the lamps as the sun went down;They looked at the squall, and they looked at the shower,And the night-rack came rolling up ragged and brown.But men must work, and women must weep,Though storms be sudden, and waters deep,And the harbour bar be moaning.&#8221; (Charles Kingsley in The Three Fishers)IJmuiden (NL)</p>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br />&#8220;Three wives sat up in the lighthouse tower,<br />And they trimmed the lamps as the sun went down;<br />They looked at the squall, and they looked at the shower,<br />And the night-rack came rolling up ragged and brown.<br />But men must work, and women must weep,<br />Though storms be sudden, and waters deep,<br />And the harbour bar be moaning.&#8221;<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 14px;">(Charles Kingsley in The Three Fishers)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px;">IJmuiden (NL)</span></span></p><p><a class="a2a_button_tumblr" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/tumblr?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefleetingworld.nl%2Fthe-lighthouse-shines-on-kloosterboer%2F&amp;linkname=The%20lighthouse%20shines%20on%20Kloosterboer" title="Tumblr" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_google_gmail" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/google_gmail?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefleetingworld.nl%2Fthe-lighthouse-shines-on-kloosterboer%2F&amp;linkname=The%20lighthouse%20shines%20on%20Kloosterboer" title="Gmail" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_whatsapp" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/whatsapp?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefleetingworld.nl%2Fthe-lighthouse-shines-on-kloosterboer%2F&amp;linkname=The%20lighthouse%20shines%20on%20Kloosterboer" title="WhatsApp" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefleetingworld.nl%2Fthe-lighthouse-shines-on-kloosterboer%2F&#038;title=The%20lighthouse%20shines%20on%20Kloosterboer" data-a2a-url="https://www.thefleetingworld.nl/the-lighthouse-shines-on-kloosterboer/" data-a2a-title="The lighthouse shines on Kloosterboer"></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://www.thefleetingworld.nl/the-lighthouse-shines-on-kloosterboer/">The lighthouse shines on Kloosterboer</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.thefleetingworld.nl">the fleeting world; bubbles in a stream</a>.</p>
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		<title>Very long wait for a telephone contact</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Long-distance operatorPlease, place this call, you know it’s not for funI gotta get a message to my babyYou know, she’s not just anyone&#8221; (Bob Dylan in Long distance operator)Liège (B)</p>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br />&#8220;Long-distance operator<br />Please, place this call, you know it’s not for fun<br />I gotta get a message to my baby<br />You know, she’s not just anyone&#8221;<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 14px;">(Bob Dylan in Long distance operator)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14px;">Liège (B)</span></span></p><p><a class="a2a_button_tumblr" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/tumblr?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefleetingworld.nl%2Fvery-long-wait-for-a-telephone-contact%2F&amp;linkname=Very%20long%20wait%20for%20a%20telephone%20contact" title="Tumblr" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_google_gmail" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/google_gmail?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefleetingworld.nl%2Fvery-long-wait-for-a-telephone-contact%2F&amp;linkname=Very%20long%20wait%20for%20a%20telephone%20contact" title="Gmail" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_whatsapp" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/whatsapp?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefleetingworld.nl%2Fvery-long-wait-for-a-telephone-contact%2F&amp;linkname=Very%20long%20wait%20for%20a%20telephone%20contact" title="WhatsApp" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefleetingworld.nl%2Fvery-long-wait-for-a-telephone-contact%2F&#038;title=Very%20long%20wait%20for%20a%20telephone%20contact" data-a2a-url="https://www.thefleetingworld.nl/very-long-wait-for-a-telephone-contact/" data-a2a-title="Very long wait for a telephone contact"></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://www.thefleetingworld.nl/very-long-wait-for-a-telephone-contact/">Very long wait for a telephone contact</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.thefleetingworld.nl">the fleeting world; bubbles in a stream</a>.</p>
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