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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 Preparing 48359, 58085 Tu 14 Rest Day W 15 1.10-7.5 Kettering Trips 43214 Th 16 1.10-9.50 Kettering Trips 44250 F 17 1.10-9.0 Kettering Trips 43797 Sa 18 1.10-9.5 Kettering Trips 43797 Su 19 1.40-2/30 Wboro – Brent 48475 M 20 7/35-3.50 Coal Road Shunt 44583 Tu 21 7/35-3.20 Coal Road Shunt 47636 W 22 7/35-3.30 Coal Road Shunt 47333 Th 23 7/35-3.25 Coal Road Shunt 47333 F 24 7/35-3.30 Coal Road Shunt 47446 Sa 25 7/35-4.35 Coal Road Shunt 47446 Su 26 Off M 27 12.05-8.05 Disposing 48265, 44113, 47982 Tu 28 1.40-9.40 Neilsons X 47642 W 29 5.40-1/15 Wboro – Toton (lodge) 48222 Th 30 11/30-7.30 Toton – Wboro 47977 F 31 7.50-4/10 Neilsons X 47636

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 47264 F 12 10.10-6/10 Neilsons X 47333 Sa 13 10.10-6/10 Neilsons X 47264 Su 14 Off M 15 12.15-9.50 Wboro – Brent 43359 Tu 16 12.15-8.45 LE Derby 45649 W 17 12.15-8.50 Wboro – Derby 48651 Th 18 12.15-8.45 Wboro – Derby 48639 F 19 12.15-8.45 Wboro – Derby 48082 Sa 20 Rest Day Su 21 Off M 22 9/50-7.50 Wboro – Brent 48365, Brent – Kirby 48413 Tu 23 9/50-7.0 Wboro – Brent 48365, Brent – Kirby 48137 W 24 7/50-7.25 Wboro – Brent 48192, Brent – Kirby 48176 Th 25 9/20-6.40 Wboro – Brent 48111, Brent – Kettering 48645 F 26 9/20-7.0 Wigston – Brent 48183, Brent – Toton 48453 Sa 27 9/20 – 5.20 Wboro – Rushden 48654, Wboro – Bedford 48338, LE Bedford 47994 Su 28 Off M 29 6.24-4/10 Wboro – Brent 48617 Tu 30 6.24-2/50 Toton – Brent 48102, Brent – Wboro 48183

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 8/53-4.40 Wboro – Brent 48699, Brent – Corby 48133 Th 14 8/53-5.40 Wboro – Brent 48180, Brent – Corby 48430 F 15 8/53-5.30 Wboro – Brent 48360, Brent – Corby 48357 Sa 16 8/53-5.10 Wboro – Brent 48010, Brent – Toton 48635 Su 17 Off M 18 5.25-1/25 Trips 48265 Tu 19 5.40-1/5 Wboro – Toton (lodge) 48617 W 20 11/30-6.40 Toton – Wboro 48359 Th 21 Rest Day F 22 5.40-12/50 Wboro – Toton (lodge) 48363 Sa 23 11/30-7.40 Toton – Wboro 48380 Su 24 2.15-9.55 Relief 43977 M 25 9/36-9.10 Toton – Bedford 43917 Tu 26 9/36-8.45 Toton – Bedford 44250 W 27 9/36-8.15 Toton – Bedford 44233 Th 28 9/36-8.10 Toton – Bedford 44012 F 29 9/36-9.40 Toton – Bedford 43751 Sa 30 9/30-4.15 Brent – Staveley 48364 Su 31 Off

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 – Brent 48553, Brent – Wboro 48062 Su 13 Off M 14 9/20-7.35 Wboro – Brent 44035 Tu 15 9/26-7.25 Wboro – Brent 47974, Brent – Kirby 48081 W 16 9/20-5.20 Relief 48492 Th 17 9/50-8.50 Wboro – Brent 48475, Brent – Kirby 48100 F 18 9/50-8.20 Wboro – Brent 47994, Brent – Kirby 48413 Sa 19 9/50 – 6.10 Wboro – Brent 47995, Brent – Kirby 48636 Su 20 Off M 21 6.35-3.30 Wboro – St Albans 43847, St Albans – Wboro 43847 Tu 22 Rest Day W 23 7/58-5.30 Wboro – Brent 48644, Brent – Wboro 43856 Th 24 8.40-6/10 Wboro – Brent 48671, Brent – Wboro 47977 F 25 6.24-2/40 Toton – Brent 48638 Sa 26 4.0-1/30 Trips 43896 Su 27 Off M 28 7.30-3/30 Shed Tu 29 7.30-3/30 Shed W 30 7.30-3/30 Shed Th 31 7.30-3/30 Shed

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 F 13 2.50-10.15 Toton – Brent 48606, Brent – Nottingham 44529 Sa 14 2.50-12/50 Brent – Toton 48176 Su 15 Off M 16 9/40-6.55 Wboro – Wigston 48360, Wigston – Wboro 48360 Tu 17 9/40-6.25 Wboro – Wigston 48269, Wigston – Wboro 48269 W 18 9/40-6.55 Wboro – Wigston 48699, Wigston – Wboro 48699 Th 19 9/40-7.50 Wboro – Wigston 48376, Wigston – Wboro 48376 F 20 9/36-6.50 Wboro – Brent 48444, Brent – Wigston 48607 Sa 21 9/40-7.10 Wboro – Wigston 48699, Wigston – Wboro 48699 Su 22 Off M 23 12.56-9.45 Relief Tu 24 12.20-8.50 Wboro – Derby 48376 W 25 12.20-9.0 Kettering Trips 44591 Th 26 12.15-8.40 Wboro – Derby 48376 F 27 12.15-8.40 Wboro – Derby 48671 Sa 28 Rest Day Su 29 Off M 30 9/50-7.5 Wboro – Brent 47994, Brent – Kirby 48227

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 19 8/53-6.25 Wboro – Brent 48181, Brent – Corby 48069 Tu 20 8/53-6.20 Wboro – Brent 48192 W 21 12.0-8.0 Shed Th 22 12.0-8.0 Shed F 23 8/53-7.20 Wboro – Brent 48386, Brent – Corby 48492 Sa 24 8/53-5.35 Wboro – Brent 48699, Brent – Toton 48461 Su 25 Off M 26 6.0-3/0 Wboro – Leicester 40353, Leicester – Kettering 46496 Tu 27 5.45-1/0 Wboro – Toton (lodge) 48461 W 28 11/30-8.5 Toton – Wboro 48638 Th 29 Rest Day F 30 5.50-12/30 Wboro – Toton (lodge) 47979 Sa 31 11/30-7.25 Toton – Wboro 47977

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 9/20-5.20 Relief 44037, 43856, 44052 F 11 BO (assumed to mean Booked Off) Sa 12 8/10-6.0 Wboro – Wigston 48050, Wigston – Wboro 48050 BR 5 Preads 2 Su 13 Off M 14 5.50-1/10 Wboro – Toton 48334, Toton – Wboro 48008 Tu 15 6.24-2/35 Toton – Brent 48303 W 16 6.24-2/40 Toton – Brent 48350 Th 17 6.24-2/40 Toton – Brent 48332 F 18 Rest Day Sa 19 6.24-2/25 Wboro – Brent 48273 Su 20 10.0-6/50 Ballast Sharnbrook 48176 M 21 9/20-5.20 LE Kettering 44278 Tu 22 9/20-5.20 LE Kettering 48133 W 23 9/20-5.20 Relief 48305, 40353, 48117 Th 24 9/50-6.25 Wboro – Brent 48084, Brent – Kirby 48361 F 25 9/50-6.40 Wboro – Brent 47977, Brent – Kirby 48196 Sa 26 9/50-6.15 Wboro – Brent 48617, Brent – Toton 48362 Su 27 Holiday M 28 Holiday Tu 29 Holiday W 30 Holiday

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, Toton – Bedford 44250 Tu 11 9/19-10.5 Wboro – Toton 43861, Toton – Bedford 43852 W 12 10/15-6.15 LE Kettering 42764 Th 13 9/19-9.29 Brent – Toton 48685, Toton – Bedford 44371 F 14 9/27-5.27 Relief 47264, 48659 Sa 15 8/59-4.59 Brent – Stavley 44981 Raunds A 1 BR 1 Su 16 Off M 17 2.30-10.45 Wboro – Brent 48264, Brent – Wboro 48410 Tu 18 2.40-2/35 Derby – Wboro 48645 W 19 Rest Day Th 20 2.50-12/15 Toton – Brent 48112, Brent – Nottingham 42794 F 21 2.50-12/15 Toton – Brent 48461, Brent – Wboro 48541 Sa 22 2.50-10.40 Toton – Brent 48361, Brent – Wboro 48265 BR 4 Wboro Vics 2 Su 23 1.0-8.20 Wboro – Brent 48180, Brent – Toton 48196 M 24 11.40-7/15 Wboro – Yarton 44574 Tu 25 11.40-7/25 Wboro – Yarton 48387, LE Northampton – Wboro 43958 W 26 11.45-8/40 Wboro – Yarton 44600, Northampton – Wboro 48668 Th 27 11.45-7/40 Wboro – Yarton 43856, Yarton – Irthingboro 44600 F 28 11.45-8/15 Wboro – Yarton 44533, Northampton – Wboro 43817 Sa 29 11.45-8/40 Wboro – Yarton 44158, Northampton – Wboro 44249 Su 30 Off M 31 12.55-8.55 Relief 47279, 48340

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 48695, Brent – Wboro 48187 Nomads 4 BR 0 Su 3 Off M 4 6.35-4/10 Wboro – St Albans 44037, St Albans - Wboro 44037 Tu 5 Rest Day W 6 7.58-3/58 Toton – Brent 48196 Th 7 8.25-6/15 Wboro – Brent 47974, Brent-Wboro 48363 F 8 6.24-2/45 Toton – Brent 48075 Sa 9 3.0-11.0 Relief 44085, 48044 BR 4 Higham 5 Su 10 5.25-12/35 Ballast Castle Ashby 43799 M 11 1/45-10/25 Toton – Brent 48367, Brent - Toton 48222 Tu 12 1/45-9/50 LE Bedford 43888, Brent – Toton 48692 W 13 1/45-10/10 Toton – Brent 48638, Brent – Toton 48475 Th 14 1/45-12.2 Toton – Brent 48460 F 15 1/45-10/0 Toton – Brent 48195, Brent – Toton 48196 Sa 16 4/30-12.30 Preparing 48264, 47977, 44526 Higham 2 BR 2 Su 17 Off M 18 5.0-1/0 Preparing 48678, 40353, 48000, 43909 Tu 19 1.40-9.40 Neilsons X 47279 W 20 5.50-1/15 Wboro – Toton (lodge) 48338 Th 21 11/30-8.45 Toton – Wboro 48107 F 22 4.0-1/40 Burton – London 42896, Stockingford – Wboro 42891 Sa 23 Rest Day BR 1 Irchester 5 Su 24 7.15-3/30 London – Leicester 48035 M 25 8/53-6.25 Wboro-Brent 48082, Brent – Corby 48381 Tu 26 8/53-5.35 Wboro – Brent 48371, Brent – Corby 48069 W 27 8/53-6.5 Wboro – Brent 48678, Brent – Coby 48692 Th 28 8/53-8.10 Wboro – Brent 48619, Brent – Corby 48128 Fr 29 8/53-7.15 Wboro – Brent 48111, Brent – Corby 48759

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 48350, Wigston – Wboro 48050 Tu 15 9/40-8.0 Wboro – Wigston 48363, Wigston – Wboro 48363 W 16 9/40-8.45 Wboro – Wigston 48306, Wigston – Wboro 48293 Th 17 9/40-8.55 Wboro – Wigston 48183, Wigston – Wboro 48183 F 18 9/40-9.15 Wboro – Wigston 48418, Wigston – Wboro 48418 Sa 19 Sick Irchester 8 BR 1 Su 20 Off M 21 12.15-8.15 Wboro – Brent 48388 Tu 22 12.15-10.0 Wboro – Brent 48265, Brent – Wboro 48415 W 23 12.15-10.15 Wboro – Brent 48699, Brent – Wboro 48410 Th 2412.55-10.10 Wboro – Stavely 47975 F 25 12.55-1/15 Wboro – Stavely 48387 Sa 26 1.15-9.20 Wboro – Stavely 48619 BR 0 Harrold 1 Su 27 4.55-12/55 Trips 48195 M 28 9/20-5.20 Relief 48699, 48625 Tu 29 9/20-5.20 Relief 44249, 48272 W 30 9/20-5.0 Relief 47279, 48385 Th 31 9/50-8.20 Wboro – Brent 48644, Brent – Wboro 48415 A couple of queries. The first is the layout if the times - which is AM and which PM? The second are entries Monday 21st's - there is no return working from Brent back to Wellingborough. How has he returned? A point of order - I will see if there is anyway to improve the the tabulation!

My grandfather was a life long railway man. He started his working life on the LMS as a knocker upper in Watford in the 1930s. He worked his way up to a passed fireman and at the start of WW2 he was transferred to Wellingborough. He stayed in Wellingborough for the rest of his life, retiring as a driver in the early 1980s. After he died a couple of years ago, I inherited his ASLEF diaries for 1952 & 1953. In these he recorded every single turn that he did over those two years. I have mused for a while about what to do with these for a while. I have decided to put the information in the public domain via the medium of this blog. Whilst on the face of it, they are not immediately about modelling. However I think that they contain the sort of information that modellers will find useful. It is also a record that should be kept and be accessible to be used those interested in such things. A couple of notes about the entries. I have copied them verbatim. Each day is laid out the same - it starts with the day and date. The second column is the turn as he recorded in the diary. The third are times - I assume that these are his booking on and off times. The fourth are the locomotive(s) that he fired on the turn. For most Saturdays in the early part of the 1952 diary are the scores of the Wellingborough shed football team's matches (he very nearly became a professional footballer, having trials for a couple of London clubs but the war intervened - he played football well into his 50s and cricket into his 60s); I have included these as they are part of the "colour". So with out any further ado, January 1952….