Dave F more photos added 21 June from 1947 to 1955ish

[DaveF]

Now for this evening's set.

 

Stapleford and Sandiacre 8F down goods Jan 51 JVol6082

 

 

Toton 3F 43832 down l e Jan 51 JVol6083

 

 

Stapleford and Sandiacre 3F up goods crossing River Erewash Jan 51 JVol6084

 

 

Radford North 4F 4401 down empties and Crab 42762 up mineral taking water Feb 51 JVol6085

 

 

Basford Sidings 3F 43192 l e guard, driver Mr Mee, fireman and yard forman Feb 51 JVol6086

 

 

Nottingham West signal box Feb 51 JVol6088

 

 

Nottingham Midland compound 41021 Nottingham to Sheffield Feb 51 JVol6089

 

 

Nottingham Midland compound 41021 Nottingham to Sheffield Feb 51 JVol6090

 

 

David

[DaveF]

David

 

May I ask where the shot at Edwalton was taken?

 

Rob

 

You may well ask.  Having thought about it, I have remembered I was born in a nursing home at West Bridgford, on Musters Road.  I've no idea why Dad wrote Edwalton when it isn't.  I do know that sometimes he captioned images using the nearest signal box or station, so that may be the case here.

 

Sadly I can't ask him.

 

David

[DaveF]

Fascinating photo of the Leader bogie - has Kevin Robertson seen it I wonder?

 

And some casual application of headcodes on the Lewes photos I suspect.  The U1 code is correct - this would probably be one of the morning heavy duties which picked up a portion from Eastbourne at Eridge or from Tunbridge Wells West at Ashurst.  Needed a powerful locomotive to keep to schedule (either a U1 or Light Pacific).

 

The Fairburn is most likely a London train via East Grinstead and Oxted but is missing a third disc at left (Victoria) or right (London Bridge) end of the buffer beam.

 

The L with the Birdcage set I think is a Tonbridge train via Eridge, with a redundant disc at the top of the smokebox.

 

Thanks for the headcode information.  My SR headcode booklets don't go that far back and I'm never sure where Dad took his caption information from.

 

David

[Mallard60022]

Apart from the thanks yet again for great pics (that Compound leaving Midland - I can hear the noise now) I'd like to make a couple of comments.

In the first pic of this set (J6082: 8F), is that the coaling tower at the steam shed just behind the footbridge?

Also, the blokes on the 3F; strange how they look as if they have just returned from the Somme or some other awful place. It is the posture and pose so much adopted in those times, but this is 1951! Just look at the Yard Foreman's outfit.

P

[Rob F]

You may well ask.  Having thought about it, I have remembered I was born in a nursing home at West Bridgford, on Musters Road.  I've no idea why Dad wrote Edwalton when it isn't.  I do know that sometimes he captioned images using the nearest signal box or station, so that may be the case here.

 

Sadly I can't ask him.

 

David

David

 

Thanks, that is clear now.

 

ROB

[The Stationmaster]

Apart from the thanks yet again for great pics (that Compound leaving Midland - I can hear the noise now) I'd like to make a couple of comments.

In the first pic of this set (J6082: 8F), is that the coaling tower at the steam shed just behind the footbridge?

Also, the blokes on the 3F; strange how they look as if they have just returned from the Somme or some other awful place. It is the posture and pose so much adopted in those times, but this is 1951! Just look at the Yard Foreman's outfit.

P

I think the clothes madeth the men - or rather their appearance and then they adopted a 'typical' pose of the sort they had seen in pics of their fathers and grandfathers.  And the 'traditional' railway uniform really was exactly that use apart from badges there was little change to it for many years until the shock of the corporate image uniforms in the 1960s - which even (for some grades but not all) got rid of the long established 'black mac' - which some of us were still issued with to go with our made-to-measure 'flour grader' suits from Burtons in the early 1970s.

[DaveF]

This afternoon's photos are below.  We're going to Grantham, Lincoln and Nottingham this time.

 

Nottingham London Road Bridge with London Road Low Level beyond J50 shunting Feb 51JVol6091

 

 

Nottingham Victoria O1 63890 up goods and J6 pass Nottingham to Grantham and B1 le April 51JVol6092

 

 

Nottingham Victoria J6 64172 l e May 51 1/100 f8 Ilford HP3 JVol6093

 

Nottingham Victoria O1 63868 down goods and B1 Nottingham to Pinxton and N7 Grantham to Derby April 51 JVol6099

 

 

Lincoln Central B17 61641 Gayton Hall ex pass Yarmouth to York May 51 JVol6100

 

 

Grantham A1 60119 Patrick Stirling ex pass Harrogate to Kings Cross May 51 JVol6101

 

 

Grantham V2 60930 ex pass Kings X to Leeds May 51 JVol6102

 

 

Grantham A3 60092 Fairway ex pass Kings x to Newcastle ready to start May 51 JVol6103

 

 

David

Edited June 17, 2013 by DaveF

[DaveF]

Another mix of locations this evening.

 

Grantham A3 60092 Fairway ex pass Kings x to Newcastle slipping May 51 JVol6104

 

 

Millers Dale BR Class 5 73009 Derby to Manchester Central Leica IIIa Ilford HP3 in rain Aug 51 JVol6105

 

 

Nottingham Victoria A5 pass Grantham to Derby Ilford Advocate 1/100 f8 Ilford HP3 April 52 JVol6106

 

 

Colwick level crossing down mineral Robot II 1/500 f4 Ilford HP3 Oct 51 JVol6107

 

 

Colwick Level Crossing compound pass Nottingham to Lincoln St Marks Nottingham suburban railway bridge in background Oct 51 JVol6108

Note the trolleybus wires.

 

 

Nottingham Victoria A5 pass Grantham to Derby Friargate Jan 52 JVol6109

 

 

Nottingham Victoria B1 61185 l e taking water Feb 52 JVol6110

 

 

Grantham O7 WD 63079 down express goods Feb 52 JVol6111

 

Edited to correct a loco number. 

 

David

Edited June 17, 2013 by DaveF

[Oldddudders]

A Leica IIIa? That was some camera in them thar days - would still be regarded as valuable now to a collector. Your dad knew about decent equipment.

[65179]

Stapleford and Sandiacre 8F down goods Jan 51 JVol6081.jpg

Stapleford and Sandiacre 8F down goods Jan 51 JVol6081

 

A nice example of a private owner wagon (Stephenson Clarke)  in full livery in relatively decent condition with original number and no BR P number by the looks of it (just a space where the "to work to and from" type instructions used to be) despite it being c.1951.  An "easy" one  (using e.g. perhaps a Bachmann 37-129 if doing it in OO?) amongst all the re-numbering, new plank adding and livery obliteration required to do an early post-nationalisation coal train!

 

Simon

Edited June 17, 2013 by 65179

[hornbyandbf3fan]

Another lot of excellent photos. I really enjoy flicking through these!

[DaveF]

A Leica IIIa? That was some camera in them thar days - would still be regarded as valuable now to a collector. Your dad knew about decent equipment.

 

One part of the family owned a photographic shop, which Dad worked in at this time so he had the opportunity to use all sorts of interesting equipment.

 

David

[A Murphy]

Nottingham Victoria B1 61185 l e taking water Feb 52 JVol6110. That is a fantastic photograph! But then again, fantastic was routine for your Dad..... Thanks again for doing all this David,

 

Alastair M

[DaveF]

This afternoon we travel as far as York, via Nottingham and Grantham, together with a look at Linby, north of Nottingham.

 

Nottingham Victoria A5 69810 ex pass Nottingham Victoria to Grantham April 52 JVol6112

 

 

Grantham B1 61405 ex pass Grantham to Lincoln April 52 JVol6113

 

 

York A1 60121 Silurian Kings X to York April 52 JVol6114

 

 

York B16 61443 up l e April 52 JVol6115

 

 

York B16 61478 l e April 52 JVol6116

 

 

Linby GN C12 67363 Annesley Dido Bulwell Common to Annesley push pull May 52 JVol6123

 

 

Linby GC O1 63796 down plate wagons May 52 JVol6124

 

 

Linby MR 4F 44404 pass Mansfield to Nottingham May 52 JVol6125

 

 

David

Edited June 19, 2013 by DaveF

[SHMD]

Hi David,

 

Your latest post #888 jumped out at me because I can not see in 3D. (Never have.)

The first shot "A5 69810 ex pass Nottingham Victoria to Grantham April 52 JVol6112" has captivated me and I don't know why!!!

I get a real "sense od perspective" which I have never experienced before.

 

Thanks for the photos, BTW.

 

 

Kev.

(Who is now staring at the computer at  various angles with either eye covered!)

[DaveF]

It's back to Annesley again this evening, both the Midland and GCR lines and one shot at Nottingham Midland.

 

 

Annesley North Junction GC B1 61250 A Harold Bibby up fish May 52 JVol6126

 

 

Annesley MR 3F 43729 pass Nottingham Midland to Mansfield May 52 JVol6127

 

 

Annesley MR 3F 43369 down goods May 52 JVol6128

 

 

Annesley MR 3F 43369 down goods May 52 JVol6129

 

 

Annesley MR Fairburn 4MTT 42228 pass Nottingham Midland to Worksop May 52 JVol6130

 

 

Annesley MR 2P 40454 pass Chilwell to Worksop May 52 JVol6131

 

 

Annesley MR 2P 40454 pass Chilwell to Worksop May 52 JVol6132

 

 

Nottingham Midland BR Class 5 73001 pass Nottingham to Derby May 52 JVol6133

 

David

 

 

 

 

[JCL]

I wish there were some sort of auto-like on here that would like each set of photos as I look at them, my tapping finger is getting sore from over-use!

 

Thanks so much for continuing to put the photos up.

[darren01]

Hi

I like the fact that Conflats seem to be loaded in any open wagon,Again more stunning photo's.

Darren01

Edited June 19, 2013 by darren01

[jrg1]

Very interested in this thread, especially Lincolnshire in the fifties, as photos seem few and far between.  The GNR lines are particularly interesting, and the photos of Sutton and Willoughby bring back memories of excursions to the seaside-do keep posting.

[Peter Beckett]

Dave,

Where is the location for the 2 pics ?

Annesley MR 2P 40454 pass Chilwell to Worksop May 52 JVol6131

 

The overhead skip system is fascinating

 

Peter

[Peter Kazmierczak]

Peter,

This is the ex-MR station at Annesley looking towards Nottm. Dave's dad was probably standing on the signalbox veranda to take the shot.

 

A beautifully composed picture, with much industrial and social history in it.

 

Regards,

Peter

[beast66606]

Dave,

Where is the location for the 2 pics ?

Annesley MR 2P 40454 pass Chilwell to Worksop May 52 JVol6131

 

The overhead skip system is fascinating

 

Peter

 

Hardly any change over the years ..

 

(The station site is in the distance, it's not covered by the camera I'm afraid)

 

http://goo.gl/maps/bVVuU

 

Here's the aerial view

 

http://goo.gl/maps/U1a2f

[Rob F]

This afternoon we travel as far as York, via Nottingham and Grantham, together with a look at Linby, north of Nottingham.

 

Linby GC C12 67363 Annesley Dido Bulwell Common to Annesley push pull May 52 JVol6123.jpg

Linby GC C12 67363 Annesley Dido Bulwell Common to Annesley push pull May 52 JVol6123

 

 

 

David

David

 

I think JVol6123 maybe on the GN line at Linby, rather than the GC.

 

ROB

[Orinoco]

David

 

I think JVol6123 maybe on the GN line at Linby, rather than the GC.

 

ROB

Definitely GN! I guessed where it was and what it was immediately, so never even read the caption carefully - it must be taken from the GC line though?

[Orinoco]

Dave,

Where is the location for the 2 pics ?

Annesley MR 2P 40454 pass Chilwell to Worksop May 52 JVol6131

 

The overhead skip system is fascinating

 

Peter

If you know the area now, it is at the end of the lane leading straight on from Annesley Cutting, past where the new houses are.

 

See http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/a/annesley/