On Saturday 3rd October 1964, I went down to Stourton on my push bike to see Flying Scotsman on a special, and was surprised to see a clean Britannia arrive light engine, No 70021 Morning Star. 16.2.66. It looks like the old signal (of Midland Railway origin?) Hunslet Shopping Centre. The load appears to consist entirely of BR-built vehicles: BG, vanfit, vanfit, CCT. I presume that the code "O" was used to designate a station pilot. We ended up doing Feltham in the dark and Old Oak Common and Willesden, though you have to bear in mind that in late October/early November it's dark around 5pm and we still had places to visit! The front end of No 46228 Duchess of Rutland. It then went back to Holbeck and lasted until November 1967. 8F No 48276 is released from what appears to have been a breakdown crane train and backs away on the Down loop. In 1860 Frith began supplying photos to retailers. Refresh & enjoy your personal memories, or find some that family & friends will love as gifts. My final shot of the day was of a Down parcels train, with apologies for the motion blur on the loco, another Type 2, No D7575 which had been allocated to 14B (Cricklewood West). 80057, one of the Riddles 2-6-4 tanks which had displaced the former NBR passenger tanks on the secondary and suburban services. Lack of nameplates doesn't disguise the class's elegant lines. Passing in the opposite direction bound for Waterloo is Ivatt 2-6-2T, No 41298, which had only been allocated to Nine Elms a few weeks earlier. A personal view at Doncaster taken in 1962 by my brother, Adam, with his Brownie 127 when he'd have been 12 and me 14, of A4 No 60021 Wild Swan arriving at the spotters' platform with the 3.26pm Leeds Central-King's Cross, "White Rose". Brand new Brish Type 4s (later Class 47) started arriving around this time and an evening would be a good time to see one, offically allocated to 34G Finsbury Park, being serviced. Fully coalled, it awaits its return working. The first sequence of four pictures was taken with a Brownie 127 when I was 15 years old. In the background is one of the A2s that had been re-allocated, and a cluster of lads with notebooks in hand passing by. Barely visible on the tender are the letters "GWR" which had come to light as the overlying coats of paint perished. A modern warehousing and distribution facility of 300,000 sq ft has been created which is currently on the market. This is the only decent picture I managed, "Jinty" No 47519. 6921Borwick Hall D3242, D3243 (08). Sunderland It was one of Cardiff Canton's that went to Willesden and, for a while, they worked an overnight/early morning fitted freight to Leeds. Photo: Author. and Sign-in or Register. In 1930 a works brass band was formed as the Yorkshire Copperworks Band. but if some spark good memories they are available to buy in a wide range of products, including framed prints, canvas prints and personalised photo gifts including tea towels, mugs, jigsaws, tableware, cushion covers, customised calendars. When we got to Tyne Dock shed, 26 locos were to be seen, dominated by ex-NER freight types, J27 0-6-0 and Q6 0-8-0. Valentine's Day offer - Save 25% off all images, use code: VALAMY25. A modern day City Square from above (Image: Eric Musgrave)2 of 26. This was the North British Railway's largest shed and its allocation when we visited was still substantial with 67 locos to be seen, now a mixture of ex-LNER, ex-LMS and BR types, and as many diesels: 44799, 44930, 44970, 45018, 45058, 45195, 45236, 45286, 4530, 45359, D8071, D8074, D8093, D8096, D8098, D8102-3, D8110, D8112, D8115. 62002 (K1) Return by clicking the "x". In fact all the signals seen here are ex-MR and in the distance, two are still carrying lower-quadrant arms. As school kids I would come here often with my brother, stand the other side of the tracks, and watch as a vertical plume of steam heralded a departure from Leeds Central. After working a non-timetabled train it may have been returning Light Engine to its home shed of Mirfield on the far side of Wakefield. The approach to this shed was by the main line into Glasgow Queen St. (High Level) and D5313, a Birmingham RC&WC Type 2 (later Class 26) came bowling along with a medium length train, so my apologies for the snatch shot. Percy Main A pity that the lens was pretty average, but then, we were only 16 years old at the time. Holbeck viaduct: "We could do this". The Copperworks in Stourton has been a South Leeds landmark since it was built as the Leeds Copperworks in 1894. Photo: Author. Please forgive me for such a melancholy picture but Riddles "Clan" Pacifics were unknown to us Yorkshiremen and two were lying waste here, 72001 Clan Cameron and 72002 Clan Campbell. YORKSHIRE COPPER WORKS, cunningly renamed by someone as Stourton Copper Works, a name that not one of its former employees would recognise. Ten of this Riddles class of 2-6-0s were allocated to the NE Region, some in the Newcastle area but mostly around Scarborough and Hull. Station. A shunter is walking up, pole in hand, to uncouple the loco and release it. Riddles Class 2 2-6-2T 82026 propels stock in Copley Hill carriage sidings in April/May 1963. The main line from Oxford is passing by, a familiar scene today. Thousands of new, high-quality pictures added every day. You can't tell but this was actually an Eastleigh loco. I think it was the school master's idea to go somewhere unusual, and he wasn't kidding for the first stop was the scrap line at Darlington Works, then: West Hartlepool 5th January 1964. So, my apologies up front for the dire nature of these pictures, in the sequence that I took them. A closer view of D5100 in ridiculously dirty condition, with an even muckier ex-LMS Black 5 beyond it, believed to be 45063. See more ideas about stockton on tees, old photos, stockton. We were are the water's edge from which the scale was quite incredible. The code being shown ".P39" is unknown to me, although I suspect a short-distance trip working. Sorry, we can't find any The "Scot" was off Newton Heath in Manchester, which was a former LYR shed, and my guess is that it may have worked a trans-Pennine express. Recently shopped Thompson B1 61030 Nyala stands outside Ardsley shed on a fine autumnal day in September 1964. 19th October 1966. By this time pre-Grouping designs were getting rare and this was the only photograph I managed to take. The two stations, Leeds City and Leeds Central, were just above the top left corner. The day started badly because the Shed Foreman at Nine Elms refused to admit us on the grounds that the permit was for noon and there we were at 8am - the rotter! It was a present from my parents of course, and alas too late for me to catch the A4s for King's Cross had closed to steam the very same month. 81F Oxford Download this free history of the Collection. A sharp eye can just about make out the outline of an A4, Merlin, no less. The separate home arm was for the north, to Bradford and Carlisle. The picture was taken standing on the embankment underneath Copley Hill's coaling stage. 66A Polmadie The gradient steepens here to 1:50 and despite blowing off at the safety valves, you can see the fireman throwing coal on the fire as a plume of unburned coal blasts out of the chimney. A general view in front of the running shed when it was stilll quite busy, showing an 8F, possibly Farnley's No 48080; "Jubilee" No 45562 Alberta; and 9F 92046. Details of prices, sizes and other specifications will also be shown on the next page. 77010 finally moves towards the running shed to be stabled. flexible offerings for business. Old Photos of Stourton, Yorkshire - browse nostalgic, historic local photos online. Behind it can be seen a remnant of what used to be the outer wall of the shed when it had four roundhouses. One of the later "Halls" with a smooth-sided tender allocated to Reading, No 6953 Leighton Hall, coasts by. I wasn't much in the habit of photographic diesel-hauled trains at the time. Behind it is 7925 Westol Hall from Cardiff (88A). 4.9.65. In the distance one of the J50 station pilots is approaching while to the right, lost in porridge, is one of the J6 0-6-0s, No 64203, 64226 or 64277. Stourton hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy Valentine's Day offer - Save 25% off all images, use code: VALAMY25 Stock photos, 360 images, vectors and videos Enterprise Lightboxes Cart Account All images Search for images Filters All Creative Editorial Stourton Stock Photos and Images (1,148) See stourton stock video clips Quick filters: Making use of my A2 Certificate of competency and flying in a built up area.This is Stourton in Leeds, showing some great views of Leeds, Thwaite Mills and w. Four were allocated for use as pilots at Leeds Central and the carriage sidings. The Bradford portion of the "White Rose" follows behind B1 61189 Sir William Gray, alas minus nameplates. Loco works 6963 Throwley Hall It's now completely unrecognisable from what it used to be (Image: David North)4 of 26. The bag that day was: Looking out from in front of the shed buildings across the yard various locos from the list above can be seen, but especially ex-GWR Pannier tanks that were still being used - the shed had only received two diesel shunters, an ex-LMS one (there used to be a pair) and a soon-to-be Class 08. :). The loco was allocated to Stourton where the working may have originated. The site has played host to a number of industrial breakthroughs, as well as royal visits, and at its peak was the workplace of a 5,000 strong workforce. Most of the Down yard remains today, called, (I believe) Hunslet Down Goods or Balm Road Sidings. Jun 28, 2014 - Explore alan hebron's board "Stockton on tees old photos" on Pinterest. The first running shed we were allowed to enter, and several of the classes were quite new to our eyes: Previously on the Malton-Pickering-Scarborough line. I suspect that I may have been standing on the Down main line to take this picture. I wonder if this loco was a stand-by for the iron ore traffic? it has not been shown on our website before as it has not been optimised and therefore may not meet the quality standards we require for use in our normal product range. Stourton's 4F No 44570 is seen passing the shed on the main line between Leeds City and St.Pancras on its way back to base. Derelict land in Hunslet was to be given a two million pound facelift with the development of 36 homes. The shed was still standing although the roof had been removed. It was a subshed of 84H Wellington and I believe that a Pannier tank was normally based there but the place was pretty empty when we visited. This vertical format also conceals the shocking lack of sharpness towards the outer ends; the side edges were better. Find high-quality stock photos that you won't find anywhere else. It was cheap, I was only 12-13 years old and on pretty meagre pocket money. Generations of families have worked at the . Next along the line out of Paddington was Didcot with 24 locos on shed, again nearly all steam and a similar variety, plus some of the smaller ex-GWR 4-6-0s. Click or tap a photo or map to view a larger version. As at Corkerhill, a lot of BR Riddles designs were also here, plus fifteen of the new-fangled (and short-lived) D8500 Claytons. As we entered Guildford shed, USA tank No 30064 was shunting wagons, in a marvellously resurrected Malachite Green livery. 90061, 90082, 90217, 90344, 90479 (WD 2-8-0). The whole train may have still been made up with ex-LMS carriages but by 1964 had been modernised with BR Mk.1 stock and it seems that a van was still being rostered at the head. The poor definition of the lens is evident in this 1961 view of the west end of Copley Hill shed, taken from the adjoining park. Within days I was off to uni where I discovered wine, women and song, but not a railway society (there must surely have been one)? Contact Us These were among the last pictures I took for university, wine, women and song beckoned. Then it was back to a cr*ppy old bellows camera! Here's some of our coach-load passing our first sighting of a SR loco, a Bulleid Q1 0-6-0, so chunky that it can be mistaken for a larger loco. All four ended up at Woking. No pictures, alas, but the allocation was larger, albeit with only two types, ex-NER 0-8-0s and 0-6-0s: 63362, 63386, 63413, 63429, 63459 (Q6) Fortunately, the most serious injury was a broken finger. The Glasgow & South Western Railway built this depot, subsequently part of the LMS, to house suburban passenger tanks and goods locos. This was my favourite, along with Madge Wildfire. The shed used to be two and half miles from where I lived and as a teenager, used to visit on my push bike, despite two quite steep hills - traffic was still quite light in those days! An ex-SR "West Country" class Pacific graces the yard, No 34037 West Ward Ho, a visitor from Salisbury. This was the itinerary, 65C Parkhead For us lads from the North, it added to the magic of the far-distant SR. Q1 No 33012 on the turntable. All these years I have avoided looking at them because it was a dismal grey day, and it was like a graveyard: resembling what we later came to know as Barry. Here's a map showing the location: An extract from the 1966 1" map of south Leeds with Holbeck shed 55A in the top LH corner and Stourton 55B in the lower RH corner. In other words, a great place to watch trains fly by and a bonus after missing out on Nine Elms. 81D Reading Sorry, we have no old photos of Stourton available currently. 3rd April 1964. Generations of families have worked at the site, seeing the transition from Leeds Copperworks into Yorkshire Copperworks, as well as multiple mergers and takeovers since. All these photographs are available to buy as a wide range of products, including Framed Prints in a variety of sizes and styles, Canvas, jigsaws, mugs, tea towels, cushion covers and make great gifts for relatives at Christmas, for birthdays and almost any other occasion. At least the fireman had little to do on this stretch! In autumn 1966, I had started at Manchester University (and not found its railway society) and on 29th October hitch-hiked to London to see friends there, and dropped in on Nine Elms shed where the shedmaster had previously refused us entry because the permit was for that day - but a few hours before the time stated.. The two stations, Leeds City and Leeds Central, were just above the top left corner. jenna miller missing in alaska; kepong metropolitan park bicycle rental; hhsrs online calculator; suny upstate medical university requirements; team maryland hockey roster 2021; the barn quincy, il phone number; i choose you sign hobby lobby; Growing up in Leeds in the 1930s and 1940s These are memories from people who were children in 1930s/40s Hunslet and Stourton. South Leeds Life is regulated by IMPRESS and adheres to its standards code. Unfortunately, I was using a 35mm Zorki which is fine at f11, but poor when opened up in dismal weather, and the film was not processed very well either (at the time I was unable to do it myself) so the results are a bit primitive. From the invention of the Yorkshire fitting and the supply of materials for shipbuilding repairs in World War I, the Copperworks has played a pivotal role in British industry and history. A visitor from Oxford, "modified Hall" No 6974 Bryngwyn Hall, stands in front of the running shed. An unusual feature is the large tender, better associated with 9Fs. I can't say that I enjoy pictures of run-down locos but 45626 Seychelles was another old friend and there's no disguising Stanier's elegant lines. A closer view of another one, No 70044 Earl Haig. Photo: Steve Banks. The building in the background was a three-road maintenance shed used to house diesels. It was quite an exposed location and most of my visits coincided with poor weather, on this occasion, cloudy and misty. Steam was ending but we were young and couldn't really see it; train-spotting was carrying on despite the increasingly sad sights. June 1964. 70C Guildford I had to close with a picture of a working loco and it's a portrait of ex-GWR "Pannier" tank No 3625, also minus its number plates but carrying a snow plough. Years later I discovered that the (excellent) Transacord EP on these workings had on its cover, the very same loco at the same place and so similar that it's hard to tell the two pictures apart! Location [ edit] The area is two miles (3.2 km) to the south-east of Leeds city centre, between Hunslet, the M1 motorway and Cross Green in the LS10 postcode area . The headcode looks like "V47" - see note below. The Copperworks in Stourton has been a South Leeds landmark since it was built as the Leeds Copperworks in 1894. 3-4-64. Secondly, the 15ft WB limit was quite generous. 65K Polmont 92060, 92061, 92062, 92063, 92064, 92066 (9F) Note the woeful light and and mist, and my apologies for the iffy quality grr! Stock Photo ID: 2150473149. Leading is a BR Standard goods brake van (Dia.1/506 with roller bearings), No.B953645. Read and share 70019 Lightning, formerly of Cardiff Canton, now at Carlisle Upperby, stands outside Newton Heath's running shed. Possibly 31257 later. Use them in commercial designs under lifetime, perpetual & worldwide rights. :) 5th January 1964. 68704, 69025 (J72) On the ER only the odd example of 0-6-0 and 0-6-2 station pilots received liveries from previous eras, on the SR I believe that quite a few of this class received this Bulleid livery. 66B Motherwell It was, incidentally a seat reservation train: as always, trains taking people home after a weekend away could be heavily loaded. 6976Graithwaite Hall He's leaning out more than normal to spot the next signals which are just around the corner. In other words, much of this scene is like it used to be, but with modern rolling stock. Another former Caledonian Railway shed, this was quite a small affair for goods traffic with only a handful of locos, but also the entire stud of preserved Scottish engines, among which was one that was not to be saved: Sadly, the Small Ben was never restored and was cut up in 1966. With the sun dodging in and out, just beyond were some lines of assorted locos in steam, including another one of Didcot's allocation, "Modified Hall", No 6969 Wraysbury Hall. When built "Peak" D144 was allocated to Derby on 9th December 1961 but, a week later, transferred to Neville Hill, and can be seen carrying a 55H shed plate on the nose. Copyright S.W.Banks 2020Privacy PolicyTerms & ConditionsDesign by PageUp. A few minutes later the train would crash by Peppercorn A1s, Britannias from Immingham returning the Grimsby train, and A4s on the "White Rose", long before either of us had a camera. 7923 Speke Hall. :). One of my local sheds, Holbeck, used to have three "Britannias" (70044/53/54) until August 1962 when, unknown to me at the time, they were reallocated to Crewe North so it was a surprise to see them there. Every single loco was in foul condition, filthy and rusty, all the nameplates had been removed, and quite a few numberplates, too. 19-10-66. This raises several points because the Leeds-Bristol axis was a heavy carrier of parcels traffic and it would have been tempting to add vans of any kind. It turns out that when built in the early 1950s there were two batches for the SR: - which was sent en bloc to Eastleigh. D2234 (04 Drewry) On a murky Sunday in 1961, A3 60075 St Frusquin of Gateshead was on shed - it had probably worked the southbound "Queen of Scots" - and I set the camera up on a nearby buffer stop and pressed the lever shutter release twice. The book took 12 years for me and Clive to complete and, though I say so myself, Ian Allan have made a beautiful job of it (see full description and sample pages). I always thought that the A1s looked good from this angle, really powerful, and the missing nameplates weren't too obvious - almost like the as-built condition before they were fitted. In 1962 a diesel shed was opened at Holbeck and "Peaks" which had been housed temporarily at Neville Hill were moved across. Until recently Saint Mungo had been based at Copley Hill but with its closure, the stud of Peppercorns was dispersed, losing the nameplates in the process. 90434 (WD) He even developed and printed the film. Note the green livery, before the yellow panels were added, and the empty headcode indicator box. Withdrawn from 66A Polmadie and 64B Haymarket: 46105 Highland Light Infantry, City of Glasgow Regiment. The early ones had a BR2 or BR2A tender for 3,500 gallons of water and 6 tons of coal. The old works have been refurbished with buildings re-roofed and re-clad by Towngate plc. It was the only example of an unhelpful jobsworth that I ever encountered on the railway in the steam era. Finally (yes, there's lots more but this is not the place for all of it! Technical details: First pictures taken with a secondhand bellows camera, then a Brownie 127, various borrowed roll-film cameras and, finally, a Zorki 6 35mm camera. It wasn't the only example I saw in those last years of neglect. Find the perfect stourton leeds stock photo, image, vector, illustration or 360 image. 69003, 69011, 69019 (J72) Not only did the camera have a fixed shutter speed, the aperture was also fixed. Indeed, the prototype of the BR CCT was significantly smaller, almost the same size as the BR horsebox; redesigning it had been a smart move. A classic sight from the '60s as 55B Stourton diesel shunter (later Class 08) No D3454 tows wagon along the Up loop. So when I tried again in 1966 I simply walked in, and got a shock. Send a personal message with a photo to anyone, anywhere. Remnants of the station remain as train tracks can still be seen in the area. Also, that it was specified "4-wheel vehicles with a wheelbase of less than 15 ft must not be conveyed by this train. Area information, map, footpaths, walks and more. After Tyne Dock, next stop was Percy Main (52E) which had had a diesel depot added near the steam shed. Frith photos prompt happy memories of our personal history, so enjoy this trip down memory lane Next is a "Presflo" bulk cement wagon labelled "The Rugby Portland Cement Co. Ltd". Looking the other way, 80143 is managing coal wagons at the coaling stage. The new ushers out the old as Doncaster's Peppercorn A1 60114 W.P. By mid-afternoon the light was beginning to fade and this was my last picture of the day, of J27 No 65855 having its fire cleaned out - you can see a shovel's worth being chucked out of the cab. Free or royalty-free photos and images. 16th February 1966. By a quirk of fate we met up last week in Leeds at a school reunion. The loco was one of four used at Scarborough and Malton being dispersed on closure of those depots to steam and briefly tried here. Stourton, Leeds Connected to: {{::readMoreArticle.title}} From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Clun Castle and crew, preparing to set back into the shed at Gloucester. I was still working there in 1983. J27 No 65835 stands in the wintry sun outside what used to be the roundhouse shed, but was in the early stages of demolition. It's fairly mucky but still has its cast number and name plates. 65D Dawsholm This still exists today as the Yorkshire Imperial Band, or Yorkshire Imps, you may have seen them performing in Middleton Park in recent years. your memories of Stourton itself or of a particular Stourton is a mainly industrial area of the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Ardsley signal box can be seen behind the overbridge and, to the left, the junction for the direct line from Wakefield to Bradford exchange used for the King's Cross portions attached/detached at Wakefield until BR closed the line. Class 40s were taking over their turns (6 were on shed) and the only Pacific power to be seen was a quartet of re-allocated ex-LNER A2s. A general view shows J94 68008 and J72 69006. I don't know what was special about this shed and its workings and why the much larger tender was required. Next to it was D7578 (later Class 25/3 25228), allocated to York. of Stourton. The type was rare where I came from up North, BR's ER and NER regions. Simmering in front of the shed at Gloucester, alas minus its nameplates, is 6815 Frilford Grange from Aberbeeg (86F). 3rd April 1964. Here's the loco crossing the running lines towards the engine shed. If you're hungry for a more detailed view, go to: and you'll find the 25" map for Hunslet in colossal detail. Although resident at Stourton for some time and unlikely to get anywhere near the electrifed lines, it had nonetheless been given the diagonal yellow stripe on the cabside. Holbeck's "Jubilees" were beginning to be withdrawn and this rather sad-looking example I later learned had been withdrawn two months earlier and was awaiting its fate. Steam lasted in the West Riding for another couple of years and I could have seen it during holidays but the Nine Elms encounter with filth and rust had finished it for me. The 8F has been turned onto the Up main line (between Leeds City-Derby-St.Pancras) and is passing under the Balm Road bridge towards Stourton. It's standing outside the old repair shop which became a nominal diesel shed. Brookwood station Register to find out more and create your first album! The headcode "3N12" was for a Midland working which I can identify partly as 3=parcels and N=destination the North Eastern Region. Simply click on the relevant illustration for further details. 81E Didcot The loco had been part of the final batch built in April 1951 and was barely a dozen years old when withdrawn in 1963. To cap it all, it was a dismally dull day. Near Stourton one of the milk tanks derailed, but stayed in the formation for some distance, before causing more of the train to derail. :) Photo: Adam Banks. Don't miss other visitors' Memories and maybe connect with those who have shared their memories - you may even know the names, or learn more about the locality. It's a windy day as Doncaster A1, No 60125 Scottish Union breasts the summit of the climb past Copley Hill shed and begins the descent towards Leeds Central station. April/May 1963. Photo: Steve Banks, Another view of No 45562 Alberta with one of the shed staff clearing out one of the inspection pits. The first picture in the sequence from June shows a green liveried Sulzer Type 2 with the small middle window in the cab, D5227 (later Class 25/1 25077). This was a Carlisle Kingmoor (12A) loco. Four new additions - On Saturday 18th September 1965, an Aberdeen A4, No 60004 William Whitelaw was sent to Neville Hill to work an RCTS special the following day, "The Blyth-Tyne express". You can also have a go at the 'proggy rug'. D8551 parked under the clock by the offices at Polmadie. I'll spare you my results, though, except for this one. Posing in the middle is spanking clean, ex-works A3 No 60048 Doncaster. The light was little better but we had time to see five loco-hauled trains, the first shooting by as we arrived. See the At the former Caledonian Railway shed, the sun greeted us, along with our first ex-LNER "Pacifics" in steam. An extract from the 1966 1" map of south Leeds with Holbeck shed 55A in the top LH corner and Stourton 55B in the lower RH corner. And finally from Eastfield one of the thirty-odd diesels on shed that day, English Electric Type 2 D8098. A final view of No 70021 Morning Star. Another view of D5685 as it backed onto carriages, with the main running lines to the south in the background. 16-3-66. The complex was built by the Midland Railway and was quite large with yards on both sides of the running lines between Leeds City-St. Pancras. 5th January 1964. 5th January 1964. Once the special had passed, the sun came out and it was a pleasure to gaze upon a Riddles "Britannia" in pretty much the original condition with proper handrails on the smoke deflectors.

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