DaveF

According to my notes I made at the time it was a 4 wheel self propelled trolley. It may beBagguley/Drewry 4WDM 425483, built in 1938 which is listed as being at Embsay in the ARPS year book "Steam 74". I don't have a copy for 1972 so that is the best I can do. David

Thank you very much, I've updated the captions. David

I had a much better sleep so I feel more with it today. The photos I sent to one of my cousins, Karen, were well received, she has forwarded them to the rest of her siblings and there have been a lot of comments. Karen and her sisters are going to visit some of their Irish relatives next week so they are taking copies with them, they are a huge family so they hope to identify everyone. Some of the photos I sent were taken at their parents wedding in Dublin with all the relatives attending. I have been asked to send more photos as I scan them. I have also been sent a copy of part of a family tree one of them, Tim, has been working on. I think his is the same as my handwritten one. I shall have a look on Ancestry in a few days, I will have to find some more hours in a day I think. This morning so far has been spent sending them some more photos and answering questions from them about the friend who died and his sister who they also knew a long time ago - who I think I only met once. In a few minutes I am going to have a good look at the photos I scanned mainly to see if I can work out where they were taken. I'm not sure after that, I may just have a walk and then relax. David

Germany this morning. Most of the photos are at Assmannshausen on the Rhine taken in 1990 and 1991. Assmannshausen is on the right (east) bank of the Rhine. There is also one photo in the Harz of the Harzquerbahn near Allerbach in July 1991. Assmannshausen 140 005 northbound freight 2nd Aug 90 C14668 Assmannshausen140 582 northbound freight 2nd Aug 90 C14676 Assmannshausen 140 130 Wiesbaden to Koblenz 2nd Aug 90 C14672 Assmannshausen view north 19th Aug 91 C16518 Assmannshausen Class 140 20th Aug 91 C16529 Assmannshausen 141 145 Koblenz to Wiesbaden 20th Aug 91 C16531 Allerbach 99 7222 Wernigerode to Nordhausen 27th July 91 C15993 (1) David

When I got home this afternoon I had a look in the garden and found a small patch of pigeon feathers so I think the sparrowhawk has been back to try again. There is no dead pigeon in the garden so it has either escaped or been removed by the hawk. I wonder which? Earlier I forgot to mention that I saw a lot of house martins and a few swallows at Rocky Island all busy catching insects. David

Today has continued not going to plan. I had a quick reply from Karen, one of my cousins about Allan, the friend in Canada who died reminding me that of course she knew him, they lived next door to each other when she was young and their fathers were doctors in the same practice. She had lost touch with Allan so will be contacting his daughters to offer condolences and will also contact all seven of her siblings to let them know as she thinks most of them will remember him. She says she knew his sister better - I don't know what happened to her, Allan never mentioned her. I asked if she would like copies of the family photos, she has said yes and will pass them on to the rest of the family, so I have sent some of her Mum and Dad which I have already scanned. It turns out she didn't have copies. She then sent me some information about my Great Uncle Ernest who was killed in WW1 at Passchendaele in 1917. I have found I have some extra information which I will scan and send to her. One of my other cousins, Tim is doing some research and is constructing a family tree on Ancestry so I willl join and have a good look and see if I have any other information. I also want to investigate my mother's family more as there seems to be a Dutch connection. After all that I just went for a short ride to Seaton Sluice and had a walk on Rocky Island before going to do a little bit of non food shopping. This evening I don't intend to do much. 2 photos at Rocky Island today: Looking north Looking slightly west of north, the dark bit on the left is the wall of the harbour entrance. David

Some trains at Hathern on the Midland north of Loughborough. Hathern rear view of down ex pass Aug 72 C1042 Hathern Class 120 Nottingham to Birmingham Aug 72 J3013 HathernClass 20s 8013 & 8196 up limestone Aug 72 J3014 Hathern Class 45 84 up Sheffield to St Pancras Aug 72 J3015 Hathern Class 47 1810 down mgr Aug 72 J3016 Hathern Class 45 81 up Aug 72 J3017 David

About shopping. I do my main shops online using Asda and Morrisons which enables me to get most things I want and like. I strated during lockdown when I was caring for Mum and was told to isolate as much as possible as she was very vulnerable. Afterwards I just continued. The advantage is that I don't (usually) order anything more than I need, i.e. no impulse buys, so it isn't too expensive even with annual delivery charges. It comes in very useful if foir any reason I cannot or do not want to drive. I could visit the shops, in town there are 2 Asdas , big Asda and little Asda (little Asda is about the size of a Lidl), Morisons, Aldi, Lidl, Iceland and also Herons and Farmfoods. The very local smaller shops are Teso Extra and a new Coop at the beach which will open this weekend. Ther are also various corner type shops. In town there is a butcher, baker and a greengrocer. The nearest M&S is in the next town, all of 5 miles away. Deliveries can come from Asda, Morrisons, Tesco, Sainsburys, Iceland and Waitrose - no Ocado though - they don't "do" the far north east of England. I prefer to pay at staffed checkouts but will use self service if I have very simple shopping with only a few items. Otherwise something always seems to go wrong and I have to wait for an assistant. If I need some thing extra I just go any of the local stores, all but one are within a less than 10 minute drive, big Asda takes a couple of minutes longer. Edit. All the local stores have ample free parking, Iceland and Herons are in the town car parks, the rest have their own. The new Coop might be awkward for parking on days when the beach is very busy though the shops at the beach have their own car park. All the parking is of course free, mainly for 72 hours or unlimited time, a couple are only 2 hours. David

Today is not going as planned but it can't be helped. I was awake for 2 hours in the night so didn't hurry this morning. One of my fingers seems to have seized up, just arthritis, it usually does it whe the weather is going to change. It has been geiven a coating of pain relieveing gel which is helping. After breakfast I looked at my e mails and realised I had one from a name which was not very familiar. It turned out to be from a friend's daughter who lives in Austria to let me know that her father who lived in Canada died suddenly a few days ago. He was about 10 years older than me and seems to have had a heart attack. Our families have known each other for at least three generations though when Allan went to Canada to settle and marry there we only kept in touch by mail and later e mail and I've never met his daughters. I've sent a note to one of my cousins as I think she knew him as both his and her fathers were GPs in the same practice. If she does remember him I think she will contact her siblings, if not I will in due course. I expect to scan more photos today, the next batch appear to be things powered by steam and travelling long distances, sometimes at high speed. I think I already have scans of some of them but will do them all just in case. David

Another look at the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway at Embsay with photos from 1972, 1975 and 1984. They are a bit late today as I have just heard that a friend in Canada has died unexpectedly. Embsay Barclay Aug 72 C1059 Embsay Hudswell Clarke Nellie Aug 72 J3028 Embsay Sentinel British Tar Co and Peckett Aug 72 J3030 Embsay Peckett Foleshill and Sentinel Ann and Hudswell Clarke Slugh Estates 5 Mar 75 J4205 Embsay 6th Aug 84 C6596 David

This morning I went to church as usual and ended up being asked to do another couple of small jobs - just making sure some things are in the right place for services. Of course that assumes I both know where they should be and that I can actually find them when they are put away in the wrong place. I had a cup of coffee and remembered to pay for my afternoon tea outing which is one day next week. On the way home afterwards I stopped at the beach and had a walk. The sun was shining brightly but the wind was bitterly cold. Back home I had a look at the remains of the heather and took out a few nearby weeds and a plant which was in the wrong place - a self seeded honesty, then while I cooked lunch I arranged for someone to come and measure the kitchen and living room windows as I am thinking of having new curtains. After lunch I just tidied the greenhouse plants and then cleared bits of heather that had fallen in the pond along with some blanket weed. I spent the rest of the afternoon scanning the old photos. The next two albums will be some of Dad's railway photos, I have digital copies of some but not all of them so will probably do them all to make sure none are missed. There's nothing else today, this evening should be a bit of reading or similar as I feel a bit sore from the gardening. A couple of photos of the usual beach this morning. It could be summer apart from the wind. Just snapshots using my phone. David

Some black and white photos taken around Trent on the Midland for this afternoon. Trent 2P 40458 up pass c1950 JVol7309 Trent 4F 43850 down coal photo taken from train c1951 JVol2262 South ofTrent crossing bridge over River Trent LMS Garratt c1949 JVol1028 Trent Fairburn 4MTT 42184 up pass c1950 JVol7311 Trent Lane Junction East Midlands Gas Board shunter c1950 JVol7335 David

Happy birthday Dave. David

A couple more from the family albums as scanning continues. The steam locos may be at Cambridge, it would have been taken 1948/9. Mum is in the cab of the loco on the left. Jimg355Apr People waiting at a bus stop on Derby Road Nottingham, about 1952. It may be useful for the clothing, also you don't often see people reading newspapers on model railways. Jimg378Apr David

I am now very careful in coffee shops and now almost always just have black coffee in case they have anything almond in the place - having found out that one place I go to sometimes uses almond milk. I have a (so far) fairly mild allergy to nuts, but over the years it has gradually become worse so now I avoid them. David