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National Traction Engine Club Officers President & Technical Services: S. J. Wharton, Southern Down, Minster Lovell, Oxford. Vice-Presidents: J. T. Beeby, Wymeswold Road, Remptsone, Loughborough, Leics. Anthony S. Heal, Baylins Farm, Beaconsfield, Bucks. Chairman: Michael R. Lane, Mill Hill House, Brockley, nr. Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 4AG Vice-Chairman: J. Crawley, Field House, Turvey, Bedford, NK43 8DU. General Secretary: G. F. Beck, 127 Greensted Road, Loughton, Essex, !GIG 3DJ. Treasurer: Mrs. Y. Hanmore, 'Woodcote', Wannock Road, Polegate, East Sussex. Hon. Solicitor: David Tew, M.A., c/o Fowler & Co., Solicitors, 12 High St., Oakham, Leics. LE15 6AW. Editor: Dick Blenkinsop, Hill Cottage, Radford Semele, Leamington Spa, Warks. CV31 1UA. Chairman, Rally Sub-Committee: P. G. G. Barber, 71 Winchendon Road, London, SW6. Public Relations Officers: London, Home Counties & South: Anythony S. Heal, Baylins Farm, Beaconsfield, Bucks. Northern Counties & Scotland: Tony Parker, Foley House, The Grove, Lincoln. Membership Sec.: Mrs. F. E. Wood, 'Windrush', Weston, Huntingdon, Cambs. PE19 4JY. Sales Officer: Alan G. Wilson, 7 Welton Road, Daventry, Northants. NN11 5PP. Insurance Officer: J. S. Hirons, 98 Halley Road, Witney, Oxon. OX8 5HQ.

National Traction Engine Club Membership is open to all, whether engine owners or not, with a genuine interest in the preservation of self-propelled steam road vehicles, portables, etc. The annual subscription is £3 for individuals, £4.50 for family membership. The benefits of membership include advantageous terms for boiler insurance. The club's journal 'Steaming' is sent free to members in December, March, June and September. All articles, photos for consideration should be sent to the Editor. All correspondence re subscriptions, bankers order, delivery (or non-delivery of 'Steaming' or change of address to: MRS. F. E. WOOD, 'WINDRUSH', HAIL WESTON, HUNTINGDON, CAMBS. PE19 4JY. Please enclose SAE when sending subscriptions or when writing to any officer if a reply is required. Next issue: Copy, photos, etc., should be in the Editor's hands by 14th May 1978. earlier if possible.

Acknowledgements I wish to acknowledge the help given in the preparation of this issue by the Leeds and District Traction Engine Club and the Sheffield and District Steam Society. Individual thanks are due to Bill Woodhead, Jack Hampshire, Alan Duke, Joe Thomas, John and David Carr, Sam Breedon, Michael Clark, Fred Wormald and to those acknowledged in the articles themselves. Most of the typing has been carried out by Mrs. A. Leech, to whom we are most grateful. 70

STEAMING THE JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL TRACTION ENGINE CLUB Vol 21 No. 2

MARCH 1978

CONTENTS Page 71 — 75

Introduction to Yorkshire Special Edition and Club Announcements.

Page 76 — 78

Under 21 Section.

Page 79 — 81

South Yorkshire Yarns, by Bro. Grimm.

Page 82 — 88

Lesser Known Steam Road Vehicle Builders of Yorkshire, by D. A. Rayner.

Page 89 — 99

Rolling Round the Riding, by Jack Hampshire.

Page 100-107

Woodhead Brothers, Wortley, Leeds, by D. A. Rayner.

Page 108-110

McLarens to the Rescue, by D. A. Rayner.

Page 111-116

Preserved Engines of Yorkshire, by Michael Clark

Page 117-122

Sentinels of Yorkshire, by J. L. Thomas.

Page 123-126

Letters to the Editor.

Page 127-128

New Members.

Page 129-132

Advertisements.

All items are held copyright by contributor and/or N.E.T.C.

The cover photograph by Derek Rayner was taken specially for this issue and shows Yorkshire Steam Wagon No. 12128 built in 1927.

EDITORIAL The initial work for this Yorkshire Special Edition of Steaming was already in hand before I took over as Editor. Practically the entire magazine has been written and produced by Yorkshire members of the Club and I am delighted to pay tribute to all of them particularly Derek Rayner without whom the Special could not have been attempted. It is his research and enormous fund of knowledge that has made this issue one which I am sure you will all enjoy and to which you will often refer. It has been necessary to leave out Area Notes due to shortage of space. They will return again in the next issue in extended form together with a variety of articles contributed from all over the country. By the time you read this edition the seminars held in Birmingham on 11th March will be past history. Three separate meetings and an evening social occasion in the Midlands is surely a way to disprove that old story that the N.T.E.C. is a southern orientated 'organisation. Your Editor sits securely about one mile from a tree, which until it was cut down recently, was supposed to be the centre of Britain (careful wording here). It is the aim of this club magazine to give equal prominence to all areas where there is a steam vehicle interest and in the June issue we shall be announcing how we propose to get news from all parts of the country. So you can plan your holidays to be present at the A.G.M. this year it is being held on Saturday, 5th August, by the kind permission of Mr. Bill McAlpine at his museum near Henley on Thames.

Introduction to the YORKSHIRE SPECIAL EDITION By R. J. BLENKINSOP One of the perks received by your Editor is the invitation to visit the Area when a Special Edition of Steaming is produced. In the middle of October last year I spent two days with Derek Rayner, the evening of the first day being devoted to giving a slide show to members of the Leeds and District Traction Engine Club. The following day was to be a grand tour of the area around Leeds to meet as many of the engine owners as possible and to see where some of the traction engine manufacturers used to have their premises. The day was abysmal, it poured most of the time, and if it was not raining you could hardly see the other side of the next field. However, tucked up in Derek's Escort we set off for Castleford to meet David Parkin, and saw the Foden Wagon No. 12364 and Fowler Roller No. 16439

jointly owned by Harry and David Parkin, respectively. In their yard also were the parts of a Garrett Wagon owned by Mick Walters. Our next call took us to see the Fearnley family who, although they have a tine workshop, the engines have to stand out in the open. Fowler Tiger Tractor No. 14406, Sentinel No. 1465 and Fowler Roller No. 19353 were in attendance and it is interesting to note that the Fearnley's have been rallying for 22 years! The photograph of Keith Collins' Sentinel S. type No. 9308 was taken in his back garden in the rain and here is restoration in a truly domestic environment. I shall be intrigued to know how it will get back to the road when finished. Ted Ashton met us at his service station just off the A.1, and standing outside was

his Sentinel DG4 No. 8694 with the rain pouring off its roof. Ted is a real innovator ac the wagon has been gas fired, oil fired and even fitted with a mechanical stoker. He also devotes a lot of attention to improving lubrication and has fitted a stainless steel gate. Up at Church Fenton Jack Hardy was waiting to show us the progress being made on Fowler Showman's Road Locomotive No. 15117 'Headway' and again a photograph was taken in the rain — another splendid piece of work and all of us eagerly await its first outing. Jack has, of course, been in steam for many years, rallying his Aveling Tractor, and in the far off days took charge of a set of ploughing engines at the age of 16. We pressed on to see Gerry Procter near Harrogate and the vast collection of steam and commercial vehicles he has with a very impressive workshop to match. In the large shed were Burrell R.L. No. 3395 'Dalesman' and Fowler 'Big Lion' No. 12226. a fine machine tted with wooden block wheels. Also we saw Sentinel No. 7591 ex-Brown Bayley and Ruston & Hornsby Portable No. 17361, together with Fowler

Roller No. 16436 owned by A. R. Windle, Tadcaster and Fowler Tiger Tractor No. 15625 belonging to David Mitchell of Bradford. Lunch time came quickly and we were entertained at Healthwaite Hall the home of Leeds and District Chairman, Mr. Tony Hunt. Here tucked up for the winter in its shed is Burrell S.R.L. No. 3849 'Marshal Foch'. At Harry Denton's yard we looked at Fowler Roller No. 16854 and a nicely restored Aveling No. 2481, belonging to Anthony Myers. It remains a mystery to me how Derek found his way through the back streets of Leeds, but in the end we came to the works of Len and Wilf Cole, whose memories you have been reading in Steaming over the years. Both were in attendance and we had a fascinating time looking at, and hearing all about the White Steam Car Reg. No. K 149 and the Hupmobile which they converted in the 1940's by putting in a Jowett engine and boiler. While in the City of Leeds we saw Thomas Green's Smithfield Iron Works, the Matthew Murray commemorative plaque 73

and the site of McLarens Midland Engine Works. There is, of course, much dereliction as old factories are demolished and new ones built. The Fowler works being one such place and it is difficult to see where once 'Supreme' stood for its famous photograph. After seeing the old works of Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Co. and Manns Patent Steam Cart and Wagon Co., we went to see Derek's own Aveling & Porter Steam Roller No. 8506 'White Rose' complete with living van and flashing light sysiew lu waiii thuse IIIU iUIISLS iu siuw

down. Also here was Barry Wood's Aveling Roller No. 5308 'Withersea', recently fitted with a new firebox and canopy. Perhaps the highlight for me was visiting the grave, at Rothwell, of John Blenkinsop, the inventor of the rack railway used on the Middleton Railway in 1812 and only in the last few months have I learnt that I am directly related to him. We then retired to Derek's house for tea before setting out for an evening visit

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, Saturday, 5th August, 1978. The Secretary wishes to bring to the notice of members the conditions laid down in Article 16 of the Memorandum and Articles of Association. It reads:16. Any member may send to the Secretary, not less than 42 clear days before the date of the Annual General Meeting, any Notice of Motion which he wishes to move at such meeting and the same shall be specified as part of the business of the meeting in the Notice convening the same.

CHUFF The Leeds & District Traction Engine Club's last Social Evening of the 1977-8 session takes place on Tuesday, 18th April, at 19.45 at the New Canning Working Men's Club, Dewsbury Road, Leeds. N.T.E.C. Member Mr. Ray Hooley of Lincoln will be presenting his illustrated talk on Ruston products. A special welcome is extended to any N.T.E.C. Members able to attend. 74

to Sheffield. Our first call was at a garage where Brian Hardy is making a new engine. It was his intention to build a 'Tiger Tractor' from scratch, but after he had made the smoke box, front axle and wheels he came across a good Aveling boiler in a scrap yard. This was too good to miss, so now the new engine will have a certain Aveling connection. It is to be called 'Frustration' as Brian found it impossible to purchase an engine so he is going to make one — and good luck to him. Before speeding off down the M.1 and 'ionic we called in to see John and David Carr with their much travelled Aveling & Porter Roller No. 12467 and Marshall No. 60207 together with Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies Traction Engine. No. 27596. Well, how about that for a day's work and an introduction to a hive of activity in the Yorkshire Area. As I tucked up in bed after midnight the bark of a far off traction engine could be heard or was it the tyres reverberating on the M.1? Many thanks to all our Yorkshire friends.

FOWLER WORKS MEMORIAL FUND Enclosed with this edition of Steaming is an appeal by the Leeds & District Traction Engine Club in respect of a Memorial to be erected on the site of John Fowler's Steam Plough Works in Hunslet, Leeds. This Works is now demolished and c printing factory is being established on the site by the educational suppliers, E. J. Arnold & Son Ltd. All National Traction Engine Club members are asked to contribute to this appeal. Please use the tear off portion of the enclosed descriptive brochure to accompany your donation, which should be sent to the Fund's Treasurer, Mr. M. Clark, 4 Wedgewood Grove, Leeds, LS8 1 EG. Donations may be sent without the slip if necessary. Further details or additional brochures may be obtained from the Fund's Publicity Officer, Mr. D. A. Rayner, 1 Church Street, Woodlesford, Leeds, LS26 8RE., on receipt of an S.A.F. Further details will appear in Steaming in due course.

N.T.E.C. SALES BOOKS Burrell Showman's Road Locomotive - M. R. Lane Digging By Steam - C. Tyler Fairground Steam - A. Beaumont Scale Model Traction Engine Building - L. Mason Steam Traction Engines, Wagons and Rollers - B. Johnson Steam Power in Agriculture - M. Williams Encyclopaedia of American Steam Engines - J. Norbeck A Century of Traction Engines - W. J. Hughes Fairground Organ - E. V. Cockayne Modern Steam Road Wagons Since 1906 - W. Norris Old Farm Tools and Machinery - P. Blanford The Sentinel Vol. I - W. J. Hughes/J. Thomas Steam in the Village - R. A. Whitehead Steam Entertainment - J. Hume/B. Duckham Traction Engines Past and Present - A. Beaumont Traction Engines and Steam Vehicles - A. Beaumont Traction Engines Worth Modelling - W. Hughes Development of the English Traction Engine - R. H. Clark Traction Engine Miscellany - R. H. Clark The Overtype Steam Wagon - M. A. Kelly The Undertype Steam Wagon - M. A. Kelly Rally of Traction Engines - B. Finch Traction Engines in Review - B. Finch Pride of the Road (Hardback) - M. R. Lane Pride of the Road (Softback) - M. R. Lane Farming with Steam - H. Bonnett The Steam Scene Vol. I - R. J. Blenkinsop The Steam Scene Vol. II - R. J. Blenkinsop The Steam Scene Vol. III - R. J. Blenkinsop The Steam Scene Vol. IV - R. J. Blenkinsop 'Steaming Binder'

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Non Members Price includes postage and packing. Members please enclose current Membership Card to claim Post Free price. Cheques and Postal Orders ❑nly, made payable to National Traction Engine Club. Orders to: A. G. Wilson, NTEC, National Sales Officer, 7 Welton Road, Daventry, Northants, NN11 5PP 75

UNDER 21? AND STEAMING? YOUR OWN SECTION OF THE N.T.E.C.

NEEDS A NAME ! There will be a PRIZE for the best suggestion and anyone may enter.

Simply: Write your suggested name for the new Junior Branch on a postcard, together with your name and address, and post it to: Junior Branch Competition, c/o Margaret Joachim, 43 Halfcot Avenue, Pedmore, STOURBRIDGE, West Midlands.

Closing date: MAY 1st 1978. Entries will be judged by the National Committee, and the results will be printed in Steaming in September 1978. PRIZE: A VOUCHER TO SPEND AT THE CLUB SALES STAND. 76

`UNDER 21' SECTION An introduction to the new 'Under 21' section by way of an interview with Margaret Joachim, N.T.E.C. Committee member and originator of the idea for the new section.

Interviewer: What first gave you the idea of a section for young people within the N.T.E.C.? Margaret: Prior to my interest in the traction engine movement I had some contacts with a railway preservation group. People of all ages could take an active part in the running of the railway. Those who were too young to drive or maintain the locomotives, or act as station or signal box personnel, were employed as cleaners of the locomotives, assistants with the station officers and aided in the maintenance of the tracks, etc. Interviewer: When did you introduce your idea to the N.T.E.C.? Margaret: Following the N.T.E.C. '21st Anniversary Road Run' from Nettlebed to Appleford in 1975, a N.T.E.C. Extraordinary General Meeting was held in the Appleford rally field. At that meeting I suggested that junior membership be considered. Interviewer: How long after that did you become involved in the organisation of the 'Junior' section?

Margaret: Before I answer that question I would like to put something straight; this new section is essentially for persons under 21 to them an educational and also social introduction to steam engines, that will act as an apprenticeship prior to becoming members of the N.T.E.C. I would like to point ou that the knowledge gained through this section would give its members the ability to follow on from the present N.T.E.C. members. Mainly for this reason I would from now on like to lean away from the term 'Junior'; whilst we expect to have very young members, it will not be a kindergarten. Now returning to your question, following the 1976 N.T.E.C. AGM at York, where I was elected to the N.T.E.C. Committee, three Committee members were invited to investigate the forming of a new section for young people; these were John Wharton, Sylvia Berth-Jones and myself. Interviewer: At what stage are you in the organisation?

Margaret: We have had a year to think of ideas, discuss them, find out what is feasible and possible, to create a section that is worthwhile. We are now in a position to start creating interest with potential members. Interviewer: What ideas will you be adopting to form the section? Margaret: In simple terms we will be offering the following to an 'Under 21' section member: a quarterly Newsletter, (it was not financially possible to issue Steaming). This Newsletter would comprise various reminiscences of 'men of steam', plus technical information on steam engines, possibly explaining how a part of a steam engine works in each issue, for example valve gear or injectors. Many young persons' interest stems from keeping records, like railway engine numbers cr car registration numbers: the Newsletter would give details of how to keep such records. We will also have space for correspondence and members' news. For the first three issues John, Sylvia and myself will edit the Newsletters, but hopefully this will become the function of one or more of the Under 21' members. Interviewer: Is the Newsletter all you are providing for the 'Under 21' members? Margaret: Good Lord, no! The second thing we will be trying to do is give each member free entry to one steam engine rally a year. The Rally Organisers will be asked when they are applying for N.T.E.C. approval if they would honour 'Under 21' section cards as free entry to their rally, if not, they would be invited to send some complimentary tickets that would be advertised in the Newsletter and distributed on a first come first serve basis. Interviewer: How will your members know what rallies are N.T.E.C. approved? Margaret: They will each be sent a copy of the N.T.E.C. Approved Rallies list. Interviewer: Will you be organising any special events for the new section? Margaret: Well this is very difficult, because the membership may be spread all over the British Isles and possibly beyond. People under 21 are generally less mobile, however events will probably be held at existing rallies, with the cooperation of the Rally Organisers. We 77

would persuade an engine owner to help us, and with his aid we would explain how a traction engine works and how it was developed. Interviewer: You said originally that your idea came from observing the way young people especially, could work within a railway preservation group. How do you forsee 'Under 21's' employed with traction engines? Margaret It is true that for some years owners of traction engines, the last thing they would need is assistance from someone who knows comparatively little about steam. However we will try; if an 'Under 21' member has never had the chance even to get up on an engine, we will make an effort to put him or her in touch with a steam engine ❑ wner in the locality. Obviously we cannot promise anything, but it is certainly possible that a long relationship could be built between the engine owner and the section member. This way a lot of the engine driving experience could be passed on to the next generation, which is one of our main objectives. Interviewer: How are you launching the section? Margaret: In this issue of Steaming there is a competition to give the section a

name. After a name is decided upon, in the following issue of Steaming there will be a second competition to give the new section a motif design. Both of these competitions are open to all members of the N.T.E.C. and to potential members of the new section. The judged winners of both competitions wilt each receive a £5 token to be spent at any N.T.E.C. Sales Stand, to buy books or whatever. Once we have the motif design we can go ahead printing stationery, etc. and also produce a section badges that can later be purchased by 'Under 21' members. The section will be open for 'Under 21' membership in January 1979. Incidentally in each copy of Steaming from now on there will be news of the section, to give N.T.E.C. members the achievements and progress made. Interviewer: What is this going to cost the N.T.E.C. to pay for all this? Margaret: There will be an initial outlay for stocks of stationery and badges, but this should eventually be recouped and the section should be self-finanncing from them on. Interviewer: So the membership fee is going to be quite high? Margaret: No, not at all; £1 per year. Interviewer: I don't believe it!

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SOUTH YORKSHIRE YARNS By BRO. GRIMM Looking down from the wall above the easy chair are two engine nameplates — 'John Bull' and 'Onward', whilst on the sideboard behind is a magnificent 14- in. to 1 ft. showcase model Showman's engine

which, at the flick of a switch, can be motored using the 'dynamo'. These souvenirs are reminders for ex-Showland

Driver Sam Breedon of Sheffield, of his forty years driving steam engines. Jack Wilkinson ('Cyclist') once said of him 'Among the Showland Drivers, I rated him really good' and this was true. From Sam's first beginnings in 1918 he took to Steam and became one of the now fast

diminishing ranks of the real heavy haulage drivers. He served his time at Hadfield's in Sheffield and whilst there, J. E. Whiting's Foster 'Elsie' came in for two new big ends. Sam worked on this job and when the fairground man came to collect his engine,

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he asked Sam if he was prepared to go and work for him at a wage of £3 10s. a week — Driving. Since Sam was only getting 19s. at that time, he jumped at the chance. He drove for Whiting's, first 'Elsie' and then the Foster 'James Walter' which was delivered new by rail to Rotherham Station, until they sold this engine to Dunwell Johnson. He also drove their other Foster 'William Henry' which later became Marshall's after being reclaimed for debt. It i$ now preserved as P. Collins 'The Leader'. In his time on the fairs, Sam drove engines owned by many of the South

Yorkshire Showmen. It is interesting to hear him talk about them. He tells a tale about Enoch Farrar, whose engine and loads were going up Meadow Head in Sheffield, which was all stone setts then. Enoch used to carry a stick and used it to hit the engine's back wheel when it slowed down on the hill, shouting at it "Come on

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— you've done it before, and you'll do it again — Come on". Another of the family would follow in a car and when the time came to change down, they would chock the engine without getting out of the car, coming too close to the engine on some occasions. The boss wondered why the car became so run down and battered in a very short while.

Sam had one or two near misses when driving. One occasion was at Crookes, Sheffield, when he was taking Teddy Mor!ey's Foster and loads down a h"1 . The engine was on strakes and slipped on a manhole cover and got away. There was a big, heavy, three-abreast set of Gallopers on the back and Sam's experience told him what he must NOT do was to pull back the regulator. Eventually, he was able to bring it back under control and stopped — fortunately just before a 1 in 8 hill which

had a reservoir at the bottom — thus thankfully averting a disaster. An amusing incident happened on a journey from Whitwell to Hucknall (Notts) when descending a hill. Against his (later) better judgement, Sam stopped to change down before the hill, and halfway down the loads jack-knifed. Showmen never had good trailer brakes. The loads were Whale

cars and the upset resulted in one of the cars sliding off its truck, through the hedge and rolling into a field in which there was a bull. The bull resented this intrusion and stood there for a long period, 'face to face' with the Whale, awaiting a further charge. In order to retrieve the car, they had to get the farmer to remove the bull before winching the stranded Whale back onto the truck to enable them to continue their journey.

On another occasion, Sam was driving past the Fish Market by the Midland Station in Sheffield one cold morning about 7 a.m. on the stone setts. The engine was on strakes and it was greasy, as the heads and entrails of the fish were removed by

horse and open truck, and neither the fishmongers nor the horses were too particular about all the load staying in the cart. They had one or two frost spikes in the wheels and as they were passing a Cafe, they broke a sett and a piece flew up and smashed a window in the place. As luck would have it, a youth ran past at that moment, somewhat late for work and the proprietor came out, saw him running and gave chase. The culprit — Sam — from his lofty perch, saw what was happening and continued on his way, saying nothing.

What happened to the youth if he was ever caught, he doesn't know.

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Brushes with the law were common in those days of hard work and little sleep. Smoke was a problem and they could tell when a policeman was going to be 'difficult'. Sam fired up before Woodhouse Hill one day, when he was stopped. He ex-

plained that he had to put spine wai un the fire to enable the engine to climb the hill, but the law just did not want to understand. Knowing he was going to be apprehended, Sam decided he would make it worthwhile since he could only be booked once, so he put more coal on and covered the surrounding area with a very dense smoke screen. Another time, he was travelling through Renishaw with a number of trucks and

blew the whistle to communicate with his brakemen. When taken to court for disturbing the peace, he explained to the Magistrate the circumstances necessitating communication with his assistants — One blast: brakes on; Two blasts: brakes off. He was lucky that day, as the Magistrate dismissed the case! Other difficulties in those days were the local bye-laws which required a 2s. 6d. licence to be obtained from Sheffield Town Hall to allow an engine and loads access into the City and then only before 9 in the morning, after 4 in the afternoon, and not in the centre of the town at all. One wonders how they moved

anywhere at times, such was the almost crippling legislation. Breakdowns happened occasionally, some serious, others not so. Sam took Proctor's Dragons to a special Easter show in a Leeds Park and he was in charge of the engine which was driving the ride. The heavy cars started to slip, due to the weather, and he got down to sand the track. Whilst off the engine, the governor belt (a new one) broke and the engine — it was on load — took off on her own accord. Sam leapt onto the belly tank and managed to pull the regulator shut from this position to save any serious damage. This engine — 'Clinton', was sold to Pullen's later, along with 'Admiral Beatty' (both Foster's) when they bought the Dragons. This ride met with an un-

timely end in a fire at Ecclesfield, when it was completely destroyed. It was replaced by a brand new Noah's Ark ride.

Foster Showmans Road Locomotive, No. 14405, 'William Henry', Reg. No. WA 5519, owned by J. E. Whiting, Sheffield. Later became Foster, No. 14446, Reg. No. DH 4593 and renamed 'The Leader' when sold to Pat Collins of Bloxwich. Sheffield Fairground with. Photo: S. Breedon driver Sam Breedon in foreground. 1923. After several years of working with local Showmen, including John Proctor, Charles Holland and Harry Hall, Sam went to the other side of the Pennines to S. Ingham's of Hyde, Cheshire. He finished his Showland career driving their Fowler No. 19989 'Onward' from new in 1933 for some four years. He was on this engine one night at the Town Moor Fair, Newcastle, when the top joint went in the cylinder block. He tried to stop the engine by shutting the regulator, but couldn't. Next he tried the reverser with no effect, and finally had to throw the fire out to stop her. That resulted in the loss of the rest of that night's working, much to the annoyance of the owner. Journeys he did in those days were such runs as Liverpool to Newcastle, and also Liverpool to Abergavenny with a set of Whales, returning with a Dodgem ride. 'Onward' was the first engine to go through

the Mersey Tunnel and she eventually went to Pickfords, being scrapped in 1951. Other hard runs which Sam had during his years on the fairs were from Nottingham Goose Fair to Hull Fair when, after assisting in the Saturday night pull down, the engine would be driven hard on the Sunday over the 80 or so miles and help would be given in the build up at Hull ready for the opening on the Monday morning. Often on these runs when they took water, both driver and steersman could be seen bathing their eyes — in an attempt to keep awake. In his many years in Showmen's employ, Sam drove no less than 25 Showman's engines including 8 Fowler's, 10 Burrell's, and 7 Foster's. The last Showland engine which he drove was, fittingly enough, 'Supreme', which coincidentally he remembers passing through Sheffield on her way tc Wales on her delivery run. Sam relates how young Deakin was with the Fowler's 81

test driver who was persuaded to let the young man drive the engine. Leaving Sheffield he took her up Meadow Head in low gear, too fast and seized an eccentric. A new part had to be obtained from Leeds before the journey could continue. Sam was invited by Jack Wharton to drive the engine when it was brought to the Leeds Club's Harewood Rally in 1970. Sam was asked how, when he was driving

Fowler engines like that in days gone by, how he knew where the water level was when the third shaft was in front of the gauge glass. His reply — typically Sam Breedon — 'the pokes a dipstick down't chimney' raised quite a laugh, symbolic of Sam's Yorkshire dry humour from someone who has seen so much water go under the bridge, and indeed, — up the lifter pipe.

LESSER KNOWN STEAM ROAD VEHICLE BUILDERS OF YORKSHIRE By D. A. Rayner, C.Eng. M.I.Mech.E. Most readers of this Journal, if the City of Leeds is mentioned, will think of John Fowler as THE manufacturer of Traction Engines. Makers of similar importance but perhaps not as commonplace were the other members of the Leeds Big Five. namely, J. & H. McLaren, T. Green & Sons, Mann's Patent Steam Cart & Wagon Co. and Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Co.. representatives from each of which builder can be seen on the British Rally Fields today. It is appropriate therefore, that Leeds' own Club Rally at Harewood House is the only Rally in the country where one engine from each of this Big Five have appeared

together as many times as they did consecutively in the three years 1970-72. The purpose of this article is to illustrate the part which other people and firms in Yorkshire have played in the development of steam power on the roads and to give some indication of how many other road steam constructors there were within the White Rose County. The stages of development fall broadly into three time bands. Initial Developments, 1788-1830 The first recorded contribution from Yorkshire to our hobby was as early as 1788, when what was possibly the first steam

Carrett & Marshall's 1861 'car' made at the Sun Foundry, Leeds for George Salt

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powered vehicle to run in the north of the country was made by Robert Fourness of Elland, Halifax, in association with James Ashworth. Little is known about the actual machine, but it would appear to have had four wheels, being driven by the larger, rear ones. The pot type boiler at the back was fired from the rear and supplied steam to the three cylinder single acting vertical engine mounted amidships. The steersman was positioned at the front and operated the tiller steering gear. It is not known how successful this tractor was but since Fourness later worked at Otley and then at Gainsborough, Lincs, it is possible that he steamed through Yorkshire even before the first days of steam on the Middleton Railway, Leeds, in 1812. Fourness died young and never achieved the fame which was undoubtedly due to him. In 1829, Mr. Isaac Brown of East Morton, Bingley, built a steam mechanical horse type of tractor unit which drew six persons on a public road. In the following year, 1830, some activity centered around Leeds when the Leeds Steam Carriage Co. was formed and parts were ordered to build a Steam Carriage. This was at the time when Hancock and Gurney were building and operating their steam omnibuses in London, and although a good deal is known of the detail involved in the preparations for this vehicle to be built, it is not confirmed that it ever ran. It is recorded that two 5 horse power rotatory engines were ordered from Messrs. Boyd, Rider & Co.. Belfast Foundery (sic), Northern Ireland, by Mr. George Scholefield, on behalf of the Company and prices were obtained from local firms for building the coachwork in Leeds. The engines were delivered by the Union Co., via the Leeds & Liverpool Canal and were invoiced by Boyd Rider on the 21st June 1830, at £26 each. They were safely received and the £52 was receipted. It was stated that it had been announced that the service was to start on 8th July 1830, but despite searches in contemporary papers, it has not been established whether the service ever commenced, either successfully or not. Second Stage, 1849-79 A period of inactivity followed until 1849 when an early traction engine to the design of Mr. Robert Willis was produced by Messrs. E. B. Wilson & Co. Railway Foundry, Leeds, for Ransomes & May, Ipswich. This was known as the "Farmers Engine" and had an undermounted engine, was self moving and could also drive a

threshing machine. In many respects, similarities could be seen between this between this engine and Railway Locomotives of the same period, but since Wilson's main business was in this field, this is not surprising. This novel engine drew a tender, weighed only 2+ tons and did some useful work on test in the East Anglian area. A further agricultural application followed when Crosskills, an engineering firm in Beverley, E. Yorkshire, co-operated with Mr. Robert Romaine, a Canadian, in the development of his design of a steam powered digger. This engine was known as the Romaine-Crosskill digger and a pair were built in 1857. They worked on the principle of a rotating cylinder at the rear of the engine, into which were set tines or claws. A Romaine's digger was exhibited at the Royal Agricultural Society of England's Show in 1861, held in Leeds, bgt this was built by Brown & May, Devizes. John Fowler, meanwhile, had been developing his system of ploughing by steam which was first undertaken by portable engines and windlasses. He used engines by Clayton & Shuttleworth, Lincoln, and Ransomes & Simms, Ipswich initially, but soon required engines of his own design to be built. These he ordered from the Leeds firm of Kitson, Thompson & Hewitson, Airedale Foundry, who were railway locomotive builders and they were produced in 1860. This was before Fowler set up on his own, with works next door to Kitson's, on the corner of Hunslet Road and Leathley Road. A three wheeled steam carriage was built by Carrett & Marshall, Sun Foundry, Leeds, in 1861 to the design of Mr. W. 0. Carrett. This could carry up to 10 passengers and weighed 5 tons. It had a small loco type boiler, gear drive, cylinders 6in. x 8in., 100 sq.ft. of heating surface and 4ft, dia. driving wheels. The customer who ordered the carriage was one of Salt's, the mill owners after whom Saltaire near Bradford was named, Some references give Sir Titus Salt, others, George Salt. It was exhibited at the R.A.S.E. show at Leeds in 1861 and at the International Exhibition at London in the following year. Also in 1861, Richard Crompton, later to found the famous electrical firm, built a steam carriage on the family estate at Azerley, near Ripon. The boiler for this carriage was made in Leeds, although by which firm, is not known. It ran on trial in North Yorkshire and was later shipped to India where it was improved and named "Blue Belle", in which guise it ran very well. 83

A traction engine was made in Leeds in 1865 by Joseph Whitham & Sons, Perseverance Works, Kirkstall Road, to the design of Mr. Joseph Barran. This was a duplex cylindered machine and used partly superheated steam. It was totally gear driven and had ingenious split rear wheels, the outer portions of which were eccentrically mounted and a suitable worm and wheel mechanism allowed these outer wheels to be raised clear of the ground. The engine was then free to be towed, as the inner wheels at the rear, which were free to rotate on the axle, were then only in contact with the ground. Also in 1865, a 21 ton Steam Car was built by T. Cook (e) & Sons, having cylindders 5in. x 6in. It is said that this firm built three cars in total, one having an engine by Shand Mason. It is believed that they were located in York. Another railway locomotive manufacturer who received an order for a road engine was Manning Wardle & Co., Boyne Engine Works, Leeds, who, in 1865 constructed a Road Roller on the M. Ballaison principle to the order of another Frenchman, M. Gellerat. This was a 15 ton machine, which together with other larger rollers of similar design built elsewhere, formed a fleet which M. Gellerat hired out to the Director of Municipal Services in Paris and which were used to improve the roads in the French Capital. It was a tandem roller and had its duplex cylindered engine mounted above the boiler in the conventional manner but with the fly wheel at the front. An inclined shaft drove, via bevel gears, to a layshaft beneath the boiler which drove two further shafts by gears from which the final transmission to the rollers was by chain. All four axle bearings were externally spring mounted and these ,together with a Manning Wardle standard chimney, gave the roller a railway locomotive appearance. The next year, 1866, Mr. H. P. Holt built a three wheeled steam car at Headingley, Leeds. This had two 3in. x 6in. cylinders, a Field type boiler mounted at the rear which was pressed to 250 psi and a heating surface of 50 sq.ft. It carried 6-8 passengers and was capable of running at 15-20 mph. This car was sold to a Mr. Rhodes in 1867, which gentleman had built a car of his own in 1863, but it is not known where. Another light steam vehicle was constructed in York in 1869 by Cately & Ayres. It was shown at the Yorkshire Agricultural Society meeting in 1871 and was a three 84

wheeler with elliptical springing, front and rear. It had a 150 psi vertical boiler, two 2f,in. by cylinders, weighed 19 cwt. and carried 20 gallons of water plus 2 cwt. coke. Thomas Green & Son Ltd., Smithfield Ironworks, Leeds started building Steam Rollers in 1874 and J. & H. McLaren founded their business at the Midland Engine Works, Leeds in 1876, making their first Traction Engine in the following year. A firm who had been closely associated with Steam Plouahina since the mid 1850's, Fisken Brothers, built at least one undertype traction engine at their Balm Road Works, Leeds, in 1878. This was to the design of Mr. Willisher of London and had a single cylinder mounted below the boiler barrel at the front, the crankshaft being in line with the stub axles on which the driving wheels were carried at the rear. Drive was by gearing to a layshaft and then to a toothed annulus on the rear wheels. One of these unusual engines survived in roller form in the Melton area until 1914. In the following year, 1879, a traction engine was made by a firm called Jackson, in Leeds. This may have been William Jackson & Co., Crown Point Road, but no further details are available. Also, from about 1879, a steam ploughing firm in Ripon who had spare capacity in their maintenance workshop built several traction engines. This was the Durham & North Yorkshire Steam Cultivating Company who were located at the North Bridge Works. They exhibited an engine at the Derby R.A.S.E. in 1881 and also one at Shrewsbury Show in 1884. At least one of their engines was a successful four wheel drive engine which was a type not built by many firms. This interesting engine was used in and around Ripon on both haulage and threshing for a number of years. Final Phase, 1892 onwards A few years elapsed before any more firms came on the scene. The inception of Mann & Charlesworth at the Canning Street Works, Leeds, in 1892, heralded the boom in steam goods vehicles and the birth of the heavy truck as we know it today. This firm were only in business for some eight years during which time they produced conventional steam tractors, traction engines and rollers as well as their steam cart. In 1900 they became Mann's Patent Steam Cart & Wagon Co. Ltd and moved their works to larger premises in Pepper Road. In 1899 a Bradford firm produced a goods vehicle. This was Verily's of East Street.

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At a similar time, Alfred ❑ougill & Co. Ltd. of Great George Street, Leeds, were marketing a Hagen Steam Wagon. Although nothing further is known about this, the firm may have been agents for a German company of the same name, who were producing commercial vehicles about the same time. In 1900, a steam Inrry was produced by the English Steam Waggon Co., Hebden Bridge; whilst in the same year the British Power Traction & Lighting Co. Ltd. of Hull, made Gardner-Serpolet steam cars under licence and also steam tractor(s) called either Carmont and/or Latham. The Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Co. Ltd. was formed in 1901 as a result of a difference of opinion between J. H. Mann (of Mann's Patent S.C. & W. Co.) and his brother G. H. Mann who patented the now famous transverse boiler which is the hallmark of Yorkshire Wagons. A York firm, Sheppee Motor & Engineering Co. Ltd., who are still in business today under the name of Sheppee Engineering Ltd. and produce glass making machin-

ery, started in 1905 by making liquid fuel fired steam wagons which were very economical and utilised flash boilers and a great degree of superheat. Some were fitted with Charabanc bodies and were used on trips by Whitby in North Yorkshire. G. H. Mann, referred to earlier as the patentee of the Yorkshire boiler, had his own premises at Spencer Place, Leeds and produced a wagon to his own design with a vertical boiler in 1907/8. This he built in his own workshop although Yorkshire's made the chassis and another firm made the boiler. It was a specially designed boiler to burn creosote and the wagon was fitted with an open omnibus body and was used very successfully on trips around Wharfedale where the running costs for a 40 mile run were as little as 11d. per mile. Leaving the Edwardian era, we find another manufacturer at Mirfield, this being John Rae of the Mirfield Motor Works. He built a few wagons in 1910-11, using his own design of vertical water tube boiler. He was at one time a Belhaven employee and may have been instrumental in the sale of

a relatively large number of the non too plentiful Belhaven wagons to the Huddersfield district. A further 'by-product' of Mann's was a steam farm tractor (Steaming Vol. 19, No. 3) which was designed by Mr. J. T. Ridealgh, one time Works Manager at Mann's. It was produced in Keighley by Summerscales Ltd. in 1917 as a result of necessity, arising from World War 1 and the requirement of increased food production although it probably came too late to be of use in this respect. After the War, Mr. Ridealgh went into business on his own accord at Broom Street, Bradford and, using the boiler and engine from a Summerscales tractor, he produced a unique steam wagon (see also Steaming Vol. 19, No. 3). Another wagon reported to have been made in Yorkshire was a Roberts which was said to have originated in Huddersfield. No date of its manufacture has been established, but it was used for several years by Allen Knight, the boiler firm at Huddersfield. It had underslung twin horizontal compound engines with definite marine features, but its actual origins remain unknown. A further name to be recorded is the Yorkshire Commercial Motor Co. Ltd., which was merely a change of name of the Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Co. for a short while in the early 1920's. The firm later reverted to their original title and retained this until November 1960, despite not having produced a steam vehicle since 1937. They are now known as Yorkshire Vehicles Ltd. and produce specialist truck bodies. In the mid 1930's, not far from Rotherham, at Whiston, Thomas A. Hill, later to found a business dealing with Sentinel Steam Waggons during the Second World War became interested in developments taking place in the flash boilered field. He was friendly with many Sentinel personnel who developed a Wagon at Shrewsbury along with American Steam Engineer, Abner Doble, which became renowned for its efficiency and speed. Thomas Hill also built, in 1936-7, a two ton lorry and a steam car on very similar principles and later, in the early 1950's his firm built a 4 wheel Sentinel type steam dump truck from spares available from Sentinel's Argentine contract of 100 waggons.

In 1974, Mr. E. W. Kendrew of Carltonin-Cleveland, exhibited his 1971-2 built E.W.K. steam car at the Harewood House T.E. Rally and won the 'Millers Oil's Steam Car Competition'. In conclusion, the story would not be complete without a mention of a 1978 builder, Mr. B. Hardy of Sheffield, who, having acquired a spare Aveling boiler and a cylinder block, is making the remainder of the engine himself. It will be turned out as a 'Fowler Tiger Showman's Engine'. The full total of Yorkshire builders other than the Leeds Big Five mentioned at the beginning of the article but including the short lived changes of name and two possibles, is 35 of which 13 were based in Leeds. A total of 18 steam road vehicle manufacturers in one City must surely make Leeds one of the foremost locations in this country, if not in the world, for this type of product and these, coupled with the Railway Loco Builders not hitherto mentioned, such as Murray, Fenton & Wood; Kitson & Co.; Hunslet Engine Co.; Hudswell Clarke and their derivatives, together with the many steam crane, stationary engine and portable engine manufacturers, must mean that more steam engines have been built in Leeds than in any other City elsewhere. Yorkshire therefore can be summed up in the terminology associated with that sport for which the County is so famous -190 not out — a remarkable achievement. The Author acknowledges with thanks, the kind permission of Mr. R. H. Clark to use material from his noble books: The Development of the English Traction Engine; The Development of the English Steam Wagon and Traction Engine Miscellany. Also to Mr. R. W. Kidner for the material from the still available Oakwood Press publication 'The First 100 Steam Vehicles', and to the Leeds & District T.E. Club for material from 'Leeds Steam' and their journal 'Steam' Other references have included 'The World's Commercial Vehicles 1830-1964' — G. N. Georgano; Directories and Contemporary Newspapers, courtesy of City of Leeds Public Libraries.

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ROLLING ROUND THE RIDING Yorkshire's Jack Hampshire talking to Derek Rayner about his comtemporaries in and around the West Riding's Heavy Woollen District. (With additional notes by J. A. Smith and A. Duke.) The rolling all stemmed from threshing — one in the summer, the other in the winter — that's how convertibles came about, so one engine could be used for both jobs. It developed further when the weight limit — licensing by tonnage — came in. They laid away all the haulage engines and people diversified into Steam Rolling and in the slump years, money was found for the roads and employment was created. Folk made a living out of it and in the Rolling Trade there were never many bankruptcies. They were careful, thrifty living people; the Contractors never made much money but it was a living and nobody starved but everybody grumbled. Hamp-

shire Brothers were possibly one of the first firms in this area, the firm being started by my Great Grandfather in 1862. They came to Ravensthorpe in about 1891 and from what I can remember, in our yard here, so far as Steam Rollers were concerned, the most number of chimneys would have been eight or nine over the years, plus maybe three traction engines. One of the earliest engines we had was a McLaren convertible called 'Harvester' (No. 284, built 1886, Reg. No. HD 1577). That, of course, could be either a roller or a traction engine and could work both in winter and summer. Then there was 'Sampson' an 8 h.p. s.c. Fowler Traction

• " The Road Mending Gang c.1910. McLaren convertible 'Harvester' (No. 284/ 1886/HD 1577) in the Heavy Woollen District about 1910. Tom Hampshire is the young man by the Photo: Hampshire Bros. rear roll. 89

Engine (No. 6850/1894/HD 1491) which we had for boiler shifting and that was laid up when the weight regulations came into being. I can't remember seeing it with steam up but I suppose I would have done when I was in the pram. I can just remember our firm threshing before the Second World War and of course, there was a lot of threshing done during the course of this War. My Dad died in 1954 and 1 suppose we got rid of one of the last Aveling Rollers called 'Withernsea' in about 1956/7 This was a big 12 ton Compound Roller and she went to the Yorkshire Hennibique Co. Ltd., Leeds, who wanted her for a job at Elland. There are still five of our engines left. The one I mentioned, 'Withernsea' (No. 5308/1903/HD 1573), now belongs to Barry Wuud al Leeds; "Little Wonder', another Aveling & Porter (No. 6544/1908/ HD 1572) is over in Lancashire; 'Rambler'. a 6 hp McLaren Traction Engine (Nn. 616/ 1898/HD 1493) that used to thresh at the top of Leeds Cutting, going out of Dewsbury — that was sold to Walter Fitter of Warrington and now belongs to Mr. Atherton of Widnes. Then there is an Aveling & Porter 8 ton compound roller (No. 7586/ 1912/ WR 9359) which we bought from Mr. Sykes's sale at Netherton, Huddersfield and that's owned by Mr. Eaton of Northampton now. Also, there is a West Riding Roller (No. 39) which is a Fowler single (No. 17022/1928/WW 4017) which we bought from the West Riding County Council and sold to a man named Mitchell at Ossett. He sold it to Mr. Blackett up in Co. Durham and it was standing in Jack Wakefield's yard at Hetton-lo-Role, when I last saw it. Fowler No. 38, we bought at the same time from the W.R.C.C. and it's recently been sold to Mr. Brian Dunford at Flockton (No. 16485/1925/ WU 2071). That's the five, which is not bad, but it wouldn't compete with the number of Isaac Ball's engines that are left. You could hold a rally with his engines alone and have a right good turn up. One of our Rollers, an Aveling called 'Princess Mary', an eight ton S.C.P.V. (No. 10284/1922/HD 1747) was the last one we bought brand new but we didn't like it as it was a poor steamer and prone to priming. We sold it to the Lancashire Steam Rolling Company. It seemed the best place for it — near Manchester — as it always rains there and the bit extra from Princess Mary's chimney wouldn't have been noticed! I reckon we must have cut some four rollers up in our yard. 'Busybody', an 90

Aveling Compound No. 4800/1900/HD 1574) was one; the big 14 ton Compound convertible that we got from the North Riding County Council was another. This was Aveling (No. 5908/1906/HD 4440). 'Samson', the boiler shifting engine was cut up when Granddad died, on his request and 'Harvester', the McLaren convertible was cut up because it was so old it wouldn't wear out. That's what used to happen — they said the firebox was as good as gold when the burner went into it — it was Low Moor Iron and that's good stuff. The tank bottom had gone, but about four inches of concrete had been put in at some time in the past — I can just see it now! It wouldn't have been a big job to weld a patch on the bottom, but they'd filled it up with concrete. That engine would he fifty-three years old when we got rid of it and that's some age for a working engine. One unusual roller we had was a Robey Tandem, which we got from Trinadad Lake Ashalt, in 19bb. I his was No. 42071/1924/FE 6521. We sold it to Peter Devine, a Builder at Ossett and it was subsequently cut up. SMALL CONTRACTORS There were other firms on the go at the time when we started here at Ravensthorpe but they were some way away and were not necessarily in the names they finished up with. For example: Mr. Sykes at Netherton was previously another name altogether, which I can't remember and then it became Charles William Sykes. Willy Dickinson who farmed at Flockton, used to be Dickinson & Train (Threshing Contractors). Dickinson's originated at Emley and started in the rolling business locally. They then went down to Doncaster as J. Dickinson (Emley) Ltd., as Jimmy Dickinson, one of Willy's brothers, took over the business. Doncaster was a developing town and there was plenty of business to be had. At one time we were linked with them in a threshing business in North lincs. Dickinson's had a lot of rollers over the years, some two thirds of them being Avelings and the other third made up of other makes, even going to a Tasker tractor which had been made up into a Roller called 'Nellie'. The last steam roller they had was a Burrell called 'Charlie' (No. 4070/ 1927/WW 2181). This was worked until quite late on, one of its last jobs being on the construction of the Al (M) near Doncaster. They have recently become part of another firm, Hughes Plant Hire, at Doncaster.

'Busybody' — Aveling & Porter No. 4800/1900/HD 1574 on hire to local council in the early 1900's Driver Willie Lockwood on left and one of original Hampshire Brothers next Photo: Hampshire Bros. to him. Mr. J. W. Stafford at Clayton West, he drove a roller and he was one of the first in that village to be crippled, as he lost a leg in the First World War. As a result of this, they raised a public subscription which allowed him to buy his own Steam Roller and that started him in business. He had an artificial leg made, but found he could climb up onto the roller better without it, using his crutches —in fact, better than I sometimes can when there's a bit of mud on the wheels. One of his rollers is still in existence, a Fowler S.C. (No. 15942/1924/WY 8058) named 'Ralph' and has appeared at the Lincolnshire Rallies in the past. He never liked rollers with differentials, didn't Mr. Stafford, such as Fowlers for example, as they were very fragile made and you could get a lot of backlash in the gears if they became worn. He moved away to Hatfield, below Doncaster and he did most of his rolling before and after that in the East Riding. He still did a bit of work in our area, but most of it was out East. One day, near Driffield, I stopped to watch a single cylinder Aveling & Porter doing a job

and I got talking to the driver. He turned out to be Bill Rides, who now helps John Conner at Bridlington and he was working for the East Riding County Council at the time. Our firm used to work in the East Riding when times were bad and we naturally got talking and swapped several tales. Another firm not too far away was David Wood's at Yeadon, near Leeds. One of their rollers did a job at L. B. Holliday's Chemical Works, near Huddersfield and it was there for a long time afterwards, but they mainly worked in the North Riding on tar spraying and were almost strangers around Dewsbury. Mitchell's of Halifax, who are still in existence, had a nice fleet of well looked after Aveling Rollers. They had two Depots with Sheds, one at King Cross, Halifax and one at Queensbury. We always thought of them as a bit of a cut above the rest of the firms — having sheds to keep their rollers in when they came off a job and, of course, all the comforts which went with them for the men. Some of the country they worked in was very hilly, although we never used to hear 91

of many accidents. They had mostly Avelings, although there was a Clayton & Shuttleworth called 'Rex'. There were 'Progress,"Enterprise', Venture', Tenacity' and others with strange sounding names — one called 'Ubique' (No. 10600/1923/CP 2778) which is the motto of the Royal Artillery and means 'Everywhere'. Albert Mitchell served in the Artillery during the Great War, hence the choice of name. They still have one left in their yard with another unusual name, 'Viatect' (No. 11467/1926/ CP 4694). Then over at Netherton, there was Mr. Sykes. He had three or four tractions and about a dozen rollers. One of them was a small 6 ton McLaren (No. 752/1908/WY 381), which used to have wide rolls for Waterboard work. At the sale which was held on June 21st 1950 when the business closed down, the 13 that were left, fetched about £180 (for all of them). As I mentioned earlier, we bought one of them. George Hall at Kirkburton had some nice rollers. He was very, very particular and was a hard man to follow, owing to the high standard of workmanship produced. There are two of his rollers left in existence. One, a Burrell called 'Hero', belongs to a chap in Lancashire (No. 4067/1927/WW 1556) and then his Fowler roller (No. 18877/ 1931/WX 6358), which he sold to John Crowther at Long Preston, is now with Mr. Holland of Dalton-in-Furness, who uses it from time to time. Then there were George's near neighbours, Messrs. Haigh's at Emley. Two brothers very much like my brother Tosh and I. It was nearly always a question that if a problem arose, one's comment would be — 'Let's see what our Vincent says', whilst the other would say 'Let's see what our John Willy says'. But they made a living; they used to work locally and most of the Contractors were daggers drawn at that time, but now everyone is friendly and cooperative. They had all Burrell Rollers and they sold up as a result of Vincent Haigh being knocked down and killed at Bretton Cross Roads, by a car, when he was changing buses on his way home one day. John Haigh had died some time previously, so the business was closed. The final sale took place on 17th June 1961 when three engines and three rollers were sold. We entered an Aveling 'Victa' roller. A traction engine they had now belongs to Mr. Ellwood at Skipton (No. 3918/1922/PU 578) and one of their rollers is with Mr. Walker, near Northallerton (No. 3456/1913/WR 9084). 92

Mr. Jowett at Brighouse had several Green's Rollers in my Dad's day, whilst down the Calder from here at Wakefield, was Mr. lssatt at Dunbar Street. He had three or four Aveling & Porter Rollers and a Green's (No. 1979/1922/HL 1479). The Green's he sold to Dickinson's at Doncaster. He was also ❑ne of the pioneers of Diesels in this area and had some early Green's Motor Rollers — a 5 tanner and an 8 tanner. His yard was adjacent to a piece of waste land, but he'd not got right of way over this and he had to make a horrible right angled turn over an open piece of ground like in the middle of a fairground along a narrow street which was paved with stone setts, Frank Jackson at Liversedge had a Burrell (No. 1880/1895/XM 7460), a Green's (No. 1432/1899/W r 356) and three or four Aveling & Porters. He also had a portable steam engine which he used to grind locust beans of all things, but I never discovered what use these were put to. Before that he had some steam wagons and also some old petrol wagons, which I can just remember. I think these would be on solids and would be scraped when the tax went up in the early 1930's. Mr. Jackson suffered very much from Asthma and was forever syringing his throat in an attempt to gain relief. He also stammered very badly and was a bit of a local character. He eventually sold out to Dickinson's at Doncaster during the last war when anything on wheels was at a premium. Another owner was Mr. H. C. W. Makings of Hoyland Swaine. He succeeded C. B. Jackson's at Penistone and I think he had a Marshall and a Fowler Roller. Mr. Makings also bought a Green's Roller from Stanley Council (No. 2073/1925/WU 3400). He is still in business and now has five or six diesel rollers. Mr. Skycs's business at Netherton was taken over by Mr. Joshua Rodgers at South Crosland and he had steam rollers of different sorts. He had a Marshall Roller which came from Mr. Sykes (No. 75383/1922/WY 3137), a Wallis & Steevens 'Advance' that did a lot of work (No. 7988/1929/OU 624), a Fowler (No. 15813/1923/WR 8965), which he didn't keep very long and which now belongs to Mr. Collins at Castleford and the rest were Avelings including No. 10035/1921/ XM 5871 and 11172/1925/TD 2025. The Wallis and an Aveling came from Harrogate Corporation, one or two from London Councils via a dealer — Cole's at Sleaford — and then he changed onto diesels like everybody else. Another firm at Huddersfield

was that of Harry Ellis who was a one man business. He had the Aveling & Porter that you have now (No. 8506/1915/CT 5012) and it used to stand at the bottom of the Big Valley at Netherton. He then sold it to George Graham's and they put it up for sale after a while and Mr. Rodgers bought it from them. You would buy it from Mr. Rodgers in about 1964, I think. In the other direction, from Oulton near Leeds, we used to see the rollers belonging to Young & Doggett which you wrote about in Steaming (Vol. 19 No. 4). Their closing down sale took place on 20th May 1953 — I don't think you mentioned that — and their last Roller was an Aveling (No. 8519/1915/KE 2082). Further over, in Leeds, was Harrisons at Pudsey. They had four or five steam rollers. Then there was Otty Brothers who used to have two Green's Rollers, Nos. 1424/1896 and 1425/1897 and who had one steamer still in their yard even at the time when the Barber Greene first used to come to Cleckheaton. Other odd firms in that area had rollers like David Speight's, which my father told

me about and I've seen an Aveling & Porter single cylinder owned by James Speight. Dalton & Higgins had a Roller, although I don't know the make. It used to come to Dawson's at Gomersal to do jobs for them from time to time. Coming at the latter end of Steam Rolling Contracting, was the first of Fisher & Atkinson, Wakefield, who started after the War. One of their first rollers was one bought from us, an Aveling 10 ton S.C. called 'Ellen Terry' (No. 2919/1891/ HD 1576) which they got in 1948. Another was an 8 ton A. & P. from Norman Walker's at Hull (No. 11157/1925). 'Ellen Terry' was cut up by Fisher & Atkinson and then the firm re-formed as C. & F. Construction Co. and the other Aveling passed to this firm. Then they got a Green's single cylinder, a Ruston & Hornsby and a Fowler which came from Pateley Bridge, all these being ex-W.R.C.C. Rollers. They started off in business with these rollers and got plenty of work for them and began hiring them out. After a while they went on to diesels and now have a nice little fleet of these — about a dozen

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business as a Road Rolling Contractor in Halifax. You and he were partners at one time, weren't you and I remember him telling me that you've both driven those two rollers at Gildersome when they were there. He helps us now from time to time, at weekends usually. COUNCIL ROLLERS That is more or less all the Contractors in this area, but several Corporations and Councils had rollers as well. Dewsbury Corporation had an Aveling & Porter Compound Roller which we bought in 1936 (No. 7698/1912/HD 3349) and also a Green's steamer called 'Progress II' (No. 1650/1906). This Green's roller came from Soothill Nether Council and was acquired by the Corporation on amalgamation. Soothill Nether's first Steam Roller which was also a Green's (No. 1292/1884) was called 'Progress'. Then there was the Spenborough Fowler (No. 15854/1923/WT 1568) which was owned by Cleckheaton U.D.C. prior to amalgamation, This worked until October 1969, being driven by the Leeds & District Traction Engine Club's Membership Secretary, Jim

Smith. I've worked with it at odd times, perhaps when someone's been poorly, I've kept a bit of fire in her, or I've taken her back to their yard. I moved her for Jim once and drove her for half a day when he went to a Silver Wedding. She is now with Mr. & Mrs. B. Curl, Hampshire. Before the Fowler, they had a Green's Roller (No. 1485/1905).

used to hire from Mr. Sykes, although before the Council reorganisation at least one of their constituents, Golcar, had an Aveling (No. 6886/1909). The country up there is very bad for rolling. It's as bad as many of the Scottish passes for Gradients, or Porlock Hill in Somerset. Up the Crimbles and places like that, there's some right hills!

Ossett Corporation had a Marshall 8 ton Compound which was also badly maintained and looked after. A haulage contractor at Ossett, Mr. F. Mitchell bought this one and he sold it to someone down Chesterfield way. I remember my dad telling me that Morley Corporation had a Green's (No. 1875/1919), and also Green's were owned by Hemsworth R.D.C. (No. 1694/ 1912) and Wakefield R.D.C. (No. 1482/1903 and No. 2201/1925). This latter one was taken over into the W.R.C.C. fleet. Mirfield Council never had a Steam Roller, as we did their rolling for them.

Bradford Corporation had a Fowler tar spraying roller and a good selection of Aveling & Porters. We bought three of these Avelings, second hand. The first was a single (No. 2355/1888/AK 9608), second was a compound that Bill Ayre used to drive at Ossett (No. 6901/1909/AK 9606). It was a horrible awkward roller, but he thought a lot about it. The third was a small Aveling Tandem compound (No. 7809/1912/AK 9602). It had gear drive, single speed but it was much too highly geared. We sold this one to R. Murray of Leeds, a dealer, in 1940. Another of Bradford's Avelings was a 12 twiner (No. 5975/ 1906/AK 9605) which went to Frank Jackson at Liversidge. They also had a Wallis & Steevens 'Advance' (No.7986/1928/0T 8207) which is now in their Industrial Museum at Eccleshill. Leeds Corporation had many Steam Rollers and a lot of them were Green's. That one which Mr. Drury has now, that was one of theirs (No. 2007/ 1920/U 8431).

Huddersfield Corporation had Steam Rollers before I can ever remember and I don't know anything about them. Meltham Council had a Green's Steam Roller (No. 1851/1912), which replaced an earlier one (No. 1394/1890). Denby Dale and Upper Cumberworth, they had a Green's Roller a long time ago (No. 1458/1901/HD 2013), this was a tandem compound originally, but was converted to a single. It came into our ownership for a short while in the early 1920's. After that they used to hire our Steam Roller 'Princess Mary' when my Dad used to work up there. They liked it so much that they bought one just like it and eventually sold it to Mr. Stafford of Hatfield, in exchange for an Aveling compound called 'Sunny Boy' and that was cut up in due course. Kirkburton Council, after many years of hiring, bought one from the Lancashire Steam Rolling Company and that too was eventually cut up. Holmfirth Council had a Green's Roller (No. 1684/1910) and then a Ruston & Hornsby single cylinder diesel roller, Brighouse Corporation had a steamer in the past, but that was before my time. They also had an early Barford & Perkins motor roller. What Elland Council had, I don't know. Halifax Corporation had at least two Avelings, one caled 'Duke', the other 'Duchess'. Mytholmroyd U.D.C. had a very big A. & P. compound called 'Pride of the Valley'. It weighed about 18 tons and was eventually sold to the W.R.C.C. at a knock down price. Colne Valley Council didn't have a Steamer, they

When we went out for our Sunday afternoon drives, my wife Clara and I, we used to see the odd one standing in road ends, awaiting their next job or to continue the one they were on, on the Monday morning. T he Tramway Department there had two rollers for maintenance between the tramlines, One was a Tasker and the other was a grey painted Aveling & Porter. Talking about Tramways, there used to be a big 15 ton Green's single cylinder Roller owned by the West Riding Tramways at Wakefield before the First World War (No. 1499/1905) which my Dad told me about. Rothwell Council had a Green's Roller too (No. 2071/1925), and the next Council on, Stanley, they had one as well. Both these were replacements of earlier rollers from the same firm, Rothwell 's being No. 1427/ 1898 and Stanley's Nos. 1391/1890 and 1456/1901. The later Stanley Roller used to stand down Thorpe Lane in a rhubarb field and that was the one which Mr. Makings at Hoyland Swaine bought. We didn't see many of the West Riding County Council Rollers in this area. Most of the roads were local Council maintained and 95

they looked after their own affairs. When we went cycling or motoring in the country we would see West Riding rollers standing at the side of the road or in farmyards, but it was very rare that we'd see them pass here at Ravensthorpe. I think I have seen only two or three come past and they would probably be going up to Elland where they looked after one or two roads. Sometimes we saw them in Ripponden and there were some County roads in Heckmondwike. I used to see an odd one there from time to time. The West Riding had about a hunched 'oilers and they maintained them at Thames, Wakefield. Co-incidentally, at the back of Mirfield Parish Church Cricket field is a new bungalow with a blue slate roof. The blue slates came from the Council engine shed at Wakefield when it was demolished not so long ago. One of the mechanics at the depot lived in a house in the yard and when the County Council sold it to the Spencer Wire Company, their man stayed tlieie and worked for the Spencer Wire Co. afterwards. Over at Yeadon, north of Leeds, Aireborough Council, they had a Fowler which I only saw once when I was passing and

the engine shed doors were open. I looked in, but there was no one about, so I didn't examine it closely. This was kept until quite late on (No. 15964/1923/WY 7912). It is now with Messrs. Howard & Woodroffe, Swindon, under restoration. Another of Aireborough's rollers which used to belong to Farsley was bought by a contractor called Claude Richardson at Hensall, near Goole. He had four or five steam rollers. I used to see them come past but I never saw them working, only travelling. Mr, Richardson had one of our rollers at one time, the 1912 Aveling which we got from Dewsbury. We sold it to Ponefract Council and he got it from them. They are still in business. LARGE CONTRACTORS Trinidad Lake Asphalt had all Robey Tandems which dealt very satisfactorily with the tonnage of Hot Asphalt that was laid by hand at that time. As I mentioned previously, we had one in the 1950's. Very occasionally I'd see an old Eddison Roller, with many a time, an elderly Driver, going past. They worked out of Darlington Depot up in County Durham at that time. The

6 ton Robey Tandem Roller No. 42071 (FE 6521) at Ravensthorpe in 1956. Ex Limmer & Trinidad No. 14. Photo: Hampshire Bros. 96

firm eventually opened a depot at Heckmondwike, but that was for diesel rollers, but was long past the time I'm now talking about. Once, one of their men was working in the Railway Goods Yard at Dewsbury and he tried to commit suicide but he didn't make a good job of it. I saw the roller he was driving. The chimney was shaking, the fenders were loose and, for a big firm, it was not a good sample of the usual high standard of maintenance. Once, a very long time ago, when the Grange Moor Local Board was still in existence, a roller came up from Somerset, from Buncombe's at Highbridge, I've heard my Dad say. The Lancashire Steam Rolling Co., who I mentioned earlier, they used to come over this side of the Pennines occasionally to do jobs, but we saw them mostly when

we went into Lancashire. I remember once, when we went to Risley Ordnance Factory, there were nearly as many Steam Rollers as there were Irish Navvies and they were mostly Lancashire Steam Rolling Company ones — rolling bits of road and ash and stuck fast!!! Of late, Road Rollers, the big national concern, they opened a depot at Tingley and everyone said that would be the end of local Road Rolling Contractors and the small concerns like us, but they've gone now. A Manchester firm, Stephenson's, they opened a Depot at Liversedge. They had one or two diesel rollers and other plant and they've gone. Bristol Ames plant opened a depot at Ravensthorpe close by us and they've gone. And we are still here. They've not done us any harm haven't these big firms and we still keep rolling on.

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WOODHEAD BROTHERS, WORTLEY, LEEDS By D. A. Rayner Fred Woodhead was a general engineer and millwright in the late 1870's and he established his business on Silver Royd Hill, Wortley. Leeds. He built up a sizeable workshop and was able not only to provide materials and goods, but also machine them, and had labour available to fit them if required. The account books kept at the time make interesting reading, and reflect to a certain extent on the education and standard of living of the period. At the Royd Mill Paper Co. for example, some Fn. 'exegon' nuts were fitted to studs, and a joint made to hold a 'scillinder lid' down on their steam engine. Even in that era, double time was charged on Christmas Day at 1s. per hour. Sharpening a cold chisel cost -Id. and a wheel valve was charged at 3s. 6d. During the 1880's, Fred, trading as W. Woodhead, developed an interest in brick making plant as well as general engineering, and so it was that he expanded in this direction, and in 1895 was running the Skipton Brick and Tile Co's works in the Craven district of Yorkshire. This he continued until 1908, but in the meantime, he also financed other businesses and hired out machinery and plant ranging from stationary steam boilers and traction engines to brick making plant and gas engines. During the Edwardian area, the usual hire charge for a portable engine with mortar pan, was £1 per month. Engines by such manufacturers as Brown & May, Clayton & Shuttleworth, Ruston Proctor & Marshall, passed through his hands. He also sold a Steam Tipping Cart by Mann's to Mr. W. H. Billing at Salubrious Chambers, Swansea, for f120 and a vertical holler to the Bridlington Hydro. Sometimes haulage was involved in his dealings; on other occasions secondhand machinery or scrap was taken in part exchange. It was into these Victorian engineering surroundings that Bill Woodhead was born in 1895. Bill was the youngest of three brothers; Walter, Harold and William, and by early 1910, Bill was working for his father at a lad's rate of 4d. per hour. The speciality of the firm of W. Woodhead was Brickworks Machinery, engines and boilers. A consulting engineers service was also offered, but the 100

elder brothers were not satisfied with this — they wanted a business of their own on the haulage side, and so they started this, naming it Woodhead Bros., to avoid confusion with their father, in the autumn of 1910. They borrowed £750 from their father and bought a Foden Wagon, which was worked virtually night and day to make it pay. The complexities of the licencing of Motor Vehicles was such that they found it hard to understand since large engines had to be licenceld for use in each locality, i.e West Riding of Yorkshire, but this did not include Boroughs such as Leeds. A special numbered brass licence plate was issued by the West Riding Authorities which incorporated a lockable and removable centre portion, in which the licence was displayed. Motor Cars and Steam Tractors, however, were merely registered at a fee of one guinea per year, and no insurance was required. The Foden Wagon which they bought, came from Harold Hudson's Brewery Yard, Hunslet Moor, Leeds, and business was so good that a year after, another one was purchased from a St. Helens Chemical Works. Fred Woodhead had bought a McLaren Road Loco from a Bradford Showman called Harry Ashington, who had a cinematograph show. This was in late 1909, early 1910, and it was brought home to Wortley from Bothwell, where the show was at the time. After some minor overhaul work on the engine and repaint, he put it to work. This engine was McLaren No. 776 and was known as "Yorkshire Bob" With the coming of the first World War ill 1914, Woodhead Brothers discontinued trading, and Bill worked again for his father, this time on Army duties on a job at Clipstone Camp, near Mansfield, Notts. The engine he had there was "Yorkshire Bob" and he was engaged in general duties to and from the Camp. He had been there for some three months and was heartily sick of working away from home and being paid very little into the bargain, so when a move to Ripon was suggested, he jumped at the chance. There, one of the jobs was moving large lengths of timber which had

THE NATONAL TRACTION ENGINE CLUB

List of 100 Approved Rallies for 1978 Price 20p

(Above) Ruston Proctor Tractor, 4 N.H.P., built in 1918, Works No. 52607, and seen at Weston Park in 1977. Photo: D. Brooks (Below) Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive, 'Fermoy', 6 N,H.P., built in 1909, Works No. 3090, and seen at Dodington House in 1977. Photo: Tony Dyer (Front Cover) Foden Timber Tractor Type D, 4 N.H.P., built in 1931, Works No. 13784, climbing the hill from the china works at fronbridge. Photo: R. J. Blenkinsop (Back Cover) Marshall Road Roller, 'Blodwen', 10 Tons, built in 1911, Works No. 57168 and seen at Newport in 1975. Photo: R. J. Blenkinsop

NATIONAL TRACTION ENGINE CLUB General Secretary: Mr. Geo F. Beck, 127 Greensted Road, Lougton, Essex. 01-580 4963.

List of Approved Rallies 1978 To ensure a high standard of entertainment and maximum regard for the safety of the public, the organisers of Approved Rallies have undertaken to adhere to the NTEC Code of Practice. The information given in this list is correct at the time of publiction. The NTEC cannot be held responsible for any subsequent variations made by organisers. To avoid any inconvenience or disappointment, arrangements should be confirmed with the organiser concerned. Copyright: This list is the property of the National Traction Engine Club and may not be reproduced whole, or in part, without prior sanction. CLASSIFICATION OF EVENTS A. B. C. D. E.

Predominantly Traction Engine Rally. Traction Engine Rally and other Veteran Vehicles. Traction Engine working event. Steam Fair. Display (Static or Parade).

APRIL 30/1 May A2

1. 2. 3. 4.

Under 15 Engines. 15 — 29 Engines. 30 — 45 Engines. Over 45 Engines.

Belton Steam & Organ Rally. Belton Park, Grantham, Lincs. J. Cairns Boston, The Greyhound, Belton, Grantham, Lincs.

MAY 6/7 Al 13/14 A2 13/14 AD2 20/21 A3 20/21 Al 28/29 A3 28/29 A2 28/29 A2 28/29 A3

Bush Hall Rally, Mill Green, Hatfield, Herts. J. Wilson. Steam Owners & Drivers Club, 28 Snatchup, Redbourn, Herts. Gayhurst Park Steam Rally & Country Show, Nr. New port Pagnell. M. E. Lukey. 12 Malting Close, Stoke Goldington, Newport Pagnell ,Bucks. 5th Dodington Steam & Vintage Fair, Dodington Park, Bristol. Dodington Developments Ltd., Dodington, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol. South East Essex Rally, South Woodham Ferriers, Essex. Mrs. E. Driscoll, 32 St. Charles Road, Brentwood, Essex. Basingstoke Lions Club Festival of Steam No. 7, Brighton Hill, Basingstoke. D. J. Brown, 26 Poynings Crescent, Basingstoke, Hants. Carrington Park T.E. Rally, Carrington Park Field, Boston, Lincs. Mrs. J. Foster, Nursery Farm House, Wigtoft, Nr. Boston, Lincs. Beaulieu Steam Festival, National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, Hants. B. Johnson, 18 Orchard Gardens, Westergate, Chichester, Sussex. Samsteam '78. West Wycombe, Bucks. L. J. Howard, 5 The Orchard, Flackwell Heath, Bucks. Welford Steam Engine Rally, Husbands Bosworth A50/A427, Market Harborough, Leics. R. E. West, 14 Charles Street, Market Harborough.

JUNE

10/11 A2

Weston Park Steam Event, Weston-under-Lizard, Shifnal, Salop. 6 miles W. of Junc. 12 on M6. A. E. Mason/R. W. Allman, 51 High Street, Newport,

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Merton Steam Rally, Wandle Park, Merton, London, S.W.19. H. P. Boddington, Morden Park House, London, Road, Morden, Surrey.

10/11 A2

J. & B. Newton, Oak Lodge, 8 Salisbury Road, Hungerford, Berks, RG7 OLH.

10/11 C2

Holton (Working) Steam Rally, Windmill Ground, Waterperry Rd., Holton, Oxon. Mrs. C. Hulse, Old Place, Holton, Oxon.

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Epsom & Ewell Horse Show, Borough Showground, Hook Road, Epsom. J. A. Briggs, Epsom & Ewell B.C., East Street, Epsom, Surrey.

17/18

3rd Vintage Rally, Wolvey, Leics., Nat. Vintage Tractor & Eng. Club.

M. Wyles, 121 Lutterworth Road, Burbage, Hinckley, Leics.

17/18

Camerton Steam Rally, Camerton, Nr. Radstock, Avon. D. G. Holmes, 29 Downsway, Paulton, Avon.

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24/25 A2

24/25

Hungerford Steam Engine Rally & Country Show.

Wandsworth Traction Engine Rally, Putney Lower Common, S.W. G. R. Edenbrow, Battersea Town Hall, London, S.W.11. Steam Engine Rally & Country Show, Waterside Farm, Ashton with Stoddy, Lancaster. Mrs. F. M. Carr, 27 Norfolk Avenue, Morecambe. Chappleton Steam Rally, Chappleton Barton, Umberleigh, Barnstaple (Devon T.E. Club). F. G. Burt, 17 Toronto Road, Exeter, Devon.

Banbury Steam Society Rally, Broughton Castle, Banbury. J. M. Mills, Pear Tree Cottage, Radway, Warwicks.

24/25 A2

J. Crawley, Field House, Turvey, Beds.

RyhAll Rally, Stamford, Lincs.

JULY

1/2 A3

1/2 B2

Chiltern T.E. Club Rally, Little Missenden, (A413) Bucks. B. A. Franklin, 60 Woodley Hill, Chesham, Bucks. Newark & Notts Yesteryear Rally, County Showground, Winthorpe, Newark. J. A. Marshall, Holme Farm, Main Street, Sutton-on-Trent, Notts.

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Bon-Accord Steam Engine Club Rally, Hazlehead Park, Aberdeen.

Wm. McConachie, 62 Faulds Gate, Aberdeen, AB1 5QS.

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Frocester Manor Steam & Vintage Working, Home Farm, Golucester. P. Watts, 2 Hill View, Fox Elms, Gloucester, GL4 OBS.

1/2 A2

Ryhill Tract. Eng. & Fair Organ Rally, Wintersett, Nr. Wakefield, Yorks. W. L. Thorne, 19 Cemetery Road, Ryhill, Wakefield, WF4 20P.

1/2 B2

E.A.T.C. Rally, Essex Cty. Showground, Gt. Leighs, Nr. Chelmsford.

1/2

Sussex Steam Festival, Ardingly Showground, Nr. Haywards Heath, Sussex. B. Johnson, 18 Orchard Gardens, Westergate, Chichester, Sussex.

Mrs. M. Royce, Hankins Farm, Waltham Road, Terling, Chelmsford, CM3 2RA.

JULY 8/9 A2

Paul Barnes, 82 Park Meadow, Hatfield, Herts.

8/9 A4

H. J. Daymond, Glovers Brow, Kirkby, Liverpool, L32 2AD.

8/9 A2

8/9

Hatfield Show 1978, Hatfield House, Herts. Burtonwood Traction Engine Rally, Lancashire T.E. Club.

Bromyard Gala, Mintridge Farm, Stoke Lacy, Bromyard, Herefords.

J. Wilkins, Chanctonbury, Pencombe Road, Bromyard, Herefords. Headington & Stockley Steam Rally & Fair, Nr. Caine, Wilts.

D. Brown, 1 West View, Stuckley, Nr. Caine, Wilts.

8/9 B2

Woodcote Veteran Transport Rally, Wards Farm, Woodcote, Reading.

R. J. Darling, 41 Cleeve Down, Goring-on-Thames, Reading, RG8 OHA.

14/15

Ulster Traction Engine Rally, Shanes Castle, Antrim.

M. J. Duggleby, The Estate Offices, Shanes Castle, Antrim.

13-15

Kent County Show, Detling, Maidstone, Kent.

W. A. Day, Great Tong, Headcorn, Kent.

15/16 A2

B. R. Willcox, 'Hartland', Wimborne Road, Corfe Mullen, Wimborne, Dorset.

Poole North Scout Group Rally. Lychette MaWavers, Poole, Dorset.

15/16

Rempstone Rally, Loughborough, Leics.

M. J. Beeby, Rempstone, Loughborough, Leics.

15/16 A2

J. Wilson, 28 Snatchup, Redbourn, St. Albans, Herts. AL3 7HB.

15/16 A3 15/16 C4 15/16 A3

21-23

New Mill End Farm Rally, E. Hyde, Nr. Luton. St. Owners & Drivers Club.

Weeting Steam Eng. Rally, Fengate Farm, Weeting, Brandon, Suffolk.

Mrs. S. A. Parrot, Fengate Farm, Weeting.

Bristol Steam '78, Ashton Court Estate, Bristol 3.

B. Lewis, Fosse Cottage, Fosse Lane, Nailsea, Bristol, BS19 2AR. Masham Steam Engine & Fair Organ Rally, Low Burton Hall, Masham, on A.6108. W. A. Wise, 8 Leyburn Road, Masham, H04 4ER.

Netley Marsh Steam & Vintage Rally, Meadow Farm, Ringwood Road, Netley Marsh, Southampton. D. Burdle, Fernbank Cottage, Netley Marsh.

22/23 B2

Dir. of Amenities, L.B. of Lambeth, 14 Knights Hill, S.E.27.

22/23 A2

29/30

Lambeth Country Show, Brockwell Pk., Herne Hill, London, S.E.24. Goodwood Show & Rally, Goodwood Terrena, Chichester, Sussex. A. C. Burt, 19 Radnor Close, Worthing, Sussex. Polegate Steam Engine Rally, Boship Farm, Hailsham. Junction A22/A267/A271.

Mts. Y. V. Hanmore, 'Woodcote', Wannock Road, Polegate, Sussex.

29/30

Cumbria Steam Gathering, County Showfield, Kendal, Cumbria.

T. P. Holt, South View, Hutton Roof, Carnforth, Lancs.

29/30 A3

P. G. Haywood, 49 Nottingham Road, Kegworth, Derby, DE7 2FH.

29/30 D2

J. Carter, Smewins, Shottesbrooke, Maidenhead, Berks.

29/30 A2

Kegworth Carnival & 25th Steam Eng. Rally, Hailstone Meadow, Kegworth.

Free Steam Fair, Henley, Oxon. Ross-on-Wye St. Eng. Socy. Annual Rally, Much Marcie, Nr. Ledbury, Herefordshire. Ross-on-Wye St. Eng. Socy. "Stoneleigh", Mordiford, Herefordshire.

AUGUST

5/6 A3

Alderholt Steam Rally, Mill Farm, Alderholt (B3078), Hants. R. C. Hood, 'Fernlea', Camel Green, Alderholt, Fordingbridge, Hants,

5/6 A2

Aldershot Steam Rally, Rushmoor Arena, Aldershot, Hants. Mrs. J. C. Walker, 31 Hilland Rise, Headley, Bordon, Hants.

6/7 A2

Irish Steam Pres. Socy. Rally, Stradbally Hall, Stradbally, Laois. Committee of above. Mrs. 0. Condell, Secretary.

12/13 A2

Exeter Steam Rally, Ivington Farm, Clyst St. Mary, Nr. Exeter. Devon T.E. Club, F. G. Burt, 17 Toronto Road, Exeter, Devon.

12/13 A3

Knowl Hill Steam Rally, Bottle Meadow, Knowl Hill, Nr. Reading. P. Austen, Redridge, School Road, Barkham, Wokingham, Berks,

12/13 A2

Astle Park T.E. Rally, Chelford, Cheshire. (off A.535). J. A. Barber, Chelford, Macclesfield, Cheshire.

12/13 B2

Blackwood-Murray Rally, Biggar, Strathclyde (on A.702). J. Patterson, 10 Boghall Avenue, Biggar, ML12 6JL.

19/20 A3

West of England St. Eng. Socy Rally, Silverwell Farm, Nr. St. Agnes, Cornwall. W. L. F. Carne, 87 Roske9r Road, Camborne, Cornwall, TR14 8BX.

19/20 A2

Fairford Traction Engine Rally & Show, Fairford, Glos. A. J. R. New, 9 The Plies, Fairford, Glos.

19/20 A2

Market Bosworth T.E. Rally, A.447 Cadeby, Nuneaton, Warwicks. Rev. E. R. Boston, Cadeby Rectory, Nuneaton.

26-28 A3

Town & Country Festival, Nat. Agric. Centre, Stoneleigh, Warwks. Royal Agric. Socy. of England, Stoneleigh, Warwicks.

26-28 A3

Leeds & Dist. T.E. Club Rally, Bramham Park, (Adj. to A.1). N. Boyes, 93 Woodside Road, Wyke, Bradford, BD12 8AP.

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'Summer Steam Show', I.O.W. Steam Rly, Havenstreet, Nr. Ryde, I.O.W. N. G. Robinson, 20 Albion Road, Sutton, Surrey.

26-28 A4

Expo Steam '78. E. of England Showground, AlwaIton, Peterborough. J. Crawley, Field House, Turvey, Beds.

27/28 A3

Bishops Castle Rally, County of Salop S.E. Socy., Bishops Castle. D. M. Webster, Oakley, Fishmore Road, Ludlow, Salop.

28 B2

Horsham Lions Vintage Tpt. Rally, Horsham Park, Sussex. N. Symes, Greenfields, Lyons Road, Slinford, Horsham, W. Sx., RH13 7RY.

SEPTEMBER

2/3 B1

Stonehouse Vintage Tpt. & Eng. Show, Oldends Lane, Stonehouse, Glos. R. Willcox, Ravenna Cott., Stanley Downton, Stonehouse, Glos.

2/3 A2

Brill Steam Rally, Temple Farm, Brill, Aylesbury, Bucks. D. Southam, 16 South Hills, Brill, Bucks. HP18 9TQ.

2/3 A2

Hinckley Steam Eng. Display, Sapcote Rd., Burbage, Hinckley, Leics. K. Nevitt, 54 Southfield Road, Hinckley, Leics.

2/3 B2

Detling Steam & Hist. Veh. Rally, Detling Showground, Maidstone, Kent. J. Bromley, 8 Lennard Road, Dunton Green, Sevenoaks, Kent.

2/3 A3

Cornish T.E. Club Rally, Merrymeet, Liskeard, Cornwall. L. C. Baker, 15 Pengover Green, Liskeard, Cornwall, PL14 3NH.

8-10 B1

The Brent Show, Roundwood Park, Willesden, London, N.W.10. L.B. of Brent, Town Hall, Forty Lane, Wembley, HA9 9HT.

9/10 A2

Dacorum 2nd Steam Eng. Rally & Fair, Six Tunnels Farm, Gaddesden Row, Hemel Hempstead. W. J. Evans, 222 Lawn Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Herts.

9/10 A2

Tonbridge Steam Rally, Kent. M. G. Adams, 48 Yardley Park Road, Tonbridge, Kent.

9/10 B2

Sheffield & Dist. Steam Socy. Rally, Oakes Park, Norton, Sheffield. J. Burley, 23 Basford Drive, Darnall, Sheffield, S9 SBE.

16/17 A2

Romford Steam Rally, S.E. Essex T.E. Owners Gp., Romford, Essex. M. Money, 29-31 Dymoke Road, Hornchurch, Essex.

16/17 A4

Roxton Traction Eng. Rally, Roxton Park, Nr. Bedford. F. Harris, 6 Woodmer Close, Shillington, Hitchin, Herts.

17 A2

Scouts Steam Gala, Ladywood Road, Kirk Hallam, Ilkeston, Derbys. H. Jones, 338 Godfrey Drive, Kirk Hallam, Ilkeston, Derbys.

30/1 Oct. A2

Fauld Steam & Pres. Rally, Fauld House Farm, Tutbury, Burton-on-Trent. D. Hallam, The Firs, Draycott-in-the-Clay, Sudbury, Derby, DE6 5GX.

30/1 Oct. A2

Dorking Steam Engine Rally, Jamc3 Lowther, Burstow Lodge Farm, Smallfielci, Hurley, Surrey.

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been sent by rail to Ripon Station. These had to taken to the Camp site on the other side of the City. Because of the excessive lengths of the timber involved, it was only practicable to take them through the streets during the night and a night's work usually consisted of five loads. Bill ever the one for making life easier for himself, used to hitch all five loads up behind the engine, do the trip in one go, and spend the rest of the night asleep. He did not like this work, however, and felt little more better off than he was at Mansfield, so he joined the Army. As he puts it — "I got nowt for working — so I joined t'Army and got paid for it." Bill had been driving since he was fourteen and consequently he was detailed to a Transport Unit, at Grove Park, London. He received 6s. per day for the privilege of being in the Army, and one of the first things he had to do was to prove to his Superiors that he could drive a Steam Wagon. He was directed to a new Foden Wagon and told to manoeuvre it round a course in the yard. He went to it, climbed aboard, and when he was seated, blew

down the gauge glass. He then put it into top gear and was told by the Officer that he should not have done so. Bill virtually told the Officer to mind his own business — he had been told what to do and he was going to do it. He subsequently handled the Foden perfectly and proved to the Officer that he knew what he was doing. The Officer said afterwards that he had never seen the course done in top gear before and so quickly too — so Bill proved his point — and that on a wagon he had hoxpipver, never qeen not unlike the Foden he had driven at home, and as a result of this expert showing, he was put in charge of a brand new Foden Wagon and in his early twenties, he went to France. Whilst in France, Bill was often in the' thick of things, driving not only his Foden, but also other engines which were also on Army duties. These included a huge McLaren with round bunkers and they also also had a batch of Aveling road locos which were very successful engines. An unusual engine which Bill came across was a French one, with the cylinders wrong way

Foden Wagon No. 6666 in Frange during WW1 with a captured German narrow gauge loco. Driver W. Woodhead. Wagon later returned to England and was sold to North Riding Council who used it as a flat platform wagon. Photo: W. Woodhead 101

round. The drive was straight onto the back wheels, and there was no crankshaft as such. The rims of the rear wheels of this heavy engine were some 4in. thick. They also saw some French built Steam Wagons which were fixed geared, and had a working pressure of 15 atmospheres (217.5 psi). They did not have an injector fitted, but a water pump was incorporated which was actuated by a float system mounted on the middle of the boiler. This kept up the water level automatically, the float working a valve on the pump. The disadvantage of this arrangement was that the pump would come on, even when the engine was short of steam, which naturally killed the steam pressure even more. When working, they regularly cleaned their engines or wagons, using the overflow from the injector, which was suitably modified with a tailpipe. With 200 psi on the gauge, this rudimentary steam cleaner made short work of the mud and dirt which used to accumulate. Boiler washouts were not neglected and as there were always several engines in steam at any one time they found it quite easy to wash out the boilers, using each other's engines. Because of Bill's home county and his noticeable accent, he was given the name of 'Yorky', and this he kept throughout the War. One of the jobs he remembers was the removal of a small German railway locomotive captured at Ypres, which, from memory, was an Orenstein & Koppel. They were also involved on many salvage jobs, sometimes pulling captured guns and often travelling through the battlefields. On several occasions when shells landed on the road in front of his charge, Bill drove the engine into the crater because he could not see where he was going and was unable to stop in time. Fortunately, help was almost always near at hand, as they tended to travel in conveys and consequently there was usually another engine available to pull one out. One day Bill and his mate witnessed a direct hit on an AEC petrol lorry, and Bill pulled out the crew from the blazing lorry. Bill's business acumen was such that he ran a loan scheme for his colleagues and subsequently, when several of them refused to repay him, he had a Crown and Anchor board game, played with dice, sent out from England and was able to use this to his advantage and recoup his losses. After the War, during which his brother Harold was killed, Walter and Bill returned home and commenced in business again. Fred Woodhead had continued in the 102

general engineering and hire business during the War, and at various times had tractors by Fowler, Wallis & Steevens, Clayton & Shuttleworth and Foster, available for hire, as well as the big McLaren. Several showmen hired this engine from time to time as their own transport had been commandeered by the Government. These included J. Manders, G. Marshall, W. Waddington & Harry Ashington, the previous owner. The hire charge at that time was £10 per month. She was also used by Arthur Cook of Wortley for a long time, hauling bricks to Ledston Luck. The West Riding County Council's licence fee at the beginning of the War for using 'Yorkshire Bob' together with six loaded trailers on the County Roads was £14. Local firms who dealt with him during World War 1, included Wheatley Engine Co., Armley; North & Pflaum, Wortley Firebrick Co; Bethell & Co; D. Wood, Yeadon; Middleton Colliery Co; Kitson & Co; Leeds Forge Co. and Findlay's Brewery, Burmantofts. In 1918, he sold 'Yorkshire Bob' to Allen Knight's of Huddersfield, Boiler Makers, for £750. Also, towards the end of the War, he sold the following to the Wheatley Engine Co, who paid outright for most of the engines, but made monthly hire purchase repayments at £3 7s. 6d. and £4 respectively for some years for others: Fowler tractor No. 11657 (£280); Mann's Steam Cart (£220); Foster tractor No 3608 (£172); 6 ton Sentinel Wagon (£220); Mann's Tipping traction wagon (£45 10s.); Ruston Proctor Portable (£120); and a Brown & May's Portable (£50). Just before the War ended, he bought an AlIdays & Onions 4 ton petrol lorry with a low platform. This was used on local work and one day a man offered £400 for it. The offer was turned down, as reliable transport was at a premium at that time, but prices were to fall quickly after the War ended, due to the influx of ex-Army wagons. With the re-juvenation of Woodhead Brothers after the War, one of the first Wagons they hired was a Mann's, which their father had got from Bentley's Yorkshire Brewery, Woodlesford, Leeds. This was No. 636, and it was past its best by this time. The brothers hired it for about six months and then their father sold it on hire purchase, to Messrs. Carr & Vamplew, East Park Road, Leeds, for £450. More engines came their way, and a lot of busiless was being done. During many trips on which he was engaged in the haulage of Coal and Coke into Sheffield, Bill came

upon the firm of E. Vamplew of Woodseats. They were running some overtype Robey Wagons which bore a strong resemblance to two overtype wagons built by Sentinel's (Alley & McLellen) in Glasgow. A suggestion was in being at the time that these wagons had been built, using the patterns of the Sentinel overtypes which had been obtained by Robey's from the Glasgow firm, on its move to Shrewsbury. but this may have been merely conjecture or idle gossip. Around this time, Fred Woodhead also acquired a Yorkshire wagon on rubber tyres (No. 239). This was hired to George Kendall of Leeds and a proper hire agreement was drawn up by the Leeds Solicitors, Granger & Nield, dated 15th Jan. 1920. It was a 3/4 ton wagon and had been loaded with some 5 tons on one particular journey in the mid 1920's, when the axle broke, somewhat inconveniently, on Whitecote Hill, Bramley, where the Leeds and Bradford Road crosses. Weather conditions were bad since it was winter, and snow had fallen sometime previously and it was wet. Bill Woodhead was asked by his father if he would go out and rescue this broken down wagon. The wet snow made the job very difficult, but Bill took one of the other wagons which, with its solid rubber tyres,

had a tendency to slip, but nevertheless, they eventually succeeded in getting both the wagons back to the yard. Woodhead Brothers also bought a Fowler engine which their father had owned since 1919, and which he had purchased to replace 'Yorkshire Bob'. This would be around 1924/25 and this engine was reputed to be the first one to be rubber tyred, in Yorkshire. This exercise was something which Woodhead Brothers pioneered in the area, and by using their well equipped workshop, they were able to buy up exW.D. solid rubber tyres from scrap yards in the vicinity and tyre a traction engine, with two rubbers on the rear wheels and one on the front for f28. This engine was an early model, No. 7108/WW 464 and was named 'Bella'. She was well known by local showmen, as they used to hire Woodhead Brothers to transport their loads from time to time. This engine had a reputation as a racer ,helped no doubt by Bill, her driver, and on one occasion she went light from Leeds to Holmfirth to pick up three loads belonging to William Henry Marshall, take them to Castleford and then return back to Wortley before 8 p.m. — and this, for a trip of 80 miles with a two speed engine! Enoch Farrar & Sons, a well known local Showland firm, sold their Showman's en-

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Last 5 ton wagon built by Mann's, No. 636, Reg. No. U 1354. Sold to Bentley's Yorkshire Breweries Ltd., Woddleslord then bought by Woodheads. Photo: W. Woodhead 103

Fowler Road Loco No. 7108, Reg No. NW 464 'Bella' and ex E.C.J.S. coach at Garforth Photo: W. Woodhead Station near Leeds.

gine, Fowler No. 15321/BE 7647 'Bertha Irene' to Woodheads. This was a former haulage engine which was converted to Showman's type, being built for the War Office, but delivered too late for operation in acton and finally being bought by a firm near Grimsby in January 1919. In Woodhead Brothers ownership, she had no dynamo fitted and they cut a section off the canopy to make it back into a Road Loco type. Eventually, after many years of service, she was sold to a Northern Showman, Jamieson of Northallerton, in 1941 for £275. In the mid 1920's, the LNER at York sold off some of their, then, elderly coaches and the Woodheads had the job of delivering two to their new owner at Swillington Common, Leeds. These were ex-East Coast Joint Stock catering vehicles, having been built in 1896 at Doncaster and were in the region of 65 feet long. They were taken by rail to Garforth Station and then transported from there by road. A policeman walked alongside the first one from the 'George' at Garforth Bridge, and when it wouldn't go through the gate from the lane into the field where it was required, without further ado, Bill sleepered up the ditch and drove the whole lot over it, through the hedge and into the field. They went out with the engine and bogies in the same way, merely straightening the hedge after104

wards and picking up the sleepers. In order to make the next journey easier, the coach body arrived in two sections, but the farmer was not pleased as he had to pay more for the transport because two journeys were necessary. As well as using traction engines to handle large loads, the firm also acquired several steam wagons, including two Danks wagons which were made by the Danks Boiler Works at Oldbury, Birmingham. These looked remarkably similar to a Foden wagon and, in actual fact, had many interchangeable parts with them. One of these wagons came from the firm of Obank's, Builders & Contractors, Idle, Bradford, the other from J. Riley & Sons, Hapton, Burnley. A Foden wagon was also purchased about the same time from Mr. Knight, a Showman at Pontefract. One of the jobs which the Danks wagons were engaged on was the removal, from the Oxley Boiler Works, Clarence Road, Leeds, to the Chemical Works of Stainby & Lyons, Knottingley, of two tar stills and a de-hydrator. Because of the height of these tanks, a detour had to be made to miss some low bridges, and a journey time of three hours resulted, for what should have been a relatively short journey. A halt was made for refreshments en route and the opportunity was taken to record the scene on film.

Fowler Road Loco No. 15321 'Bertha Irene', Reg. No. BE 7647, ex E. C. Farrar Amusements, Sheffield, In Woodhead Bros.' yard, Shorn of Showland fittings. Photo: W. Woodhead

Unusual Danks Wagon, No. 106, built 1916, Reg. No. CW 1531. Driver George Bergh. In Woodhead Bros.' yard, Wortley. Photo: W. Woodhead

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On occasions, Woodheads were hired to transport boilers from the works of Spurr Inman's at Wakefield and did so, often using Spurr Inman's own fine Road Locomotive which was unusually fitted with wooden block wheels. This engine is still extant (Fowler No. 12225/HL 930), in the ownership of Mr. Gerry Procter, Harrogate. Bill would go along with their own driver, and they would take it in turns to drive as the load slowly progressed. The Road Loco was not the most suitable tractive unit for long distances if the load was relatively light and for one contract which involved three Lancashire boilers which had to be delivered to Newcastle, Woodheads used the Foden Wagon, even in preference to the Danks wagons, as it was faster on the road. The first of the boilers, which were all of a similar size, some 24ft. long, 7ft. diameter, weighing 10 tons, was loaded on a Saturday at Wakefield, ready for setting off the 110 or so miles to Newcastle the following day. They had to travel at weekends because of the nature of the load, which was carried part on the wagon and part on a two wheel 'extension' trailer coupled behind. They set off on the Sunday, and arrived, after continuous travelling and without incident, at Byker, Newcastle, on the Monday morning. The boiler was dropped down, rolled along girders which had been suitably placed, and finished up, upright in the cradles. The second boiler was collected the following Saturday and delivered in a similar manner to the first. The speed at which the operation was carried out was in excess of Spurr Inman's calculations and when Woodheads arrived on the following Saturday to collect the final boiler, it wasn't ready. The wagon had to be left in the yard, waiting for completion of the boiler and arrangements made to deliver it on the Sunday of the following week instead. A further engine which Bill remembered his father buying was a Foster heavy haulage engine which was bought straight from the roadside after an accident near Matlock. It had belonged to a quarry at Ashover, near Chesterfield and the inexperienced crew who were on it at the time had been changing gear without the proper precautions. In consequence, the engine had run away with them and turned over, fortunately without any serious injuries to the crew. The engine, however, was somewhat damaged and it was brought back to Leeds and after some work had been carried out on it ,was sold without being finished. 106

With the coming of the tax changes in the early 1930's, Woodhead Brothers decided to discontinue the haulage business and go into threshing. The firm had had some seven steam wagons over the years and the remaining ones were disposed of over a period. One Autumn, Bill was going to Hull Fair. In common with many other men who worked with steam, he had developed an an interest in the fairground and their engines, and so, during a rest from the journey at Beverley, he was enjoying a welcome drink and chatting to a Sentinel owner, His wagon was not working at the time, and Bill was offered it for £60. However, he was not interested as he felt that steam wagons were no longer profitable and during the course of the conversation, he learned of a threshing set which had been for sale at Bolton Percy, near York. This had been withdrawn from the auction at £60 and so, when Bill arrived at Hull, he phoned home and told his brother to take one of the men, Albert Powell, to look at it and if Albert said it was satisfactory — to buy it, but he stressed that is must not be paid for until he (Bill) had seen it. It was therefore arranged that Bill would call at Bolton Percy about 2 p.m. on the way back to Leeds and inspect it. Right on time, he arrived, the set was deemed to be satisfactory, so it was paid for and eventually towed back to Leeds by the steam wagon, which had to travel in bottom gear all the way. The transaction took place on a Friday and the following Monday morning, the whole outfit was out working at Sandy Brown's farm, not far from the yard at Wortley. Another machine was bought the year after from Sam Crowther at Churwell, but Bill didn't buy the engine which was with it. An old Ransome's threshing machine was obtained from Mr. Patrick at Rothwell for £7 10s. and the Brothers spent £120 on it. It worked for a time and was then scrapped. Some steam tractors were purchased, one, a Fowler Tiger in the 15XXX series came from a man named Houseman at Cottingworth near York. This was named 'Border Pride'. A Tasker tractor which had been a small ploughing engine was bought from Lord Lascelles at Harewood for £100. Woodhead Brothers scrapped the ploughing gear and fitted a belly tank, thus converting it to a good haulage engine. Eventually, some five threshing sets were being run, the last one being bought new in 1945 from Marshall's for £1050. This

was kept for some ten years and then scrapped. The machines were driven variously by the Tiger tractor, Tasker, Foster tractors, the Fowler engine 'Bella' and a Fordson Major diesel towards the end of steam. Also, in 1945, Bill was offered a Showman's engine by Harry Cottam for £25 complete with dynamo. This was Burrell No. 3089/CK 3347 'His Majesty', which had previously driven the Caterpillar belonging to Green's of Preston (and which was stablemate to Tom Varley'g RumpII No. 3444 'His Lordship') but Bill turned it down. He had decided to give up engine dealing on the death of his brother Walter and considered that he had plenty of engines at that time. Subsequent events have possibly made him regret this decision, but who can foretell the future? During the well remembered bad winter of 1947, Bill was threshing at a farm near the foot of a steep hill in the valley between Pudsey and Tyersal, Bradford. They had finished the stacks by Friday night and Bill decided to go up the hill with the Fowler Tiger tractor and the machine whilst he had a good head of steam. About halfway up the hill, the Tiger's differential broke and with the road being narrow, with high bankings on each side, he dare not jump to safety as the engine began to run back down the hill. He stayed with the engine until the thresher jack-knifed

and went over on its side onto the banking. In view of the lateness of the day by that time, they decided to leave it all night where it was, and after ringing the police, they went back to Wortley and returned with some storm lamps to protect the broken down engine, during which time it started to snow. The following morning, they took the Tasker tractor and returned to the site of the accident and firstly coupled up to the Fowler and pulled it away to the top of the hill. They then pulled the threshing machine upright using ropes and by eleven o'clock had the thresher at the top of the hill where they left it at the side of a Dutch Barn, near a public house. The only damage to the machine surprisingly, was a broken pulley and bent drawbar. Coupling up again to the Fowler, they towed it back to Wortley, and as they were coming through Stanningley, it snowed more and more until it was co deep that it reminded Bill of the trenches in World War 1. The cause of the accident was found to be the differential crown which had been broken on the axle. It was not the first one to have gone on that type of tractor, but the reason for the breakage in this case was because Bill had forgotten to remove the lock when they had come out of the farmyard. This had been put in to enable them to gain the road from the muddy yard. Fortunately, Bill was able to obtain

One of the few engines in Yorkshire still earnings its keep is Wallis & Steevens No. 7774 owned by Alison Raley of York. Seen here working at Holme on Spalding Moor in 1977_ Photo: Malcolm Slater 107

a replacement part from Marshall-Fowlers, this was fitted and the tractor returned to work, none the worse for its little upset. The last engines in the yard at Wortley were the Tasker and the Tiger tractors. These were broken up in the mid 50's, just at the time when Traction Engine Rallies started, but before they became popular in the North. Bill kept a good number of parts at the yard for a while after- this and after he closed the business of Woodhead Brothers down and retired, he worked parttime for M. Harrison's Contractors, Pudsey, tending the heating boilers and machinery in their yard. On occasions, he drove the steam crane when the regular driver was sick. This firm had a Fowler Roller which Bill drove on a site in Geldard Road, Leeds,

in 1964. This is thought to be the last time a Steam Road Engine was used commercially in Leeds. Bill offered to buy this Roller from the firm but was turned down and it was eventually sold to a young enthusiast, John Griffiths, of Leeds, in 1966. Bill subsequently helped John with several problems and together they drove it to the Leeds Club Rally at Pudsey in 1967. This Roller, Fowler No. 17585/UA 8178 was the last steamer which Bill drove. Now Woodhead Brothers yard is no more — the land was cleared and a modern development has been built upon it. But for Bill, his photographs bring back many memories, some happy, some sad but nevertheless still — very much — of Steam.

McLARENS TO THE RESCUE By D. A. Rayner

McLaren Ploughing Engine No. 1559 (CET 541) at Church Fenton in 1951. Mrs. Jack Hardy and daughter at the front. Photo: J. R. Hardy 108

Mines Rescue Stations were compulsorily established in this country under the provisions of the Coal Mines Act of 1911, although some stations had been opened as early as 1902 in certain Northern areas. Up to the beginning of World War 1, some 46 Stations were brought into use and of these, 10 had full time staff employed at them. Their function was to render assistance in the event of mining accidents, breakdowns, explosions and fires and they were supplied with all the latest rescue equipment available at the time, for use in these emergencies. Included in the ten full time stations, known as Scheme 'A' Stations, were those at Rotherham and Wakefield in the South Yorkshire and West Riding areas respectively. It was to these stations that, amongst ❑ther equipment supplied, emergency winders were provided during the Second World War, to be used in the event of bomb damage to the permanent winding engines at Collieries in their respective areas. Fortunately, they were not required for this purpose, but were found to be most useful in the event of accidents in the shafts or breakdown of winding engines. The two emergency winders stationed at Rotherham and Wakefield were 16 h.p. McLaren Ploughing Engines which had been overhauled to a rigid and unusual specification, it is believed, by McLarens themselves, prior to being supplied to these stations. Their future use dictated certain novel fea-

tures for ploughing engines and these included dispensing with the normal clutch arrangement and the addition of an indicating device in the cab, showing how much rope had been paid out. These changes meant that the engine could wind either way at a controlled rate and once the gear had been engaged, it could not be accidentally taken out of gear. The rope indicator, consisting of a pointer on a dial, worked by a bicycle chain, ensured that the driver knew when he had reached the correct level down the shaft. The engines were equipped with two autopositive injectors and were fitted with 1000 yards of iin. dia. steel core rope of high quality. They also had the gaps between the rear wheel strakes plated, so that excessive impressions were not made on snft roads by their 20 tons weight. A complete repaint and new transfers completed the extensive overhaul. An additional portable frame with a pulley, was also supplied so that it could be positioned some distance away from the engine, fixed to the ground and be used to deflect the rope from the engine's horizontal drum, over the colliery headgear. The Wakefield engine was acquired from Rotherham on February 23rd, 1940 and was taken to their depot in Ings Road, where a special engine house was provided. A trial was arranged on March 4th, at the Low Laithes Shaft, Robin Hood, to which the engine was driven, under her own steam, at about 4 - 5 miles per hour. The emergency gear was then demonstrated to Colliery Officials on March 9/10/11, 1940. Afterwards, it was kept on standby at Wakefield and is recorded as having been used at the collieries at Frickley, May 31 June 14, 1940; Manor Haigh, Wakefield, April 2 - 8, 1941 and Featherstone. September 14 - December 29, 1942. So far as is known, it was used only for supplies and equipment and not for men, as the majority of pits in the West Riding area were linked underground to other shafts, and these could be utilised without difficulty. Nevertheless, 'Lizzie', as she was known by the men, proved her worth on several occasions and although she was slow and cumbersome on the road, she performed satisfactorily and was well looked after. She remained at Wakefield for several years until she was scrapped in August 1950 by a Sheffield firm. This information was obtained from the diaries of Mr. Harry Potts who was with Wakefield Mines Rescue Station during the War, and who drove 'Lizzie' on several occasions.

THE SECOND ENGINE A McLaren Ploughing Engine of almost identical specification was purchased by Yorkshire enthusiast Jack Hardy, of Sherburn-in-Elmet, from the firm for which he then worked, Hardy Martin Construction Ltd., Glendon Engine Works, Kettering, in 1951. The firm, previously Lloyds Construction Ltd., Sackville Street, Kettering, had bought the engine, McLaren No. 1559 at some time previously. Jack had wui iced for these firms on dredging contracts at such places as Little Ouseburn, Boroughbridge and Woodlands, Doncaster, usually driving the right hand engine of a pair of Fowler Ploughing Engines (Nos. 15244/5; BD5579/80) and they tried out the McLaren, which was also a right hand engine, on similar jobs but unfortunately it was not suited to this type of work. With its special features, it was often being pulled by the engine at the other end of the rope before the driver had chance to get it out of year. As the firm therefore had no real use for the engine, Jack decided to buy it and did so in 1951, fetching it back in June/ July time with his father, then aged 72, from Dunsville, near Hatfield, Doncaster, to Ulleskelf, York, where they then lived, Jack's father had previously worked for taunters of Wetherby, driving one of a pair of Fowler BB1 ploughing engines. Jack used the McLaren for several months in the surrounding area, tree pulling and land clearing on farms — jobs for which it was ideally suited. One of its tasks at the time was on Church Fenton Aerodrome where it not only cleared the scrub, but also assisted with the installation of landing lights, using a mole drainer and pulling in a thousand yards of electrical cable in one go, much to the amazement of the RAF personnel present. Late in 1953, Jack heard that a Brickworks at Churwell, Leeds, was in danger of closing down, as their main power, a 110 h.p. Ruston diesel engine had seized. A deal was arranged with the Brickworks owner and the McLaren was fitted with a set of Pickering governors and was driven over to Churwell in early December. They went through Leeds, past the Midland Engine Works, Jack Lane, from which she had emerged some 30 years previously and continued up Dewsbury Road. She took water at the Fire Station on the way and then proceeded to the Brickworks at the bottom of the hill leading to Morley. 109

If the engine would do the job, she was to be sold on the understanding that, should she become available again, Jack would buy her back. She was belted up to the shafting which drove the brick machine, the pugmill and the dynamo at the Brickworks and although it was very heavy going the engine coped with the load and after a two week trial period she was sold. Certainly an engine in less than good condition, bearing in mind the relatively recent overhaul and minimal use since then, would not have managed, but this engine did and kept the Brickworks going for several months. A disastrous fire at the works, which then had to close, concluded Jack's contact with the engine, for despite several attempts to trace the owner and reclaim the engine sometime after the fire, this proved not to be possible. It is believed to have been subsequently cut up for scrap, although it has since been reported in Scotland. (IF ANY READER CAN CONFIRM

THIS, WOULD THEY PLEASE CONTACT THE AUTHOR?) When researches for this article were begun, it was thought that the Wakefield engine and the one which Jack Hardy drove to Churwell, were one and the same but confirmation from Mr. J. Blunt, General Manager of N.C.B. Rescue Stations at Doncaster, disproves this. Mr. Blunt, in a paper to the Colliery Guardian Annual Re-

view in August 1975 entitled 'The History and Development of the Mines Rescue Service in Britain', mentions McLaren Steam Winding Engines being located at both Rotherham and Wakefield Rescue Stations, and indeed, himself well remembers both engines. McLaren Nos. 1558 & 9 were supplied new in July 1920 to The Midland/Ploughing and/General/Transport Co., Towcester, Northants. They were registered BD5873 & B05872. They later went to C. H. Weston, Yardley Gobion, Northants and the last recorded reference under these registrations was December 1936 with H. C. Bolton of Birmingham. Although it has not been confirmed, it is believed that both this pair became the two Mines Rescue engines. No. 1559 was re-registered at that time to CET541 (ET - Rotherham) although the details of the Wakefield engine have not come to light. Although it would seem that neither of these two unusual McLarens are still in existence, it is fitting that they should be remembered in this Yorkshire isue of Steaming and due tribute paid to their stand-by role in World War 2, in that typical Yorkshire activity — Coal Mining. Acknowledgements are due for help in preparing this article to Messrs. A. Fearnley; J. R. Hardy; H. Potts; J. Blunt, C.Eng. F.I.Min.E.; A. Duke; the Editor, Colliery Guardian and the Steam Plough Club.

McLaren Ploughing Engine No. 1559 (CET 541) entering Hardy's yard at Ulleskelf after removal of roof. Early 1953. Photo: J. R. Hardy 110

PRESERVED ENGINES IN YORKSHIRE By MICHAEL CLARK. The re-organisation of county boundaries in 1974 changed the three old Yorkshire 'Ridings' into the areas of North. South and West 'Yorkshire', together with an area around Middlesboro' classed as Cleveland and an area around Hull known as North Humberside. In addition to this, certain areas on the Western borders were transferred to Lancashire and Cumbria. In order that this article may be as comprehensive as possible, engines have been included which were within the pre 1974 boundaries, but Mr. Varley's excellent collection of engines and others at Gisburn, Lancs., which was in Yorkshire under the terms of reference given above, have been purposely excluded. These, it may be recalled, were covered in the Lancashire Special issue. (Steaming Vol. 19, No. 2). It may be of interest to note that 74 of the 140 engines mentioned are not usually rallied and 40 have never been to a rally. However, of these 74, some 35 are at present under restoration, so it would be expected that the rally goers of Yorkshire will be seeing a good selection of 'new faces' in the next two or three years. We shall start our 'Magic Carpet' tour of the Broad Acres in the East. Very few Showman's Engines regularly travel the road under their own steam these days, but L. C. Byass of Little Weighton. near Hull, is well known for steaming his Foster S.R.L. 14632 (AAU 370) 'Success' to rallies with the Gavioli Organ in tnw. He also has a Fowler RR No. 16031 (NW 7277). In Hull itself there is another Fowler Roller, this being No. 15688 (AD 8902) which is parked in a Children's playground along Dansom Lane. Several other rollers are in this area. T. Smith of Thorngumbald has Aveling & Porter No. 8688 (AT 1218) and G. Hardy and Aveling & Porter No. 8679 (BT 8812) 'Nellie Dean'. Further North at South Dalton is another Aveling & Porte: Roller No. 11200 (BT 8252) owned by E. W. Wood who purchased Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies Portable No. 44126 from a sawmill near Malton. only a few years ago and just to the east. near Lockington, W. H. M Ellerker keeps his Marshall Holler No. 84620 (WF 2388)

'Ringo'. 'City of Hull' is the name which has been given to the Fowler R.L. No. 11111 (BE 7988) which is now almost ready to be presented to the rallying public by Alan Padgett of Pocklington. On the coast, we find one of the first engines to attend Pickering rallies. This is Clayton & Shuttleworth G.P. No. 36731 (A,I 5890) which is still owned by N. Gerrard of Skipsea. Not far away is T. Morley's Burrell G.P. No. 3048 (BD 5458). At Kelk, near Bridlington is the only set of ploughing engines in Yorkshire. These are Fowler's Nos. 15154/5 (IX G823/4) which are owned by M. Middlewood and are at present being extensively overhauled. North of Grindale and we find three Fowlers on John Conner's farm. The largest and youngest is No. 19783 (EF 4883) 'King Carnival II', which made its first rally appearance in 1976. The other two, R.L. No. 11,462 (AD 9126) 'Belle of the Wolds' and Tr. No. 16365 (YC 3689) 'Pride of the Road', are now being overhauled after many years of travelling throughout Northern England. Across the Wolds the next engine is also a Fowler. This one. S.R.L. No. 14862 (DW 2235) 'Evening Star' belongs to M. D. Thackray & Son, Old Malton. As we are near Pickering it is appropriate that another of the engines which attended the first rally is still nearby. This one is Marshall G.P. No. 32092 (PY 5827) 'Black Bess' which has worked in the area since new and is currently owned by F. J. & P. Harrison, Marishos, Malton. Beyond Pickering, at the village of Marton, there is a later Marshall G.P. No. 85620 (TF 2954) together with a Garrett Portable No. 34049. These are both owned by W. D. Milner. Further along the same road an engine which is currently part dismantled is S. Revell's Aveling & Porter Roller No. 10545 (HR 7772) near Helmsley, and at Rosedale in the centre of the Yorkshire Moors is Douglas Stable's Marshall Portable No. 38318. CLEVELAND Once across the North Yorkshire Moors 111

we are in Cleveland where Dennis Bainbridge of Loftus is the owner of Wallis & Steevens Tr. No. 7479 (AA 5413) 'Lively Lady'. Also in this town, M. Jackson has a Fowler Roller No. 16326 (EC 5521) which was acquired from Treloar Bros. in early 1977 and is at present being made into a Showman's Type. An engine which has remained with the same firm since its working life is Fowler G.P. No. 9271 which is in store at C. Turner & Son, Lazenby. On the edge of the Cleveland Hills, at Great Ayton, there are two engines. One is E. H. Frank's Garrett Tr. No. 33295 (NH 5567) 'Princess Alexandra' and the other an Aveling & Porter Roller No. 11956 (UP 327) owned by L. Martin. Not far away at Potto, the well known Burrell S.R.L. No. 3526 (AO 6302) 'Lightning II' and Burrell Tr. No. 3618 (TD 4276) 'The Scout' are preserved by Dick Preston & Son. Dick has also recently acquired the 1+ n.h.p. Fisher miniature engine No. 41 built by T. C. Fisher of Reading in 1948. 041.11/0

Mr. E. W. Wood's Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies Portable No. 44126 at Castle Howard, August 1976. 112

Another Burrell which is nearby is the roller No. 4041 (UO 793) owned by S. Alderson of Great Smeaton and unsold after being offered for sale by auction at the 1977 Lanchester Rally. A regular rally attender is F. Bainbridge with Aveling & Porter Tr. No. 9354 (KM 5364) from East Harlsey. There is also a Portable in this area close to the border with Co. Durham, this being the Ruston & Hornsby No. 163856 kept by G. Wood and D. Robinson at Dalton Gate. Also, in this vicinity, close to the A1(M) we may still find Marshall Roller No. 81119 (?) (SF 5348) which was reported as being in a quarry. South now, and Ben Farrow of Bedale and Harry Lyon, keep their Aveling & Porter Roller No. 7583 (TF 395) at Harry's garage at Patrick Brompton. This was in the Huddersfield area until quite recently. John Henderson of Romanby, Northallerton has, last year, attended most rallies in Yorkshire with his recently restored Aveling & Porter Roller which has been made into a convertible, No. 11451 (PT 7442) 'Kathryn' and is at present in tractor form. Another engine which attends most rallies in the area is R. & G. A. Walker's Marshall G.P. No. 84679 (WF 2657) at Kirby Sigston. Walker is also the name of the owner of two Burrell's at Thirsk. These are Roller No. 3456 (WR 9084) and G.P. No. 3895 (WR 7246). Three engines in Yorkshire were built in the same year, 1889, making them the oldest in the county. One of these is Marshall G.P. No. 17134 (PY 298) owned by J. G. W. Robinson of Kirklington, which is only a few miles from the village to which it was delivered new. Three rollers which appear together are based at Dalton: J. & A. Smith's Aveling & Porter No. 6573 (CA 6333) which has recently been sold, Fowler No. 17585 (UA 8178) belonging to Malcolm Stirk and Colin West's Marshall No. 76890 (PY 272) 'Wayfarer'. Across at Hutton Sessay is the Burrell G.P. No. 4032 (PW 6287) belonging to Philip Ogden and at Brandsby, the Fowler G.P. No. 12170 (WY 5321) owned by John Machin. Two engines are owned by rally organiser, Jack Whitwell, these being Clayton & Shuttleworth Showman's Type No. 48385 (BP 5463) 'Wold Ranger and McLaren G.P. No. 1038 (CT 4212). Both are kept at Stillington. Terrington is the home of the only Green's engine in Yorkshire. This is R.R. No. 2007 (U 8432) and is used occasionally by its owner, R. J. Drury to help improve local farm roads.

ROAD LOCOMOTIVES One engine not often taken out is Chris Rockcliff's Aveling & Porter Roller No. 14071 (VN 2095) 'Kathleen'; although its stable mate, Marshall G.P. No. 87003 (TL 3612) 'Surprise' attends most of the rallies in North Yorkshire. Across at Boroughbridge, the Alderson family regularly steam their Fowler Showman's type R.L. No. 14948 (EB 4999) 'Prince of Wales' at a pub near the town. Also at Boroughbridge P. C. W. Rhodes has the oldest Burrell in Yolksbite, G.P. No. 1426 (AJ biUb) 'Old Faithful' built in 1889, together with the Garrett R.L. No. 27946 (01 6818) 'Vera'. More Road Locomotives are to he found in the collection of engines belonging to Gerry Procter at Nidd Bridge. The Burrell R.L. No. 3395 (FJ 1536) 'The Dalesman' is well known to most as it has travelled to many functions in the past few years both in its present owner's hands and in John Crowther's. Currently receiving treatment is the Fowler R.L. No. 12226 (HL 930) which is unique in having wooden block wheels. Together with these are a Ruston & Hornsby Portable No. 173761, a Super Sentinel No. 7591 (WE 3236) which was one of Brown Bayley's fleet and a Mann Cart (No. Unknown) Registered TF 2598. Two Fowler's are also kept here and are presently being restored. One is Roller No. 16436 (SA 8439) being the property of A. R. Windle, the other, Tractor No. 15625 (U 7148) 'Crimson Rambler' owned by A. & D. W. Mitchell. A few miles further south, at Pool-inWharfedale, Harry Denton has Fowler Roller No. 16854 (UA 1684) and A. Myers has almost completed our oldest Roller, Aveling & Porter No. 2481 (CE 9187). Only a couple of miles further and we find Tony Hunt's Burrell S.R.I. No. 3849 (TA 905) 'Marshal Foch' which is kept under cover following several outings last year after a long absence from the rally field. From here our route leaves Wharfedale, passes via Nidderdale and over Masham Moor into Wensleydale, where we find Woodall, near Aysgarth, at which pretty spot we find two Rollers. Here, Tom Kearton keeps Wallis & Steevens 'Advance' No. 8089 (CG 4674) and almost next door, Andrew Craske has Fowler No. 15589 (U 8709) which once worked for the well known Contractors, D. Wood of Yeadon. Further West at Askrigg, John Tennant has his Garrett Sh. Tr. No. 33459 (TC 64) 'Samson' which used to be seen in the Sheffield area in the 1960's.

Another Fowler Roller is at the far western extremity of the Yorkshire Dales National Park (now part of Cumbria), No. 8889 (WR 6554) owned by J. Armistead of Sedbergh. Moving south across the three peaks we find a Wallis & Steevens 'Advance' type Roller No. 7867 (OT 3078) owned by T. King, of High Bentham, near Clapham.

LONG PRESTON Returning through Settle towards West Yorkshire along the A.65, we pass through Long Preston where J. M. Crowther has a collection of engines, all of which are restored to the highest standard. His most recent acquisition is Burrell G.P. No. 3917 (TA 2374). It is an unusual engine in its class as it is fitted with a third speed and also has a belly tank. Other engines in the collection are Aveling & Porter fr. No. 11839 (SM 6448) 'Oberon', Ruston & Hornsby G.P. No. 169166 (TL 3433) and two Marshall Portables, one early, No. 30169 and the other a 1940 model of which further identity is unknown. Also at Long Preston is Marshall G.P. No. 54492 (CT 3859) which has not been seen for a year or two duo to its requiring some boiler repairs. Continuing along the A.65 we pass through Skipton, home of Ken Ellwood and the Burrell G.P. No. 3918 (PU 578) 'Deborah' and then taking the A650, we arrive at Bradford. Almost in the centre of the City, a Wallis & Steevens Oilbath Tractor No. 7389 has been brought back from Kenya by R. J. Hine. This tractor is unusual in having extra wide wheels and is a strawburner. Bradford is also the home of Harry Lee, well known for his Steam Yachts 'Shamrock' and 'Columbia'. Steam power can be provided from one of three engines in Harry's possession; these are Savage Nos. 793, 804 and 867. Steam played an important part in the Industrial History of England, so it is not surprising to find some road vehicles mixed in with other steam driven machinery at Bradford's Industrial Museum at Eccieshill. The Museum's own exhibit is an ex-Bradford Corporation 'Advance' Roller made by Wallis & Steevens, No. 7986 (OT 8207) which is being restored by a group of local enthusiasts. Also kept here are Frank Pennett's Burrell G.P. No. 3218 (TB 3959) and Bass Charrington (North) Ltd.'s Standard Sentinel No. 1488 (AW 3407) 113

AT REST'. Fowler Roller No. 15752 in Pudsey Park in February 1976.

'Old No. 1'. Not far away, in Pudsey Park, is our other 'Playground' roller, Fowler No. 15752 (WR 7508), which is a little more complete than the one at Hull. A more mobile roller is the Aveling & Porter No. 14070 (VN 2094) 'Billy Boy' which has rolled many miles of tarmac during its travels with Stuart Harrison of Denholme. SENTINELS Tar spraying is part of the business of W. & J. Glossop, Hipperholme, who still have one of their fleet of Sentinels at the Works. This is No. 8666 (OD 1572) a DG4. On the other side of Halifax, a Road Rolling contractor still has an engine. This is J. W. M. Mitchell & Son Ltd., who have a partly restored Aveling & Porter Roller No. 11467 (CP 4694). Further up the Calder Valley, we find one of the latest additions to our county is Aveling & Porter Roller No. 4403 (AD 8764) which has been brought from the Thames Valley area by Peter Rigg of Todmorden. Another of Glossop's Sentinels is now owned by P. Fursdon ❑f Huddersfield. This is No. 8009 (YD 7509) and is yet another of the engines in the county which has not yet been restored. 114

Photo: M. Clark

Up on the tops above Huddersfield and R. N. Dodd's Ransomes. Sims & Jefferies G.P. No. 23803 (NO 3291) 'William Fletcher' is being restored in rather exposed surroundings. Across at Holmfiirth, Arnold Brook and Ken Hirst have now completed Sentinel No. 6327 (NE 4770) 'The Yorkshirernan'. This now accompanies the S4 No. 9075 (BEV 467) 'Holmevalian' and no doubt in time we shall see the third Sentinel of theirs, No. 9084 which is an S6. At Shelley is Phillip Carter's Garrett Tr. No. 33632 (TB 3740) 'Joyce' and at Ffockton, Brian Dunford has his new acquisition, a Fowler Roller No. 16485 (WU 2071). At Ravensthorpe is a Marshall Portable Boiler which is used for sterilisation on a mushroom farm in the hands of R. Mortimer. Howard Snowden and Jack Bradley are working on their Sentinel No. 8992 (TJ 4148) 'Prince', at Morley where J. Day and E. Robinson are also in the process of restoring their Wallis & Steevens 'Advance' Roller No. 7941 (ON 2005). Another Sentinel yet to be restored is the 54 No. 8970 (WJ 8985), owned by F. Hall, Ossett. Cole Brothers of Leeds were again rallying last year with their rare Mann Tr. No. 1260 (U 4298), the only

engine which is kept actually within the City Boundary, while to the North, near Thorner, Barry Taylor is progressing with his Sentinel DG4 No. 8606 (VE 6492).

CASTLEFORD Towards Wakefield are Derek Rayner's Aveling & Porter Roller No. 8506 (CT 5012) 'White Rose' and Barry Wood's Aveling & Porter No. 5308 (HD 1573) 'Withernsea' named after the council for

whom she worked when new in 1903. Further East, Castleford might be regarded as THE centre in Yorkshire for Steam Enthusiasts, due to the number of engines which are in, or have passed through the town in recent years. The best known here is probably the Fowler Tr. No. 14408 (CJ 4338) 'Pandora' owned by Arthur Fearnley. Arthur also has a Fowler Roller No. 19353 (YG 914), whilst his son Ron has a Super Sentinel No. 1465 (AW 3321) in the same yard. Walter Fearnley, Arthur's brother, who restored the Yorkshire WG No. 2128 (UA 1788), has recently sold the wagon to Tom Varley as the fourth Yorkshire in his museum at Gisburn. Not far away is the county's only Foden Wagon No. 12364 (TW 4207) belonging to Harry Parkin, whose son David has a Fowler Roller No. 16439 (SM 5121) 'Billie'. Also in Castleford is M. Walter's Garrett Wagon No. 34841 (RT 1940) which requires a lot of work doing before it is ready for the road. Keith Collins of Glasshoughton continues to rally his Fowler No. 15813 (WR 8965) 'Elsie' whilst restoring his other charge, the Sentinel Waggon, S4 No. 9308 (DDC 338) which he bought From Ted Ashton at

Brotherton. Ted now only has one Sentinel, the DG4 No. 8694 (YG 746) which he travels on the road quite extensively throughout the year. Ted is an all weather

driver. North from here and we arrive at Sherburn in Elmet, home of Jack Hardy & Son who have the Aveling & Porter Tr. No. 9183 (KE 18) 'The Pirate' and are nearing completion of their Fowler S.R.L. No. 15117 (NW 780) 'Headway'. At Stillingfleet

Alison Raley keeps his Wallis & Steevens G.P. No. 7774 (CT 6081) and just down the road, Street's of Selby have an S4 Sentinel in pieces, believed to be No. 9002.

Walter Chilvers of Hambleton has Fowler No. 9381 (WR 6770) 'Lady Betty' which was originally used by John Smith's

Brewery at nearby Tadcaster. A Wallis & Steevens G.P. No. 2489 (AD 8906) is being restored by F. J. Jackson of Askern. Another engine being overhauled is the Clayton & Shuttleworth G.P. No. 43187 (AH 5473) which is at Joe Duckett's farm in West Hardwick. On a farm at Havercroft is Carr Bros. Marshall Roller No. 60207 (CA 4775) which is some way from its owners' home in Sheffield. Our tour comes towards its end in the South of the County, calling first at Barnsley wheie Aveling & Poi ter Roller No. 4810, an ex playground engine, is being restored

by some members of the Barnsley Model Engineering Society after they removed it from 'Home' at Staincross Common. Across at Penistone, J. C. Ward has custody of a DG6 Sentinel No 8213 (GF 8655) which has been loaned by E. N. Shone of London, together with his own Aveling & Porter Roller No. 14090 (NG 564) 'Michelle'. At Grenoside there are four Fowlers. Three of these are owned by J. Cuthbert, being G.P.'s No. 7232 (WR 6662); 13141 (HO 5677) and 14100 (J 6673). The fourth is a roller No. 16934 (UM 8050) and recently restored by A. Hemingway. We go east now and a recent acquisition is Fowler Roller No. 17482 (XCE 948) owned by H. Bell & Son, Thorne. At Hatfield Woodhouse, J. Lyon occasionally takes his Wallis & Steevens 'Advance' Roller No. 7861 (HO 6496) to local shows. Towards Bawtry we find Wilf Payne with his Fowler Sh. Tr. No. 14798 (U 5313) 'Firefly' and Aveling & Porter Tr. No. 9228 (CJ 4159) 'Barbara'. Across at Tickhill there is a Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies G.P. No. 27512 (R 6244) belonging to W. H. Kitchen, together with Marshall G.P. No. 29944 (AL 9271) which is being kept here by R. Reynolds, after the building in which it was housed collapsed during the gales in 1976. At Thrybergh, near Rotherham is another Fowler, this being a Russian Type R.L. No. 14893 (CT 6888) which is in the hands of I. K. and J. Barraclough. Between here and Sheffield City Centre are the Steel Works of Tinsley, including Brown Bayley Steels Ltd., who were great users of Sentinels. One of their wagons is now restored and stands very close to its

original home. It is the Standard Type No. 2973 (AW 6682) and owned by S. Harrison Ltd. Work is presently in hand by I larrisons in restoring the Sentinel No. A2307 (BW 115

4693), while a third Sentinel No. 6680 (NT 9133), which was acquired at the Hirst Sale in 1971 is waiting its turn. Carr Brothers mentioned earlier, retain their other two engines nearer home. These are Aveling & Porter Roller No. 12467 (RF 6437) and Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies G.P. No. 27596 (WR 6553). At Stannington, G. present being restored. Finally, we look forward to seeing the results of the construction of the 'Fowler Tiger Showman's Engine' which Brian Hardy is constructing himself in Sheffield, using new material

apart from the boiler and cylinder block, which have come from an Aveling & Porter engine. In conclusion, we have seen some 19 different makes of engine and an extremely good selection of types. Apologies must go to any engine owner in Yorkshire who may have been missed on this 'tour', but if we don't know about you and you don't tell us, then we can't visit you. To all those mentioned, sincere thanks for having us and 'Good Steaming' in the future.

McLaren Traction Engine, 'Loughrigg', 8 N.H.P., built in 1903, which spent most of its working life in the Wakefield area. Now owned by Zeke Myers & Sons of Ambleside, Photo: Leeds and District Traction Engine Club Cumbria.

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SENTINELS IN YORKSHIRE by J. L. Thomas Co-Author of "The Sentinel" 5 Minett Avenue, Rushwick, Worcester WR2 5TQ

The Works Records of Sentinel Waggons and photographs were destroyed when the Rolls Royce Company took over in 1956 and it is only by patient years of research by Mr. Alan Duke, R.L.S. & Club Records Officer and "The Sentinel Register" that any Sentinel records exist today. I should like to express my thanks to Mr. Duke on behalf of all Club Members, for the work he has carried out in this respect, for without this we would not have so comprehensive a list of engines as we have today. Despite many other types of Steam Wagon having been built in Yorkshire, we hnd that even the known listed Sentinel Steam waggons supplied new into the County amount to no less than 143 — not

to mention the dozens, probably scores, of wagons purchased second hand, or perhaps even third, fourth, and even sixth hand and not in "The Sentinel Register" lists. A lot of Works Numbers and dates are missing, as records have been compiled from archives of licensing authorities and where certain ones are only approximate, this is stated. If any wader can give any further details, or has photographs of any of the Waggons mentioned in this article, or knows of others which should have been mentioned, would they please contact the Author. Now, commencing with the first Sentinel, No. 100 and finishing with No. 9502, I have searched through double that number of

Earlist photograph of a Sentinel in Yorkshire. Sentinel No. 243, Reg. No. V 803. New in 1909 to Kingston-upon-Hull Corporation. Photo. J. L. Thomas 117

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Hallamshire Steel & File Co. Ltd., Sheffield, between Works Nos. 525 and 567 (1912). Photo: J. L. Thomas

owners when new and second hand and find that the first Sentinel sold into Yorkshire was — about No. 167, Reg. No. (definite) V487. new in 1907 to Wm. Mallinson & Son, Lockwood, Huddersfield. No subsequent owners or last licence date are known. This wagon and subsequent ones were known as the 'Standard' type. The 'V' registration is Lanarkshire, as Alley & MacLellan's Polmadie Works were in the County and just outside the City of Glasgow boundary at that time. The next one which came into Yorkshire is approx No. 169, Reg. No. V490, new by 1908 to T. B. & W. Cockayne Ltd., Sheffield. The earliest one I have a photograph of is approx No. 243, Reg. No. V803, new to Kingston-uponHull Corporation in 1909 and I take the photograph from my copy of the Sentinel Transport News (S.T.N.) of April 1917. The same photograph is also in the Sentinel Catalogue No. 19M. A very small 3 ton model, Reg. No. V814, was supplied to a firm at Middlesbrough. It is possible that Kingston-upon-Hull Corporation also had V916, new; also V976 second hand, though the '1' and the '7' could be the same. It would seem certain, however, that they had V1133 and V1139 in 1911, as their Fleet Nos. 3 and 4, the Works Numbers being between 372 and 390. Hadfields Ltd. of Sheffield bought Reg. No. V1315, approx No. 494 in 1911. J. W, 118

Hardie of Goldthorpe, Rotherham, bought Sentinel No. 512, Reg. No V1579 in 1912. Hadfields of Sheffield also Fought V1996, Works Number between 597 and 613 in 1913. The Hallamshire Steel File Co. of Sheffield, bought a Standard 5 ton tipper waggon, Works No. between 525 and 567 in 1912. G. Senior & Sons of Sheffield appear to have purchased a 5 ton Tipper in 1913. Sugden Bros. of Brighouse purchased V2739, approx Works No. 721 in 1914. There is a photograph of this waggon in S.T.N. December 1916 and also in Catalogue No. 19M. John Smith's Tadcaster Brewery is recorded as having V2911, approx Works No. 740. I also have a photograph of a waggon which W. J. Dixon of Hull is listed as having purchased. It is V2912, approx Works No. 770, possibly second hand from the Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers (1900) Ltd. A photograph of this waggon appears in S.T.N. August 1916. W. B. Bradwell of Rastrick purchased Works No. 769 ,Reg. No. V3127 in 1914. Another Sentinel owned by John Smith's Tadcaster Brewery was V3123, about Works No. 805. Hadfields of Sheffield purchased their third waggon new in 1915 — she was No. 840, V3191. The Hallamshire Steel File Co., Sheffield (Neepsend) bought their second Sentinel in 1915. This was Reg. No. V3184, approx

Works No. 850. Hadfield's fourth Sentinel was No. 899, V3193 and their fifth No. 900, V3197 in March 1915. I also have another Sentinel listed as having been bought by Sugden Bros. of Brighouse. She was V3460 which is approx No. 942 or 943. V 3566 was the third waggon known to have been purchased by John Smith's Tadcaster Brewery, Works No. 954 (approx). This then is the end of the known Glasgow built Sentinels. SHREWSBURY Commencing with Works No. 1102, Reg. No. AW2409, the manufacture of Sentinel Stearn Wagons commenced in Alley & MacLellan's specially built works at Shrewsbury in 1915. The first Shrewsbury built Standard Sentinel Wagon sold into Yorkshire was No. 1119, Reg. No. AW (Shrewsbury) 2518, new in 1915 to Thos Firth & Suns (Stainless Steel) Sheffield, their No. b. Then we find Brown Bayley Steel Works Ltd., Sheffield, Fleet No. 1. This was Sentinel No. 1127 (approx), AW2547 (definite), new in 1915. Photograph in Catalogue 19M. Next on the list is No. 1131, AW2551, also new in 1915 to John Smith's Tadcaster Brewery Ltd. There is a photograph in S.T.N. October 1916 of a waggon. new to the North Eastern Paper Mills Ltd., Marsden, Reg. No. AW2568, which would make it about No. 1138. Brown Bayley's, Sheffield bought AW 2672 in 1916, which would be between 1158 and 1170. though 1172, AW2678 is listed as their No. 2 and possibly 1173, AW2679, as their No. 3. (photos S.T.N. December 1916). A tipper was sold to Sanderson Bros. and Newbould of Sheffield in 1916. She was No. 1178, AW2708. Brown Bayley's next purchase was No, 1187, AW2729 and Nu. 1196, AW2752, is listed as Brown Bayley's No. 4 which puts doubt on the above mentioned Works No. 1173. The Sheffield Forge & Rolling Mill Co. Ltd., bought No. 1218, AW2802 as their No. 1 and No. 1229, AW2828, as their Fleet No. 2, both in 1916. William Cook & Co. of Tinsley, Sheffield, bought as their Fleet No. 1, Sentinel No. 1238, AW2853 in 1917. Reg. Nos. AW2861 and AW2863 are also listed for the above two firms, but are doubtful. Kingston-upon-Hull Corporation purchased as their No. 5, AW2892, Works No. between 1239 and 1255. Sheffield Forge & Rolling Mill Ltd. purchased No. 1266, AW 2928 in 1916, their No, 4 — Photograph Catalogue 19M. William Cuuk & Co. of Tinsley, Sheffield, bought as their Fleet

No. 2, No. 1268, AW2930 — Photo S.T.N. June 1917. Brown Bayley's No. 6 was Works No. 1286, Reg. No. AW2964, new in 1916 — Photo Cat. 19M. This is the waggon which the firm restored and which is now in the Museum of Transport, Glasgow. John Smith's Tadcaster Brewery Ltd. next bought Sentinel No. 1343, Reg. No. AW3082 in 1916. Longbattom & Co. Ltd. of Sheffield bought Works No. 1391, AW 3191 in 1916 — Photo S.T.N. October 1917. Mr. Ron Fearnley's Sentinel No. 1465, AW332i was new to Alton Court Brewery. Ross-on-Wye, in early 1917 and is not really a Standard, but a Super Sentinel. It is said to have been Sentinel's own Works vehicle at Shrewsbury for many years and hence was rebuilt. It was acquired by Mr. Arthur Fearnley from Scientific Roads (Western) Ltd., Queensferry, N, Wales, in 1957 for preservation. On the 17th May 1917, "The Sentinel Waggon Works Ltd." was incorporated and the name Alley & MacLellan was dropped. Wiliford & Co., Sheffield purchased No. 1474, AW3366 and later sold her to Tinsley Rolling Mills Ltd., Sheffied. Works No. 1475, Reg. No. AW 3367 was new to Kayser Ellison & Co. Ltd., Sheffield, who later sold her to Kirkdale Haulage, Liverpool. Brown Bayley's No. 7 was No. 1479, Reg. No. AW3379 in 1917 and she was cut up by them in May 1965. Their No. 8 has become famous as the basis for a cardboard model in its new guise as a brewery wagon owned by Bass North Ltd., York. She is No. 1488, AW3407, new in 1917 and is usually on display at the Bradford Industrial Museum. No. 1554, AW3530 was sold in 1917 to Fernley Iron Co., Leeds; a model DS 5 ton tipper. Earles Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull purchased No. 1626, AW3699 in 1917. Spear & Jackson Ltd., Sheffield, purchased No. 1676, AW3788, a Model E 31 ton lightweight tipper also in 1917. Kayser Ellison & Co. Ltd., Sheffield, bought their second Sentinel, No. 1708, AW3825, a Model B flat platform lightweight waggon in the same year. Owen & Dyson of Rotherham bought their first Sentinel, No. 1715, AW3832, in 1917 — Photo S.T.N. April 1919. Brown Bayley's then bought three new Sentinels; they were Nos. 1716, 1717 and 1718, Reg. Nos. AW3833/4/5 respectively. The first is now owned by Mr. Bu'man of Wickford, Essex and the last one by Mr. P. Brandt ❑f Boxford, Suffolk. I have a photograph in Cat. 21M. of the Halifax Gas Department's Sentinel, Fleet No. 3, Works No. 1747, AW 3878, of 1917. Works 119

No. 1850, CW3435 was with Pollard & Driver, Burnley, in 1920 and worked for Samuel Smith, 'The Old Brewery', Tadcaster until 1929. Approx Works No. 1916, AW4097 was sold new in 1918 to John Exton of Sheffield, their No. 1. Kayser Ellison bought another new Sentinel in 1918; this was a Model D 5 ton tipper, No. 1958, AW4129. Owen & Dyson Ltd., Rotherham, bought another waggon in 1918. This was No. 1960, AW4131, which was sold to Brown Bayley's secondhand and is now owned by Mr. J. M. Richardson of Scarborough. Works No. 1986, AW4165 was sold to John H. Andrews & Co. Ltd., Sheffield, their fleet No. 3 — Photo Cat. 21 M. Between Works Nos. 2011 and 2019 comes AW4021, sold new to Edgar Allen & Co. Ltd., Sheffield, Photo Cat. No. 21 M. Also between Works Nos. 2099 and 2105 comes Reg. No. AW 4318, new in 1918 to James C. Waterhouse Ltd., Wakefield. Again, between Works Nos. 2145 and 2152 comes Reg. No. AW4387, new to Earles Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull, Fleet No. 2. Jas. Lumb & Sons, Elland, Yorks, Fleet No. 2 was Sentinel No. 2193, AW4441 in 1918 — Photo Cat. 21M. Approx Works No. 2204, AW4450 was sold to Amos & Smith of Hull in 1918 and also between Nos. 2224 and 2229, the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Co. Ltd. purchased their Fleet numbers 2 and 3. They were Sentinels registered AW4473 and AW4474 in 1919. Photo S.T.N. April 1919. Although the L. & Y. headquarters were in Manchester, these waggons spent most of their lives in Bradford on local deliveries. John Smith's Tadcaster Breweries purchased their Fleet Nos. 7 and 8, which were Sentinel Model B 4 ton flat platform waggons, Nos. 2230 and 2231, AW4477 and AW4483. No. 2230 later went to Glossop's. Edgar Allen & Co., Sheffield, purchased their second Sentinel No. 2237, AW4481 in 1918. Alfred Green & Co. of Skipton, Yorks, purchased Sentinel No. 2242, Reg. WR4532 also in 1918. "The Shrewsbury Belle", Sentinel No. 2307, AW4693 was new in 1919 to Horridge Gornal of Bury, Lancs and is now owned in preservation by Harrison's Haulage, Sheffield. Sentinel No. 2321, AW4782 was new in 1919 to the County of York Agricultural Co-operative Association, Knottingley, whilst approx No. 2233, AW4809 was new to Rishworth Ingleby, Lofthouse Ltd., Hull — Photo Cat. 21M. The Sheffield Gas Co. purchased a small 31 ton Tipper, No. 2388, AW5040 in 1919. No. 2415, AW5090 was new in 1919 to 120

George Pickersgill & Sons, of Bradford. Another small 3+ ton Tipper, Works No. 2433, AW5131 was sold in 1919 to I. & I. Calvert, Halifax — Photo Cat. 21M. John Smith's Brewery, Tadcaster, bought yet another Sentinel in 1920: this was No. 2916, AW6511. Tennant Bros. Ltd., Brewers of Sheffield, purchased Sentinel No. 2973, AW 6682, a 6 ton model, which they later sold to Brown Bayley Steels Ltd., Fleet No. 3. This is now owned by Harrison's Haulage, Sheffield. John Smith's also purchased AW 7809, approx Works No. 3335 in the same year. George Johnson of Hull purchased No. 3340, AW7816 in 1920, whilst another Sheffield Brewery, Duncan Gilmour & Co. Ltd., purchased No. 3373, AW7963, in 1920. This waggon was later sold to Brown Bayley's Fleet No. 5 and is now owned by Mr. D. Doncaster, Colchester, Essex. I believe that No. 3381, AW7946 was new to C. H. Anderton of Howden, Yorks, in 1920. The L. & Y. Railway purchased another Sentinel in 1920. This was No. 3402, AW8015, their fleet No. 122. I believe they also purchased No. 3801, AW9054, because when the L.M.S. Railway Co. took over the L. & N.W. Railway in 1923, which company had absorbed the L. & Y. in 1921, they acquired this Sentinel, which became their Fleet No. 54A. Like the L, & Y.'s other Sentinels — they had six in total, although not all numbers are known and some may have been second hand — they spent their working days around Bradford. Works No. 3899, Reg. ET1969 was new in 1921 to J. J. Habershon & Sons Ltd., Rotherham, who sold it to Brown Bayley's, their Fleet No. 16. She is now owned by Mr. J. H. Pattinson of Belper, Derbyshire. No. 4194, AW5499 was a 6 tonner, new in October 1922 to Tadcaster Tower Brewery Co. It was sold to E. Sheard, Wakefield, in 1936 and the last owner was T. B. Brook, Morley. Rayner & Tasker of Elland, Halifax, bought a new waggon, No. 4208, CP2650, a Model BS 4 ton lightweight, registered 9/10/1922. T. Throup & Sons, Horsforth, Leeds, bought No. 4238, WY 5674, in October 1922. John Smith's Brewery added another two Sentinels to their fleet at Tadcaster in December 1922. They were Fleet Nos. 13 and 19, Nos. 4256 and 4257, WT1484 and WT1485, respectively. These waggons bring us up to the end of the Standard Models. SUPER SENTINELS This new type of Waggon started in June 1923 with No. 5001, there being a

gap left from No. 4426. lhe first one we find being sold into Yorkshire was the fifth Super listed, namely No. 5013, Reg. No. WT270, in August 1923, to W. Sutcliffe, Todmorden (1923) Ltd., later sold to Hebden Haulage Co. and then Kinder Bros., Blackburn. Scientific Roads (Northern) Ltd. of Shipley, bought a second hand Model B 4 tonner, which had been new in July 1923, No. 5029, MB3181, from F. A. Frost & Sons, Millers of Ellesmere Port. George Mann & Co. Ltd. of Hunslet, Leeds, bought a Sentinel; it was a new Model C, as their first, in August 1923, No. 5038, NW 4804. Works No.5066, B87774 was sold third hand to W. & J. Glossop, of Hipperholme, Yorks, their No. 126. They had literally, dozens and dozens of Sentinels and an article could be written on their fleet alone. 5074, EN2110, was sold second hand to H. Kemp of Doncaster. 5141, XP4329 was second hand in 1936 to Glossops. 5188 was new in December 1923 to J. C. Waterhouse Ltd., of Wakefield, this being their second. No. 5210, WT1607 was new in January 1924 to Hudson Ward & Co. of Goole, No. 5250, MB4136 was sold second hand in 1928 to George Armitage & Sons, Robin Hood Wakefield. 5274, W11845 was new in January 1924 to E. Timm & Son Ltd., Goole. No. 5284, XR5224 was new in February 1924 to the L. & N.E. Rly. Co., Bradford. In March 1924, No. 5287, NW 6199 was new to Albert Wilkins of Leeds. George Mann & Co., Hunslet, Leeds. bought new as their No. 2 on 12/3/1924, No. 5337, NW6236, whilst No. 5359, WT3822 was the first of the six wheeled articulated waggons in Yorkshire and was new in April 1924 to Wm. Clegg, Hebden Bridge and it was owned by the L.M. & S. Rly. Co., their No. 62A, by December 1933. No. 5407, FA1803 was new in April 1924 to J. B. Kind Ltd., Burton-on-Trent. She was purchased about seventh hand by the United Africa Co., Liverpool and then eventually passed to preservation. In 1961 she was owned by Mr. J. D. Hadfield of Sheffield and in 1965 passed to Mr. Bert Winkfield of Bletchley. She took part in the successful John of Groats to Lands End run in 1976, George Mann & Co., Hunslet, purchased their third Sentinel in May 1924, No. 5487, NW7411. Kingston-upon-Hull Corporation bought their Fleet No. 10, Sentinel No. 5523, AT5689 in 1924, whilst the next number, No. 5524, NW7482 also in 1924, went to Hudson & Co., Leeds. Castleford Transport Co. purchased No. 5562, WT 6367 in October 1924 their Fleet No. 5.

A. Davey & Sons Ltd., Sheffield, bought new No. 5576, WB977 on 19/7/1924, their Fleet No. 35. John Pearson Ltd. of Stainton or Marton, North Riding, purchased No. 5714, PY2331, in November 1924 and also owned another Sentinel, Reg. No. AJ8945 (Works number unknown). Crawford Bros. of Sheffield bought a new Sentinel, No. 5893, W83539, on a day in January 1925. Sentinel No. 6072, Y1 8056, now preserved by Mr. Jim Hutchens was used around Shipley, Yorks, by Scientific Roads (Northern) Ltd. and bought from them by Mr. W. Fearnley, Castleford, in August 1957, for preservation. It was then sold to Cole Bros, Leeds, in 1961 before passing to Mr. Hutchens shortly afterwards. The Campbell Gas Engine Co. Ltd., Halifax, purchased No. 6251 new in September 1925, whilst the Bradford Co-operative Society bought No. 6284 in the next month, their No. 10A. Super No. 6327, NE4770 was new on 3rd December 1925, to Leopold Walford Transport Ltd., Ardwick, Manchester, along with No. 6328, NE4771 and 6329, NE4772 and has now been substantially rebuilt by Messrs. Brook & Hirst, Holmfirth. It is now known as 'The Yorkshireman'. (John Stirk & Sons Ltd., Halifax, bought No. 6329, NE4772 second hand). Bentley's Yorkshire Breweries Ltd., of Woodlesford, Leeds, bought two new Sentinels in January 1926; they were Nos 6377 and 6378, WU4271 and 4272. George Mann & Co. of Hunslet, Leeds, purchased their fourth Sentinel on 6/3/1926; this was No. 6437, UM4067. Hartley & Sugden Ltd., Halifax, bought No. 6447, new in March 1926 and in the same month, Thos. Sugden & Son Ltd., Brighouse, bought No. 6456, WU4753. Sentinel No. 6471, after being a works demostration vehicle for some time, was purchased by Aberford Motor Company, Aberford, West Riding and taxed as WU 8268 on 24/8/1926. The Goole Tillage Co. Ltd., Goole, purchased No. 6491, YB5860, second hand from W. J. King, Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, in January 1934. Kemp & Jepson of Doncaster bought Sentinel No. 6746, WU8840, new in October 1926. A waggon of very great personal interest to me, because it was purchased new by my very good friend Frank Holl of Worcester, was Super Sentinel No. 6861, FK 3230, in March 1927 and after being owned by Streets of Gloucester, it was sold third hand to E. M. & T. J. Tasker, of Boothtown, Halifax, in about 1933. Vamplew & Co., Sheffield, bought a new waggon on 31/3/27; she was No. 6934, 121

Sentinel DG 6 No. 7956, new in July 1929, at Harrogate where it was exhibited by John Smith's Brewery prior to entering service between Tadcaster and Doncaster. Photo: A. R. Windle WB9862. Works No. 6981, YH5764, was new in June 1927, but by 1941 was third hand to the Central Haulage & Motor Co., Leeds, which firm was owned by L. & W. Cole. It went from there to New Monkton Collieries. No. 7012, TN5876 was new in July 1927, but by 1933 or 4 it was third hand to Owen & Dyson, Rotherham, logged as their No. 1, which may have been in a different series as they had waggons previously, during World War 1. The Yorkshire Dyeware & Chemical Co. Ltd., Dewsbury, purchased a new 6 wheel articulated waggon in November 1927. She was No. 7085, HD3341. Chas Keyon & Son, Wisewood, Sheffield, bought a new Sentinel, No. 7114, WE412 on October 4th 1927. Tadcaster Tower Brewery Co. Ltd., bought another waggon in December 1927 — No. 7246, DN9639, which they named 'Evelyn'. It was put on pneumatics in 1933 and scrapped in 1945. Thos. Sugden & Sons, Brighouse, added yet two more Sentinels to their fleet in December 1927 when they purchased new 6 ton Models, Nos. 7252 and 7253, WW 4206 and WW4205 respectively. No. 7591, 122

WE3236 was new on 2/10/1928 to George Senior & Son, Sheffield, later Pashley & Trickett Ltd., Rotherham, who in turn sold her to Brown Bayley Steel Works Ltd., Sheffield. This waggon is now owned by Mr. Gerry Procter, of Nidd Bridge, Harrogate. DOUBLE GEARED MODELS Commencing at No. 7162, a development of the 'Super', known as the 'DG' or 'double geared' model was introduced. These were built along side the Supers for a time and I shall deal with these and the later models in a subsequent article. (To be continued)

CHUFF We have just heard that Tom Varley has purchased Aveling & Porter Steam Wagon No. 9282 and that the engine, built in 1922 for export to Australia, has now returned to the UK for restoration.

TENNANT BUDD (LIFE & PENSIONS BROKERS) LTD. are pleased to announce that special arrangements have been made whereby Members of N.T.E.C. can obtain special discounted rates of premium for:(a) PRIVATE HOSPITAL TREATMENT — a plan has been negotiated with the Western Provident Association giving Members the benefit of a 25% discount on the normal subscription rates. (b) PROLONGED DISABILIITY INSURANCE — this plan giving a weekly benefit in the event of disability caused by accident or illness has been arranged with a leading Company in this field at specially discounted rates. For further details contact:— MR. R. C. HARRIS (MANAGER),

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IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS IN TENNANT BUDD LTD., N.T.E.C. INSURANCE SCHEME Due to ever-rising running and replacement costs in which engine owners are involved nowadays, Tennant Budd Ltd., felt it would be an opportune moment to consider a thorough revision of the terms of the N.T.E.C. Insurance Scheme, before the start of the 1978 Season. After consultation with the Dominion Ins. Co., our Brokers were able to offer important improvements to the Committee, who were pleased to accept on behalf of the members. As a result, from the 1st March, 1978, the annual premium for the Dominion policy will be increased from £16.00 to £20.00 (The New Zealand Third Party Boiler Explosion premium is not affected, and remains at £2.50 for an indemnity of £250,000 per engine). A brief summary of the increased indemnities and relevant sections of the policy is set out below. SECTION B — ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE FROM IMPACT This section covers the cost of repairing or replacing any part of the insured Vehicle,

necessitated by Malicious Damage, and Accidental Damage resulting from Impact and will be increased from £200 to £500. Further, this Section will now cover repair or replacement of any parts damaged by Fire, Lightning, Explosion or Theft whilst laid up out of use AND WHILST UNDER STEAM up to but not exceeding the value stated on the policy schedule. It will be warranted that Theft is excluded whilst a vehicle is left unattended, other than whilst on site or parked on Insured's premises. In addition, the existing Exception (a) under this section will be deleted, and the cost of specially making any part or the painting thereof will be INCLUDED up to £500. SECTION C — THEFT. This Section covers loss by THEFT of brass and copper attachments and will be increased from £200 to £500. The Company is not liable for theft of any attachment which at the time of loss is detached from the Insured Vehicle. 123

SECTION D — RECOVERY. This Section covers the cost of recovering the Insured Vehicle from the scene of an accident or breakage, and will be increased from £200 to £500. PLEASE NOTE THAT SECTIONS A, E AND F ARE NO TAFFECTED. SPECIAL NOTE. We are now able to cover the total Loss of an engine against risks which include Impact and Toppling over. This cover would be arranged under a separate policy at a rate of 3749 per £100 sum insured, subject to a minimum premium of £20 per annum. Please contact Mrs. Jessup of Tennant Budd Ltd., if you require more details.

INCREASES IN INSPECTION FEES. As members may recall, the Scottish Boiler usually revise the inspection rates in November. However, investigations into

Surveyor's time sheets, Technical Department involvement, etc. have taken longer than normal. In the circumstances Tennant Budd have advised us of the following amendments, to take effect from 1st January, 1978: Thorough examination of Boiler including issue of Report, supplementary examination under steam including issue of Report. £34.00 2. Witnessing Hydraulic Test. £20.00 3. Examination following repairs, and issue of statutory Report from 55. £30.00 The above fees will be subject to V.A.T. at the prevailing rate (at present 8%). With regard to the Special Service for Supervision of Repairs, the Scottish Boiler regret that they are unable to continue this at a fixed fee. When a member wishes the Scottish Boiler to supervise repairs as recommended in a Thorough Report, they will quote for each individually, before the service commences. On completion of repairs to their satisfaction, the appropriate certificate will be issued. The company regret the need to apply substantial increases, but the terms quoted are the keenest they can offer, to provide the necessary standard of technical services.

OBITUARY ERNIE COOPER It is with great sorrow that we have to announce the death on Thursday, 10th November 1977 of Mr. Ernie Cooper of Eccleston, near Chorley, Lancashire. He joined the Lancashire Traction Engine Club at the inaugural meeting in 1964 and in 1972 was unanimously elected the Club's President. Throughout his lifetime Ernie was involved with the steam engine, from his early youth when steam reigned supreme through to the present age of preservation. His exploits with steam were recounted in the Lancashire Special Edition of Steaming in February 1975. Ernie's first taste of steam came in the Edwardian era when as a boy he helped his father, thrashing with a Foden traction engine. On demob from the army after The Great War he was second man to his brother on Chinnery's 1920 Standard Sen174

tinel, steaming the length and breadth of the land on furniture removals. In 1924, when in his mid twenties, Ernie took a job with Rosbottoms of Bickerstaffe, Lancs., driving both Burrell and Fowler steam rollers all over Lancashire and Cheshire. He continued driving steam rollers when he joined Leyland UDC in 1947 as driver of their 1913 Burrell 10 ton d.c.c. roller. In 1963 the council retired the worn out roller, but not Ernie, and for a few more years he continued rolling with a diesel roller. With the formation of the Lancashire T.E. Club Ernie's involvement with steam took on a fresh lease and he was a regular attender at many steam events in the area, always ready to give a helping hand or advice gained from over 40 years experience with steam. Ernie Cooper will be sadly missed by many northern enthusiasts and we extend our deepest sympathy to ALAN PORTER his wife and family.

STOOMWALSENCLUB NEDERLAND Rob Gebhard has written to us recently advising that all correspondence to him personally and to the Club should be sent to:P.O. Boy 1478, 3000 BL ROTTERDAM, Netherlands.

of Young Farmers' Clubs A.G.M. Our probable route will be Derby, Ashbourne, Leek. Macclesfield, Knutsford, Warrington, Preston, and Blackpool. We hope to attract some national publicity for Y.F.C., Road Roller Association and for steam on the road in general. If any member would like to sponsor the trip, please contact me and I will forward a sponsorship form immediately. Yours sincerely, STEVE K. DURANCE.

LONDON MEETINGS These are held at The Cock Tavern, Great Portland Street (two minutes from Oxford Circus Underground Station), on the last Wednesday evening of each month. We use the upstairs room from 7.30 p.m. Will members please note an alteration in the programme already announced. MARCH 29th Slide show featuring traction engines. We are hoping to have a selection from an excellent, but not often seen collection. APRIL 26th Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway. A talk and slide show to mark the 50th Anniversary in 1977 of this fascinating line. We have indeed been fortunate in securing Mr. George Barlow, the operating manager of this railway and one of its longest servants to give us this talk — it should be outstanding. Summer recess follows; next meeting, Wednesday, 25th October, 1978.

14 Provident Street, Derby, DE3 6WS. Tel: Derby 48520. 30.1.78. Dear Editor, It is my intention, along with my supporting crew, to drive my Marshall Steam Roller No. 57168 'Blodwen' from Derby to Blackpool. The reason for this delightful trip of some 130 miles is to raise money for the National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs. Hopefully, the cash source will be my fellow Young Farmers and some commercial firms who will sponsor the trip. We hope to leave Derby on Sunday, 23rd April, and arrive at Blackpool on Thursday, 27th, in time for the National Federation

Field House, Turvey, Beds. 4th January, 1978. Dear Editor, With reference to the letter from M. Boston of Wilstead regarding the Howard Ploughing Engine at present in the Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum at Dearborn, Michigan. Mr. Boston first received details from the Museum in April 1975 in which is was mentioned that they would be interested to hear of any organisation — I repeat organisation — that would be prepared to restore and preserve this valuable equipment. He telephoned me in early August 1975 (not November 1976) telling me of this letter he had received from the Museum. Whereupon I asked him to send it together with the photographs he had received to me and that on behalf of the Transport Trust I would deal with it. Mr. Boston complied with my request and I wrote the first of many letters to the Curator of Agriculture at the Museum on the 16th August 1975. In June 1976 I met one of the Museum representatives and negotiations have continued up to the present time. Shipping costs have been obtained, contact with the Science Museum has been made and if all goes well then with luck we may see the return of the Howard engine and equipment in 1978. During last year when I met Mr. Boston I informed him that things were preecding, albeit slowly, so that I am surprised he say's that he has heard nothing further. I hope Mr. Editor that before long I will be able to advise you of the safe arrival in the U.K. of this very interesting engine. Yours faithfully, JOHN CRAWLEY, Council Member, Transport Trust. 125

'Waynefleet', Castle Rising Road, South Wooton, King's Lynn, PE30 3HR, Norfolk. Dear Editor, The report in December 1977 Steaming about Howard's "Farmer's Engine" for disposal at Dearborne Musuem, Michigan, U.S.A., is extremely important from a U.K. preservation viewpoint. This engine, almost certainly made in 1877 at the latest, may well be the one Howards sold with a plough set to a Mr. Stephenson of Burwell, Cambs., in that year and which worked until 1928. In any case, one sincerely hopes that a knowledgeable steam traction engine preservationist (possessed of a deep pocket!) may wish to bring back this unique ploughing - cum - traction engine to the land of her birth. In fact this operation would parallel the rescue of the 'Great Britain' from the Falklands, albeit on a lesser scale. As far as I know, only one good photo print exists of the 1877 Howard engine. This picture may well be in Ranscrnes collection (at Reading) and shows the 1877 engine on display outside Howard's Bedford Works: probably in 1930. Ransomes took over Howards steam and cultivating interests in 1932. Yours sincerely, ANTHONY BEAUMONT.

36 Gloucester Road, Gaywood, King's Lynn, PE30 4AB, Norfolk. 3.1.78. Dear Editor, Congratulations on the new cover design for Steaming; it is certainly very eyecatching. Just a couple of points about the December issue. The picture on page 12 is not of the wagon mentioned in the article. The wagon depicted is in fact a superheated Garrett overtype, easily recognisable by the flat-topped smoke-box housing the superheater. I would say that the wagon is probably a five-tonner. Secondly, on page 20, Grays' Foster 13200 was called "Aquitania" I would be interested to know if this engine did in fact 126

ever carry showland fittings? Harry Gray only owned this engine six months (from 9/14 to 3/15), then selling her to a T. H. Knowlton, a farmer in the Bedford area. Hence the reg. no. NM 224 (Beds. County Council). i would also welcome any further information on the Fowler Showman's mentioned on page 38. Readers may be interested to know that the. only surviving switchback in this country has been purchased for preservation by G. Cushing of Thursford, Norfolk. This set is complete with centre engine and started its life with Asplands' later passing to Percy Cole, from whom is was purchased. When restored this set (a "venetian gondola" pattern) will be erected at Thursford permanently. The other surviving set (ex. W. Wilson of Peckham) was sold by J. Williams last year to the States. Yours faithfully, PETER C. WELLS.

Manor Farm, Holywell, Huntingdon. Dear Editor, STEAMING Vol. 21 No. 1 Your photos on p.58 show the accident at Barming Bridge, near Maidstone, in 1912-13. The engine is said to be an Aveling, convertible to roller, owned by Chittenden & Simons. It was foggy at the time and the driver did not realise the bridge was slender. He was in a hurry and took a short cut. On page 53 you ask about Marshall 53049 at Colenso. From the serial number this engine must have been new in 1909 — some nine years after the Battle of Colenso. The only Marshall used by Steam Road Transport was No. 29111, a crane engine purchased at Cape Town on 1st March 1900 from a contractor for £600. Its military service, which ended on 31st December 1901. was spent entirely in Cape Town. Detailed reports, written by the officers concerned, were prepared after the ending of hostilities in June 1902 and tell as much about where and how each engine was employed. Consequently one can state with certainty that the engine illustrated had nothing to do with the Natal Campaign in 1899-1900. Yours sincerely, T. B. PAISLEY.

'Oak Lea', Moss Lane, Mobberley, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 7BU. 26.12.77. Dear Editor, I was most interested to see Mr. Vousden's letter asking for details of the bridge accident. This is a coincidence because a Mr. Stephen Musgrove of Brighton asked much the same question in "The Model Engineer" of 21.12.61, he having the lower of the two pictures as a postcard dated Maidstone 6.8.14. In the later issue dated 25.1.62 there were two very detailed replies, the first from the late Charles E. Hooker and the second from a Mr. G. Chapman of Hockley, Essex. In the letter by the late Mr. Hooker it was stated that the accident was at Barming Bridge, near Maidstone and that the accident occurred to an Aveling and Porter traction engine owned by Jesse Ellis and Co. of Maidstone. The driver was not familiar with the district and he was directed by a local to take this route as the nearest way to London Road, Larkfield. The result was as shown and the steersman was drowned. In the second letter by Mr. Chapman it is stated that the driver was killed but here he gives more details of the location. According to Mr. Chapman Barming Bridge is about three miles upstream from Maidstone and carries a minor road over the River Medway from Barming to East Farleigh. The photographs were taken from the north bank looking upstream towards Tonbridge. The railway line from Maidstone to Tonbridge runs on the north bank of the river almost immediately behind the spectators in the foreground. As you may gather all the above is quoted from these letters for as a Northerner I do not know this part of the country very well but thought this might be of interest Turning to another matter I feel sure that some confusion has arisen on page 12 for is not what is described as "The Dunkerley Foden" a Garrett! I hasten to add that this was a most interesting article — the Foden on page 13 is No. 1620 which was new on 2/9/08 to Evertons, in 1912 being sold to Jos Kayes of South Shields. By 1919 this wagon was with Thos. Toogood of Blythe, Northumberland being scrapped in 1926 (acknowledgement to Alan Duke's records). Yours sincerely, W. A. BRIGGS.

1 Dene Court, Chignal Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 2JQ. Tel: 54244. The Editor Steaming, Dear Sir, As I keep records of engines in this country, a reliable sighting of two engines on the move during the summer has not yet been confirmed with identification. The engines concerned were sighted in the hacks of two lorries during mid August, approaching Ongar (Essex) from the Harlow or Epping direction. Since information as to destination (new owners or repair shop) or identity has not yet come to light any information from readers would be of interest to enthusiasts in S. Essex area. Yours sincerely, T. B. D. TABER ER.

We should like to welcome the following new members to the club and hope they will find much of interest in our activities.

NEW MEMBERS SEPTEMBER 1977 Miss L. Johnson, Beech Mount, Shay Lane, Hale Barns, Altrincham. J. S. Bloomer, Wyc Close, Granby Croft, Bakewell, Derbyshi.o J Nudd, Beech Tree Cottage, Beeston, Nr. Tarparley. Cheshire. W. E. James, Carisbrooke, Victoria Roch, Haverfordwest, Dyfed. D. M. Tandy, 4 Brookwood, Temworth, Staffs, S. G. Verlander, 13 Crows Road, Epping, Essex. M. Howard, 31 Charlecote Close, Redditch. Worcs., 898 OTQ. A. E. White, 8 Heath Street, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6LT. Mrs. R. Watts, Ketnor House, Hannington, Northampton, NN6 9TB. R. W. D. Glendinning, 12a Neilshill Park, Annbank Stn., Ayr. E W. Elliot, 4 Nene Road, Huntingdon, Cambs. D. Lain, 5 The Fairway, Abbots Langley, Watford, Hurts. C._ .1. Stratford, 80 Wymington Road, Rushdon Northants, T. E. Healey, 2 Lodge End, Heacham, Norfolk. F. J. Gibson, 2 Marsh Lane, Shepley, Huddersfield, HD8 8A. J. M. Ablitt, 122 Northampton Road, Earls Barton, Northants. R. Swain, 3 New Buildings Farm, Gt. Chishill, Royston. J. M. Green, 50 Sandgate Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, B28 OUL. W. V. Allen, 37 Drawbridge, Cardigan, Dyfed, W. Wales. T. Gibbons, 6 Craven Road, Kingston. Surrey. G. Turner, 4 Marlborough Drive, BeIper, Derbyshire. P. Golder, 149 High Street, Newell, Burton-on:Frani. P F. Kenny, 138 Bull Lana. Rayleigh, Essex, SS6 SNH.

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S. Morgan, 17 Willenhall Road, Bilston, West Midlands. B. V. Caulton, 57 Lindon Road, Brownhills, Walsall. C. M. Eades, 19 Exeter Close, Stevenage, Herts. M. J. Dancer, Upper Farm, Maids Morton, Buckingham. B. Herbert, 13 Sutton Road, Howden, Nr. Goole, N. Humberside. F. W. Alford, Truthwall Manor Farm, St. Just, Penzance. P. Tucker, The Garage, Coads Green, Launceston, Cornwall. J. Dyke. Petherwin Water, South Petherwin, Launceston, Cornwall. J. A. Drake, 30 Smithy Lane, Moldgreen, Huddersfield, 'forks. P Rigg, 16 Strines Street, Walsden, Todmorden, Lancs. H. Holt, 129 First Lane, Hessle, North Humberside, UH13 9ET. D. Shaw, 2 Rotherwood Crescent, Thurcroft, Rotherham, S. Yorks. R, J. Barlow, 12 Market Street, Edenfield, Ramsbottom, via Bury. R. Bellamy, 23 Finkey Street, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 6AG. C H. Wrate, Calder Cottage, The Street, Melton, Woodbridge. J. A. Dorken, 16 Windmill Cottages, Thundridge, Nr. Ware Herts. T. P. Holt, South View, Hutton Roof, via Carnforth, P. G. Woloschuk, 34 Grange Road, Grays, Essex, RM17 6RF. M. Harbott, 38 Belsize Road, Bennetts End, Hemel Hempstead. M H. West, The Garage, Silverton, Nr. Exeter, Devon. T. Hobbis, 315 Ward Street, New Westminster, British Columbia. R. C. Brown, 130 Organ Hall Road, Borehamwood, Herts., WD6 4TL. P. Mahler, Kiesacker 6 CH8 340, Hadlikon, Switzerland. J. R. Durling, 12a Spinney Lane, Cranbourne Hall, Winkfield. P. Mayor, 24 Brampton Close, Corringham, Essex, SS17 7NR. M. F. Sansome, 7 London Road, Hinckley, Leics., LE10 1HQ. C, R. Farnfield, 23 Cornfields, Farncombe, Godaiming, Surrey.

P A. Hilditch, 46 Bickley Street, Tooting, London, SW17 9NE. L. Kingdon, 38 St. Johns Road, Launceston, Cornwall. C. F. Bryant, Park Farm Cottage, Weston-on-theGreen, Oxford. L J. Hill, Little Yarnold Farm, Yarnold Lane, Bournheath, Bromsgrove, Worcs. B61 9JG. D B. Every.. Smallwood Health Centre, Redditch, Worcs. M. D. Walmsley, 7 Stamford Court, Goldhawk Road, Landon. C. Courtney, Brookfield Farm, Honiton, Devon, EX14 9SU. C. J. Leeves, 6 Haslemere Road, Southbourne, Emsworth, Hants. Rita M. Arnold. 14 Littlestone Road, New Romney, Kent.

NEW MEMBERS NOVEMBER 1977 J. J. Arnold, Greenco House, 40 High Street, Slough, Berkshire. I. D. Farrance, 31 Brewers Lane, Bridgemary, Gosport, Hants. Family Members — Mary Farrance. C. F. Pearson, Chylowen, Rokeby Drive, Tokers Green, Reading, Berks. T. Rees, 3 Hamilton Drive, Cambuslang, Glasgow. J. K. G. Boucher, 1 Alder Lane, Balsall Common, Coventry, CV7 7DZ. C. L. Van Dyk, Van Brakelstraat 21A, Amersfoort, Holland 290. W. King, 17 Berry Avenue, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire. R. E. Mitchell, Laughing Water, 115 East Beach Road, Selsey, Sussex. E. Beater, No. 7 Housten Avenue, Strathmore, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. B. R. Banks, Laundry Bungalow, Victoria Road, Kington, Herefordshire. K. N. Grimeey, 11 Glebe Way, Haddenham, Ely, Cambs. B. Tupman, Sherborne, Haggard Road, Twickenham, TW1 3AF. D. A. North, 2 St. Cloud Road, West Norwood, London, SE27 9PW. S. J. Taylor, 140 Wintersdale Road, Leicester, LE5 2GN. R. F. Stimson, Meriden, Hodwas Hill, Hodwas, Tamworth, Staffs., 078 3AN. Family Mernbers — Stella Stimson, Richard Stimson.

NEW MEMBERS OCTOBER 1977 Mrs. A. de Groot-Ritsma, Busken Huet plain 11, Hilversum, Holland. M. Saunders, Lanacre, The Spinney, Sunningdale, Berks. D. S. Hicks, Trehane, Poonsanooth, Truro, Cornwall, TR3 7EH. R. Desouches, 13 Beverley Road, Highams Park, London, E4 9PL. J. Storer, 93 Willow Road, Solihull, West Midlands B91 1UH. P. W. Stanley, Hambrook Grange, Nr. Chichester, Sussex. A. R. Stone, 7 Crow Park Drive, Burton Joyce, Nottingham. G. Taylor, 27 Addison Drive, Lincoln, LN2 4LG. W. G. Trot, 32 Upton Lovell, Nr. Warminster, Wilts. B. Golding. 35 Linden Crescent, Woodford Green, Essex. F. Whitehead, Gorwell Deg, Tregarth, Bangor, Gwynedd. E H. Popper, 27 Benbridge Avenue, Bear Cross, Bournemouth. F. G. Mander, Ashfield, Derby Road, Stretton, Burton-on-Trent.

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NEW MEMBERS DECEMBER 1977 J. Gliddon, 13 Downscote View, Westbury-onTrym, Bristol. B J. Hampton, 17 Millbank, Warwick, Warks., CV34 STG. C. Bashford, 79a High Street, Wimbeldon, Surrey. E. Baughen, 28 Dawn Crescent, Upper Beeding, West Sussex. V. Burles, Beeswing House, Sheep St. Wellingborotigh. W. A. Sumner, 11 Highfields, Bromsgrove, Worcs. A. Malnick, 60 Lakehall Road, Thornton Heath, Surrye. P. J. Allen, 10 Heather Mead, Eaton Bray, Beds. J. R. Sparks, Little Collins, Millers Lane, Outwood, Nr. Redhill. N. Lindsay, 13 Old Dalnottar Road, Old Kilpatrick, Glasgow. R. Wiffin, 2 Gisborne Road, Cambridge. R. T. L. Mann, 59 Moor Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN14 5ED. B. Matthews, 4 Derek Road, Lancing, Suesex. R. W. West, 1 Napier Terrace, Exeter, Devon.

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OLD MOTOR The Journal of Motor Vehicle History. Six times a year, with 12 copies of Old Motor News, £7.50. Further details: Old Motor, 17 Air Street, LONDON, 1.V1. `The Stationary Engine Advertiser' — The monthly journal of the engine collector. Engines bought/sold, spare parts and information sections. Articles on restoration, engine history and identification. S.A.E. for details, — D. W. Edgington, Lodge Wood Farm, Hawkeridge, Westbury, Wilts. Steam Plough Club — If you are interested in the Plough Engine and its application, why not join The Steam Plough Club? Regular Newsletters, list of all known Steam Engines in the UK. Subscription only £1 for year. — V. H. Burrough, 94 Harvist Road, Kensal Rise, London, NW6 6HL. Wanted — lin. Penberthy injector or body only, style I, or exchange for one to fit left hand of tender. Also Solid Rubber tyres, Gin, wide x 3ins. thick x 35ft. Must be good. — W. Dowthwaite, Hutton Grange, Hutton End, Penrith. Wanted — Set of Pickering governors of suitable size for 5 n.h.p. traction engine, with valve scat, llin. dia. Also Dunlop 40 x 8 Trackgrip Tyres in good condition. — Richard Willcox, Ravenna Cottage, Stanley Downton, Stonehousc, Glos. For Sale — Aveling & Porter s/c P/V 10 Ton Roller No. 11206, built 1925. In rally condition with present boiler certificate for full pressure. Can be seen in steam by serious applicants, £3,000. — W. G. Hedges, 26 Cyprus Road, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8HB. For Exchange — 1924 sc Steam Roller. Rally condition, will exchange for traction

engine in need of restoration. Replies to: — W. James, Carisbrooke, Victoria Roch, Haverfordwest, Pembs Dyfed, or Tel: Camrose 260 after 5 p.m. any evening. For Sale — Aveling & Porter Steam Roller. Vintage 1906. Single cylinder slide vale. A rare collectors piece. No reasonable offer refused. View Jack Wakefield's Yard, Hetton le Hole, County Durham. Contact: Bill Weeks, 11 Mitchell Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Tel: 0632 811130 or weekends 0665-720 266.

Wanted — Desperately, to complete restoration of Standard Sentinel: Ashpan cab ratchet lever, one chain oiler, water pump con rod, high pressure steam whistle, pair of front oil lamps, one Lucas 'Sentry' rear light. C330. — John Nudd, Beech Tree Cottage, Beeston Castle, Tarporley, Cheshire. Tel. Bunbury 260566 after 6 p.m. For Sale — Fowler cyl. block, 5 n.h.p., with trunk guides, crossheads and link

motion. Cast front wheels rubbered, 2 ft. 6in. dia., with axle. Gland packing, all sizes. Boiler tubes 11 in. Garrett Tractor type chimney with top. Robey B.E. brasses and lubricators. Petrol driven water pump, 1/ in. del. — Millward, Lodgefield Farm, Halesowen, West Midlands, B62 8BA. Tel. 021-559 2883. For Sale — Ransomes 54 in. A54 Heavy Threshing Drum serial no. 60228 circa 1952. Ali ball bearing, on steel wheels, c/w tilt, sieves, drawbar, extra main shaft pulley. One of the last drums built by Ransomes, and has done very little work. Stored under cover, only needs a repaint. The best sensible offer secures the machine. Buyer collects. Offers and S.A.E. to: D. R. Wooderson, Barningham Road, Stanton, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 2AD. in. to 1 in. For Sale — Nuts and bolts Chain Lifting Block S.W.L. 10 cwts. Ropelock S.W.L. 10 cwts. Drawbar. Chain Jack. Snatchblock. Ratchet. Large Spanners. Instantaneous Couplings ex Fire Engine. Water Lifter Union and Tail Piece. Cylinder double feed mechanical Lubricator. Back Pressure Valves. Safety Valves. Pressure Gauges. Gauge Glass Fittings. injectors. Fowler Governors. Spare parts for Cletrac DDH Crawler Tractor including fuel pump. — Reynolds, 14 Merton Road, Bedford, MK40 3AF. Tel: 0234 53703. For Sale — Four wheel trailer, solid rubbers, built for use with Sentinel Waggon by Eagle of Warwick. Full turntable, brakes and sprung drawbar. Needs full restoration of bed and attention to turntable platework. Approximately 50 years old. Offers around £200.00. Also 150 gallon capacity ex-Army round water tank, with clamp-down lid and tap. Offers around £20. Buyers collect from central Warwickshire. Some assistance available for loading. Appt.

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Wanted — Steam Tractor or small Road Locomotive (Fowler preferred), any make or condition considered, all replies answered. — Box No. 1. For Sale — 1921 Verbeeck 28 keyless Fair Organ with large repertoire, complete in organ truck, 240v. AC - 110v DC and hand. This is the only genuine one known to be travelling in the this country, £2,500 o.n.o 1919 Burrell 5 Ton Crane Tractor, 3807, `Nobby', the sole survivor of only two built. In excellent order and presently being retubed. 1914 Aveling & Porter YLD 6 h.p. 3 speed Road Loco. Only one known to be existence. Major boiler works completed and other resoration under way. Offers, which must reflect the rarity of the above items, to: — A. David Fowler, 20 Clapps Gate Road, Pamber Heath, Basingstoke, RG26 6EJ. Wanted — Rally Programmes, any dates, good price paid. Some spare programmes available for exchange. Also wanted — any odd copies of Steaming. — D. Roscaman, 10 Grimshaw Close, North Road, London, N6 4BH.

Wanted — Copy of Compleat Traction Engincinin by E. E. Kimbell. — C. Brothwell, 153A Andover Road, Bestwood Estate, Bulwell, Nottingham. For Sale — 1941 Garvie 42 in. Threshing Drum, fully restored. Also Wagoner Steam Pump in working order, must clear to save winter storage. Offers. Tel: Belper 2651, John Pattinson. Wanted urgently — Old Traction Engine log book (preferably 1920s) to enable me to register halt size Foster Engine for coming season or could use book from any vehicle. — A. Falconer, 56 Canadian Avenue, Catford, SE6 3BP. Tel: 01-698 5416. What offers. A Pictorial Review of Barn Engines — Nicely produced publication of rare and not so rare Stationary Engines. Good value at only 60p (plus 10p P&P). Also available A Pictorial Review of World War II Military Vehicles showing a good range of preserved military transport. Only 60p (plus 10p P&P). — Vinteng Publications, 72 Rushams Road, Horsham, Sussex.

For Sale — Steaming back numbers Volume 2 No. 4 to present issue. Buyer collects. — S. Downes, Rose Cottage, Lees Lane, Dean Row, Wilmslow, Cheshire. For Sale — Robey single cyl P.U. vertical steam engine coupled to 2KW 110v. generator on cast iron bed, unrestored. (Offers). Model Compound Marine Engine 2/ in. HP and 41 in. LP cyl. bores, with condenser, air and water pumps, needs valves and eccentric rods to finish, ideal small launch. (Offers). 2-4 ft. 8 in. dia. flat spoke wheels, suit water cart or small portable rears, £25. 2 Solid rubber tyred chassis would make one good one out of two, believed to be Foden, £50. — E. W. Wood, Main Street, South Dalton, Beverley, East Yorks. Tel: 06964228.

For Sale — One set of 15 black and white slides (2 in. x 2 in.) of Norman E. Box heavy haulage scenes taken 1920s and 30s. — G. R. Hawthorne, 19 Bridle Path Woodcote, Reading, RG8 OSE. Tel. 0491 680484. Wanted — The following missing parts for restoration of 1899 Burrell 7 n.h.p. Single Crank Compound Traction Engine No. 2250: Crosshead T 714 (12 in. long), Connecting rod 3 ft. 9 in. between centres, Boiler Feed Pump 8 in. x 61 in. mounting 2 in. plunger movement, Simpling Valve, Injector Clack Valve with circular flange 4f in. diameter, Water Lifter 1+ in. suction. — G. J. Olverson, 12 Crabwood Road, Maybush, Southampton, SO1 9EZ. So'ton 775695. For Sale — Safety valves complete and in very good condition for Marshall Traction Engine circa 1910, base size 13+ in. x 8+ in. — G. J. Olverson, 12 Crabwood Road, Maybush, Southampton, SO1 9EZ. Solon 775695. For Sale — New Generators, 240v AC, 2KVA. Briggs and Stratton petrol engine. British Made. £250 plus VAT. 240/110v model £20 extra. — A. Carmichael. Tel: Preston 862217 (evenings and weekends). Wanted — Any photographs or information regarding Standard Sentinel 3976 Reg. No. NY 344 while in the ownership of Croswell's Brewery, later Ely Brewery, Cardiff, later J. W. Radcliffe, Yorkley, Glos. — John Nudd, Beech Tree Cottage, Beeston Castle, Tarporley, Cheshire. Tel: Bunbury 260566 after 6 p.m.

For Sale — Ruston & Proctor Clover Huller No. 24048, year 1911-1912, in good working order and condition on iron wheels. Collectors item. Offffers. — W. R. Tout, "Keirles", Thornfalcon, Taunton. Tel. STD Henlade 0823 442259. For Sale — Smoke Box with back and front rings, 294-in. i/d., 15fin. wide, i/d. of back ring 27in. Smoke box plate tin. thick, 14in. wide, 26fin. Tel: Warkworth 268. For Sale — Pair of 1917 Fowler K7 12 n.h.p. Ploughing Engines. Numbers 14694 and 14695. Boiler certificate, retubed, new ropes, chimneys, etc. Ready for work or rally. £11,800 or best offer. Tel: Ascot 21542. 21542. 130

Belt wanted — Local museum has Humphries thresher, but is stuck for main belt. 6 in. leather preferable but balata or heavy (rubberised) canvas possible, 50 ft. ideal length. Please state price, but we can't afford much. Please reply — Bill, 11 Highfields, Bromsgrove, Worcs. For Sale — 8 - 10 Ton Fowler Steam Roller. — Apply: W. J. Farrell, Newry Road, Warrenpoint, Newry, N.I. Tel: Warrenpoint 2668. For Sale — 1 Complete set of Steaming& 1956 to Sept. 1977. Chronicles of a Country Works, and other steam books. — Mrs. W. Coates, 35 London End, Milton Keynes, Bucks. Wanted — To beg, borrow or buy Manual of Operators Instructions for Marshall Steel Threshing Machine, also Set of Belts for same. — Hodgetts, 12 Braemar Road, Leamington Spa, CV32 7EY. For Sale — Cast bronze Marshall Britannia £15, pattern for casting a rectangular name plate 'Rosemarie' (or will supply finished brass plate), £2. — Peter Wright, Fircot, Tyc Green, Wimbish, Saffron Walden, Essex. For Sale — Low Loader Outfit consisting of: Austin Tractor Unit with 2 speed rear axle, built 1966, first registered 1970. Unused for past 5 years. Very clean and tidy. Repainted and in good mechanical order, with matched Low Loader Trailer with B.T.C. knock-out axle. 16 ft. bed. New mudguards. Complete with 4 shaft winch, etc. Gross train weight: 18 tons. Ideal for Traction Engine up to 10 tons in weight. Complete outfit, £800. Water Cart by Cottrell of Hungerford on 54 in. iron wheels. Oval ended rivetted tank. Purpose made traction engine draw bar. Complete and sound but needs painting to finish, £75. Sunshine Binder in complete working order with 2 sets of canvases, £45. Motorcycle, 1950 BSA C.11 250 c.c. Nice original condition( £180. — Brian Wilkins, "Mullions", Walton, near Street. Somerset. Tel: Street 43056. For Sale — Worthington Simpson Vertical single cylinder Steam Pump, size 3+ in. steam cylinder, 2+ in. water bore, 4 in. stroke, complete with brass lubricator steam valve and nameplate. Also Hayward Tyler horizontal duplex Steam Pump, size 3 in. steam bores, 2 in. water bores, 3 in. stroke, complete with brass lubricator steam valve and nameplate. Each in first class mechanical order ready for use, £40 each. — D. F. Dicker, Elmlea, Durrant Lane, Northam, Bideford, North Devon. Tel: Bideford 6146.

Wanted — For approx. 2 ft. 6 in. dia. vertical boiler, 1 mudhole door, approx. 11# in. x 8 in., 3 mudhole doors 4 in. x 3 in. with bridges. — Solomon, 23 Foundry Road, Camborne, Cornwall, TR14 7XB. For Sale — Pneumatic tyred water cart, Sentinel cylinder lubricator or exchange for manzel, 4 firebars 3 ft. Of in. long. — M. A. Burr, 22A Green Lane, Killamarsh, Sheffield, S31 8BD. Wanted — For 5 h.p. Burrell Road Loco, pair of front wheels 3 ft. 10 in. dia. or 3 ft. 7 in. and axle in exchange for pair of Marshall wheels 3 ft. 2 in. and axle. — M. A. Burr, 22A Green Lane, Killamarsh, Sheffield, S31 8BD. Books — The three last new copies "Ransomes Steam Engines", autographed if required, £5.50 each. One new "Waterloo Iron Works — History of Taskers 1809 - "1968' (Rolt) £5. One as new "Traction Engines in Retirement" (Romanes) 17f in. x 14 in. format. Scale colour drawings, descriptions, £9.50. One new set Coloured Stand-up 6 in. x 41- in. card repros. from above, £4. All post paid. S.A.E. essential. — A. Beaumont, "Waynefleet", South Wootton, King's Lynn, PE30 3HR. Garrett Undertype Wagon, 1926 — Wanted any parts or information to help in the restoration of this vehicle. — Michael Walters, 182 Lower Cambridge Street, Castleford, W. Yorks. WF10 4AD. Wanted — For restoration of a Clayton 7 h.p. Double Crank Compound Traction Engine. Front wheels with perch bracket, rear wheels, crankshaft, connecting rods, eccentric rods, etc. First gear pinion, second gear pinion, second shaft driving pinion. Any condition. Price and particulars to: — R. Oliver, Sundown, Etherley Grange, Bishop Auckland, DL14 OLA., Co. Durham. For Sale — Marshall Engine No. 78667. Built 1924. Very good boiler report. — P. J. Dickens, Northampton 830282. For Sale — 1921 Aveling & Porter Roller, rally condition, good boiler report. Also, living van, needs restoring. — Tel: West Malling, Kent, 844084. Steam Car Engine Wanted — For use in light vehicle. Preferably a Locomobile or similar type of twin cylinder engine, but other types may well be of use. Various conditions, from parts to fully operational are of interest. So if you have an engine that could be put to good use contact — J. Calder, 9 Main Street, Shenstone, Staffs. Tel: Shenstone 480983. 131

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