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Working diaries 1952 - 1953

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Well thats it - 24 months of my grandfathers working life. One of the things that I found frightening as I went through it was how few days he had off. He averaged 5 days off month in 1952 and 6 days a month in 1953. Given the sort of work he was doing he must have beena fit man. I'm not sure that I would have been able to keep up that as a work schedule - have we become too soft? And did he ever get bored of going between Brent Yard and Toton?   In the two years (putting aside that the many o
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December 1953

Tu 1 8/33-6.10 Toton – Lloyds 48672 W 2 8/33-6.20 Toton – Lloyds 47976 Th 3 8/33-7.30 Toton – Lloyds 47978 F 4 8/33-7.15 Toton – Lloyds 47993 Sa 5 10/20-6.10 Empty Wagon Sidings 47279 Su 6 Off M 7 12.56-8.35 Brent – Toton 48541 Tu 8 12.15-10.50 LE Brent – Wboro 42764 W 9 12.15-8.45 Wboro – Derby 48364 Th 10 12.15-8.15 Relief F 11 12.10-8.45 Wboro – Derby
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November 1953

Su 1 1.40-11.15 Bedford – Castle Ashby 48423 M 2 5/45-1.45 Preparing Tu 3 5/45-1.45 Preparing W 4 5/45-1.45 Preparing Th 5 5/45-1.45 Preparing F 6 3/0-11/0 Relief Sa 7 6/22-4.30 Brent – Toton 48370, Nottingham – Brent 48150 Su 8 Off M 9 3.10-11.20 Wboro – Bedford 44161, Bedford – Wboro 44161 Tu 10 2.50-10.30 Wboro – Bedford 48304, Bedford – Wboro 48304 W 11 2.20-11.30 Wboro – Bedford 44145, Bed
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October 1953

Th 1 12.10-8.40 Wboro – Derby 48265 F 2 12.10-8.50 Wboro – Derby 48962 Sa 3 12.15-9.55 Wboro – Derby 48305, Kirby – Wboro 48413 Su 4 Off M 5 9/50-6.55 Wboro – Brent 48107, Brent – Kirby 48293 Tu 6 9/50-7.30 Wboro – Brent 48008, Brent – Kirby 48269 W 7 9/50-7.55 Wboro – Brent 44249, Brent – Kirby 48100 Th 8 9/20-5.20 Liverpool – Brent 44764 F 9 9/20-5.20 Relief Sa 10 9/20-5.20
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September 1953

Tu 1 5.40-1/40 Wboro – Toton (lodge) 48281 W 2 11/30-7.30 Toton – Wboro 48381 Th 3 5.20-1/20 Trips 43531 F 4 5.40-12/0 Wboro – Toton (lodge) 48678 Sa 5 11/30-8.10 Toton – Wboro 48363 Su 6 2.0-12/25 Brent – Nottingham 48618 M 7 8/33-3.50 Relief 41079, 40487 Tu 8 8/33-6.35 Toton – Lloyds 47938 W 9 8/33-6.25 Toton – Lloyds 48377 Th 10 8/33-7.25 Toton – Lloyd
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August 1953

Sa 1 9/50-3.40 Wboro – Kettering 48721 Su 2 Off M 3 BO Tu 4 1.13-12/40 Derby – Wboro 48611 W 5 2.0-10.0 Preparing Th 6 2.0-10.0 Preparing F 7 2.0-10.0 Preparing Sa 8 2.0-10.0 Preparing Su 9 Off M 10 1/40-9.40 Wboro – Derby 44744 Tu 11 5.45-1/45 Preparing W 12 5.45-1/45 Preparing Th 13 5.45-1/45 Preparing F 14 5.45-1/45 Preparing Sa 15 7.10-3/10 Henlow 43808 Su 16 Off M 17 Holiday Tu 18 H
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July 1953

W 1 8/33-7.55 Toton – Wboro 47982 Th 2 8/33-7.20 Toton – Wboro 48651 F 3 8/33-6.45 Toton – Wboro 48370 Sa 4 10/20-6.20 Empty Wagon Sidings 47642 Su 5 Off M 6 12.55-9.50 Wboro – Derby 49430, Birmingham – Wboro 43975 Tu 7 12.15-8.40 Wboro – Derby 48692 W 8 12.15-8.40 Wboro – Derby 48609 Th 9 12.15-8.45 Wboro – Derby 44304 F 10 12.15-8.45 Wboro – Derby 48364 Sa 11 12.15-9.50 Wboro – Derby 48131, Kirby – Wboro 48552 Su 12 Off M 13 9/50-7.35 Wboro – Brent 47974, Brent – Kirby 48010 Tu 14
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June 1953

M 1 9/35-5.10 Henlow 43531 Tu 2 9/35-5.20 Henlow 43808 W 3 9/35-5.20 Henlow 43531 Th 4 9/35-5.20 Henlow 43531 F 5 9/35-5.20 Henlow 43531 Sa 6 9/30-6.50 Wboro – Bedford 44249, Oakley – Finedon 44249 Su 7 Off M 8 5.25-3/45 Brent – Toton 48414 Tu 9 5.40-1/10 Wboro – Toton (lodge) 48617 W 10 11/30-7.25 Toton – Wboro 48035 Th 11 5.10-1/15 Coal Road 47446 F 12 5.
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May 1953

F 1 6.24-6/14 Toton – Brent 48370 Sa 2 6.24-3/20 Toton – Brent 48322, Brent – Kirby 48380 Su 3 Off M 4 9/20-6.10 Relief 47994 Tu 5 9/20-6.10 Relief 44231 W 6 9/20-6.10 Relief 48198 Th 7 9/50-8.30 Wboro – Brent 48191, Brent – Kirby 48607 F 8 9/50-8.30 Wboro – Brent 48191, Brent – Kirby 48080 Sa 9 9/50-7.50 Wboro – Brent 48365, Brent – Toton 48204 Su 10 Off M 11 1.13-10.20 Derb
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April 1953

W 1 7.15-5/15 Wboro – St Albans 48553, St Albans – Wboro 48553 Th 2 7.15-4/30 Wboro – St Albans 43977, St Albans – Wboro 43977 F 3 BO Sa 4 7.15-4/35 Wboro – St Albans 48150, St Albans – Wboro 48150 Su 5 11.30-6/30 Ballast 43878 M 6 BO Tu 7 12/35-8/25 Wboro – Yarton 48150, Northampton – Wboro 48721 W 8 12/35-9/0 Wboro – Yarton 48008, Northampton – Wboro 48131 Th 9 12/35-8/40 Wboro – Yarton 48471, Northampton –
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March 1953

Su 1 Off M 2 7.50-6/50 Toton – Wboro 48198 Tu 3 9.30-7/50 Wboro – Brent 48371, Brent – Wboro 48192 W 4 Rest Day Th 5 9.30-6/15 Wboro – Brent 47982, Brent – Wboro 48699 F 6 9.30-8/50 Wboro – Brent 44414, Brent – Wboro 48671 Sa 7 9.30-6/25 Wboro – Brent 47967, Brent – Wboro 48371 Su 8 4/40-1.40 Wboro – Brent 48625 M 9 8/53-9.50 Wboro – Brent 48371, Brent – Corby 48533 Tu 10 9/15-5.15 Relief W 11 8/53
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February 1953

Su 1 Off M 2 6.24-2/45 Toton – Brent 48182 Tu 3 6.24-5/30 Glasgow – Brent 42759 W 4 6.24-4/50 Toton – Brent 48096 Th 5 6.24-3/0 Brent – Kirby 48096 F 6 Rest Day Sa 7 1.15-9.50 Kettering Trips 43531 Su 8 12.20-8.20 Empty Wagon Sidings 47446 M 9 Sick Tu 10 Sick W 11 9/20-6.40 LE Kettering 48024 Th 12 9/50-8.35 Wboro – Brent 48364, Brent – Kirby 48193 F 13 9/50-9.30 Wboro – Brent 47895, Brent –
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January 1953

Th 1 5/44-1.45 Derby – Lloyds 44545, LE Kettering – Wboro 48338 F 2 5/44-1.44 Derby – Lloyds 44031 Sa 3 2/12-10/0 Toton – Wboro 43943 Su 4 Off M 5 Rest Day Tu 6 11.0-7/0 Relief 48627, 48614 W 7 11.0-7/30 London – Manchester 41051 Th 8 11.0-6/30 Relief 48698, 48212 F 9 10.42-9/10 Wboro – Brent 48082 Sa 10 10.42-7/5 Wboro – Brent 48695, Brent – Wboro 48075 Su 11 9.15-5/15 Ballast Irchest
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December 1952

M 1 8/30-4.30 Wboro – Bedford 48180, LE Bedford – Wboro 48180 Tu 2 8/30-5.15 Wboro – Bedford 48627, Bedford – Wboro 48627 W 3 8/30-4.15 Wboro – Bedford 44575, Luton – Wboro 44575 Th 4 8/30-7.25 Wboro – Leicester 43957, LE Leicester – Kettering 48473 F 5 8/30-5.30 Wboro – Bedford 48180, Bedford – Wboro 48180 Sa 6 9/36-4.0 Wboro – Higham 41277 Su 7 Off M 8 8.35-8/0 Lloyds – Market Harboro 48627 Tu 9 Rest Day W 10 8.
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November 1952

Sa 1 Rest Day Su 2 Off M 3 8/33-5.45 Toton – Wboro 48374 Tu 4 8/33-4.33 Toton – Wboro 47974 W 5 8/33-5.45 Toton – Wboro 48359 Th 6 8/0-5.35 Wboro – Brent 48062, Brent – Brunswick 48270 F 7 8/0-4.30 Wboro – Brent 48363, Brent – Brunswick 42768 Sa 8 8/0-4.15 Wboro – Brent 48364, Brent – Wboro 48678 Su 9 Off M 10 4.0-1/50 Wboro – Birmingham 48385 Tu 11 4.0-1/50 Wboro – Brimingham 48265 W 12 4.0-3/50 Wboro – Bi
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October 1952

W 1 6/24-4/30 Toton – Brent 48202 Th 2 6/24-3/50 Brent – Toton 48201 F 3 Rest Day Sa 4 12.15-10.15 Wboro – Debry 48334 Su 5 2.57-12/35 LE Brent – Wboro 48183 M 6 9/20-5.20 Relief 48035 Tu 7 9/20-5.20 Relief 44101 W 8 9/20-5.20 Relief 48006 Th 9 9/50-9.20 Wboro – Brent 48305 F 10 9/50-8.50 Wboro – Brent 47982 Sa 11 9/50-8.30 Wboro – Brent 47982, LE Brent – Wboro 47982 Su 12 Off M 13 8.0-4/0
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September 1952

M 1 2.30-12/50 Brent – Wboro 48359 Tu 2 2.40-10/55 Relief 48100, 48364 W 3 Rest Day Th 4 2.40-11.40 Toton – Brent 48367, Brent – Nottingham 48541 F 5 2.40-10.40 Toton – Brent 48219, Brent – Nottingham 44029 Sa 6 2.40-11.50 Toton – Brent 48463, Brent – Wboro 48163 Su 7 Off M 8 7/35-3.0 Neilsons X 47264 Tu 9 10.10-6/15 Neilsons X 47265 W 10 10.10-6/15 Neilsons X 47333 Th 11 10.10-6/15 Neilsons X
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August 1952

F 1 7/30-3/30 Shed Sa 2 6.0-2/0 Shed Su 3 Off M 4 6.55-3/0 Wboro – Toton 48194 Tu 5 5.10-1/10 Relief 48269, 47990, 47636 W 6 5.45-11.55 Wboro – Toton (lodge) 48492 Th 7 11/30-7.30 Toton – Wboro 48668 F 8 11.50-3/50 Trips 44753 Sa 9 Rest Day Su 10 7.5-6/25 Ballast Oakham 48533, 48183 M 11 8/53-4.50 Wboro – Brent 48418, Brent – Corby 48143 Tu 12 8/53-5.25 Wboro – Brent 48370, Brent – Corby 48386 W 13 8
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July 1952

Tu 1 1/50-6.15 Wboro – Brent 47982, Brent – Kirby 48073 W 2 9/50-6.30 B’ham – London 42900, Brent – Kirby 48273 Th 3 9/20-5.20 Relief F 4 9/20-5.20 Relief Sa 5 10/20-5.10 Relief Su 6 Off M 7 Rest Day Tu 8 12.15-10.10 Wboro – Staveley 48222 W 9 12.15-10.10 Wboro – Staveley 47980 Th 10 12.15-9.15 Wboro – Brent 47982, Brent – Wboro 48541 F 11 12.15-8.40 Wboro – Brent 48069, Brent – Wboro 48109 Sa 12 12.15-9.30 Wboro –
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June 1952

Su 1 Off M 2 BO Tu 3 9/36-8.35 Toton – Wboro 43923 W 4 9/36-6.35 Toton – Wboro 43367 Th 5 9/36-7.50 Toton – Wboro 43910 F 6 9/36-8.40 Toton – Wboro 43923 Sa 7 8/57-4.10 Breakdown, Down Sidings 48221 Su 8 Off M 9 2.30-10.30 Wboro – Brent 48305, Brent – Wboro 48062 Tu 10 2.40-11.50 Brent – Toton 48490, Derby – Wboro 48131 W 11 Rest Day Th 12 3.10-11.0 Relief
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May 1952

Th 1 Holiday F 2 Holiday Sa 3 Holiday Su 4 Holiday M 5 Holiday Tu 6 Holiday W 7 Holiday Th 8 Holiday F 9 Holiday Sa 10 Holiday Su 11 Holiday M 12 7.50-3/50 Wboro – Brent 48695 Tu 13 4.30-12/30 Disposing W 14 4.30-12/30 Disposing Th 15 4.30-12/30 Disposing F 16 4.30-12/30 Disposing Sa 17 Rest Day Su 18 7.15-1/45 LE Bedford 47976 M
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April 1952

Tu 1 12.20-8.40 Wboro – Derby 48619 W 2 12.20-8.20 Wboro Lloyds 48704, Kettering – Glendon 48752 Th 3 12.20-8.45 Wboro – Derby 48192 F 4 12.20-8.40 Wboro – Derby 44177 Sa 5 Rest Day Su 6 Off M 7 9/50-6.40 Wboro – Brent 47994, Brent – Kirby 48303 Tu 8 9/50-8.0 Wboro – Brent 47994, Brent – Kirby 48081 W 9 9/50-6.35 Wboro – Brent 47974, Brent – Kirby 48607 Th 10 9/20
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March 1952

Sa 1 8/53-7.15 Wboro – Brent 48269, Brent – Toton 48167 Rushden A 4 BR 0 Su 2 Off M 3 6.0-2/0 Wboro – Brent 48678 Tu 4 5.50-1/20 Wboro – Toton (lodge) 47971 W 5 11/30-10.15 Toton – Wboro 48359 Th 6 Rest Day F 7 5.45-1/10 Wboro – Toton (lodge) 48180 Sa 8 11/30-7.30 Toton – Wboro 48671 Su 9 1.50-8.40 London – Leicester 44168 M 10 9/19-9.5 Brent – Toton 48662
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February 1952

I have slightly changed the layout from the first entry. It is now day, date, booking on and off time followed by the turn then the loco. If more than one trip is listed they are shown in the order in the diary. I have put the day, date and places the turn was to and from in bold to make it a bit easier to read. I will go back and re-format the January 1952 to be the same at some point.   F 1 9/50-8.20 Wboro – Brent 48644, Brent – Wboro 48415 Sa 2 9/50-7.10 Wboro – Brent
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January 1952

Tu 1 9/35-6.5 Henlow 43367 W 2 9/35-6.5 Henlow 43367 Th 3 9/35-6.5 Henlow 43367 F 4 9/35-6.5 Henlow 43367 Sa 5 9/35-6.5 Henlow 43367 Earls Barton 3 BR 2 Su 6 Off M 7 5.0-1/15 Trips 43856 Tu 8 4.0-12/0 Relief 48672, 48415, 48151 W 9 4.0-11.15 Relief 48678, 48644 Th 10 5.50-12/0 Wboro – Toton (lodge) 48367 F 11 11/30-6.55 Toton – Wboro 47977 Sa 12 4.0-12/0 Relief 48073, 48620 BR 0 Rushden A 0 Su 13 12.5-8.20 Wboro – Brent 48305, Brent – Toton 48037 M 14 9/40-8.50 Wboro – Wigston
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