RMweb Gold highpeakman Posted December 24, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 24, 2018 For the 1970s that canal looks remarkably clean and rubbish/shopping trolley free... My father worked in the Royal Navy Recruiting Office in Carrington Street which crosses the canal on the other side of Midland Station. One day, while in uniform, he stood on the bridge looking up the canal and it wasn't long before someone asked what he was looking at. He replied that an RN submarine was coming up the canal to make an official visit to Nottingham and he was waiting for it to surface! He always swore the person believed him! Old sailors yarns! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted December 24, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 24, 2018 Yet another selection of excellent photos Dave, many thanks for sharing. As 'mullie' says, I too look forward to a "daily fix" of times gone by. Of particular interest (for me) is signal G735 in C8227, I think a signal like that would look great on a layout. Wishing all a Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and trouble free 2019. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted December 24, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 24, 2018 Hi, Dave. That’s a great set of photo’s of Grangetown today. All so interesting and capture the works and lines so well. What a great photo’ of 37512 on a down empty steel train, on the 26th February, 1987. That was a good livery for the 37’s. I hope you have a very Merry Christmas. With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 All of Grangetown Station is still there just no passenger trains stopping or public access, shame as it would be a good place to photograph the Boulby trains running round! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelp Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Best wishes Dave for Christmas and 2019 Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted December 24, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 24, 2018 What a great photo’ of 37512 on a down empty steel train, on the 26th February, 1987. That was a good livery for the 37’s. Agree that image is great, looking like one of those coloured in monochrome images. I know they say it's grim up north,and it wasn't that bad from what I remember as a toddler... Merry Christmas and here's to more wonderful images next year, Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium figworthy Posted December 24, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 24, 2018 My father worked in the Royal Navy Recruiting Office in Carrington Street which crosses the canal on the other side of Midland Station. One day, while in uniform, he stood on the bridge looking up the canal and it wasn't long before someone asked what he was looking at. He replied that an RN submarine was coming up the canal to make an official visit to Nottingham and he was waiting for it to surface! He always swore the person believed him! Old sailors yarns! Not as daft as it sounds. Back in the 1970s, the Navy had a fleet of four narrow boats, each of which looked like a miniature warship. One of them was a submarine, and it may well have visited Nottingham. Oddly, there is very little on Google to show them, but someone has written a book about it. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Britannia-Rules-Cut-Royal-Navys/dp/1906205264/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347565778&sr=8-1 And rummaging through the photo album, I came across this (taken at the Inland Waterways Association National Rally in York 1975) Adrian 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted December 25, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2018 People will believe anything if it is told them by someone who looks as if they know what they are talking about, or that they should be able to trust. I mean, for instance, as a child you should be able to trust your own mother, shouldn't you? Let this be a cautionary tale... When I was 7 years old, in 1959, the family went on a camping holiday to Porthcawl, camping in a field next to the well-known 'Happy Valley' holiday caravan site just outside that seething metropolis. In the way that small children do, it was not very long before I'd made friends amongst the children from the caravans, and got to see inside one; i was most interested in this as I'd never been in one before. I had never seen bottled gas before, and was fascinated by it, and the cooker and lights that were operated with it. So, of course, back in the tent later on, I told my mother, who I trusted absolutely to tell me the truth about everything, all about the wondrous bottled gas. 'Oh, yes' she said 'they have it in caravans and on boats, and some poor people have it in their houses. You can even get televisions that run on it'. Now, this made complete sense to me, and of course I believed it absolutely. The gas flame would provide the light to see the picture by, wouldn't it, and even if it wasn't as good as our proper electric tv, it'd be great for caravans, or boats, where there was no electricity or for poor people (gas was a lot cheaper in those days)... I was disabused of this notion with some rather un-necessarily hurtful and cruel comments about my general gullibility and stupidity in the playground about 4 years later. My faith in the world in general, parents in particular, and mothers particularly in particular, was badly dented, and I swore to myself never to be caught out like that again. So when Geoffrey Cooper came to school the following week and claimed his parents had bought a mains gas fridge, I was having none of that!!! My mother defended this many years later with the wonderful comment that there's no point in having children if you can't mess with their heads a bit... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted December 25, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2018 Just read that back; I mean I got to see inside a caravan, not inside one of the kids from the caravans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 (edited) Here's a photo I took in Roker, Sunderland in 2016. As you can see because they are VERY close to the sea, the salt in the air is playing havoc and they may not be there for very long. Pullmans at Roker.JPG These two Pullmans were originally SECR Parlour First 99 "Padua" (1920) and Kitchen First 102 "Rosalind" (1921); there were two other coaches on the same site, SECR Pullman Parlour First 43 "Sapphire" (1910) and BR Mk1 TSO 4328. The three Pullmans were moved in March 2017, initially to Barrow Hill where they received (unspecified) restoration work before being moved to Folkestone. They weren't there long, as in June 2017 they were moved to the KESR where they are now sheeted in the open, presumably awaiting attention. 4328 was scrapped on site in Sunderland. Edited December 25, 2018 by talisman56 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted December 25, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 25, 2018 Happy Christmas everyone. I hope you enjoy the day whatever you may be doing. This morning's photos are from the Tanfield Railway near Gateshead in April 1987 when Andrews House station was under construction so that the line could be opened to East Tanfield. At the time of the photos it ran from Marley Hill to Sunniside. Andrews House station 19th April 87 C8311 Marley Hill RSH 38 19th April 87 C8312 Marley Hill AW 2 19th April 87 C8313 Marley Hill RSH 38 19th April 87 C8314 Marley Hill RSH 49 RSH Cochrane AW 2 19th April 87 C8326 Marley Hill RSH Cochrane 19th April 87 C8331 David 33 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold highpeakman Posted December 25, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2018 Not as daft as it sounds. Back in the 1970s, the Navy had a fleet of four narrow boats, each of which looked like a miniature warship. One of them was a submarine, and it may well have visited Nottingham. Oddly, there is very little on Google to show them, but someone has written a book about it. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Britannia-Rules-Cut-Royal-Navys/dp/1906205264/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347565778&sr=8-1 And rummaging through the photo album, I came across this (taken at the Inland Waterways Association National Rally in York 1975) york-rally-2a.jpg Adrian Dad's story was in the mid 60s but he would have loved this tale! I really enjoyed reading that. Thanks. Thanks very much to Dave, yet again, for taking us right back to the railways, places, events and memories of that period and all the years in between. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Happy Festivities to you as well, Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted December 25, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2018 Happy Christmas Dave and a Happy New Year too!!! Thanks for all the wonderful pictures of the past year and looking forward to the pictures to come. With best regards Darius Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 My father worked in the Royal Navy Recruiting Office in Carrington Street which crosses the canal on the other side of Midland Station. One day, while in uniform, he stood on the bridge looking up the canal and it wasn't long before someone asked what he was looking at. He replied that an RN submarine was coming up the canal to make an official visit to Nottingham and he was waiting for it to surface! He always swore the person believed him! Old sailors yarns! More like an old matelot giving a silly answer to a silly question! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 The boat in this site:- http://www.cite-sciences.fr/fr/au-programme/expos-permanentes/argonaute/ was brought to Paris by river and canal in the late 1980s. It was the last voyage both for the boat, and its captain, Jean-Marie Bertin, who went on to be the Train Crew Manager on the French side at Eurotunnel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted December 25, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 25, 2018 (edited) Thank you all very much for the very kind comments today. For your delectation today I present a few photos taken on the Woodhead route mostly taken at Woodhead with one at Dinting. Dinting viaduct Class 506 Manchester Piccadilly to Hadfield May 72 C925 Woodhead Class 76 eastbound freight April 77 J5657 Woodhead Class 76 eastbound freight April 77 J5658 Woodhead Class 76 westbound le Aug 79 C4820 Woodhead eastbound freight Aug 79 C4821 soda ash in Covhops - with thanks to Paul Bartlett. Woodhead 76008 and ano up empties April 80 J6872 David Edited December 25, 2018 by DaveF 36 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted December 25, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2018 (edited) Hi, Dave, and Merry Christmas. I like the Tanfield Railway photo’s which are so full of interest. You can clearly see how SR PMV or BR CCT chassis were used to place the carriage bodies on. The Woodhead photo’s are full of interest of a line which is long gone. In the first photo’, at Dinting viaduct, with a class 506 EMU, on a Manchester Piccadilly to Hadfield train in May, 1972, shows a scene which I’ve rarely seen before. The unit looks so insignificant in the vastness of the surrounding landscape. With warmest regards, Rob. Edited to remove a word. Edited December 25, 2018 by Market65 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Woodhead eastbound freight Aug 79 C4821 Soda Ash in Covhops. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted December 25, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 25, 2018 It is not enough just to click on the "like" button when it comes to those Woodhead photos. They are magnificent. Many many thanks for your daily posts. Jonathan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted December 26, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2018 J6872. MGR's in 1980 running in as built condition without TOPS markings. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted December 26, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 26, 2018 39 years ago Mum and Dad visited me in Essex for Christmas. On Boxing Day we visited the Kent and East Sussex Railway at Tenterden. Tenterden Terrier 10 Sutton 26th Dec 79 J6725 Tenterden Terrier 10 Sutton 26th Dec 79 J6726 Tenterden Santa Claus 26th Dec 79 J6727 Tenterden Terrier 10 Sutton RSH 26 beyond 26th Dec 79 J6729 TenterdenTerrier 10 Sutton and RSH 26 26th Dec 79 J6730 Tenterden Bank RSH 26 and Terrier 10 Sutton Tenterden to Wittersham Rd 26th Dec 79 J6736 David 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 J6727; Santa Claus looks grumpy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted December 26, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2018 J6727; Santa Claus looks grumpy. Never trust a man with a beard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted December 26, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 26, 2018 Especially men with beards who like the kind of vehicle seen on the left in two of the images above - such as me. Jonathan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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