3rd April 1964. welcome to night vale inspirational quotes old photos of stourton leeds. 4F 44584 approaches Leeds City from the Derby/Holbeck direction on the south chord of the Whitehall triangle with a local, pick-up goods. He even developed and printed the film. since 1860. To say that it was run down and a pride of nobody would be understating it. Four were allocated for use as pilots at Leeds Central and the carriage sidings. please get in touch This one has the front doors still in place and a small middle cab window. Copyright S.W.Banks 2020Privacy PolicyTerms & ConditionsDesign by PageUp. Small wonder that Tornado wows the crowds today! 6913 Levens Hall The first sequence of four pictures was taken with a Brownie 127 when I was 15 years old. The stars were the Riddles 9Fs, of course, and most of the batch allocated there to work the Tyne Dock-Consett iron ore trains and fitted with air pumps were seen that day. The cold weather is not helping and I wonder if the loco completed the journey or the stand-by loco at Doncaster (usually another A1) was taken? I borrowed a camera for the day that took 120 roll film, so the negatives are large. The book took 12 years for me and Clive to complete and, though I say so myself, Ian Allan have made a beautiful job of it (see full description and sample pages). Send a personal message with a photo to anyone, anywhere. Another view of D5685 as it backed onto carriages, with the main running lines to the south in the background. A BR Type 2 No D5253 (later Class 25) passes on the Up goods loop with a short goods train of a dozen wagons. April-May 1963. Photo: Steve Banks, 9F No 92046 seen again with its BR1C 4,725 gallon tender. One reason for the picture was to record the dark shape behind the tender, inside the shed. Most of the Down yard remains today, called, (I believe) Hunslet Down Goods or Balm Road Sidings. Only D5313 as it came by on a train! I was still working there in 1983. Your city has undergone some huge changes in the last 50 years. 75B Redhill 7th August 1965. It was from Cricklewood West. Flying Scotsman sweeps past. Your figure of 9,000 working for the company across various sites in 1966 pretty much marries up with my figure of 5,000 at the site in Stourton. 3-4-64. It was a subshed of 84H Wellington and I believe that a Pannier tank was normally based there but the place was pretty empty when we visited. It wasn't the only example I saw in those last years of neglect. 5th January 1964. Photo: Author. Source: Ordnance Survey. Then I found myself at the shed entrance off the line to Waterloo with many trains passing. Photo: Author. Discussion has suggested that the loco was too large for the turntable at Stourton so was first sent to Holbeck for servicing. A second batch followed: - with the larger tender. 5th January 1964. Three were on shed that day: 82039,40,42. Stourton Copperworks site brought back to life, Review: This House at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Hunslet Clubs vocational training impresses Councillors, Cheerleader Leahs headed for Florida USA, Hunslet Moor break in robs community of food, MPs Notebook: Voter ID, Ukraine & trains, Trees felled as work starts on Cockburn pitches. At this high point the loco was beginning to coast and a westerly wind was blowing its exhaust across the front of the loco. So, my apologies up front for the dire nature of these pictures, in the sequence that I took them. I believe that in its last years, this loco was allocated to South Blyth and Sunderland. All gone without trace. Unfortunately, I was using a 35mm Zorki which is fine at f11, but poor when opened up in dismal weather, and the film was not processed very well either (at the time I was unable to do it myself) so the results are a bit primitive. A sharp eye can just about make out the outline of an A4, Merlin, no less. A view from the old brick & timber manual coaling plant that remained in place despite construction of a new "standard" concrete tower. 6996Blackwell Hall The day started badly because the Shed Foreman at Nine Elms refused to admit us on the grounds that the permit was for noon and there we were at 8am - the rotter! Generations of families have worked at the site, seeing the transition from Leeds Copperworks into Yorkshire Copperworks, as well as multiple mergers and takeovers since. The yards at Hunslet can be seen just right of centre. 70B Feltham This loco seemed to follow us around and we saw it several more times during the day. On a fine day a good result was possible, even with Gratispool film! Years later I discovered that the (excellent) Transacord EP on these workings had on its cover, the very same loco at the same place and so similar that it's hard to tell the two pictures apart! The elegant front end and nameplate of A2 60535 Hornets Beauty, with a single chimney and smaller driving wheels, arguably slightly prettier than Peppercorn's A1. The main line from Oxford is passing by, a familiar scene today. With Holbeck's coaling stage towering over it, Sulzer Type 4, soon all of them to be called "Peaks", D.43 awaits its next duty. LS10 1RD View area details View maps in the shop. An ex-SR "West Country" class Pacific graces the yard, No 34037 West Ward Ho, a visitor from Salisbury. those pioneering days we have evolved sophisticated and In the far distance on the right, a large works was owned by Clayton & Sons who assembled pipes and boilers and that still stands today. September 1964. Restore old photo now! Photo: Author. Plenty of snow still lay on the ground, despite the presence of so many heat-generating locos. Once the special had passed, the sun came out and it was a pleasure to gaze upon a Riddles "Britannia" in pretty much the original condition with proper handrails on the smoke deflectors. Ardsley signal box can be seen behind the overbridge and, to the left, the junction for the direct line from Wakefield to Bradford exchange used for the King's Cross portions attached/detached at Wakefield until BR closed the line. Toggle navigation. All four ended up at Woking. However, BR withdrew the remaining 110 or so en bloc in 1962 and this view, from winter 1962/63 shows No 64933 alongside a stable mate in the yard, probably awaiting removal. 6969Wraysbury Hall Brush Type 2 No D5685 was busy in the carriage sidings. Near Stourton one of the milk tanks derailed, but stayed in the formation for some distance, before causing more of the train to derail. After Guildford we headed for Reading (81D), by way of the station at Brookwood. South Blyth Upload Image Faster batch processing > Before After 81A Old Oak Common 19th October 1966. April/May 1963. The new ushers out the old as Doncaster's Peppercorn A1 60114 W.P. Ardsley station close two months later. Also operated by East & West Yorkshire Union Railway, the station opened in 1891 before it closed in October 1904. . It's free to browse our vintage and retro photographs The Glasgow & South Western Railway built this depot, subsequently part of the LMS, to house suburban passenger tanks and goods locos. A classic sight from the '60s as 55B Stourton diesel shunter (later Class 08) No D3454 tows wagon along the Up loop. June 1964. All these photographs are available to buy as a wide range of products, including . Crewe North It's a horribly murky picture and it's hard to tell what the loco was doing with goods wagons ahead of it. Please read the comments as some facts in this article are disputed. 81F Oxford 5th January 1964. 3rd April 1964. Allen is serviced at Holbeck, Copley Hill having already closed. For railway fans, however, the beauty of this location was the former LSWR four-track main line between Waterloo and Exeter and ten miles of rising gradient which steepened gradually, 1:314 through the station, peaking nor far beyond at 1:298. Thats a huge number, given all the other war work being undertaken by engineers in Leeds. Stourton's 4F No 44570 is seen passing the shed on the main line between Leeds City and St.Pancras on its way back to base. Coming back, division was at York. Alas, I must have been reported by the signalman because a few minutes later the shedmaster accosted me with head-shaking disbelief. Seen at 81E Didcot under leaden skies is No 7816 Frilsham Manor parked between Riddles 5MT 4-6-0 No 73024 from Bath and Ddcot's 2-8-0 No 3851. The front doors had already been removed and the middle cab window enlarged. In 1860 Frith began supplying photos to retailers. Keith Long, former signalman in Leeds, has come forward to say that the headcode was actually 1V47 which was the Sundays only 4.31pm from Bradford Forster Square, Leeds City 4.54-5.02pm to Bristol Temple Meads. Ah, pure beauty :). 68036, 68061 (Hunslet J94) Quite a canny teacher that was, who organised the trip. On Saturday 3rd October 1964, I went down to Stourton on my push bike to see Flying Scotsman on a special, and was surprised to see a clean Britannia arrive light engine, No 70021 Morning Star. D2234 (04 Drewry) I do try to get my facts right first time, but I trust our readership, including your good self, to correct me when I get it wrong. What it really excluded was common-or-garden vanfits which were being used in parcels trains but excluded from an express like this. 66A Polmadie 64A St. Margarets. Next is a "Presflo" bulk cement wagon labelled "The Rugby Portland Cement Co. Ltd". The next batch of pictures was taken by me and my brother, mostly using my Zorki 35mm camera. Possibly 31257 later. 1. Curving away to the right are the lines to Bradford, Carlisle, and Harrogate via the Leeds Northern line. Send us an enquiry. The beautiful lines of the A4 catch the sun. The line on the bridge was a goods line that came off the GNR/LNER line at Beeston Junction and ran into the industrial area south-east of Leeds City with a yard alongside the Aire & Calder Navigation. Technical details: First pictures taken with a secondhand bellows camera, then a Brownie 127, various borrowed roll-film cameras and, finally, a Zorki 6 35mm camera. A nice touch, I always thought. 19-10-66. On a dank and windy day, down below is 77010 on the ash pits with its tender water filler cap open. The exhaust is rising high and the wind is blowing it across, but a leaking cylinder gland is creating a screen that is obstructing the driver's view. In autumn 1966, I had started at Manchester University (and not found its railway society) and on 29th October hitch-hiked to London to see friends there, and dropped in on Nine Elms shed where the shedmaster had previously refused us entry because the permit was for that day - but a few hours before the time stated.. An unusual feature is the large tender, better associated with 9Fs. A general view of Redhill from a nearby embankment shows two Riddles "standard" designs, 80031 and 73113 Lyonnesse. A pity that the lens was pretty average, but then, we were only 16 years old at the time. In the distance, is that Battersea Power Station, belching out its own smoke? These iron ore trains ran seven days a week. Another blustery day but a year later, in June 1964 sees another Doncaster A1, No 60114 W.P.Allen as it lifts the 4.45pm to Doncaster out of Leeds Central. Dreamstime is the world`s largest stock photography community. :) Photo: Adam Banks. October 1964. Source: Ordnance Survey. flexible offerings for business. The shed was still standing although the roof had been removed. While debussing in Guildford we passed the station and caught a glimpse of 34099 Lynmouth, an air-smoothed "West Country" Class 4-6-2. The inside of the running shed always felt dank anyway; it was not my favourite shed! This was, by the way, the outermost platform in what had originally been added to Leeds Wellington St. by the LNWR and NER and called "Leeds New" - it eventually all became Leeds City - and the train took the Leeds Northern line. All rights reserved. Passing in the opposite direction bound for Waterloo is Ivatt 2-6-2T, No 41298, which had only been allocated to Nine Elms a few weeks earlier. Despite over 20 years work on the archive, these scans have still not been individually checked and may prove to be damaged, faded, or not of sufficient quality to ever be offered in our full product range. Clun Castle and crew, preparing to set back into the shed at Gloucester. From the invention of the Yorkshire fitting and the supply of materials for shipbuilding repairs in World War I, the Copperworks has played a pivotal role in British industry and history. England / Yorkshire and the Humber / Stourton, Leeds. Another view of 61030 Nyala at Ardsley in September 1964. Both had ended their days at Darlington in 1963 and '62, respectively. Looking quite forlorn inside the roundhouse was a pair of J72s whose duties had been taken over by an 04 and two 08s. By mid-afternoon the light was beginning to fade and this was my last picture of the day, of J27 No 65855 having its fire cleaned out - you can see a shovel's worth being chucked out of the cab. Looks like a fitter is inspecting one of the cylinders. The turntables at Holbeck could certainly take a Britannia for I used to see them in the roundhouse and I would lean towards that option on grounds of convenience. 90061, 90082, 90217, 90344, 90479 (WD 2-8-0). :) 5th January 1964. Simmering in front of the shed at Gloucester, alas minus its nameplates, is 6815 Frilford Grange from Aberbeeg (86F). Although resident at Stourton for some time and unlikely to get anywhere near the electrifed lines, it had nonetheless been given the diagonal yellow stripe on the cabside. 16.2.66. We haven't got any memories yet for Stourton, so why not be the first! 2. Terms & Conditions of Use Click or tap a photo or map to view a larger version. 6864Dymock Grange Simply click on the relevant illustration for further details. They were recorded as part of Hunslet Remembered, a small community exhibition at Thwaite Mills in 2017. And finally from Eastfield one of the thirty-odd diesels on shed that day, English Electric Type 2 D8098. North Blyth. The gradient steepens here to 1:50 and despite blowing off at the safety valves, you can see the fireman throwing coal on the fire as a plume of unburned coal blasts out of the chimney. An album is a way to save a selection of Frith photos, maps and memories that are of interest to you. Photo: Author. D3242, D3243 (08). In fact historically Oldswinford was the main centre for the Stourbridge area, St Mary's Church was key to this and genealogy research in the area . Barely visible on the tender are the letters "GWR" which had come to light as the overlying coats of paint perished. Facilities at this shed had been upgraded, to do wheel turning, for example, and this trio had probably been sent for that with the motion removed in advance to simplify the procedure. Photo: Steve Banks. memories of Stourton. J27 No 65835 stands in the wintry sun outside what used to be the roundhouse shed, but was in the early stages of demolition. My final shot of the day was of a Down parcels train, with apologies for the motion blur on the loco, another Type 2, No D7575 which had been allocated to 14B (Cricklewood West). It had just come off its roster, taken over by 47383. See the At least the fireman had little to do on this stretch! Holbeck viaduct: "We could do this". Note how the diesels were parked by the offices and the smoky steam locos further away! For most of its life, Percy Main's staple allocation was the J27 0-6-0 plus, I believe, J72 tank engines which had been replaced by a variety of 0-6-0 diesel shunters. Stock photos, 360 images, vectors and videos. 7th August 1965. local history books, This is the only decent picture I managed, "Jinty" No 47519. Years later I learned that Copley Hill was a fearsomely difficult shed to get round because the main entrance took you past the Foreman's office. Stourton, Leeds Connected to: {{::readMoreArticle.title}} From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The same loco seen in profile, surrounded by rubbish and no sign of the crew. D1515 was built on 29th March 1963 and could hardly have been more than a few days old. Find the perfect stourton leeds stock photo, image, vector, illustration or 360 image. Behind the tender is the support coach, an ex-LMS Period I type.The train may have worked out with the loco at the head and run round for the return. for Stourton and Yorkshire too! A 51-year-old man, who has not yet been. Taken in 1963 during my last steam-era visit to Doncaster using my brother's Brownie 127 camera, at St. James bridge. Brookwood station with our old photos of places near Stourton, The fire is clean too. This still exists today as the Yorkshire Imperial Band, or Yorkshire Imps, you may have seen them performing in Middleton Park in recent years. Was it the same shedmaster? Midway between Leeds Central and Wakefield on the GNML, Ardsley lay on the Yorkshire coalfield, between several junctions in the West Riding, and was chosen for the principal marshaling yards served by a sizeable engine shed. What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton. 3.4.64. The loco was allocated to Stourton where the working may have originated. tyler sanders birthday June 24, 2022. operations generalist meaning When I started in 1966, there were over 9000 working on site and at various depots, works and subsidiaries in the UK and all around the world. The shadows lengthen as B1 No 61394 awaits its return working, parked by the depot's breakdown crane. Website hand-made by Frith, since 1998. 69003, 69011, 69019 (J72) Fortunately, A4 600025 Falcon also came by, light engine. The Brownie 127 with its fixed shutter speed of 1/40sec was not exactly suited to action shots, nor cloudy days, and I was 14 years old and, er, trespassing by the side of Holbeck High Level station, half a mile out of Leeds Central. I don't recall ever feeling such regret. It was cheap, I was only 12-13 years old and on pretty meagre pocket money. Another "Britannia" at Newton Heath from Carlisle by the turntable, 70039 Sir Christopher Wren was initially allocated to Norwich in East Anglia but was now at Kingmoor. Behind the tender, with three more further back, is a container on its flat wagon, precursor of today's giant-sized containers. A short while later, Back 5 No 45219 was released from the train it had delivered and was sent out on the Down main line. Sadly the first one we came across, No 6131, one of six still allocated to Reading, had already had its number plates and shed plate removed. South Leeds Life is regulated by IMPRESS and adheres to its standards code. I acquired this shedplate at a recent auction, no other details known about its provenance. 5936 Oakley Hall Every single loco was in foul condition, filthy and rusty, all the nameplates had been removed, and quite a few numberplates, too. We ended up doing Feltham in the dark and Old Oak Common and Willesden, though you have to bear in mind that in late October/early November it's dark around 5pm and we still had places to visit! Lack of nameplates doesn't disguise the class's elegant lines. . Photo: Author. The first ones date from Tuesday, 30th March 1964, beginning with a general view which shows how, in BR days, date unknown, the four-roundhous shed was reduced by half, producing this open space and visible remains of the roads that once radiated out from the turntables. Looking the other way, 80143 is managing coal wagons at the coaling stage. It had the smaller tender. Inside the 12-road shed was A4 No 60027 Merlin (allocated to St. Rollox at the time) and in steam, but we couldn't persuade anybody to move her out for a photograph. On shed were: 73007, 73076, 73079, 73122, 73145, 73147-8, 73151-3, North British Type 2 (later Class 24, and re-engined Class 29), 0-4-0 & 0-6-0 diesel shunters (later classes 06 & 08). This photographic archive brings together collections held by Leeds Libraries as well as collections from West Yorkshire Archive Service, the Thoresby Society, Leeds Civic Trust and Leeds Museums and Galleries. Please check public rights of way before visiting somewhere new. Green livery includes a low white line (or was it pale green?). I presume that the code "O" was used to designate a station pilot. 7816Filsham Manor. It was the only example of an unhelpful jobsworth that I ever encountered on the railway in the steam era. A modern, almost spaceship-like profile but, alas, all were withdrawn within a dozen years and more Class 20s built in their place. Two of the mineral wagons are carrying steel scrap. The train appears to be taking the line towards Derby and the relevant arm in the splitting signal over the loco was the distant, which is "on" - the home arm above it would have been "off" but is out of shot. It coasted in down the gradient on the slow line and pulled up to collect passengers. Brand new Brish Type 4s (later Class 47) started arriving around this time and an evening would be a good time to see one, offically allocated to 34G Finsbury Park, being serviced. One day my dad had to go to Liverpool and while he chased a passport, I chased steam at Edge Hill. 65A Eastfield for if you look along the railings on the right, there's a gap We used used have free run of the place. We may have more photos available, so please do get in touch using our 73004 stands at the far end. I was only sixteen but some things you remember for the rest of your life. Copyright Frith Content Inc 1998-2023. Photo: author. 3rd April 1964. I promise not to include the worst horrors! As for your final statement, Im afraid I cant agree. Royal Mail worker Danny McGougan holds his local branch banner outside the Stourton Royal Mail depot in Leeds. Search from Stourton stock photos, pictures and royalty-free images from iStock. At the time I hadn't seen any of these and it's unfortunate that apart from the Claytons, none of the other Scottish types presented themselves in a photogenic way. The bag that day was: Looking out from in front of the shed buildings across the yard various locos from the list above can be seen, but especially ex-GWR Pannier tanks that were still being used - the shed had only received two diesel shunters, an ex-LMS one (there used to be a pair) and a soon-to-be Class 08. Some may have also been hand coloured in the traditional style, bringing an old scene back to life with even more realism. On a weekday in 1966 the end of steam was still a couple of years away and the place was busy with 59 locos on shed and ex-LMS Jinties still in business, but the muck around the place was depressing. On shed was a remarkably modern stud of locomotives, the majority designed by Riddles and thus only a few years old: 80001, 80005, 80030, 80046. 65K Polmont A few minutes later the train would crash by Peppercorn A1s, Britannias from Immingham returning the Grimsby train, and A4s on the "White Rose", long before either of us had a camera. Delivery Info Help Contact Us UK () 16-3-66. Don't miss other visitors' Memories and maybe connect with those who have shared their memories - you may even know the names, or learn more about the locality. Behind can be seen a SR tender from a "U" class 2-6-0 and, beyond it, the repair shop. This loco carried on working until May 1965. The light was little better but we had time to see five loco-hauled trains, the first shooting by as we arrived. South Blyth was mainly J27s plus the odd 2-6-0 and on shed that day were: 65810, 65819, 65852, 65855, 65862, 65870, 65876, 65891 (J27) As can be seen, the ground for this side of the shed had to excavated and was quite gloomy.
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