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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, IG10 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. Chairman, Rally Sub-Committee: P. G. G. Barber, 71 Winchendon Road, London, SW6. Public Relations Officers: London, Home Counties & South: Anthony 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. 0X8 5HQ. Editorial Staff: Editor: Dick Blenkinsop, The Hill Cottage, Radford Semele, Nr. Leamington Spa, CV31 1 UA. Assistant Editors: Ran Hawthorne, 19 Bridle Path, Woodcote, Reading, RG8 OSE, Berkshire. Derek Rayner, "Invicta", 1 Church Street, Woodlesford, Leeds, LS26 8RE.
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 Editor's hands by 12th August, 1978, earlier if possible.
Acknowledgements Ronald H. Clark, Ran Hawthorne, Bob Jones, Alan Martin, Derek Rayner, David Tew, Alan Thomas, Bernard Roberts, Esmond Kimbell, John ivfiddlerniss. .1. Wilkinson, Wulf Cole, B. D. Stoyel, M. Proudrnan, H. Burman. J. L. Thomas, G. E. Liversidge, Photomatic, Ted Freeman, J. W. Peirson, end of course all the Area Correspondents.
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STEAMING THE JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL TRACTION ENGINE CLUB Vol. 21 No. 3
JUNE 1978
CONTENTS Page 135-137 Editorial and Club Announcements. Page 138-142 Alfred Dodman & Co. Ltd. by Ronald H. Clark, A.M.I.Mech.E. Page 143-148 North Yorkshire Memories, by Ran Hawthorne. Page 149-161 Area Notes compiled by Derek Rayner. Page 162 Capital Gains Tax, by David Tew. Page 163 Club Trophies, by Eric Fillmore. Page 163-164 The N.T.E.C. Insurance Policy, by Tennant Budd. Page 165-168 And so to Kent 1977, by Alan Thomas. Page 1969-171 The Ploughing Engines, by Esmond Kimbell. Page 172-173 Book Review and Rally List. Page 174-175 "Emperor", by J. Wilkinson. Page 176-179 Reminiscences of a Yorkshire Steam Haulier, by Wilf Cole. Page 180-183 Brighton & Hove Engineerium, by Ran Hawthorne. Page 184-190 Sentinels in Yorkshire, by J. L. Thomas. Page 193-196 Letters to the Editor, New Members and small Advertisements. All items are held copyright by contributor and/or N.T.E.C. COVER PHOTOGRAPH.
Ruston Proctor Steam Tractor No. SCD 52329 built in 1918 and belonging to Mr. G. E. Stubbs. Colour slide by the Editor at Rempstone Rally 1976.
EDITORIAL We are now well into the rally season and it will be interesting to see how things shape up after the spate of events last year which were triggered off by the Queen's Silver Jubilee. You will probably have noticed that reports on rallies with lists of engines have been missing from Steaming recently. This is because they take up a lot of space and often contain the same engines year after year. For those of you who like to send in reports I shall be interested in them for the magazine but please be brief and concentrate on new engines to a rally with details of any change in specification or recent work carried out. It gives me great pleasure to welcome our two Assistant Editors both of whom are well known in 'Steaming and the engine world. Ran Hawthorne has agreed to continue with preparing Articles and generally advising on the problems in producing the magazine and his wealth of knowledge as the former Editor for seven years will be invaluable. Derek Rayner has joined the team and will specialise in Area Notes sent in from the various correspondents. When I used to be just a reader this part of Steaming was most interesting and kept me up to date with engine changes and generally what was going on in the movement. In future Area Notes will take on an even more important role and hopefully can include comments from the Affiliated Clubs. Your team consists of three — one in the South, one in the Midlands and one in the North. By all means approach anyone of us with comments on Steaming but I suggest correspondence should be sent to me as I have the necessary secretarial facilities for replying.
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The 1978 Silver Jubilee Lecture Historic Commercial Vehicle This will take place at the Great Western Club 25th Royal Hotel at 17.30 on Saturday November. Mr. R. A. Whitehead is going to deliver his lecture on "200 Years of Richard Garrett". The time has been brought forward to enable members from far afield to get home after the lecture.
Advertising The Advertising rates for commercial purposes in Steaming are being increased forthwith and the following will apply: £50.00 Whole Page £30.00 Half Page Quarter Page £20.00 If Advertisers have their own blocks of the correct size these can always be used but otherwise block making will be charged extra at cost and is also covered by a VAT charge.
The London - Brighton run of The Historic Commercial Vehicle Club was held on Sunday 7th May this year and included a record entry of steam vehicles, With sponsorship by Fodens Ltd., fifteen engines were included in the catalogue from Steam Wagons to Showmans Road Locomotives. Our congratulations must go to David Webster with his Sentinel S6 No. 8821 tipper, newly painted in the black livery of Tarmac, and to Frank Lythgoe with Foden S.R.L. 'Prospector' for cleaning up the awards in the steam section. The Event Secretary is of course Brian Johnson, who puts the whole thing together with an army of volunteers and for those of us who saw these magnificent Commercial Vehicles of all types we must record our grateful thanks.
David Webster's Sentinel S.6. No. 8821 approaches Crawley, half way to Brighton. Photo: Editor. 136
FROM THE CHAIRMAN Your Committee has decided after very careful consideration upon the necessity of seeking an increase in the annual subscription at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. It is recommended that this be increased from £3 p.a. to £5 p.a. with effect from 1st September 1978. No doubt at first sight this will appear to many as a big increase but we would ask you to bear the following factors in mind before passing judgement. Firstly, the present subscription level has been in operation since September 1975, a period of three years, during which inflaton has been running at an average of 20% p.a. We have maintained and indeed feel confident that we have improved many of our services to members during this period. Both the quality, size and content of Steaming have been improved and I am sure all members will join with me in congratulating our Editor, Dick Blenkinsop upon the excellent job he has done for us. However, this costs money and as everybody knows you only get what you pay for in this life. During the period since September 1975, up to our next financial year ending in February 1979, the overall cost of publishiing and distributing Steaming will have risen by 71% to a figure of £8,100 for the four annual issues. This figure has to be off-set against a subscription income for the year ending February 1978 of £8,536. We are now totally dependent upon the income received from the sales of books, publications and models on our Rally Stands to cover the bulk of our general administration costs. The Committee feel that this is dangerous and that these costs and the cost of Steaming should be recovered from the subscription income. Every effort is made to ensure that the cost of operating our Rally Approval Scheme and the Affiliated Club Scheme is self-financing and not a burden on the ordinary members subscription. This year we are launching a Junior Section. Initially they will require some financial support, but it is hoped that eventually this section will also be self-financing. In its twenty-four years existence the Club has only built up some £4,000 reserves. The Committee feel that in this inflationary age it is very necessary to try and build up these reserves to not less than £10,000 over the next few years. Lack of funds has repeatedly been the main constraint upon us staging successful special
events and public functions, which in themselves should increase the Club revenue and resources. Your Committee's aim is to ensure that the general running expenses, all of which have substantially increased since 1975, and the cost of Steaming are met fully from annual subscriptions, that other schemes and activities are self-financing and that the commercial side of the operation, selling books, publications, models, etc., produces profit to build up the Club resources and ability to stage events and promote our hobby for the greater benefit and enjoyment of members. Your Committee therefore hopes that you will support the motion to increase the annual subscription to £5 p.a. with effect from 1st September, 1978. It is anticipated that in the current financial year this will increase subscription income by £2,500 and in the first full year to February 1980 by £5,000. It is only by your continued support and confidence that we can maintain our present services to members and undertake the many excellent projects that have been proposed. Compare us with similar National bodies and you will see we are still very competitive and offer our members very good value for money. With best wishes to you all for a good 1978 Rally Season. MICHAEL LANE, Chairman.
John Fowler Works Memorial The Leeds & District Traction Engine Club's appeal for a memorial to be erected on the site of John Fowler's Steam Plough Works, Hunslet, Leeds, noted in the last edition of Steaming is making good progress. Illustrative brochures may be obtained from and further donations forwarded to the Fund's treasurer, Mr. M. Clark, 4 Wedgewood Grove, Leeds LS8 1EG.
Chiltern Traction Engine Club Mr. Brian A. Franklin has been appointed the Club Secretary and we wish him well in continuing the good work undertaken for the last nine years by Ken Vaughan. The new address of the Secretary is: 60 Woodley Hill, Chesham, Bucks. Tel. Chesham 2038.
CHUFF Aveling-Marshall state that the remaining Marshall Steam Spares have been taken over by a subsidiary company — Alfred Kitching & Sons, Crowle, Scunthorpe, Lincs, tc whom any future enquires should be made. 137
ALFRED DODMAN & CO. LTD. HIGHGATE WORKS, KING'S LYNN By Ronald H. Clark, A.M.I.Mech.E. This is the first part of the Silver Jubilee Lecture which Ronald Clark delivered to the Club last November and we are most grateful to him for allowing us to publish it, with the second part to be included in the September issue.
Ronald Clark having just been presented with the Choisy and Simpson Cup by Jack Wharton after the Lecture. Photo: Editor.
Alfred Dodman & Co. Ltd. was one of four firms at one time in Lynn, the others being Robert Southgate Baker, Thomas Cooper and Frederick Savage. Baker was probably the first to make steam engines in the town. Alfred Dodman was born in Tichwell in 1832, the first child of Martin and Elizabeth Cadman. Strangely there is no baptismal record in Tichwell's registers athough there are for the later children and commencing in 1836. Martin Bodman was a corn and coal merchant in Thornham and a farmer in Tichwell. In the 1870's he owned 342 acres, obviously a man of some standing and substance. When of age Alfred was apprenticed to Clayton & Shuttleworth Ltd. of Lincoln and after serving his time started in Lynn. Assuming he left school at fourteen and served his time of five years, he would have been only nineteen when he commenced a kind of "one man and a boy" establishment in c1851 in Austin Street. 138
Robert Southgate Baker had had small premises in the same street in 1845, but occupied his first small works. by 1854 he had moved to larger premises in Blackfriar's Road and probably Dodman In an agreement dared 81h December 1854 between Charles Willett of King's Lynn, ironmonger, and Alfred Dodman of Tichwell, engineer; and witnessed by Martin Dodman it was arranged for Alfred Dodman to lease for seven years "all those workshops, warehouses and shops with the Countinghouse, yards and appurtenances thereto belonging to and now occupied by the said Charles Willett situate in Baker's Lane in King's Lynn — abutting a dwelling house, belonging to the said Charles Willett and in the occupation of Cliiiileburgh in one part and in the said Lane in the other part towards the North on premises of Edward Everard & Sons towards the South and East". It was dated 25th March 1855 for a yearly rent of £70. Dodman agreed to buy "The two Steam Engines with all machinery, gearing, shafting and forges, fixtures, fittings, stock of materials, models, tools and gas fittings and all other articles -- (except the Braziers, Tinmans and Gunsmiths tools)". Willett agreed not to manufacture or repair any steam machinery whatsoever during the period of the lease, and Dodman was given the option of buying the premises for the sum of £1,250. Dodman was not well established because in the Lynn News & Advertiser for 25th August 1855 there appeared as following advertisement: "'Baker Lane Foundry, King's Lynn, Alfred Dodman, Engineer, Iron & Brass Founder, respectfully informs the owners of steam machinery that he has lately added to his stock and can supply on the shortest notice gutta-percha driving bands, gauge glasses, india-rubber rings,
Here the final design of a Dodman traction, exemplified in this picture of and only recently discovered. Fig 1.
suction pipes, whistles, cocks, perforated plates and all requirements for this class of machinery. Engines repaired and new fireboxes on the shortest notice". His lease would have terminated in 1864 and it was probably then that he moved to part of the site of the former St. James Workhouse in what is now County Court Road. It had been vacant since the collapse of the tower on 20th August 1854. It had been used by Frederick Savage as the premises of his works between 1856 and 1860. The business expanded. The earliest drawings are stamped "St. James Works" and one dated 12th December 1868 shows details "from Traction Engine No. 1". On 12th May 1869 he applied to the Borough Treasurer for the hire of a piece of unenclosed ground at the back of his machine works at St. James Place on the east side of the premises. In 1873 he negotiated with the Borough Surveyor to supply to the Sanitary Board
a new iron tank on wheels for the removal of night soil. In other words an Ordure Cart. Also in this year two traction engines of his make were used in testing the newly erected girder bridge spanning the Great Ouse River. A year later in 1874 he was elected a Councilor for the South Ward and remained a Councillor until 1889. In 1875 as the Trustees of St. Nicholas Warden's Estates leased to Alfred Dodman for 21 years a garden of 1a.2r.20p. in Gaywood Road adjacent to Highgate Bridge and the Dock Railway, he moved there and called these new premises Highgate Works. The firm continued as tenants until 1955 when they bought the freehold and remained there until the closure in 1975. Almost all types of boilers were made for both land and marine purposes, including locomotive type boilers for two other makers, viz. John Collings and C. J. R. Fyson. Castings were equally varied rang139
The two speed gearing of No. 2275. Said to be the last traction made and when I saw it last it had been originally painted blue. Fig. 2. ing from items for many types of steam engines, waterwheels, manhole covers and market railings, Curiously the firm took out only one successful patent, viz. No. 3042 of 12th May 1881 in the names of Alfred Dodman & Nathan Gold Kimberley of Stoke Newington for "Improvements in Band Saw Machines". On 8th December 1897 Highgate Works became Alfred Dodman & Co. Ltd. Authorised capital £14,000 the shareholders being Alfred Dodman, his wife Mary Elizabeth Dodman, Alfred Henry Crisp (described as Secretary), James Smith of London (also described as Secretary but probably of the London Office), Charles Cousins of Lincoln, Charles Duckering of Lincoln and William Neale Turner of Ipswich (all described as "Engineers"). The firm was placed on Army Contracts List on 8th May 1902, on the Admiralty List on 10th June that year and on the Crown Agents for the Colonies List on 28th August 1905 for the supply of land and marine boilers. Alfred Dodman died on 13th December 1908 at his house in London Road, Swaffham after suffering from a kidney complaint. His obituary records he married Mary Eliza140
beth Slator, sister of the late J. W. Slator, engineer, King's Lynn. Apparently there was no legal issue but Alfred Crisp took his father's christian name and his mother's surname. Alfred Dodman was a J.P. for the County of Norfolk, member of the Norfolk Court of Sewers, one of the King's Lynn Municipal Trustees and recently elected chairman of that body succeeding the late Mr. T. E. Bagge of Gaywood Hall. He was buried on 18th December at Tichwell. Probate was granted to his will on 9th February 1909. He left £21,883 18s 8d, no small fortune at that time, the chief beneficiaries being his wife who took a life interest in his shares and investments, Alfred Henry Crisp who subject to his still holding a position in the company was to inherit 1,000 of the shares of the company on the death of Mrs. Dodman. Another legacy was £300 to the West Norfolk and Lynn Hospitals. The company prospered under Crisp's management up to his death in 1936. In 1931 Dodmans took over the business of E. S. Hindley & Sons of Bourton, Dorset and so acquired manufacturing right of the Hindley high speed totally enclosing forced lubricated steam engines suitable for a variety of applications. E. S. Hindley & Co. were established by one Daniel Maggs in c1750 as a linen mill water powered. These premises were acquired later in the next century E. S. Hindey, an inventive engineer and it was after his death that the goodwill and tights went to King's Lynn.
An offside front view of another example built in 1914 but the number is unknown. Also painted blue. Fig. 3.
An engraving of a typical portable engine with duplex cylinders, the single cylinder example being otherwise identical. Fig. 4.
After Crisp's death Robert Forster took over the company which maintained its manufacturers. In 1972 the company changed its title to "Dodman Engineering Limited" to try and modernise or up-grade its image but a lack of cash-flow compelled it to cease trading in February 1975. The site was sold to West Norfolk C.C. and most of the plant to Bead Engineering in North Lynn. Bead had been established by some former employees of Dodmans and had taken away much of the old firm's business. Among the machinery in the works was a large wheel lathe capable of swinging a wheel up to 7 ft. dia. It was used for boring centres of traction engine wheels after fabrication, other flywheels and sc on. Some of the timber columns in the main plating shop were old ship's spars and complete trunks roughly hewed. Since the sale of the site the whole area has been completely levelled and cleared. There is therefore now nothing to indicate that one of the principal engineering works in Lynn Regis thrived there for many years.
Here is one internal view of the works showing the big traction engine wheel lathe all ready referred to and a heavy planer about a century old in the foreground. The works certainly had an atmosphere all of its own. Fig. 5. 141
Even Traction Tram Engines were designed, one example being undermounted and the other with the motion on the boiler as in the usual practice. It is not clear whether any were made but they must have been estimated for in accordance with the sketches, now redrawn. Fig. 6.
I must thank Mr. R. Trett of King's Lynn Museum for allowing the use of Figs. 1, 5 and 7, and some further notes on the Dodman family.
References: - DETE, The Development of the English Traction Engine. TEM, A Traction Miscellany. Loco Mag., The Locomotive Magazine.
It is not generally known that like their neighbours Savage Brothers, Dodmans designed an overtype steam motor wagon an outline arrangement of which is shown. The cylinders were 4" and 6+" x 7" spaced at 8" horizontal centres. The drawings are dated 28th January 1914. There appear to be several features common to some other makes. For example, the chimney is somewhat Burrell and the tensioning turnbuckles I have seen before! Fig. 7. 1--[•
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NORTH YORKSHIRE MEMORIES By RAN HAWTHORNE Forty years ago I was interested in the engines around me, but it never occurred to me then a make a note of their numbers. It seemed at that time as if the engines had been there for ever and the possibility of them not being around was never considered, so much part of the scene were they. The first engine I ever knew was a Fowler belonging to Charles Turner & Sons of Lazenby. She came to our farm near Yarm from before my arrival, until about 1950, a period of some thirty years. Her name was 'Alice'. She was driven by Johnny Wallace, a typical engineman. He kept the boiler and the brass clean — the boiler had been wiped down so many times there was scarcely any paint left. In contrast, the rear wheels and tender never saw a rag — but there wasn't much point in those Stackyards where she was called upon to work. They were nearly always dirty, muddy places.
Turners had eight or ten sets of tackle. I believe all were Fowler engines working 54in. threshers, which were fitted with Hornsby two-string tiers. I used to see 'Ely', a big engine which sometimes came our way. She was a three speed engine but the fastest speed was blanked off for the benefit of the wooden wheeled thresher. 'Ely' was so named because she came from Gravens of Ely, Cambs. to Turners. Together with Johnny's engine, 'Ely' attended the very early Pickering Rallies in the 1950's. My Uncle, whose farm was some way away, had a smaller firm to do his threshing — R. Preston of Potto. This name will be familiar with readers today and is instantly connected with the Burrell Showman's Road Locomotive 'Lightning II'. In those days, however, Dick had three or four sets of threshing tackle, used to do some sawing and was a regular driver himself. He was changing over to diesel
Fowler No. 9271 with Driver Johnnie Wallace, in the heart of the North Yorkshire Moors, en route to the 1954 Pickeing Rally. This is the engine that Ran knew from infancy. Photo: J. W. Peirson. 143
"Ely". Fowler No. 15462 (1921) at Skipton, near York in 1960 shortly after purchase from Turners by John Connor. Still retaining the rather flat Turner canopy and their Photo: G. R. Hawthorne. name on the coal bunker extension. tractors in the 1940's but even then, when steam was the last thing that most folks wanted on their farm, he kept one engine, the magnificent Foster No. 14418/1920/ LVN 891 which is now preserved in Cambridgeshire. spent many a day threshin9 with this fine engine. In the hands of 'Kit' Walls, she did all that was expected of her — two bays of a Dutch barn or two of the big free standing stacks a day through the thresher and the high density baler was no trouble. ROAD MENDING Heaps of chippings by the roadside heralded the arrival of the Tarsprayers, either Foden or Sentinel and the rollers of the North Riding County Council for road making. At one stage we had a boy in our class at school who lived with his parents in a roller living van, whilst his Dad was engaged in a major trunk road job of some months duration in the area. Steam was so commonplace in 1938 that this sort of thing was not too unusual. Fodens and Sentinels came to take the corn from the farms to the mills. From over the border in County Durham, J. W. Maddox of Stockton-on-Tees had a very late Sentinel — an 'S' model and this was a regular visitor. I remember being shown the coal bunker up in the top of the cab 144
and told how "you can even get 'em with a sort of chain which feeds the coal in automatic like". Wonders will never cease! In October at this time, we went to Yarm or Stokesley Fair. The Noah's Ark was 'The Thing' just before the War, but round the back stood the engines. I gazed up at them with their two lights, one above the motion, the other over the tender. 'Renown', the Fowler Showman's engine which I now own must have been among them but those Showman's don't stand out in my memory as much as the Fowler traction, 'Johnny's engine', I referred to earlier. They weren't as clean either. Surprisingly, I can't recollect twisted brass, for if any had it, is certainly wasn't polished. In Middlesbrough and also in Stockton, one saw Steamships, both large and small — tugs and seagoing. Steam on the rails was everywhere, popping out of station yards, across roads, into factories, along the wharves and on the main line. It all seemed so permanent. I, as a ten year old, could never dream that in just a few years it would all be so much a thing of the past — or nearly so and that its continuance would rely on the dedicated enthusiasts in their various fields — roads, rail and water, with their involvement in the various Clubs and Societies which have been formed to cater for these interests.
STEAM ROAD VEHICLES By J. M. Meyrick-Jones, A.M.I.Mech.E.
The N.T.E.C. have reprinted in soft cover this classic book from the 1920's. Always regarded as a collector's item it covers many of the questions so often asked today by the engine owner and enthusiast alike involved in the maintenance and operation of our preserved steam engines. It is very well illustrated (with a coloured cover) and the 26 Chapters of 222 pages deal with a variety of subjects such as: Pumps and Injectors, Gear Transmissions, Lubricators, Slide Valves, Springing, Steering Gear, Axles, Wheels and Brakes, Preparing for the Road, On the Road, Drivers Garage Repairs, Valve Setting, Testing of Valves and Pistons, Shed Day and Wash Out, Boiler and Firebox Maintenance, Repairs, etc.
This book has been reprinted for you the enthusiast and as a member of the Club you can purchase it at a special price of £4.50 from the Sales Officer (include your current membership card) or from the N.T.E.C. Rally Stands (again bring your card). Price to non members is £4.95 post free or from the Stands.
As an added bonus we have included all the original Advertisements of the period in the back pages.
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NATIONAL TRACTION ENGINE CLUB - Junior Section The N.T.E.C. is setting up a section for young people under 21. There will be free entry to some rallies, discounts on Club and other publications, social and educational activities, and a regular newsletter. If you would be interested in becoming a member, please fill in the details on the form below and send it to: N.T.E.C. Junior Section, c/o 57 Landscape View, Saffron Walden, Essex. (If you don't want to damage "Steaming", use a separate sheet of paper).
FULL NAME -
Date of birth:
ADDRESS:
Why are you interested in joining?
What activities would you particularly like the section to provide?
Do you already have access to a traction engine, or contact with an engine owner or N.T.E.C. member?
WE WILL SEND YOU FULL DETAILS OF THE NEW CLUB LATER IN THE YEAR.
"NAME THE SECTION" COMPETITION The best suggestion for a name for the new Under-21 Section was submitted by: Mr. L. Cherrington, 58 Orchard Road, Shifnal, Shropshire, who will be receiving a voucher to spend on the Club sales stand. Congratulations! 146
Bob Jones sent us this photograph which he took on a recent visit to Southern India. All the plates were missing and most of the non-ferrous parts so identification is not possible unless someone knows the answer. It is preserved in the grounds of the Indian Locomotive works at Perambur, near Madras and Bob comments that they are still carrying out 100% steam repairs.
BOILER REPAIRS PLATEWORK — FABRICATION — RIVETING FIREBOX REPAIRS — INSPECTION & SURVEY Work to British Standard (where applicable) and Insurance Requirements.
MASON ENGINEERING 236b High Street, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB4 RZ 147
FROM THE ALAN MARTIN COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS. No. 1. Alan Martin has very kindly agreed to allow us to print one picture from his collection in each issue of "STEAMING". This is the first contribution and is Burrell No. 755 of 1878 belonging to Jas Penfold of Arundel, W. Sussex. Picture probably taken between 1900 and 1910.
STOURPAINE BUSHES STEAM EVENT 6th ANNUAL SALE by AUCTION of
STEAM ENGINES VINTAGE MACHINERY & BYGONES FRIDAY, 22nd SEPTEMBER, 1978 1% Commission Rate Items over £1,000. Entry Forms Available From JOHN JEFFERY AUCTIONEERS, The Commons, Shaftesbury, Dorset. (Tel: 3331). 148
AREA NOTES
LINCOLNSHIRE
As previously mentioned, the Editor considers that the inclusion of Area Notes in Steaming is a very important part of the Journal and in an attempt to
The final outside event for last year was in October at Mawthorpe and was an Open Day as opposed to the normal rally that Mr. and Mrs. Eric Riggall usually stage there each year. Engines in steam were Eric's Marshall Roller No. 76797, his Foster Portable No. 14737 and Ron Dowlman's Clayton & Shuttleworth G.P. No. 48759. From then onwards there were quite a number of inside events on the agenda including the Dinner and Dance. This time it had been arranged to hold it at The Festival Hall in Market Rasen, and the organisation was taken care of by Mr. and Mrs. Don Robinson. The Guests for the evening were Mr. and Mrs. Michael Oliver from Stourpaine, and Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Loxham. An excellent meal was followed by an outstanding "after dinner talk" by Michael Oliver, and this will long be remembered by those who attended. Dancing took place later in the evening with music provided by Mr. Loxham on an electronic organ. For a number of years now there has been a Christmas Supper held at The White Horse Hotel in Alford. December 10th was the date set this time, and it was once again an excellent evening. Our grateful thanks go to Mr. and Mrs. Eric Riggall who do so much to make this event the success that it always is. Monthly meetings have taken place at Wragby and have included a number of film and slide shows which have been greatly enjoyed. Gary Clarke visited in the late Autumn of 1977 and gave a show of
improve this section of the Journal, a SubEditor dealing solely with Area Notes, has been appointed. He is Derek Rayner of Woodlesford. Leads, who was largely refor the last (YORKSHIRE sponsible SPECIAL) edition, and whose prolific pen caused ommission of Area Notes in that
edition, for which due apologies must be made. Established contributors already report on the following areas: Cornwall; Devon; Sussex/Hants; Kent; Thames Valley; Bedfordshire; East Anglia; Lincolnshire; South Derbyshire Lancs/Cheshire; Yorkshire; Durham/Northumberland; Scotland (Glasgow), and Ulster. Further contributions are urgently required. It is not too onerous a task — reports are required four times a year, and correspondents for the folowing areas are needed: Wilts/Dorset; Avon, Wales (South, North & Borders); Warwicks; Worcesters; North Derbys; North Lancashire; Cumbria; Scotland (North and East). If you feel that you can help the Club and your fellow enthusiasts in this way, will you please contact Derek Rayner, "Invicta", 1 Church Street, Woodlesford, Leeds LS26 8RE, and arrangements will be made to put your name on the Correspondents' Mailing List. Anonymity can be guaranteed if it is so desired. Should you wish to contribute and you live within an area which is already covered by an Area Correspondent, it may still be possible to arrange for you to help the established correspondent with additional information as invariably they cannot visit all points of the compass within their 'boundaries' to glean information for each report.
Attention Club Secretaries/ Magazine Editors In order to get the fullest possible coverage of Engine ownership changes, work being carried out, and current happenings, it would be appreciated if a copy of your Magazine and/or Newsletter could be sent to the Area Notes Editor, Derek Rayner, so that snippets of information, which may otherwise be missed, are duly noted. Due acknowledgement will be made in Steaming of Magazines received.
slides on engines and organs seen at rallies in the late 1950's and 1960's. This was of special interest and a lively discussion went on through the whole showing. Members were able to show their own films and slides on other occasions, and early in the Spring of this year we were entertained to slides taken of an American visit by a group from the Main Line Steam Trust at Loughborough. The talk was entitled "Las Vegas and Bust" and although not strictly confined to steam, it was of great interest from the travel angle and the slides were of a very high quality. The new May Bank Holiday brought a new rally and this was held at Belton House near Grantham. Some twenty-four engines were involved including two sets of cultivators and one single P.E. It had been arranged that ploughing, cultivating, sawing, 149
etc., would be done, but unfortunately the weather was against us and in the end we had to consider ourselves lucky to get just a few of the engines into the ring. It was a great disappointment since a lot of work had gone into the organisation, but it is understood that there will be another rally in 1979. In the main this event was attended by Member's engines, but we were pleased to welcome John Conner with his Fowler 19783, 'King Carnival II'. It is reported from Old Leake that the Smith's are intending to fit a new firebox into the Foster road loco 13200 in the near future. In original form this engine was built as an S.R.L. and it is understood that it may be restored into this form when the boiler work is completed. One engine recently repaired at Old Leake was the Aveling & Porter roller, 10695 (PR 1083). This is a piston valve compound 10 tonner which has had a new boiler barrel and firebox, and is now owned by Mr. P. E. Cutter of Spalding. After this engine left the workshop, the next one to be brought in was one of the single cylinder Fowler ploughing engines owned by Messrs Beeby Bros. of Rempstone. Engines changing hands which have been reported recently are the Marshall 51025 (DO 2056). This is a 7 nhp single which has spent the whole of its life in the Spalding area, and has been in the hands of Syd Leverton at Quadring for several years now. It is in unrestored condition and has been bought by Messrs. Smith's of Old Leake. Another machine to leave Syd Leverton's is the Fowler roller 17578 (UN 5597) a 10 ton compound. This is a very sound machine and is one of the very last rollers in commercial use in the country, having only recently been withdrawn from service. F.S.
THAMES VALLEY Members in the eastern end of our area gave their support to a very successful end of season event at The Leathern Bottle, Winkfield, It was good to see some engines come over the Thames from our friends, the neighbouring Chilterns T.E.C. Pete Narroway and Dave Shearwood led the 1977 Twyford Bonfire Procession with the A. & P. Roller 10168 (TA 2027) ex Devon C.C. (see front cover of Steaming Vol. 20 No. 4). Sam Love with his Wallis & Steevens T.E. No. 7248 'Pedler' was also in the procession. This huge event raised large sums for local causes. 150
The only "engine movement" this time concerns a very much robbed A/P 8 ton roller, details still unknown, that has been in a Newbury yard for about twenty years. All that time she has been minus cylinder block and consequently was hardly thought of as a candidate for preservation. This led to further parts being removed. However, our member Bill Simpkins decided he would take the plunge and bought her. He has already gathered most of the bits, except the vital block and trunk guide. So if you know of an Aveling block with a 78 in. x 10 in. cylinder with piston valve and a trunk guide Bill would love to hear for you. His address is 13 Chisbury, Marlborough, Wilts. Further research has revealed that this roller belonged to Rawlins, a well known Collingbourne, Wilts, contractor. She was later with a farmer at Buckland, Berks where she provided steam for a dairy sterilizer. A number of engines will not be seen at events this year as some owners are finding the high cost of inspections a burden. The cost of putting an engine on the road has escalated far more than the rate of inflation and certainly much more than the cash returns from rallying (Rally Organisers — please note). RAN HAWTHORNE
BEDFORDSHIRE The last steam function of 1977 in this area was the Olney Annual Bonfire Party staged by Philip Ives. Ten engines were in steam and received a suitably inscribed brass plaque. The engines were: Mr. Ives' Garrett, Marshall and A. & P. Roller, R. Saunders' Fowler Roller, G. Gare's Fowler, Dowland & Holman's Fowler, Domleo Brothers' Burrell Roller, Newcombe Brothers' A. & P. Roller, T. Whitmill's Garrett, and Alec lbbott's Fowler. In the week following the event, Mr. Ives completely stripped down his Garrett and it is having a new firebox fitted. While it is dismantled it is being completely overhauled and now most of the engine is ready for re-assembly. It is hoped it will be in steam sometime in 1978. Dowland & Holman's Fowler has been rallying for ten years and has had the lagging and a tube removed to satisfy the boiler inspector. 1 his having been done, the engine is now ready for another ten years of rallying, D. Harrower of Luton has his Foster agricultural engine under repair currently. The part receiving attention is the tender which last year rotted right through.
Saturday 4th February saw a new engine entering our area — this being a 10 ton A. & P. Roller No. 4504/1900/HH 1062.
This roller has come from Scotland and needs quite a lot of work doing on it before it will be rallied. It is now in the ownership of H. & W. Newcombe and is a contrast to their other engine, a 6 ton A. & P. Roller No. 7080/1911/E5346. The Saunders family at Stotfold are working on two of their engines which they bought a derelict condition. These are a Clayton & $huttleworth agricultural engine and a Fowler road locomotive, I hope to have more information on these for a later
issue. I was pleased to learn that the A. & P. Roller No. 11675/1926/RK 8041 has now found a good home with Mr. Whitehead of Tregarth, Bethesda, North Wales. A roller to come into the area is the Fowler No. 13453/EP 3138 ex Mr. Gammons of Hereford. It is now with Mr. E. Lucas of Baldock. Finally, we are pleased to congratulate four members of our society on their recent engagements. These were Julie Ives to Sam Abrahams and Sylvia Berth-Jones to Steve Neville.
CORNWALL Three engines have changed hands since the last Area Notes. One of the earliest rally attenders in Cornwall has now left the area, this being Burrell Road Loco 4010 'Empress of Cornwall' ,sold by Reg Tonkin of St. Eval to Martin Burr of Killamarsh, near Sheffield. Although not rallied for some years, it was a regular at events in the 50's and early 60's. The new owner will have a big job on his hands as she was fairly run down, and minus her belly tanks and motion plates, these items being removed during her working life. The 6 ton Wallis 'Advance' Roller 8030 'Wilma' has also vacated the area, having passed from the late Donald Gunn of Mannacan to his son, Bob, who lives at Portishead, Bristol. The third change involves Aveling Roller 10190 'Joy', a sc/pv 8 tonner, owned since 1959 by Ronnie Haynes of Illogan, Redruth. Having recently retired, he has now sold her to a younger enthusiast, David Hicks of Ponsanooth. Since purchase by David, she has been retubed and had her canopy removed, improving her appearance considerably. A new chimney is currently being fitted, the old one having given her new owner an embarrasing experience at Easter! She shares a home with Brian Sanders' three engines at Penryn. Brian is currently
removing the old firebox from his Burrell Traction 2575 'Buller'. At Godolphin Cross, Ray Hoskin is busy retubing his Fowler Roller 19205 'Lady Gwen', also cleaning up the front end in readiness of repainting. No less than three engines have been trial steamed following firebox renewal. At Stoke Climsland, Richard Sandercock has had his Burrell Road Loco 3996 'Conqueror' in steam. Richard hopes to have her roadworthy by the summer, but doesn't expect to rally her till 1979. Not so far away at Callington, Russell Gillbard's Marshall Traction 38024 'Cressing Temple' has reached a similar stage and should be rallied again during the summer. Further west, at Carn Brea Village, Redruth, Joe & Dennis Warren have also trial-steamed the boiler of their Foden Wagon 11208. Although complete restoration of this one is still some way off, it will be well worth waiting for. At the same village, Paul Richards' Marshall Roller 75826 has been retubed and passed its hydraulic test successfully, so will be another rally candidate this summer. At Mawla Well, a few miles away, Steve Cox's Aveling Roller 8581 'Dougal' has had some welding done in the firebox and the replacement of some stays is currently in progress. Next to this one, Mike Leath & Steve Buscombe's Aveling Roller 10187 'Highwayman' will shortly be dismantled in readiness for replacement of the crown stays, At Easter, Derek Hattam recommenced work on his Robey Tractor 41493 'Little Glutton', resident in the same yard. Final restoration on this one is now well underway. Burrell Showman 3159 'Gladiator' is currently having the offside rear wheel rerubbered in readiness for its usual season of events. At Nanstallon, Bodmin, the new firebox for the Daniel Bros' McLaren Ploughing Engine 1552 'Hero' recently arrived, so further progress can now be made on this one. Several engines are under heavy repair at Roger Pridham's boiler works at Lamerton. Dr. Dyke's Sentinel S6 Waggon 8928 has recently been completed and his Foden Wagon 10530 will shortly be taking its place. Bernard True's Aveling Roller No. 8301 is also there receiving treatment and Rex Curtis's Armstrong-Whitworth 10R19 will be yet another to go there in due course. Several engines from Devon are there as well. During the winter, Cyril Thomas, driver of John Pengelly's Marshall Roller 88096, took this roller for a trip down the notorious Hillhead, near Penryn, and back up again. This is the hill where the ex-Hancock Burrell 'Her Majesty' ran away and suffered 151
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26th, 27th & 28th AUGUST SATURDAY ONLY. BURRELL COMMEMORATIVE RALLY, 50 years since the firm went out of business. Special Parade of Burrells with Mrs. F. E. Owen daughter of the late Robert Burrell taking the salute. In the evening, around 20 Large Showman's Engines and a number of Organs will be working well into the evening. There will also be a Speedway Meeting (subject to League commitments) followed by a Firework Display by the Rev. Lancaster.
SUNDAY ONLY. Roman Chariot Racing, and Carnival Band Competition, Tug of War, R.A.F. Red Arrows, and Sheep Dog Demonstrations. THE FALCON PARACHUTISTS (Saturday and Sunday) VETERAN CARS & COMMERCIALS (Sunday and Monday)
AND ON ALL THREE DAYS Black Beauty of T.V. Fame, Royal Artillery Motor Cycle Display Team, Pernod Girl Parachutists, Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
OVER 70 ENGINES INCLUDING UP TO 20 LARGE SHOWMAN'S ENGINES, PLUS WAGONS, ROLLERS, TRACTORS, STEAM PLOUGHING & THRESHING AND ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR Applications for Preservation and Trade Stands to:
JOHN CRAWLEY, Expo Steam Secretary, Turvey, Bedford. Special Buses from City Centre. Nearest Railway Station in Peterborough. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO VARY THE ABOVE PROGRAMME ACCORDING TO CIRCUMSTANCES. 153
severe damage. A number of rollers have come to grief on the same hill, but Cyni just had to prove that he could manage it successfully! Fortunately, the roller behaved herself very well, but a few weeks later, the boiler inspector decided she needed retubing. She will be active again for events in the area during the summer. Easter provided the pre-season start to live steam activity in the area, once again. The annual steam-up at Mabe, Penryn, was curtailed by heavy showers and later by heavy rain which put an end to proceedings somewhat prematurely. The engines this year gathered at the Halfway House Inn at Rame for lunch, then steamed the three miles or so back to Mabe, so making an interesting little road run for the participants. Engines taking part were Burrell Showman 3159 'Gladiator'; Burrell Roller 3999, Brian Sanders; Garrett Tractor 34789 'Queenie', Joe and Dennis Warren; Aveling Roller 7641 'Evening Star', Roy Richards; and Aveling Holler 10190 'Joy', David Hicks. Plans for the West of England Steam Engine Society's 23rd Annual Rally, to be held at Silverwell Farm, St. Agnes, on August 19th & 20th, are now well advanced. Over 30 engines will be participating, including a number for the first time, some of them travelling a considerable distance to attend. Hopefully, also in attendance will be the Society's own Merryweather Steam Fire Engine No. 2541, which attended early rallies, but which has been in hibernation for a number of years now. She is currently being cleaned up in readiness for the event. Whether or not she will be in steam will depend on what the boiler inspector has to say, as she hasn't seen action since working commercially for her previous owners, the Tehidy Hospital, near Camborne. They owned her since new and presented her to the Society for preservation in 1967. It is the Society's hope to eventually use her for fire-fighting displays at local rallies. A. V. K. THOMAS 43 Aneray Road, Camborne Cornwall TR14 8UB
SUSSEX The most important item of news from Sussex is that the Worthing & Southern Counties Historic Vehicle Group for whom these notes are written is no more. On the 21st of April all of the liabilities and assets, including the Group's 1934 S & D dustcart, were transferred to the newly incorporated Southern Countries Historic 154
Vehicles Preservation Trust which is a registered charity. The new organisation is, of course, very much as before with the same Officers although we are now obliged to develop the educational side of our activities. Late in 1977 John Alder took up residence in neighbouring Hampshire, moving from Horsham. This has meant that his Wallis & Steevens 10 ton roller No. 7779, which is always well turned out, has now left the area. Another engine to move away was the 1894 compound Aveling & Porter road roller No. 3430 which formed part of Mr. L. Searle's impressive collection at Horsham. The new owner is Bill Lees of Godalming, Surrey who had originally purchased the roller, which is known as 'Sarah', for preservation. Les Searle's collection now consists of a Wallis & Steevens expansion agricultural, the sole surviving Fowler El class showmans engine No. 11799 which is currently being rebuilt and three Burrell road locomotives of which one is a crane version and one a special scenic showmans No. 3887, 'Prince of Wales'. The latter was on show one weekend in April at Horsham together with the same owner's Gavioli organ at a model engineering display. Eleven months after first being offered for sale by auction, the 7 nhp Garrett agricultural No. 28410 of Richard Lonsdale of Chichester changed hands in February and is now owned by Bob Bailey of Amesbury, Wiltshire. Prior to the transfer the Garrett had just successfully completed a hydraulic boiler test. Richard now owns a Sentinel S4 waggon No. 9277 which was previously owned by Bob Bailey. The rear body platform has been removed for rebuilding and a repaint in cream and brown undertaken. Joe Thomas of 'The Sentinel Register' has kindly confirmed the waggon's prior history. It was new to the London & Rochester Trading Co. Ltd., of Rochester, Kent on the 1st January 1937 and used by them until 1948 whereupon it was used by a London scrap merchant. During 1949 the waggon passed to a timber merchant, Smith's of Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire. Several owners later saw it in the hands of a Mr. Nichol! of Maidstone, Kent who loaned it to Fremlins for delivering beer during the Suez Crisis of the latter 1950's, and this was the last commercial work undertaken. The waggon is now to be named 'Peggy'. During April Jim Taylor of Horley became an engine owner when he acquired a 12 ton single cylinder Aveling & Porter road roller from East Sussex. The previous
owner was P. Burgess of Lewes who had undertaken some restoration work but had never rallied the engine. No. 14149/SM 9415, it was built either in 1931 or 1932. Although the roller does not have a boiler certificate at the time of writing, it is expected that only minor work will be required to enable it to attend the Ardingly Rally on July 1st and 2nd. At the Brighton & Hove Engineerium, work has now been completed on the rebuilding of an 1895 compound Fowler agricultural No. 7453. As has previously been seen with Engineerium restorations, the standard of paintwork is immaculate. The Fowler is a very glossy black colour, finished with contrasting deep mustard lining. I believe the owner is a Mr. King from Hellingly, near Eastbourne. Another engine in for a rebuild at this time was the unique Soame steam cart, registration No. AH 136, which was built in 1897 with much of the structure constructed with wood. Needless to say, the Engineerium with its varying exhibitions and display items as well as the Easton & Anderson beam engines is always well worth a visit and is open every day and in steam at weekends. Neal Herridge of Bexhill-on-Sea has reported that he has been busy overhauling the valve gear on his 6 ton Wallis & Steevens 'Advance' No. 7979. During the Winter he has fitted new big and little ends, pistons and valve rods, piston valve rings, guide bushes and valve assemblies. Some members may recall several articles written by Neal in the past relating to other aspects of the work he has carried out on his roller. Finally, not content with using the wrong works number for a Wallis & Steevens 'Advance' some time ago, I inadvertently omitted the Works No. of Dave Bird's Aveling & Porter roller in the last Area Notes. It is, in fact, No. 11640. GJG
DERBY Firstly an apology, the engine owned, by Peter Van Houten as mentioned in the last Area Notes is of course Foden tractor No. 13196, she lies in Alan Wilson's yard at Spondon still in a dismantled state. At Klondyke Mill, Draycott-in-the-Clay, work continues to be carried out on a number of engines. Burrell T.E. No. 2706 owned by the North Staffs. & Cheshire T.E.C. is having extensive treatment by Steve Andrews and friends, she has been stripped down completely and requires
major boiler repairs but at least the new tender is virtually complete. Aveling & Porter roller No. 9128 owned by Dennis Waters of Derby but kept at Klondyke Mill has had most of the tube plate rivets replaced. Lionel Fryer of Kirk Hallam has finished retubing his Fowler P.E. No. 15207, he has also purchased a six furrow balance plough, both will be demonstrated at the Kirk Hallam Rally on September 17th. Over at Smalley, the boiler work on John Bosworth's Foster T.E. No. 14410 has been completed and she may reappear next year. On Boxing Day the Fowler T.E. owned by Tim Moore of Turnditch was steamed down to the 'Puss in Boots' pub., this engine is not often seen as her owner is a ship's engineer. Also in the same area Mr. N. Hunt has bought an Aveling & Porter roller/tractor from Scotland — more details later. On Easter Monday Dennis Waters' Marshall Roller No. 81427 'Anne' and Marshall Roller No. 57168 'Blodwen' owned by Steve Durance of Derby made their usual appearance at the annual 'Mason Arms' charity wheelbarrow race. On May Day Cliff Rodgers and John Bosworth of Smalley steamed their Marshall Roller No. 82842 down to the local Scouts' Fete, several members of the Smalley Preservation Group were also present. STEVE K. DURANCE
EAST ANGLIA There is quite a lot of active restoration underway at present in Essex. Most noteworthy is Clayton TE 32900 of Mr. Cyril Philp, Castle Hedingham, on which a start was made towards the Autumn of 1977. This is probably the oldest Clayton TE extant (?). It was new in December 1899 and supplied via Agent W. A. Smith, Northampton, to G. Harriss, Ropley/Privett, Hants. By 1907 it was at Bulmer, Essex, with Spencer Coe, another Threshing Machine Operator. At Cole's Sale in July 1957 Mr. Philp came to an 'arrangement' with the scrap merchant they were 'knocked down' to, and thus saved -them from an untimely end. I say 'them', as with the Clayton, were two Wallis Tractions — 2959 (HR 5110) and 7458 (EB 4590), 8 horse and 6 horse expansions respectively. To return to 32900, it had lain in the open since its purchase 20 years ago but apart from the normal expected rot to tender and chimney, smoke155
box, etc., the main important parts — firebox and barrel were in surprisingly good order. The main 'spade-work' is being done by Johnny Garwood, an EATEC Member, who has devoted many hours to the task of restoring this engine. Perhaps it won't be too long before we see it in steam and attending rallies, Over at Wimbish, the Mecca of local engine men, a few more tasks are in hand in Ben Taylor's yard. The first of these is the Chairman of EATEC's recently acquired Garrett Tr. This spent some years in a children's play area at Potter Street, Harlow, and was daubed with some garish blue paint. Our Chairman, Terry Young, approached the Council for purchase and managed ro secure it. The serial number was found under the flywheel cap — 34582; thus we were able to trace its history. It was new in 10/24 to P. G. C. Foster, Balsham, Cambs. Later with H. D. Taylor, Ashley, Cambs, and was for sale in 1934. An unknown period followed then, until it was presented to the Harlow Council by the firm of French (7). Terry has since managed to get hold of yet another Garrett (serial unknown) from Sawbridgeworth. This had been converted to diesel during its life, so not surprisingly, it sported a better firebox than 34582. It is hoped to produce one good one from these two ,and restoration completed by 1979. In the same yard the A. & P. Tr. 'Lucy' May' of Ben Taylor is getting a new box this year, and in the shed Fowler K5 'Old Guard' is having a quick paint job. Both these jobs are in the hands of Mick Tuxworth, the EATEC Editor of 'Steam Preservation' and both to be completed ready for Leighs Rally in July. It is also nice to see restored engines coming into the area, and notable is Dave Dale's second purchase which is the well known Fowler TE 11554 'Enterprise' of Ted Freeman, Upper Tadmarton, Oxfords. Dave purchased Garrett roller 34267 from Suffolk last year (see Steaming Vol. 20 No. 4 p.232). Dan Doncaster, Layer-de-laHaye has also made a recent purchase, this being Garrett Tr. 33612 'Camilla' which has come down from the Knutsford area. In Norfolk a few have changed hands but not gone out of the area. A. & P. 10121 has been sold by B. Mack, Barroway Drove, Norfolk, to Mr. Earl of Kings Lynn. Burrell 3047 which was auctioned at the Weeting Rally last July and later bought by Fred Webb of Hockwold, has now moved into Suffolk to Mr. Reynolds, Bardwell Hall, Bardwell. 156
Fowler 14758/WY 480, a TE converted to showman's, which came down into this area in 1974 to Mr. Beales at Wisbech, and was sold to Mr. Mason at Burnham Mkt., has now gone to a Mr. Bill Sykes in the St. Neots area. This was sold by Mr. Beales on acquiring the Burrell Shm. 3865 'Pat Collins No. 1' from John Crawley. 'No. 1' is at present at Stan Burgess's workshop at Haddenham, Cambs. but by all accounts it will be a few years before this is completed. One of the prime jobs at Haddenham is to complete at least one of Mr. Paisley's unique Burrell ploughing engines, so this is something to which tu look forward. In Steaming Vol. 21 No. 2 p.127, fellow EATEC member Terry Taberer inquires for information on the sightings of two engines on two lorries in the Ongar area last August. Despite exhaustive inquiries by Terry and myself nothing seems to be known of the destination of these engines. On top of this, a derelict Surfeit single in rusty condition was spotted on a lorry or low-loader at Gants Hill (Al2) heading east in March of this year. Once again no one has come up with any answers. A couple more Avelings may have moved into the area. The first, an Aveling Barford 14179/1934/BXK 861 was sold recently by Hubert Nixon, Haydon Bridge, to the East Anglian area. This roller may be better remembered a few years back with H. Wooding, Yardley Hastings, Northants. The second is A. & P. 4504 (HH 1062) new 3/00 to Carlisle Corpn. This was owned until fairly recent times by Mr. McGuffy, a garage owner at Ireby, in Cumbria. This is believed sold into the Cambs. area. I would welcome any news of locations and owners of these two. Keeping records up-to-date can be a frustrating job when even the previous owners cannot remember to whom they sold the engine. R. A. HARDING, Records Officer East Anglian Traction Engine Club
KENT As there have not been any Area Notes from Kent in Steaming since August 1976. we would like to start with changes of ownership with comments where merited. Some of these changes may have been noted in other area columns, so please bear with us. Headcorn is the main area for change. Will Day has bought a Burrell R.L. No. 3593 from Arthur Napper. Will is doing
his usual thorough renovation including having the rear wheel re-rubbered by Mike Lugg at Billingshurst. He has sold his SCC Burrell No. 3307 to as yet en unnamed buyer. Will has also gone into partnership with Robbie Jardine in an effort to restore the ex John Butler Foden Speed Six Wagon. These two intrepid lads would be very grateful for any information or parts that would help them accomplish this feat. Will's father, 'The Guv'nor' has bought himself A. & P. tractor No. 8809 from Eric Deamer. This engine saw showland use but is now in tractor form. Kevin Town, who acts as steersman for the Day family, has acquired A. & P. Roller No. 12074 from Harold Bonnett. Vic Roberts from Sidcup has sold his A. & P. roller No. 10271 to W. Smith of Sittingbourne, and replaced it by Wallis & Steevens No. 7920. John Dillon, the former owner converted the roller back to its original form by taking off the Lancaster Bomber tyres which were put on for rolling Norfolk cricket pitches. Terry Maynard from Offham has sold A. & P. roller No. 12427 to Alan Jones of Erith. In its place Terry has purchased an A. & P. tractor from Mr. Edwards of Weighly Bridge. Terry has already done a minor strip down and repair. His other A. & P. roller No. 10043 is also up for sale. John Bailey, a newcomer to the ranks of steam, has bought Burrell SCC No. 2819 from George Marsh of Acrise. He has already had to do heavy repairs to the front end. George has sold his Foster to W. Hicks in Essex. Colin Tucker having completed his retirement task of restoring Burrell SCC No. 2909 long before he is due for his pension, has bought himself the Barrows & Carmichel portable from Stan Burgess of Haddenham, Cambs. Knowing Colin, this will also be completed before he retires. Thos. Wood & Sons Ltd. have bought the remains of Burrell SCC. No. 2558 from Jack Hardwick of Ewell. John and Alec Card of Tonbridge have loaned T. Wood's their Wallis & Steevens T.E. No. 7769 for the coming season. This engine is the last ever worked by Wood's commercially. Mr. B. Parris of Speldhurst has bought Allchin T.E. No. 1485 from Godalming in Surrey. This now makes up the number of Allchin's to 3, in Kent. Graham Canfield of Borough Green has sold his Sentinel Waggon No. 6687 to Bill Rivett, and Graham has taken over Bill's Foden Wagon No. 13848. Graham is also getting the Yorkshire Wagon No. 652 ready
with John Butler. John has got his hands full restoring his Garrett Wagon No. 35464. Also at Borough Green, Richard Pierce has got his Fowler P.E. No. 14213 sorted out and is teaming up with Peter Stanier and his Fowler No. 13877 for ploughing demonstrations. Still at the farm, Gerry Cosgrove has been doing minor repairs to his A. & P. roller No. 8097. This engine has now been completely restored. Sold out of the area completely are the following engines: P. Comfort's Marshall T.E. No. 53176 went to Denis Priestner of Dunham Massey; Malcolm Hobb's A. & P. roller No. 14002 went to Winchester, and Jack Hedges Babcock & Willcox No. 95/4014 has also left the area and gone to Hampshire. Fred Barker's Babcock & Willcox No. 95/4013 has gone to Portsmouth. Repair-wise at Sellindge, Terry Frisken is doing a major rebuild on his A. & P. roller No. 10722 and Les Birch has started to restore his A. & P. roller No. 8752 ex Edwards of Swindon. At Crockenhill, Tom Tilbury, assisted by the ageless Smokey Shepherd, is doing a top end overhaul on the Aveling-Allen roller. At Edenbridge, Dave and Derek Harding have given their Marshall G.P. No. 84562 the once over. Robbie Jardine is sorting out superheater trouble on his Sentinel tractor No. 8413. At Tonbridge there is a hive of activity; Bob Whitehead is pressing on with his Fowlercum-Burrell ploughing engine and his Fowler G.P, No. 9924 ,and Mr. I. Rostron is sorting out his fleet of rollers and has now had most of them in steam. By the time this article appears, The Road Locomotive Society will have held a get-together at Don Eastwood's yard at Horsmonden. Don is expected to steam up many of his engines. Les Birch will have held Sellindge Rally with between 25 and 30 engines. Will Day's private Steam up at Great Tong will also have been held. The Kent County Show at Detling will be held on 13/14/15th July. The engines will be under the capable hands of Will Day as usual. 2 Kentish Men
NORTH EAST Hubert Nixon's DG4 Sentinel No. 8784 'Callow Rock' attended the Sunderland Rag Parade in the Spring. He has bought another fairground organ — a 110 Key De Cap, to go with his 48 Key Verbeeck. The Treloar Brothers from Haltwhistle have bought a Garrett T.E. sc 7 hp No. 27341 built 24/12/08, from Huntingdonshire. They have recently acquired two Foden 6 ton wagon 157
boilers and a Garrett portable from Warrington. The South Tyne T.E. Society is well under way to putting on its first rally at Hexham on 17/18th June. ALAN COBB, 18 Aston Square, Sunderland
SCOTLAND Courtesy of Scottish Traction Engine Society. The search for a suitable location in the Biggar area for an event proved fruitless, and after further negotiations elsewhere, it has eventually been decided to hold a Rally at the Lanark Auction Market — on an excellent site on August 5th and 6th. Any holidaymakers from south of the border will be made very welcome at this new venue. Scotland is presently gaining engines rather than losing them. Russell Kingan of Dumfries has acquired Aveling & Porter 10 ton sc sv roller No. 7857/1913/SH 4274 which formerly worked in the Belford area of Northumberland and previously belonged to some North of England enthusiasts. It was bought from Jack Wakefield's yard at Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham, after some work, it is hoped that it will appear at some of this year's events later in the season. An engine owner has moved fairly recently from the Midlands to Cupar, Fife. He is Geoff Hayes, owner of Abbey Tandem Roller No. 41602/FE 6319. Geoff hopes to bring the engine north during the better weather. John Patterson of Biggar is about to restart work on the Marshall Portable No. 71725 which should be on display at the Lanark Rally in August. T.R.
YORKSHIRE Charlie Byass rounded off a full Christmas programme of Carol and Organ recitals at surrounding villages with an open day and steam party at his farm at Little Weighton on December 27th As well as Charlie's own two residents, Foster Showman's Engine No. 14632/AAU 370 'Success' and the ex Bingley Corporation Fowler Roller No. 16031/NW 7277, two visitors attended — Mr. E. W. Wood's Ransomes, Sims & Jeffries Portable No. 44126, driving a very old threshing machine (1884), and Ted Ashton steamed over from Knottingley in his DG4 Sentinel. When the writer passed Ted near the eastern end of the M62, he was going well, and my only regret was that 158
I couldn't stop to photograph the relatively rare sight of a steamer, proceeding legally along a motorway. Traditional New Year Celebrations took place in Sheffield where, for the fourth year running, Carr Brothers held their New Year's Eve Party. Despite being in the middle of a residential district, they have a large garage adjacent to their house, which has been modified to house an engine. This year, the Ransomes Traction Engine No. 27596/WR 6553 was chosen to do the honours, and steam was built up as midnight approached. On the stoke of twelve, the whistle was blown at full blast, to the accompanient of cheers from the revellers to herald in the New Year. Complaints about this practice from near neighbours have virtually been eliminated — by inviting them to the party. The Ransomes is subsequently receiving a new tender. The Foden Wagon No. 12364/TW 4207, owned by Harry Parkin at Castleford, has been stripped down for a well earned repaint. The cab has been off and a suitable tipping body may eventually be put on to return it to original. When purchased in 1963, the wagon had a tar tank on the back. Completion was scheduled for May as the wagon was entered in the Foden sponsored HCVC London to Brighton run. Another waggon receiving attention is Sentinel No. 8992/1J4148 owned by Messrs. Snowden & Bradley, Morley. The boiler has had some welding carried out and this is now being finished oil prior to re-assembly. Irvin Barraclough steamed his Fowler Russian type Road Loco at Thrybergh (No. 14893/CT6888) during the winter to turn her round to give better access for work to be carried out on the bunker. The writer's Aveling & Porter No. 8506/ CT 5012 has had the rear off-side roll off all winter (for repairs to a puncture? — Ed.) for painting and attention to the bunker and scarifier plate. Completion was scheduled for mid May so that a Steam Up & Roller Working at the Middleton Railway, Leeds, could be attended. At the Road Roller Association A.G.M. in February, Frank Pennett of Bradford steamed his Burrell G.P. No. 3218/TB 3959 te welcome members to the venue — the Bradford Industrial Museum at Eccleshill. The museum's own exhibit, Wallis & Steevens Roller No. 7986/01 8207 was also on show in an 'advanced' stage of restoration. Engines new to the area are the Burrell No. 4010 ex Cornwall to Martin Burr of
Killamarsh. This has Marshall front wheels and Martin is anxious to replace them with a pair of proper Burrell ones. Additionally, Brian Hardy, who is building the engine in Sheffield, mentioned in the last edition of Steaming, has purchased an Aveling conversion from the London area. This is now a tractor No. 8665/1915/HR 3563 which was originally with the Marlborough U.D.C. Wilts. On the debit side, we have lost two engines from the south of the county — Mr. Gray of Stannington near Sheffield has moved to Retford, Notts, and in consequence the Aveling & Porter RC10 Roller No. 4232/CA4520 and the unusual Robey Traction Engine No. 35548/DO 2046 have also moved. One surprising engine sale has been the Sentinel Wagon No. 1465/AW 3321 which has been in the hands of the the Fearnley family, Castleford, since 1957. This has been sold by Ron Fearnley to John Ward of Penistone, who has recently been running Shone's Sentinel No. 8213. Finally, Tony Myers' venerable Aveling Roller No. 2481 has been completed and has now left Harry Denton's yard at Costley. She is now kept under cover in a building adjacent to one of Tony's business premises in the South Leeds area. We are looking forward to her first Rally appearance, which may be at the Leeds Club's Rally at Bramham Park over the August Bank Holiday. D. A. RAYNER
LANCASHIRE & CHESHIRE Restoration and maintenance has continued on several engines during the winter months. At Runcorn, and the Cheshire Transport Collection Museum, Sentinel DG4 Waggon 8714 has had all the valves and valve seats of the Duplex engine recut and ground in. Other work has included a new ashpan to the correct Sentinel type and a repaint in readiness for the season. Also at the museum, Peter Froud's 1932 Fowler 10 ton roller has had the hardened, worn out packing replaced in the valve glands, attention to the smokebox and mudlids. Another Sentinel still receiving attention is the 1920 Standard No. 3976, owned by John Nudd of Beeston, who has made considerable progress on the rebuilding of the bodywork, cab, and platform. Three engines have had major boiler attention during the past twelve months or so. At Glazebury, Eric Marshall's 1923 Ransomes Sims and Jefferies traction No. 35247 is now back in steam and on the road after a new firebox and a repaint.
Over at Bolton. Fred Dibnah is coming to the end of his solo marathon job of fitting a new boiler barrel, firebox and tubeplate to his 1912 Aveling 10 ton roller No. 7632 Successful steam trials were carried out in March and revealed the boiler seam rivets, foundation ring, and all the firebox stays to be completely tight, only a few minor weeps from the firehole door rivets needing attention. Rebuilding commenced and the roller should be on the road by early summer. A third firebox replacement was carried out on George Lea's 1928 Foden tractor No. 13222, the work of dismantling and reassembly being carried out at Banks, near Southport. A fourth engine to have a new firebox is Frank Lythgoe's early Foden traction No. 443, work on which is being carried out at the time of writing. When the boiler is returned to Warburton a complete restoration job will be done on the engine to Frank's usual high standard. Boiler work has also been carried out on Mrs. J. Briggs' 5 ton Foden wagon No. 1742, which has had the front tubeplate built up, several places on the front end of the barrel built up and new tubes fitted, at its home in Mobberley. The wagon is also to have a repaint whilst laid up, to bring it back to its original livery of 1908. At Swinton, the Lancashire Club Chairman, George Coles, has not had much luck with repairs to his single cylindered Clayton & Shuttleworth traction No. 46059. Two crown stays require replacement as well as attention to the valve eccentric, and to facilitate the job, the flywheel and crankshaft were to be removed until the flywheel key decided to be awkward! By early April, after several attempts to remove it, the thing was still there, defying all normal methods of extraction. Some good news for George was the sonic test on the firebox of the Clayton, which revealed thicknesses identical with those obtained seven years ago. At the same time the ultra sonic equipment was used on the boiler barrel and firebox of George's other engine, 8 hp sc Ruston Proctor portable No. 52721. Here again, the results were very pleasing, revealing a substantial thickness of metal everywhere. One of the most interesting engines to come into the area of recent years, is the Aveling & Porter steam wagon No. 9282, a double crank compound slide valved engine of 1921. It was brought back from Australia by Tom Varley of Gisburn, and although in unrestored condition, the wagon was pretty well compete. Restoration is 159
well under way and Tom reckons it will only take three months! It is reported that another engine has arrived in Lancashire, a Burrell 7 hp scc traction No. 3307, bought by a Mr. Waterworth of Charnock Richard, near Chorley, from the Kent area. Having gained a couple, we have lost a couple! Towards the end of 1977 Aveling & Porter tractor No. 11251 left the ownership of Paul Edwards, Whaley Bridge, ironically for the Kent area. A second tractor to go was Garrett No. 33612 'Camilla', sold by S. Z. de-Ferranti in December last year to D. Doncaster of Layer-dela-Haye, Colchester. One of the most heroic, or insane, steamings took place in well below zero temperatures on the coldest Saturday in February. The culprit was Jim Stevenson who steamed his 1924 Aveling roller 10906 at High Legh, for the benefit of an advertising photography stunt. Incidentally, a thoroughly warming lunch was taken at the nearby 'Jolly Thresher' pub! In much warmer weather, in late April, in fact, an immaculate Marshall roller (No. 57168 'Blodwen' steamed through the area on her way from Derby to Blackpool. This 130 mile marathon trundle was a sponsored run, being undertaken by the roller's owner, Steve Durance and his crew, to raise funds for the National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs. Monday night, April 24th, saw the team safely arrived outside the 'Bear's Paw' Inn, at High Legh, Knutsford, some sixty miles from home, having had a trouble-free run. That evening they were joined by several local steam enthusiasts who, by closing time, had been convinced by the intrepid travellers that a 10 ton roller of 1911 vintage, would get to Blackpool, and by Thursday evening as scheduled. These notes end with sad news in recording the death of Sid Green of Bartington, Northwich, on the 11th February 1978. Although not an engine owner, Sid was very much involved with engines, assisting Walter Fitter to rebox and rebuild his 1910 Foden 7hp traction during the early 1970's, and then being mate on the engine for several years. Sid would also come to the assistance of many an engine owner when in difficulty, as the writer experienced on several occasions. He was also a leading figure in the organisation of the now famous Holly Bush Steam Parties. Sid Green's experience and willingness to assist others will be greatly missed by many preservationists in Cheshire, and deepest sympathy 160
is extended to his wife and family in their sad loss.
ROAD ROLLER ASSOCIATION On November 5th 1977 we held a "Roller Working" at the Woodcote Methodist Church Car Park. Six years ago an old stable and outhouse was pulled down by Fowler S.E. No. 15653 'Renown' using the wire rope. The area was spread with stone and later rolled by Fowler roller 'Busy Bee'. By 1977 this car park had been enlarged. This new area and the existing area had a layer of scalpings spread on it and the R.R.A. brought along three steam rollers to complete the job. Only one roller could work at one time in the limited space. The rollers were, in order of working: Fowler 14674 'Busy Bee', A. & R. Hawthorne & Sons; A. & P. 14001 'Dick Turpin', Brian Willis & Son; and A. & P. 11093 'Mercury', V. & E. Greenaway. Sales officer Ian Hutchinson had a stall. Member Ted Davey exhibited his collection of model rollers. Although of modest proportions this event was much enjoyed by members, both those taking part and those who came to visit. For most of us a nice day to close the active season. A month later we held our first meeting in London. The venue was the Kew Bridge Pumping Station. Members assembled during the afternoon and enjoyed seeing the beam engines at work. We were able to see another beam engine in the course of re-erection and an Aveling & Porter steam roller that was partially stripped out for repairs to the gearing in the workshops. When the station closed at 5 p.m. we assembled in the Tearoom for a most enjoyable and informative talk entitled 'Road Rollers and Roadmaking machines' given by Peter Smart, secretary of R.L.S. Peter illustrated his talk with slides made from photographs taken between about 1890 and 1950 and covered not only rollers but also tractions, road locos, tractors and steam wagons hauling stone, tarsprayers and many other interesting machines. Ian had his sales stall again. We had a really good talk and a very good turn out of members, in fact, a very successful meeting. The Annual General Meeting was held at the Bradford Industrial Museum, in arctic conditions, in February. The Curator gave us a conducted tour where we saw numerous steam engines demonstrated running under compressed air. A Wallis & Steevens 'Advance' was seen under restoration and
a nice Barford Perkins petrol roller was started up. For our benefit Mr. Pennett's traction engine was in steam. When we got down to business the committee's report showed another year of expansion and a good variety of activity throughout the year. Four issues of 'Rolling' had been published during the year, all four being illustrated. Sales had gone quite well, the income from sales being a good help in enabling the Treasurer to balance the books. The committee proposed that the subscription be raised by 50p to £2.50 as from January 1st 1979. This was unanimously agreed. The election of officers and committee brought one new name, Bernard Bartram of Derby, on to the committee. Re-elected were President Lyndon Shearman, Chairman Ran Hawthorne, Secretary Chris Cooper, Treasurer and Membership Secretary Eddie Hatfield, 10 Saxon Street, Wrexham, Clwyd, N. Wales, Editor Alan Porter, Sales Ian Hutchinson. The officers, together with Derek Rayner and Bernard Bartram, form the committee. The programme of events for 1978 was discussed. Meetings have been arranged for venues from Hampshire to Derbyshire.
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Another London meeting for next December and various others are under consideration. Two Road Runs for Rollers are being organised, one in Derbyshire/Leicestershire, the other in Oxfordshire. On conclusion of the business, tea was served by the wives of some of our North Country members. We were most grateful for their kindness. Tea was followed by a talk my Jack Hampshire, a member of a well known Yorkshire family firm of Road Rolling contractors. Jack was introduced by our President, Lyndon Shearman, himself a Road Rolling contractor. The talk was illustrated with photos from working days of steam and motor rollers in Yorkshire. In April, we joined with the Wallis & Steevens Steam Club for their Open Day. The three W. & S. Steam Rollers were in steam, together with our member 'Jumbo' Palmer's W. & S. Roller 'Daisy May', Jim Darnell's 8 hp W. & S. T.E. and a model Simplicity Roller. The Works was open, enabling members to see the manufacture of parts and the erection of the 1978 counterparts of our Vintage Machines. There was a good attendance at this event, including a coach party from Leeds. RAN HAWTHORNE
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CAPITAL GAINS TAX Many members of the N.T.E.C, have encountered the question of whether the profit on the sale of a traction engine renders them liable for Capital Gains Tax. Although there has recently been at least one case of a member being assessed for Capital Gains Tax, there are reasonable grounds for thinking that this tax does not correctly apply to the sale of a traction engine. Broadly speaking Capital Gains Tax is charged at 30% on the profit made on disposal of an item, the basic being taken as either the actual cost to the vendor, or the estimated value at the date in 1965 when Capital Gains Tax was first introduced. Expenditure by the Vendor on improvements or additions would be allowed to be added to the basic cost but not expenditure for maintenance. Under the proposals in the latest budget gains by individuals will be exempt up to £1,000 per annum and gains up to £5,000 will be charged at 15% with a marginal relief for gains up to £9,500. So far no allowance is made for the effects of inflation which seems unreasonable. However, there are reasonable grounds for thinking that traction engines because of their very nature are exempt from Capital Gains Tax. In the Finance Act 1968 Schedule 12, paragraph 1 (1) says: "Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, no chargeable gain shall accrue on the disposal after 19th March 1968 of, or of an interest in, an asset which is tangible movable property and which is a wasting asset". "Tangible movable property" is self explanatory. A "wasting asset" is defined in the Finance Act 1965 Schedule 6, paragraph
9 (1) as an asset with a predictable life not exceeding fifty year. The official guide to the Capital Gains Tax legislation issued in February 1966 stated that Plant and Machinery is in every case treated as a wasting asset and its predictable life (which in no case may exceed fifty years) is regarded as running to the point of time at which, assuming normal use, it will no longer be fit for further use. The Act goes on to say that the question of what Is the preditable life of an asset shall, so far as the question is not immediately answered by the nature of the asset, be taken, in relation to any disposal of the asset, as it was known or ascertainable at the time when the asset was acquired or provided by the person making the disposal. It seems reasonable to deduce from this that a traction engine is both a wasting asset and tangible movable property, and therefore not subject to Capital Gains Tax. That Capital Gains Tax does not apply to a traction engine is supported by at least two letters received from Inspector of Taxes by members of the N.T.E.C., one of which states categorically that a Garrett road locomotive "qualifies as a wasting asset". The other letters — written in 1975 — states: "I do not think the Showman's Engine will be subject to Capital Gains at all . . . the reason for this is that the engine would be exempt as a wasting chattel." It is well known that the views of Inspectors of Taxes do not invariably coincide, but it would seem harsh of an Inspector not to accept that a traction engine is a wasting asset if it was claimed as such, and he could hardly dispute that it is a "tangible movable object". D. H. TEW
CLUB TROPHIES As most members will know, the Club posses a fine array of trophies, most of which have been presented to the Club — a selection of them was illustrated on page 147 of the May 1977 issue of Steaming (Vol. 20 No. 3). In March of this year, the Club held a series of meetings in Birmingham culminating with a social in the evening; the apportunity was taken of presenting a number of these trophies. 162
The Arthur Napper Cup for Tractions was awarded to Mr. and Mrs. Derek Taylor of Colchester. East Anglian winners with an East Anglian built engine — what better. Burrell No. 3902 has the distinction also of being illustrated on page 232 of Steaming (Vol. 20 No. 4). The Curtis Bowl went this year to another eastern England owner who has done a great deal for 'steam' in more than one field. The trophy is a small, but delightful
rose bowl and it went to a small engine — no comment on its owner — but again an engine preserved near its county of origin, the Foster tractor of Tony Parker of Lincoln. Whenever we visit a particular area for meetings, we try to recognise some of the owners of engines and other activities in that area. This year was no exception with no less than seven trophies going to persons resident in the area covered by clubs in the West Midlands. Arthur Napper Cup for Tractors went this year to W. Foxall and G. Marshall for their work on their early Aveling roller. Not strictly speaking a tractor, but a near relative and rollers were largely responsible for making the roads on which the tractors ran. Golden Film Shield to David Webster of Ludlow to mark his considerable contribution to preservation of steam wagons and support of events over a wide area. It is of interest that this trophy was presented to the club by Morris & Company Ltd., of Shrewsbury — manufacturers of lubricants; now it has been awarded to the owner of Shrewsbury made wagons. Baker Toch H Cup, our largest cup, carries an engraving of a showmans engine on it. It is appropriate therefore that it should be awarded to the owner of such an engine. This goes this year to Mr. W. T. Hunt of Birmingham; possibly we have not yet seen the full results of his preservation work. Connie Hutchens Memorial Trophy is
specifically for a lady connected with the movement. Often the ladies are best known for their support and hospitality. The recipient this year, Miss Doris Middleton of Hartlebury, comes very much into this category. Holloway Bowl for Portables. Not the most popular of the various types of traction engine, but often when in preservation the result is excellent. Mr. G. E. Jones of Shrewsbury has achieved a high standard of preservation with his Marshall portable and receives the trophy this year. John Crawley Bowl. In awarding this to David Hallam for his work in connection with the Klondyke Mill Stream Centre we are recognising a most outstanding and worthwhile contribution to the traction engine preservation movement. These notes opened with a remark that the Club has trophies presented to it for annual award; often these trophies are as a mark of esteem to a person long associated with the movement. Such an occasion happened this year which saw the donation to the Club of the Eric Middleton Trophy. This is a fine cup, well worthy of the man it commemorates, and purchased by donations from his friends and associates. The first, and we feel most worthy, recipient was Len Crane of Wolverhampton. The presentation of the trophies was by the Club President, Jack Wharton. ERIC FILLMORE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS INSURED UNDER YOUR N.T.E.C. POLICY?
From remarks made at various meetings during the past year, it would appear that many members are not fully conversant with the terms of the N.T.E.C. POLICY, and Tennant Budd have given the following resume, setting out the cover section by section: SECTION A — PUBLIC LIABILITY a. Accidental bodily injury (fatal or nonfatal) to Third Parties — unlimited liability. b. Accidental damage to property or animals of Third Parties — £250,000 any one accident. (Sparks & Ashes limited to £20,000.) Including towing of Trailers up to but not exceeding the number permitted by Law and liability in respect of Boiler explosion to meet the requirements of the Road Traffic Act. This Section includes Law Costs where any claim is contested and cost of representation at any Coroner's Inquest or Fatal Inquiry; Legal Defence in the event of proceeding under Section 1 of
the Road Traffic Act 1960 (Manslaughter) up to £1,000; Emergency Treatment in respect of injuries caused by or arising out of the use of the use of the Insured Vehicle; Indemnity to Legal Personal Representatives (in the event of the death of any person entitled to indemnity under the policy, the Company will in respect of the liability incurred by such person indemnify his legal personal representatives in the terms of the policy). Further, this Section covers cost of Damage or Loss caused by Vibration or weight of the Insured vehicle, to roads, bridges or pipes up to £500. 163
SECTION B — ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE The cost of repairing or replacing any part of the insured vehicle necessitated by Accidental Damage resulting from Impact, and Malicious Damage (excluding Malicious Damage when caused by a person in the Insured's service or a member of the Insured's family), up to £500 any one accident or series of accidents arising out of one occurrence. The cost of specially making any part or the painting thereof is included up to £500. The cost of repair or replacement of any parts damaged by Fire, Lighting, Explosion or Theft whilst the Insured Vehicle is laid up out of use, and in use under steam, up to but not exceeding the value stated in the Policy schedule. Excluding any part which is detached from the Insured Vehicle at the time or loss or damage. Excluding damage due to defective roads or road shock. SECTION C — THEFT Loss by Theft of Brass and Copper attachments to the Insured Vehicle up to £500. Excluding any attachments which is detached from the Insured Vehicle at the time of Loss. SECTION D — RECOVERY The cost of recovering the Insured Vehicle from the scene of an accident or breakage and conveying to the nearest competent repairer following an accident to the Insured Vehicle, or breakage thereof. For the purpose of this Section "breakage" shall be deemed to mean breakage of steering chains, wheels and/or axles only. Liability not exceeding £500 in all during one year of insurance. SECTION E — ACCIDENTS TO DRIVER AND/OR STEERSMAN In the event of Driver and/or Steersman sustaining bodily injury caused by violent accidental external and visible means, whilst mounting into or dismounting from or travelling in the Insured Vehicle the Company will pay to such person or their legal personal representatives the specified compensation, provided that such injury shall solely and independently of any other cause within three calendar months of the accident, result in: 1) Death. £1,000 2) Loss of (A) Sight in both eyes or (B) two limbs or (C) Sight in one eye and loss of one limb. £1,000 3) Loss of (A) Sight of one eye or (B) one limb. £500 164
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Total disablement from engaging in profession or occupation £10 per week up to 52 weeks from commencement of disablement. Excluding any person who has attained the age of 75 years.
SECTION F — TOWING DISABLED VEHICLES Whilst the Insured Vehicle is being used for the purpose of towing any one disabled mechanically propelled vehicle, provided that such vehicle is not towed for reward. Excluding liability in respect of claims arising out of loss of or damage to the towed vehicle or to property being conveyed by such vehicle. GENERAL INFORMATION The engine is insured whilst in use for Private Pleasure purposes, i.e. attending local village fetes, shows, etc. etc. and whilst attending Steam Engine Rallies and similar functions organised by the N.T.E.C. and/or other recognised Clubs. Road rolling by the Policyholder in person and agricultural use are also included. Any duly authorised person may drive the engine, provided that the person holds a Licence or has held and is not disqualified from holding such a Licence, but persons under the age of 21 are excluded from driving. However, where an engine is under the joint control of a driver and steersman, the age exclusion does not apply to the steersman. Finally, the Dominion Policy contains the Warranties that: a) the engine is maintained in sound mechanical condition. b) there must be in force, during the currency of the Dominion Policy, i) an insurance covering the risk arising from explosion of the Boiler. ii) a current Boiler Inspection Report. With regard to (i) the insurance is arranged with the New Zealand, at a premium of £2.50 per engine, indemnity £250,000 in respect of Death or Personal Injury or Damage to Property of Third Parties. SPECIAL TERMS FOR N.T.E.C. MEMBERS In addition to the N.T.E.C. Insurance and Inspection Schemes arranged by Tennant Budd, members can also take advantage of special terms for private motor insurance, private hospital treatment subscriptions and , 'prolonged disability" insurance. Full details can be obtained on application to TENNANT BUDD.
AND SO TO KENT IN 1977 By ALAN THOMAS On this occasion I had every hope of penning an article on an area I had not visited before. As the winter months rolled slowly by, I had been looking forward to my first visit to a rally in the Emerald Isle. Unfortunately, the failure of my 'infernal combustion' motor shortly before, resulted in the unexpected outlay in purchasing another, so all my best laid plans, etc. . . Still, some other time perhaps. I now had a week's holiday, either to spend moping around the house, much to the bane of my long-suffering wife, or to endeavour to get to a 'new' rally on a very limited budget!! After studying the rally calender for that weekend, which happened to be Spring Bank Holiday period, we decided that we could perhaps run to a trip to the far corner of Kent for the increasingly-popular rally at Sellindge, which Les Birch has done so much to establish in recent years. I had paid a visit to this rally's predecessor, Elham, back in the 60's, but had not been on a return trip to the area since. So, although not strictly new territory, there would be a sufficient influx of 'new' engines to the area to make a visit worthwhile. So, everything decided, we loaded up our canvas accommodation and were soon underway, together with the recent addition to our household who looks as though he is going to cut his teeth on steam whether he is aware of it or not! The journey was trouble-free, thankfully, and the weather looked promising. On the outskirts of Ashford we came across a living van pulled up in a layby, completely dwarfing the little engine in front of it — this turned out to be the Robey Tractor No. 33957 'Village Queen', taking on water from an adjoining stream — she had steamed down from her base in Surrey, so the opportunity was made to stop and photograph her 'on the road'. It is always nice to get shots of engines en route to a rally — even though the more modern traffic tends to shoot past just as you press the shutter! A stop for refreshments at Ashford, and we commenced the final few miles to our destination, passing two more 'road trains' on the way — Thomas Wood & Son's Burrells Nos. 3586 'Tam' and 3931 'Mollie' — the former parked up outside a local hostelry!
We duly arrived at Sellindge and consulted with one of the organisers regarding permission for camping facilities on the site. That side of things arranged, I was my usual impatient self in that I could not resist having a quick look round before getting the tent up. My wife is used to my sudden outbursts of wild exclamation as I note a particular engine in attendance which I had been hoping to see, so just lets me get on with it, now — there was a time when she was acutely embarrased in such a situation, but she has come to realise that steam enthusiasts are a special breed of maniac — there is no cure for the 'bug' — it just bites deeper into your system with every rally! Anyway, my quick look round reassured me that my camera would have a busy time on the following day. That situation having been sized up, I could now concentrate on getting our camping facilities organised — or could I? Perhaps that question is best left unanswered, because the mere toot of an engine's whistle is enough to take my mind off what I'm supposed to be doing and put it back on the lines of a more interesting topic! After a good night's rest, it was up bright and early next morning to make the most of our visit to this corner ❑f the steam world. As fate would have it — and it happens nine times out of ten, it seems — the typical Westcountry weather had followed us — the cloudless skies of the previous day were now grey and overcast, and the smokescreens hung low over the recently-fired engines. What an assembly of engines there were, too. Just about every type was represented, including quite a few rareities. I was particularly pleased to see a refugee from my home-county, the Burrell single crank cornpound Traction No. 2909 'Cornishman' of 1907, in its first season of rallying, following an extensive rebuild. She spent the greater part of her working life in Cornwall, being supplied new to Charles Parsons & Sons of St. Columb, and was frequently hired out to local amusement caterers during the summer season for hauling the fairground loads in the locality, along with here partner engine, Burrell No. 3816 'Cornish Maid', at present under further restoration within the county. After passing 165
This article by Alan Thomas was written in 1977 and the Editor visited the rally just a few days ago. The two pictures were taken on Sunday, 28th May 1978. through the hands of Messrs. Murch, Urnberleigh, Devon, 'Cornishman' eventually ended her days in Messrs. Edwards' gravel pit at Fairford, along with countless others. She was eventually rescued by Colin Tucker of Bexleyheath, her present owner, who has done a fine job of putting her in working order. Paintwork still has to be completed, but it was indeed good to see this one rallying at long last. Colin Tucker also exhibited what is probably the sole survivor of a portable engine built by Barrows & Carmichael in about 1879. She is still under restoration and has not yet reached the steaming stage, being towed around the arena by 'Cornishman', but made unique exhibit, nonetheless. She has wooden wheels and forecarriage, and the cylinder block is mounted on the boiler and not on the firebox, as is usual with most breeds of portable. Other 'rare birds' of note were George Marsh's Wantage single Traction No. 1522 'Pioneer' of 1905 and his 6 nhp Foden Road Loco No. 4752 'Sandy MacNab' built in 1914 — I'd seen the latter in a previous ownership several years previously, but since then, she'd received a complete 'facelift' — an engine preserved in her original 166
format — although she spent part of her life on the fairgrounds, she never carried show fittings as far as is known, and it is good to see her preserved as she is. Torn Boorman's little Mann Light Patching Roller No. 1145 'Miss Mann' of 1917 was yet another unusual little machine, whilst in complete contrast for size was rally organiser, Les Birch's 15-ton Zettelmeyer Roller No. 553 of 1930, an unusual single crank compound design fitted with a piston valve, it was brought over from France by the present owner in 1969 — interesting to compare with Burrell's single crank compound design — the latter has always been my own particular favorite, as it was a locally-owned engine of this type which sparked off my interest in steam. In addition to 'Cornishman' already mentioned, there were three more of this type at Sellindge, one which particularly appealed to me being No. 3307, a 7 nhp example of 1911, now owned by William Day of lieadcorn — she sounded and looked exceptionally well. Rollers sometimes tend to get pushed to one sloe in favour of their more glamorous counterparts at some events, but there was a fine line-up of Avelings here, my
own favourite being Mrs. Marsh's little 6tanner No. 9903 'Acrise Maid' of 1921, and one of the first of this firm's piston valve desgin, I'd say. She was a real little masterpiece, beautifutly proportioned. Gerry Cosgrove's 12-ton Aveling No. 8097 'Moby Dick' was yet another fine example of roller restoration, one of the numerous former-members of Eddison's fleet which have survived into preservation An example of 'working' preservation could be seen in Messrs. Pierce Bros'. Fowler BB Type Ploughing Engine No. 14213 of 1914. She is still used for ploughing demonstrations at events in the area, I believe, and made an interesting contrast with her owner's other exhibit, the Fowler Road Loco No. 14754 'Endeavour' of 1917, resplendant in Fowler-Black, carrying the distinctive halfcab that was typical of her type back in the days when steam was 'King of the Road'. There were many more makes of engine represented at this event, including Allchin, Clayton, Garrett, Marshall and Wallis — I have mentioned just a few, but it is certainly one of the most comprehensive engine entries one could wish to see at a rally — one Aveling Roller even had the front fork painted silver in recognition of Jubilee Year!!
Space is always a problem at most events these days, and Sallindge is no exception. Eeach year the show gets bigger and better, but there is no more than the same acreage in which to spread it all out. Hence, the engine paddock appeared a little cramped, but the way in which 30 engines were manoeuvred into position in such an allotted space was a work of art in itself! It also gave the venue a certain atmosphere, everything was so compacted together that even the spectators must have felt somewhat involved with proceedings. Although the light was not particularly good for photography, the rain fortunately held off till late in the afternoon. As we made our way Westward once more at the end of the day, the clouds parted and the sun came out in defiancel However, it had been a wonderful day out, and well worth the effort to journey to the other end of the country. I can now look back with many pleasent memories of my first visit to the Garden of England for some years. And to the organisers and participants of the Sellindge Rally, my thanks for making it so. I look forward to a return trip in the not too distant future.
Foden 6 N.H.P. Road Locomotive "Sandy Macnab" built in 1914 Reg. No. SN 1647 and owned by G. Marsh, Acrise, Folkestone, Kent. 167
These two pictures came from Bernard Roberts after he read Derek Rayner's article on page 108 of the "Yorkshire Special". The above picture is of McLaren No. 1558 at Gresford Colliery. Below is a scene at J. Pugsley & Sons Ltd. yard at Stoke Gifford on 14th June 1949 — they were machinery dealers. The engines concerned are McLaren No. 1552 "Hero" BD 5504 and sister engine No. 1553 "Hilda" BD 5505. Both engines had come from Bristol Corporation and Mr. Roberts goes on to mention that No. 1554 was reported at Frickley Colliery, Yorks, in the immediate post war years.
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THE PLOUGHING ENGINES By ESMOND KIMBELL
These are Percy Grundy of Kettering's No. 2 Set, in 1927, "The Singles" or "Oxfords", "new" in 1911. Really re-builds by the Oxford Steam Ploughing Company, when managed by Fowler-trained John Allen: which firm was later John Allen & Sons (Oxford) Ltd. (The others were Fowler compounds No. 1 B4s of 1910; No. 3 AAs 15246-7 of early 1918; No. 4 sixmonths later AAs with higher gearing; No. 5 1911 B4s ex-Pickering, ex-Drummond, with two-speeds-on-the-rope-drums; No. 6 1915 BBs "out of Lincolnshire"; No. 7 Later BBs, ex-Whitehead, Dean, Beds., also with two speeds — all mentioned in early RLS portfolios.) The differ from members' Eric Fillmore's and the Beeby brothers' Oxford re-built Fowlers in having "monkey-tail" pull-up regulators, and links Up for forward — which few then knew why — but like them had the ornate cast-iron chimneys and higher pressured boilers: the heavy chim-
ney helped to keep the front from slewing and did not burn through. Perhaps the smokeboxes should have been cast too! The regulator was easy to handle because of its just-right-to-pull position, but you had to mind your head when firing. "Oxfords" generally retained the Fowler cylinder, slide-bars and crank; a road pinion on the foot-board for lifting on-and-off to change speed; "top-change", or the slidingciank-shaft bevel for in-and-out of the verticle-shaft's bevel; and tank, or backhand, steering, which you turned the wrong way. The authority on ploughing engines, the Rev. Stebbings, explains the various types and dates of Fowler singles and that the links of these were Up for Open Rods, theoretically giving better steam distribution. Theoretically, because only on higher pressured railway engines with more room for the up-and-down of reversing, and so with valve travel of greater length, was 169
their noticeable difference between crossing the rods from eccentrics to link and leaving them open. Threeshaft engines like Burrells, have Open Rods and fourshaft Aveling inside-admission piston-valve rollers, but here, of course, links are Down for forward. On compounds the advantage of Open over Crossed Rods is even less; yet some Tasker tractors and the McAlpine's Oxford compound P.E. retain Links UP, for Open Rods. (The threshing Tasker was chain driven from the countershaft, so its motion went the same way as a fourshaft's.)
apart from half-a-season with Tommy Evans, which he did not enjoy — had grown with them. "Lovvy" now did the relieving — and steering — for him, but was no "real engineman" — as they say of those "who don't mind what they do". Stump, by the way, was an ex-roaster with an unknown past who lived rent-free in a yard van out-of-seasons, working by the hour at fetching-and-carrying and holding-up; but Billy Beal, apart from some furniture removing on a steam wagon, had had all his life with steam ploughs, first with Wicksteed, then Percy Grundy.
As it seemed "unnatural" for drivers to "push" their links up, fourshaft makers crossed their rods so they could be "pulled up" with the reversing lever. And then they could change from fourshafts to threeshafts and find little difference, except on belt-work, when a Burrell or Wallis had to have its lever back for threshing.
(Charles Wicksteed had "Come to Kettering out of Norfolk with a set of Doubles and a set of Singles around 1880". The depot-repair-shop, soon, with his invention of the tube-expander and its world-wide sales, developed into engineering proper. So Wicksteed's young bicycling steam plough manager, Percy Grundy, eventually had the engines 'on easy terms", and in 1910 was able to replace the bike with a motor-car and the Doubles with a new set of B4s, the "Fourteens" or "Compounds" — later, when the "Eighteen Horse" AAs came, they were the "Little Compounds". With the No. 2 set the following year, the original singles were doubtless scrapped — or may have been part exchanged with John Allen, for another re-build.)
The men depicted here did not mind such "unnaturalness", as it seemed a "oneupmanship" from the other Grundy engines and the humble threshing engine and roller! He leaning over the left-hand engine — its difference, later — is Billy Veal, or "Pogs" then in his late forties, and said by Grundy's men, "The best all-round engine driver, but a silly old goat, and who could hardly read or write, neither". Since foreman "Nip" Cunnington left these to take over the second set of AAs, "Pogs" had been "Foreman over the engines". "Darner" Wilson was the actual foreman, but he had recently gone over to No. 6 set, so "Wrecker" Horseford, the Driver on the wheel of the other engine sent in the time sheets, and put the acres in the book. He sitting in front is Young Love, the Spare Driver, who father, Old Love, had a smallholding. The Dragman, of unremembered name, next to him was pleasant and quick, and steered for "Pogs" on the road. The other is "Stump", the cook, usually with Tommy Evans' No. 2 set, and, like "Pogs", just now without a short pipe. Stump sat well on drag or plough, but if put on an engine, "Why, up'd go the coal and water, straight into the air!" "Wrecker's" smile was rare: more often was he grim, and "always swearing": fast with his hands and a superb engine handler, but "rough as they come". And did full-open and high revs matter so much, even on an unbalanced single, with all the out-of-season attention it got? Ile never primed her, anyway. Starting with these as Cook when fourteen he had watched "Darner" for long on that engine, spelling him as he got older — so 170
Starting on the old Doubles, Billy had gone to No. 2 Set as Driver to Foreman "Nip Cunnington, until the second AAs came — which "Nip" went to, and nursed like babies! Slow of speech and apparently dull he was always "as if part of an engine", with never a wrong movement or fluster, but sometimes made a mid-pull to get out a red emblem on his clinker shovel, over which he would draw his pipe, upsidedown. He liked this fire iron, and between pulls often opened the door to "muck-out", as he termed it, even when there wasn't much clinker. His engine differs here, because there had been alternations. After the 1920 season he drove it to Oxford for these. "I know the way", he would say to the two with him; until a fork in the road, then it was, "Which way do'y goo?" It came back with higher pressure; a trunk guided crosshead; a balanced big-end; a short reversing lever, like an AAs or Ms; the Top Change replaced by a side-lever and one-way dogclutch, as on the compounds; and a very large cylinder with piston valves (but links still Up!). The big cylinder gave great strength for short periods, but care was needed not to lift water into it, when, as
piston-valve-men know, the valve cylinder soon scores, with a loss of economy. After starting, it was notched-up nearly to centre. "Reign her up!" Billy would shout to a new hand on it. He was always gentle with the regulator, and seldom had to have it more than half-open to match the other engine; and he never had much water in the glass. When he went into the van — more often to sample worse cooking than Stump's — "Wrecker", not Lovvy took over — who had to stay on his. And Wrecker never hotted this engine as he thought a lot of "Pogs". Grundys held that it was their strongest, and as economical as a compound. But with the end of steam ploughing and the coming of dredging, new drivers discovered driven parts which were no match for its strength. One unfortunate "bust the rope drum". And with prolonged full-opens it was often priming. But where was Billy? Long on the No. 3 AAs, having taken over horn the very stout Tommy Evans, who had died in 1930. So Queeny then stood around for quite a bit before its end, while Nellicut earlier finished its days after a time at green-house steaming — soil sterilising — with an inordinately long chimney replacing the cast one. Queeny? Nellicut? Well, the piston valves used to wheeze ''Q-u-e-e-n-y" with just enough steam to move them slowly to-and-fro. And, anyway, wasn't she a Queen? And, of course, "Neil-cut, Nell-cut, Nel-cut" the other used to say — missing out the I — while the far away drag was turning. Then 'CHAFF-chuff, CHAFF-chuff, CHAFF-chuff" as it speeded up, but when
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the tines really bit and the regulator wouldn't come up any more, she seemed to take over her-self, deepening to "Socksand-butter, Socks-and-butter, Socks-andbutter . . ." faster and faster, with halfstops in hard patches of ground and merging into a roar on easier going. Billy Veal's, with its piston-rod coming right through the cylinder-end — in a special gland for it — and "nearly hitting the chimney", had dead-even exhaust beats, not too sharp, coming out "in square blocks" — like a Churchward Great Western engine. Wrecker's stance was a very-upright with left hand on regulator and hawk-eyes rarely leaving the nearing drag or plough, and when there he would shut-off, reverse to ease the bevels, his left hand sliding them apart, then coming over to the roadgear lever while the other put the reverse lever forward. As he had trapped some steam with his early reverse, she's just turn over then, so the teeth would mesh. Then left hand again jerked the regulator to go forward an implement's breadth. With fronts aimed and steering brake on (just below the wheel) there was rarely need to steer, but when there was he'd half-turn-round to it and use both hands, while the engine "went by itself". In those days it was not the habit to be steering and regulating all the time, on a short move. It was always known when the Oxfords were about. "You could hear 'em for miles", and farmers would say they made more smoke than the others because of using more coal — not strictly true, being always in "tip-top nick". Nevertheless, the strongest wind never blew the smoke straight off Nellicut's chimney when she was pulling. of innovation and the work of the pioneers is thoroughly covered, and is followed by the recollections and rich anecdotal stories of the men who owned and worked the machines, highlighting their near-obsessional devotion to their trade. Threshing, ploughing and soil cultivation ,timber hauling and general haulage are all described in an authoritative readable style. The 85 illustrations, many of which have not been previously published, are all of contemporary scenes, and have reproduced well. The author poses the question why the British farmer never took to the idea of harvesting by steam like his American counterpart, and was apparently content to confine this new source of power to ploughing and threshing duties only. Unfortunately, he does not give us the answer. 171
Inevitable the great controversy between William Smith of Woolston in Buckinghamshire and John Fowler is prominently discussed. This arose from the great ploughing contests held at the 1856 and 1858 Royal Agricultural Shows, and continued for some thirty years. The author seems to draw the conclusion that Fowler's victory was perhaps contrary to justice, which suggests that he, too, has fallen victim of the great mass of protesting correspondence Smith wrote to the technical journals of the day. In retrospect, it is surely indisputable that Fowler fulfilled in every detail the conditions laid down by the Royal Society by inverting the soil, by doing the work more cheaply than it could be done by horses and in the time allowed very substantially more work than did Smith's tackle and at lower cost. A somewhat ambiguous statement on page 50 gives the prolific agricultural writer of the day, C. Algernon Clarke, credit for inventing Fowler's clip drum. This clearly
rightfully belongs to Robert Barton, Fowler's technical assistant, who patented the idea in 1859. It is true the double engine system tested at Newcastle in 1864 was quickly dropped due to the difficulty of co-ordinating the handling of two engines simultaneously by unskilled men, and only two sets were built. However, these technical arguments, which are by no means new, should not be allowed to detract from the value of this well-researched and pleasing work. M.R.L.
CHUFF The Museum of Lincolnshire Life, Burton Road, Lincoln, have acquired two Fowler Ploughing Engines No. 16053/1925/EB 5518 'John' and 16054/1925/EB 5519 'Michael' from near Sleaford. They were in use until 1965 but have been stored at Evedon, near Ruskington, since then. They made a triumphal entry into the City, under steam, on the 7th April.
This magnificent picture was taken in the Netherlands around 1920 and shows Fowler AA Ploughing Engine (No. unknown) of Magdeburg, Germany, manufacture owned by the Dutch Forestry Commission and taken near OPLOO in the PEEL, North Brabant. The engine was being used for developing land from heather and marshes, owned by the van Sasse van Ysselt family. No doubt our friends in Holland will have something to tell us about this picture which came from Dr. John Middlemiss. 172
ADDITIONS TO LIST OF APPROVED RALLIES. MAY 13/14 S. Wilts Agric. Preservation Society, Breamore House, A338, Salisbury, Wilts. I. Moody, Robin Hill Farm, Winterslow, Salisbury. Al JUNE 17/18 S. Tyne T.E. Socy. Rally, Anick Grange Farm, Hexham. A2 A. Cobb, 18 Aston Square, Farringdon, Sunderland, SR3 3HQ. JULY 22/23 Trentham Gardens Steam Engine Rally, Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent. A2 D. A. Vernon, 2 Woodlands Road, Stafford, ST16 1QR. AUGUST 1/2 Somerset Traction Eng. Club Rally, Westernzoyland, Bridgewater, Somerset. A2 E. F. Alford, Elmlea, Broad Hinton, Wilts. 26/28 Totternhoe Steam Rally, Church Farm, Totternhoe, Nr. Dunstable. A2 Herts Steam Pres. Soc., Mrs. B. Mayes, 23 Nunnery Lane, Luton, Beds. SEPTEMBER 9/10 Haddenham Steam Rally, Haddenham, Nr. Ely, Cambs. A3 R. J. Pumfrey (E.A.T.C.) Springwell Farm, Little Chesterford, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 1 U E. 22/24 Great Working of Steam Engines, Stourpaine, Dorset. B4 M. J. Oliver, Dairey Mead, Child Okeford, Blandford, Dorset. CHANGE OF SECRETARY: Scouts Steam Gala, Kirk Hallam, Derbyshire. A. J. Buck, 76 Kedleston Drive, Ilkeston. Derbyshire. AUGUST 12/13 5/6 A2
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' EMPEROR ' By J. WILKINSON
In the late 1890s and early 1900s a few engines used by showman were given the names of 'Emperor' or 'Empress'. One of these engines which has suvived the passing of the years is Burrell No. 1876 'Emperor', which was built for Leicester-based roundabout proprietor George Twigdon. It has been restored to a high degree by T. B. Paisley, but is without its Showland fittings. The firm of Charles Burrell & Sons Ltd. built far more engines for the travelling showman than did any other manufacturer, and I think the reason for this was that they were easier to come by. Engines were supplied new through the subsidiary known as Burrell's Hiring Co. Ltd., and their plate was affixed to the back of the front axle to denote ownership. The late Joe Corrigan had a new Burrell in 1920 (No. 3830) called 'Try Again', and he was proud of the fact 174
that he paid for it prior to taking delivery; for that reason he could rightly display an engraved brass plate reading "J. Corrigan, Owner, Leeds" on it. After all these years this original plate adorns the office door of grandson Jimmy Corrigan's amusement palace on Scarborough's South Bay. Riding masters acquiring engines on hire purchase in those days must have had a struggle to keep up with the payments regularly. Roundabouts operated for the most part at "All Classes 'I d.", and there were 240 pence to the pound in those days. Also, for the most part, the fair season was of only six months' duration. Burrell's certainy built a very good engine for the travelling showman, and it could travel at a brisk pace on level roads with three loads coupled to its drawbar. The big drawback with the Thetford-built
engines, however, was the axle. I have heard it said by an owner of a showmanstyle Burrell that less than half the engines of this make in preservation still retain their original rear axle. In the years when I was visiting 300 or so fairs in the course of a year I knew most of the drivers of showman's engines. A Burrell engine was of three-shaft design, thus giving the crankshaft a forward "throw", so when on the road it did not cover the driver's face with hot (and sometimes dirty) oil as was the case with four-shaft engines built by Fowler and Foster. But Burrells lack the power of their four-shaft rivals when in hilly country, and I think that was the reason why Anderton and Rowland (West of England amusement caterers) had their Burrells No. No. 3896 'Earl Beaty' and No. 3912 'Dragon' fitted with smaller diameter driving wheels when they went to Fowler's works at Leeds for the fitting of new fireboxes and general overhaul. A. & R's. had had nine Burrells, but must have been favourable impressed with the enormous pulling power of Fowlers (No. 15654 'Lioness' and No. 19782 'The Lion') which they acquired in later years. Steering a showman's engine required more skill than that needed for other types of engine due to restricted vision. With Burrells having nearsider steering it enabled them to keep more to the proper side of the road. But in many of the towns the steerman had to be on the look out for lamp posts at the footpath edge, poles used for carrying the overhead wires where trams or trolley buses were used, and even overhanging shop awnings. The big snag with a Burrell was that the dynamo and its pulley tended to block the view. Photographing engines at fairs was not at all easy. A few showmen used to tolerate them as a "necessary evil", so at fairs they were confined to some out-of-the-way position and surrounded by rolling stock. When engines stood on the fairground proper there used to be vast crowds of visitors, and their presence use* obscured the view for photography purposes. I took this snapshot of Burrell No. 3291 'Emperor' at Newton Heath, Manchester on August 10th 1939 during a severe thunderstorm. Pools of rain water can be seen on the ground, and quite by chance there was a flash of lighting just as I pressed the trigger to operate the shutter of the camera. On the roof of the cab is the extension chimney which was used when the engine was in use when the fair was operational. At the rear of the tender is a tubular, verticle post, used in conjunction with the
jib when the heavy dragon cars were moved from their trucks to the undulating track of the Scenic Railway. This innovation became standard on engines built by various manufacturers, but it was the idea of Yorkshire showman Goldthorpe Marshall. It will also be observed that between the chimney and cylinder block is a bracket, on which is mounted the exciter (an auxilliary dynamo) which was designed for the driving of scenic railways. This fitment, however, was not incorporated when the engine was new. Burrell No. 3291 'Emperor' was new for Patrick Collins, Wallsall in 1911. It was owned by brother John Collins, Liverpool when I first saw it in the 1920s. At a Manchester fair the driver told me that when new 'Emperor' had a chain drive to the dynamo for the demanding duty of driving a scenic railway as it was thought that the conventional belt method would not be up to it. He also said that at the same time an electric scenic railway was open at a Liverpool fair by John Collins, and the normal belt drive was used. So 'Emperor' quickly reverted to the belt. As a point of interest, in Michael R. Lane's excellent book "Burrell Showmans Road Locomotives' there is a whole-page photograph of 'Emperor' at Thetford prior to delivery, and the chain drive is very prominent. For a good number of years 'Emperor' travelled far and wide with Collin's set of Golden Dragons, but it took charge of the Waltzer in the 1930s. Michael Albert Collins (one of John Collins' three sons) received the Golden Dragon as a wedding present, and 'Emperor' had many drivers when used on the fairgrounds, but after all these years I only remember one. He was Thomas W. McIntosh, known widely as "Gateshead Tommy", whom I first met when driving the fowler No. 10328 'One of the Best' (which 1 wrote about in these pages some time ago). In later years Gateshead Tommy went driving for Joe White, following his service with Henry Irvin — another Scottish showman. In the 1930s I got Gateshead Tommy a job, driving Burrell No. 3945 'Prince of Wales' for W. H. Marshall, but he left him for the Collins firm. At one time he was a driver for Norman E. Box, the heavyhaulage contractor of Ardwick, Manchester, so he was no 'dud' with an engine. I do not know if he is still living. 'Emperor' was scrapped many years ago. J. WILKINSON 175
REMINISCENCES OF A YORKSHIRE STEAM HAULIER By WILF COLE (cont. from Vol. 21 No. 1) Our next digression into steam wagon restoration work was in January 1941 when, early in the month, we bought a Sentinel 3 way tipping waggon from Mr. Gammons of Chatham, Kent. This was a Super type, built in 1927, on solid tyres (No. 6981, Reg. No. YH 5764). We had this delivered to Leeds by rail as it was not in running order, and so when it arrived, we had to set about making it so. Firstly, we had to clean and paint it, which we did in brown. Then we dropped the firebox, de-scaled it and also the tubes. We thoroughly cleaned and de-scaled the boiler inside and examined it. This seemed alright and in good order, so we removed the superheater and found out that it wanted renewing. We accordingly ordered a new one from the Sentinel Depot in Liverpool. The tyres were getting worn so we decided to put it on pneumatics as this was easier and cheaper than fitting solids at that time. We bought some secondhand heavy duty wheels and hubs, 10 stud, from an old I.C. ei.gined vehicle and took the centres out. We then cut the spokes of the steam waggon wheels to accommodate the new centres and had these welded and bolted on with high tensile bolts. They were then trued up in the lathe and fitted with good secondhand tyres. We found them quite satisfactory and did several vehicles like this during the war. The engine, chassis and brakes, etc., seemed to be in good order so we did not do much at these. We had the Inspector examine the boiler internally for Insurance, and he passed it. We then set about reassembly to get the waggon running. But first, we put the boiler under hydraulic test after we had got the firebox back in. We pumped it up to 400 pounds pressure and again had the Inspector to look at it. He passed it and could find no fault with it. We got it fitted up and running, and so our next job was to test it on the road. We got steam up and took it out. I should add here, that it had no gears and was a double chain drive from crankshaft to back axle so that we could not run the engine out of gear. We started off and had not gone more than half a mile when we had to pull up as the feed pump was 176
not working. We got down to examine it and found water being squirted all over the road. This indicated a stoppage somewhere. After some searching, we located where this was. The water heater coil was made up and solid with hard chalk from Kent. (Uncle George has not told us anything about this!) However, we turned back and took the coil, which was copper, out of the cast iron box and took it to our local blacksmith. We asked him to get it red hot all over and give it a good tapping to loosen the chalk. This he did but it did not come cut. He had to completely straighten the coil to get it clear and our next job therefore was to coil it up again. We did this and re-fitted it. We then got ready for another trial run but before doing so, we had to weld up the small square plate which fitted at the bottom of the pump as this had been burst open. We got going and then had a trouble free run to Harewood and back, a distance of about sixteen miles. Shortly after this, we heard of a Colliery Company near Barnsley who were looking for a Sentinel tipping waggon as they had a huge pile of small coal they wanted moving. We therefore offered them ours. The Manager from this Colliery, at New Monckton, came and examined it. He seemed satisfied with it and bought it. They worked the waggon well into the war period but I think they eventually sold it, although I don't know where to. DOG FIGHT The next vehicle we bought was again from Kent, from Messrs. Pye of Lidsing, near Chatham. This was also a Super Sentinel of 1929 (No. 7954, PG 2414), and was in good condition. I think it had been back to Sentinel's to have pneumatic tyred wheels fitted and also electric lights. The cab and body were good and it also had a windscreen. I think it had a flat platform body and was practically in running order. We painted it up a little and advertised it. I should mention here that we towed this vehicle home to Leeds by road with our Foden diesel 4-wheeler.
Sentinels in Surrey. No. 7954 Reg. PG 2414 and No. 2 8782 Reg. No. APC 178 with Vine Products Ltd., Kingston, Surrey. This was prior to going to W. Pye, Lidsing and thence to Central Haulage & Motor Co., Leeds. Photo: B. D. Stoyel. While my brothers Len and Jack were collecting it, a dog fight started taking place in the air above them, between a German and English aeroplane. They were firing at one another and my brothers had to get under the waggon to avoid being hit. This was in the 'Battle of Britain' days when the Spitfires were doing their stuff and we were all alone. It would be early 1941 and the blackout was on, but Len and Jack got the waggon home alright after about two days on the road. We had an enquiry from Messrs. United Africa Co. of Liverpool about this vehicle as a result of the advert. They were running a fleet of Sentinels at that time, mostly Supers and Tractors. We offered it to them and they sent their man over it examine it. A few days later we heard that they would have it. Sentinel waggons were in good demand at that time owing to the fuel shortage. Additionaly, Liverpool was being heavily bombed, especially in the dock area and vehicles were being damaged and put out of action, causing a shortage. They sent a Driver and Mate over to collect the Waggon to steam it back to Liverpool. They arrived late one afternoon and wanted accommo-
dation for the night, so I ran them to a small hotel near the top of Briggate, Leeds, where they got fixed up. We got the waggon fire going for them early next morning and they came in good time to get a good start. The driver told me he had not had his clothes off for a fortnight previously, owing to the air raids. We supplied them with coal and oil, etc., and they filled up with water from our pipe. They then started off — it was about 80 miles to Liverpool and the daylight hours were short at that time of the year. At about 10 a.m, our phone bell rang. It was the driver of the waggon. They were about 10 miles out of Leeds, at Liversedge, and he had had to pull off the main road as the pump had stopped working. They had dropped the fire and asked whether we could do anything to help, I was in the yard by myself but I said I would go out to them. I therefore got a few tools together and set off in my faithful Jowett car to find them. When I got there, I found that the pump air vessel had split from nearly top to bottom and also the little square plate under the pump ram, which we had trouble with on the other wagon, was leaking 177
badly as it's joint had burst. The driver, in trying to locate the trouble, had taken the check valve out of the clack box on the boiler side. I looked at this and found that the plug above the valve was screwed pretty well in, so I took it out and found that the little brass spring on top of the valve was compressed solid and would not allow the valve to lift. It should allow a lift of about 3/32 in. This must have caused the pump to burst. I took this spring out and told the driver to put it in his pocket as I know the pump would work quite well without it. I then had to return to Leeds for the little square plate and a replacement air vessel, which I took off the other Super Sentinel in the yard. I got back to Liversedge, fitted the joint and air vessel for them and we were then ready for getting the fire going again. Before we could do so, we had to get some buckets of water from some houses nearby, to bring the water level into sight again in the boiler. We had to use a make-shift funnel to get the water in. We got about 150 lbs. of steam on the gauge but could not try the pump until we ran the waggon on the road for reasons explained earlier. As the tank was about empty, I thought the best thing to do was to get to the water hole as soon as possible. I knew where this was — about a mile on the main road to Huddersfield, near the Three Nuns Inn. I went with them to there without trouble and got the suction pipe in and filled up. They were then ready for away. I thought I would follow them a bit along the road to make sure that the pump was working alright, which it was. I then gave them instructions regarding the way through Huddersfield, over Standedge to Manchester, and told them where the water holes were. I left them as it was now about 3 p.m. and they looked like having to pull up for the night somewhere. I have neither heard of them nor seen them since, but I got a nice letter from the United Africa Co. a few days later, thanking me for the assistance I had given to their men.
ft seemed that they had got the waggon home alright and the firm was well satisfied with it. This waggon is still in existence today as they ran it well into the Preservation Era, and a good few of their Supers passed into the hands of enthusiasts. It now belongs to Edgar Shone, Cricklewood, London. On the 6th June 1941 we bought, at an auction sale in Glasgow, a Sentinel DG4 Hydraulic Tipper from King & Co. Ltd., Clyde Street, Glasgow. We collected the 178
waggon, No. 8259/1930/GE 9218, from the firm's Kilbirnie Depot, and it was towed back to Leeds by my brothers Len and Jack, using our Foden Diesel four wheeler. We put the restoration of this vehicle in hand immediately as we had plenty for it to do on the haulage side. We gave it a good clean and painted it brown. We went over it mechanically and could find nothing wrong with it. It was already on pneumatic tyres, so that was a job we didn't have to do. However, when we came to the boiler, we really did have some work to do there. We found that the outside shell, where it was swelled round near the bottom, was cracked about half way round. Luckily we had purchased a spare boiler with the waggon, which was in the waggon body. This seemed to be in good condition. It appeared that the boiler which was in had been damaged by frost, probably with water having been left in it. It was, therefore, a case of having to change the boiler, but before fitting the fresh boiler, we took the firebox out and de-scaled it, and also the tubes, which had seemed alright. We then got the Boiler Inspector to it for a thorough examination and he passed it. We put it under hydraulic test, up to 400 lbs. pressure and again got the Inspector to look at it. Again he passed it, so we then put it in the chassis and connected all the pipes up, etc., and put it under steam. I think we also fitted a new superheater. We got full pressure up to the red mark on the gauge and everything was all dry and it was ready for work. We then adjusted the brakes and tappets, etc., and took it on the road for a trial run with the trade plates on which we had. We again went to Harewood and back, there being some good hills to test it on that road. Everything was satisfactory, so she was now ready for work. We licensed it to work for our firm, Central Haulage & Motor Co., Woodhouse, Leeds, and put it on our usual work — Sand and Gravel haulage, which at that time we were moving from Pollington Quarry near Snaith to the new Royal Ordnance Factory at Barnbow, Leeds, where the tanks are built and also from Lingerfield Quarry, Knaresborough, to the same place. We also took a considerable amount of sand from Pollington Quarry to the new Ministry of Supply building at Thorp Arch, near Wetherby and also bricks from Woodkirk Brickworks to the same place. We were running about three vehicles on this type of work at that time, including the Garrett six wheeler, No. 35478/1931/GW 806, which we had bought from London and
which used to belong to James Latham, Timber Merchants. On one contract, in a period of about a month, this wagon took 13 loads of conciete joists for Bison Floors, Stourton, to a Hospital in Manchester, averaging 11 to 12 tons per load. It also occasionally loaded back with foundry sand from Congleton,
Cheshire to Messrs. Catton, Leeds. We
were doing quite a considerable amount of work running to Aerodromes then as well. The D.G. type Sentinel waggon which we sold to Concrete Ltd., and which I have
already written about (No. 8009/1929/UT 5845), developed a bad fault in the firebox and wanted a lot of work doing on it to put it right. They approached us in September 1941 to see what we could do, and
as we had a good firebox — the one we had taken out of the boiler from the King's waggon with the cracked outer shell — we offered it to them and they said they would have it. This would save much time as
they required the waggon urgently. Len and I set about de-scaling the boiler, cleaning tubes, etc. We got the boiler ready for inspection internally and they sent their own Inspector to examine it. He passed it so we then got it ready for the hydraulic test and again had the Inspector to it. We put it up to 400 lb. pressure and again he passed it.
We put it in the chassis, got steam up and gave it a trial run and it was satisfactory. It was ready for work again and we did the complete job in about a month. Their driver, James Arthur Pullen, collected it and they put it on a contract job they had at Ranskill near Bawtry. It seemed to be on this job for about twelve months. The Driver and Mate stayed with it during this time and then it returned to Stourton. They then decided to sell it owing to the 60 mile limit on journeys imposed by the
Government which I mentioned in the last
article. My brother Len bought it back from Concrete Ltd. and sold it to W. J. Glossop Ltd., the tar spraying contractors who were buying all the DG4 tippers they could get hold of at that time. These were the most suitable waggons for the job as the short wheelbase enabled them to get their tar spraying equipment fitted at the back. However, they fitted this particular one up as an articulated slx-wheeler low-loader for carrying road rollers but it did not run long like this. The trailer portion was subsequently taken off and fitted on a diesel engined chassis, the steam portion then being fixed up as a tar sprayer. I shall have more to say about Glossop's in a later Article.
To be continued
• 4. " .414i" '-'! .‘t4404- • "="4' Token at Thursford and showing Aveling & Porter Ploughing Engine No. 8891 built in 1918 and owned by Mr. G. Cushing — 5th July 1977. Photo: M. Proudman. 179
BRIGHTON & HOVE ENGINEERIUM By RAN HAWTHORNE
The "Coal Store" now an exhibition hall with the 1889 French Corliss engine as the centrepiece. All the photographs in this article are reproduced by the courtesy of the Brighton and Hove Engineerium.
A few years ago, if one had enquired "where can I see a beam engine at work?" the answer would have been, "you can't". The Science Museum were running some of theirs — by electricity — and one or two were still at work but generally they were not accessible to the public. During the last few years at least ten beam engines that had ceased work some years before have been brought back to life by steam preservationists and can be seen "under steam", on certain occasions, if not at all times. One of the finest 180
examples is to be found at the Brighton and Hove Engineerium, off Nevill Road, Hove, Sussex. In the 1860s to satisfy the needs of a rapidly expanding Brighton, a new pumping station was built at Goldstone on the chalk downs behind this seaside resort. Easton, Amos and Sons of London were entrusted with the work and installed engine No. 1 a 130 n.h.p. engine that drew 150,000 g.p.h. of water while running at 12 r.p.m. She started work in 1866.
Due to ever increasing demand No. 2 engine was installed in 1875. The builders were Eastons and Anderson, successors to Easton, Amos & Sons. She is 150 n.h.p. Together with three new boilers the cost was £35,000. Both engines are basically similar being Woolf compounds, No. 2 has cylinders 28in. x 64iin. stroke and 46in. x 96in. capacity, 125,000 g.p.h. lifted to well head and pumped a further 450ft. to a reservoir, at 16 r.p.m. Both are rotative engines with pumps driven by a crank on the end of the crankshaft. No. 2's fly wheel is 23ft. 6in. dia. and weighs 25 tons. The fluted connecting rod weighs 5 tons. No. 1 was taken out of service in 1950 having been in almost continuous use for 84 years. Parts of the engine were removed to enable electric submersible pumps to be installed. These parts have been "lost" but they will be replaced by parts to be made in the station's workshops in due course so that she can once again work under steam.
No. 2 engine continued in use until 1954 and then lay idle. Various thoughts were given to preservation but nothing happened. The buildings deteriorated, vandals damaged the station. The authorities very nearly scrapped the machinery and cleared the site but after lengthy negotiations N.T.E.C. member, formerly our public relations officer, Jonathan Minns, signed a lease making the restoration of the buildings and machinery possible. Jonathan and his team set to work to restore twenty years of neglect. Every roof was rebuilt and many windows were restored. The 120ft. chimney needed expert attention. Much cleaning and painting, as well as skilled and often heavy engineering was required to bring the machinery back to its original splendour. All this has been made possible by grants from the Ministry of the Environment of £23,750 for the restoration of the building and £9,000 towards restoration of the machinery. The Southern Water Authority made a grant of £10,000.
The boiler house with feed pumps on the left 181
Everything has been done to maintain the station as it was but the larger, and later of the two coal stores has been made into an exhibition hall. The centrepiece of this hall is a fine Corliss engine that was installed in a Paris hospital in 1899 to generate electricity. Jonathan brought it here for us to enjoy. A gallery runs right round the exhibition hall with show cases displaying a fabulous collection of steam models, a number of them having been made by famous engineers, George Stephenson and Timothy Hackworth to name but two. The control floor area displays a variety of steam engines, two steam fire engines and a steam road carriage were seen but the display here changes frequently. More engines are to be seen under the gallery, these will soon be "piped up" to the boilers so that they too can be seen under steam. Having inspected the Exhibition Hall one can peer into the Engineerium's workshop where a plus hundred year old engine drives the machinery via a lineshaft. A Fowler "Tiger" tractor stood in the centre in the final stages of rebuild, including the fitting of a new firebox, the whole job having been carried out by the Engineer-
ium's staff. Down a tunnel, where the coal tubs used to run, brings us to the boiler house. The four double furnace Lancashire boilers were made by Yates and Thom being fed by Frank Pearce steam feed pumps which deliver via a Greens economiser. From the boiler house it is but two or three steps to the No. 2 engine house. Other beam engine houses have been described as "cathedralic" but here the description really does apply, the light streams in from tall windows, all is peace, the mighty beam dips, the 5 ton connecting rod plunges and the massive fly wheel whirls round without any mechanical sound at all. So quiet and smooth does she run that visitors speak in a whisper. In just a year this magnificent engine was restored to "life". Without a doubt she must now be running as well as ever as she has in her 101 years. She is in steam every week-end and bank holidays, except Christmas, and must be seen. The whole Engineerium is a tremendous interest. Jonathan says there is much still to do but there is certainly a feast of engineering here now.
Scout Dike Reservoir was built in the late 1920's to provide water for Barnsley Corporation. This Marshall roller on hire from John Hadfield & Sons Ltd., Sheffield, was used to roll the roads around the new filter house. An article by Adrian Booth on the construction appeared in the Industrial Railway Record No. 71. Photo by the courtesy of Mr. H. Burman. 182
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SENTINELS IN YORKSHIRE By J. L. THOMAS (continued from last issue) The first logged DG into Yorkshire was a DG6, new in October 1928, No. 7598, to Rosedale Garage Co., and sold second hand to W. Malthouse Ltd., Sheffield. No. 7660, MT9389, was new to the War Department on 18/12/ 1928 as a 5 ton, 3 way DG4 tipper, for use at the Royal Arsenal and named 'Gunner'. She was con184
verted to a 6-wheeler before being sold second hand to Harris of Leeds and scrapped in December 1930 (possibly 1950) by Rotherham Dismantling Co. A Model DG4, No. 7672, WE3754 was new 9/1/1929 to Tennant Bros., Brewers, Sheffield, who later sold her to the English Steel Corporation Ltd., Sheffield.
A Model DG6, No. 7730, UL5648 was new in February 1929 to George Mann & Co. Ltd., Hunslet, Leeds and London and finished up with W. & J. Glossop, the Road Tarring Contractors of Hipperholme, as their No. 114. She was last licenced in March 1956. Samuel Smith's Brewery, Tadcaster, bought Nos. 7870/1, WW9993/4, both DG4's in April 1929. They were both sold to J. A. Webster & Co., Trafford Park, via Sentinels in 1931 and continued in service in Lancashire until after the War. Fairbairn Lawson, Coombe & Barbour Ltd., Leeds, bought No. 7915 second hand and after passing to a scrap dealer, she was bought by the Central Haulage & Motor Co., Leeds and subsequently sold to John F. Dunn Ltd., of Glasgow in 1940. Cole's firm also bought No. 7954, Reg. No. PG 2414, third hand. This waggon is now owned by Edgar Shone, Cricklewood, London. John Smith's Tadcaster Brewery bought their Fleet No. 4, a DG6, No. 7956, WX490 new in July 1929. She, like scores of other Sentinels, finished up at W. & J. Glossop's and a list of their waggons is appended to this article.
At the same time, John Smith's also bought a DG4, No. 7961, WX491 and she too, eventually went to Glossop's. A DG4 3-way Tipper, No. 8009, UT5845 was new 3/9/1929 to Leicester, but was second hand to Central Haulage & Motor Co., Leeds, then to Concrete Ltd., Stourton, before finishing her working life with Glossop's. She is now with Dr. Fursdon of Huddersfield. Works No. 8038, a DG6, Reg. unknown, was new in October 1929 to H. Kemp Ltd., Doncaster. A DG6 side Tipper Model No. 8127, TK4239 was new 26/3/30 and bought second hand by Tennant Bros., Sheffield. A DG4, No. 8150, Reg. unknown, was new in January 1930 to Oakes & Green Ltd., Halifax. No. 8192, DC 9989 was new as a DG4 tar sprayer in April 1930 to Dorman Long & Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough. Works No. 8200, GC7436, a DG6 was new on March 7th 1930 to the Cement Marketing Co. Ltd., but was purchased third hand by Thos. Hill Ltd., Whiston, Yorks in 1946 and finished up with Glossop's, Hipperholme. She was scrapped in 1956. Thomas Hill himself had been involved
Sentinel DG4 Model Tars prayer No. 8192 Reg. No. DC 9989 new 11th April 1930 to Dorman Long & Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough. Photo: J. Thomas. 185
with Sentinels since the mid 1930's, being friendly with the Directors and working on Doble type developments at Whiston with a 2 ton light steam wagon and a steam car which he built. He later founded the firm of Thomas Hill, Steam & Electrical Vehicles Ltd., in 1942 and became a dealer in Sentinel Steam waggons, passing on to diesel lorries and eventually becoming agents for diesel locomotives. DG6 No. 8213, CF8655, of 1930 which was originally a Cement Mixer, is now with J. C. Ward at Penistone, on loan from Shone's, London. The Central Haulage & Motor Co., purchased DG4 tipper No. 8259, GE9218 from Kings & Co. Ltd., Glasgow, in 1941 and later sold it to Glossop's. The Yorkshire Dyeware & Chemical Co. Ltd., Dewsbury, purchased a further waggon; this was a DG6 No. 8335, HD4248 on July 31st 1930 and sold her to W. B. Bradwell, Rastrick, Yorks. The Leeds firm of George Mann & Co. Ltd., bought yet another waggon in April 1931. She was a DG6, No. 8430 (Reg. No. unknown). Thos. Hill of Whiston purchased second hand from the Cement Marketing Co. Ltd. (their No. 99), a double drive DG 6P (P pneumatics when new), No. 8554 GP5526, new in June 1931 and scrapped her in 1948. This firm also did the same with No. 8570, GT1566, an identical vehicle to 8554 (C.M.C. No. 109), but sold this one to Glossop's where she was scrapped in July 1954. Hill's also bought No. 8583, GT2013, a DG 4P, from a dealer. This was C.M.C. Ltd., No. 104 - and sold her to Glossop's in 1946. Bituminous Road Products, Middlesbrough, bought DG 6P No. 8586, GT1980, second hand from C.M.C. Ltd. Works No. 8590, GT2827, new 27/11/31 to C.M.C. Ltd., their fleet No. 112 was sold to B.R.P. Middlesbrough, second hand in 1948. After several owners in preservation, she is now with Les Burberry and Peter Smart of Aldershot. A DG 4P, No. 8606, VE6492, was new to Clark & Butcher Ltd., Soham, Cambs. in 1931. It was bought second hand by Hill's of Whiston in 1946 and then sold to Glossop's. Mr. B. C. Taylor, Scarcroft, bought it for preservation in the late 1960's. Spillers Ltd., Hull, purchased No. 8646, RH 4588 new on 25/1/32. This was also a DG 4P and went to Grimsby, Lincs but finished up on the north side of the Humber. No. 8652, GX902 was new on 29/3/1932 to C.M.C. Ltd., Fleet No. 114 and was sold third hand to Thos. Hill, Whiston and then went to Glossop's. No. 8659, WX9803 was new 26/2/1932 to Goole Tillage Co. Ltd., 186
their Fleet No. 5; she was a DG 4P, and again ended up with W. J. Glossop of Hipperholme. Of the many waggons which this firm owned, but one remains in their yard. This is a DG 4PT, OD1572 which now carries the number plate from 6400, a 'Super' model. It is not for sale and is now being restored. The first of the only two shaft drive DG6 Models built was new to C.M.C. Ltd., their Fleet No. 100, Works No. 8667, GW2404 on 9/2/1932 and was sold second hand to B.R.P., Middlesbrough, in 1948. I have no last licence date for this very rare waggon. Thos, Sugden & Sons Ltd., Brighouse kept on adding to their fleet of Sentinels and on May 6th 1933 purchased DG 4P No. 8694, YG746. This was later sold to Glossop's as their fleet No. 119 and was purchased by A. Fearnley & Sons, Castleford, in about 1956 for preservation. It then passed to Mr. B. Shaw, Castleford who sold it to Mr. C. L. Mitchell, Horbury before Mr. G. E. (Ted) Ashton purchased it in 1964. One of the famous purpose built Sentinel Timber Haulage Tractors, Works No. 8756, VN4294, was sold new on 21/1/1933 to T. Place & Sons Ltd., Northallerton. Later she was owned by Thos. Hill, Whiston, Yorks before passing to several owners in the South and since 1963 has been with Alan Bloom, Bressingham Hall, Diss, Norfolk. Works No. 8768, YG2693, a DG6P was new 31/1/33 to the Goole Tillage Co. Ltd., Yorks; their Fleet No. 6 and later went to Glossop's at Hipperholme, No. 127. Also about this time No. 8786, a DG6, was demonstrated when new to Mr. L. Cole of Leeds but he did not buy it. A DG 6P was owned by G. R. Cawood & Co. Ltd., Leeds (Doncaster Super Transport Co. Ltd.), their fleet No. 6. The Works No. is unknown, but it must have been second hand from Lancashire as the Reg. No. was TC9061. Concluding the DG range, Glossop's of Hipperholme bought two DG 6P tippers second hand from W. J. King of Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, to whom they had been new on June 30th 1933. They were Nos. 8824 and 8825, YD7510 and YD7509 respectively. We must now pass on to the 'S' or shaft driven models. THE 'S' OR SHAFT DRIVEN MODELS The first one of the new model of waggon we find having been sold in Yorkshire was the twenty-first one built, an S4 Model, No. 8858, WF6011, which was new on 6/10/33 to G. H. Anderton Ltd., Howden Dyke, Yorks. The Central Haulage & Motor
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Durham area. S4 No. 9031, US5431, was owned by Ernie Liversidge of Doncaster in the late 1950's and was sold by him in March 1961 to the U.S.A. It is now in a Museum in New York. Central Haulage & Motor Co., Leeds, bought two more 'S' types second hand in December 1945. These were S6's and had been new to Salop C.C. on 3/4/1934 and were purchased from there. They were Nos. 9042/3, UJ2761/2. Sentinel S4 No. 9075, BEV467 was new nn May 7th 1934 to Brown & Son, Chelmsford, Fleet No. 14, later sold to Castle Firebrick Co., Northop, Flints and in 1957 bought by Mr. A. Fearnley, Castleford. It was sold again, still in a derelict condition and is now preserved as the very well known 'Holmevalian' and owned by Messrs. Brook & Hirst of Holmfirth. These two gentlemen also own the remains of S6 No. 9084, AH8870, which is in need of extensive restoration. S4 No. 9086, SE4013 was new 29/5/34 to Robertson, Banff, Scotland and was bought by Mr. Arthur Fearnley, Castleford, in 1956, and rallied. She was sold in 1975 to Hugh Winterbottom, Oldham, Lancs. None of these three waggons actually worked in Yorkshire. Bituminous Road Pro187
ducts of Middlesbrough bought No. 9088, BKJ439 second hand in August 1952, from Erith, Kent. She had been new there on June 12th 1934. Tennant Bros., Brewers of Sheffield, bought their fleet No. 24 and S4 tipper, by October 1947, second hand from Blaxters Quarries, Edinburgh. She was No. 9122, UJ3741, new on September 3rd 1934 and was previously Sentinel's demonstrator waggon. The Nottingham Brewery Co. Ltd., bought S4 No. 9233, BTV512 new on 13/ 1/36 and sold her second hand to Tennant Bros., Sheffield. Works No. 9308 and S4 tipper was new 19/7/37 to the Gas, Light & Coke Co., their No. 10. It was not registered at this time, as it was their Works yard vehicle. She became North Thames Gas Board No. 9 on Nationalisation and was registered DDC 838 when sold to Mr. R. M. Woolley, Bucknell, Salop or when he sold her to Bituminous Road Products of Middlesbrough. By 1964 she was owned by Ted Ashton of Brotherton, Knottingley and has now been sold to Mr. K. Collins, Castleford. The last waggon number in my records is No. 9502, which was never liccnced; a special six wheeled dumper truck built from the one lot of spares made when the 100 such vehicles were built for the Argentine Government during 1950 and 1951 — the only difference being the dumper body. This vehicle is well known as 'The Penderyn Dumper' and was used by Thos. Hill, Whiston, Yorks who were Sentinel agents, as a demonstration vehicle to try and interest the National Coal Board in purchasing steam vehicles, as the Sentinel Company, having just produced a hundred, were in a position to manufacture same. However, the N.C.B. were not interested and she was steamed down from Whiston to Shrewsbury and on to Penderyn, near Brecon. Here she was purchased by Mr. J. Morris and used in the quarry along with many other dumper trucks for hauling rock from the quarry face to the crushers. I have a photograph of her hauling rock from a fall of one hundred thousand tons of rock, which was brought down in one blast of five tons of explosives. Owing to the 'below zero' night temperatures at the quarry, considerable trouble was experienced with freezing up and she was eventually converted to diesel. Hill's also constructed a waggon from spares, this being a four wheel dump truck, which was supplied to Derbyshire Stone at Matlock, for use in their quarries. It too, was eventually converted to diesel. 188
SENTINEL RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES AND SENTINEL-CAMMELL RAILCARS This article would not be complete without a mention of the very well known railway vehicles which were supplied for railway use in Yorkshire. There were some 58 shunting locomotives and 81 railcars purchased by the London & North Eastern Railway (N.E. Area) and I have a list of these by courtesy of B.R. (Eastern Region), York. Not all of these were used commercially in Yorkshire, although they ran their acceptance trials from York. However, several saw use on services between, or at, such places as Melton, Scarborough, Whitby, Hull, Harrogate, York, Leeds and Selby and locos visited the Main Works at Doncaster for major overhauls. The Railcars were repaired at Darlington, Co. Durham. Additionally, three locos are now to be found on Preservation Society sites — at Middleton, Leeds; Yorkshire Dales Rly, Embsay; and North Yorkshire Moors Railway, Grosmont and many others were used commercially on Works railways and sidings over a long period. Industrial users included Messrs. Dorman Long & Co., Middlesbrough, who had no less than 18 locos, including a double ended 0-6-6-0 and four very unusual 0-6-0 fireless locos built about 1956. Other firms who used these popular engines, all of which were of the 0-4-0 variety, were Edgar Allen & Co. Ltd., Sheffield; British Electricity Authority, Neepsend, Sheffield and Skelton Grange, Leeds; Brown Bayley Steels, Sheffield; Firth Vickers Stainless Steels Ltd., Sheffield; General Refactories Ltd., Austerfield and Deepcar; Low Temperature Carbonisation Ltd., Barugh; Midland Iron Co. Ltd., Rotherham; National Coal Board (11 locos in various areas), Park Gate Iron & Steel Co., Rotherham; Charles Roberts & Co., Horbury; Settle Limes Ltd., Horton-in-Ribblesdale; Gjers, Mills & Co., Middlesbrough; South Durham Steel & Iron Co. and Teeside Bridge & Eng. Co., Cargo Fleet and the Tees & Hartlepool Port Authority, Middlesbrough. All the above were standard gauge (4ft. 84in.) locos but in addition, two Yorkshire users, G. & T. Earle, Melton Works & Barnsley Corporation, Scout Dike Reservoir, had narrow gauge (3ft) locos at one time. The above list is courtesy of the Industrial Railway Society. In all, a total of 56 locos in Industrial use in Yorkshire have been confirmed, several in the Sheffield area being used by firms who also ran waggons. In addition
to these locos, many more have passed through the hands of Thos. Hill Ltd., at their rail connected works at Kilnhurst, Rotherham, where they have been over-
hauled and indeed, several have been converted from steam to diesel operation by Hills in the course of their business over a number of years.
Sentinel Tar Sprayers, Road Burners, etc., owned by W. & J. Glossop Ltd., Hipperholme, Halifax, Yorks Model
Works No. Standard 2230 Super 5066 Super 5141 Super 6400 Super 6708 Super 6922 7230 Super Super 7252 DG6/T 7321 DG6/3WT 7438 DG6/3WT 7506 DG6/3WT 7561 DG6/T 7730 DG4/3WT 7769 DG4/3WT 7888 DG4/T 7890 DG4/T 7914 DG6 7948 DG6 7956 DG4 7961 DG4/3WT 7980 DG4/3WT 8009 DG4 8061 DG6/3WT 8070 DG6 8099 DG6 8200 DG4T 8259 DG6 8273 DG6 8284 DG4/3WT 8289 DG6 8303 DG6 8311 DG4 8343 DG4 8344 DG4/2WT 8377
Reg. No. AW4477 BB7774 XP4329 BA5665 TX1941 TX2848 YU6560 WW4206 K08877 UX2860 KP1288 RX3147 UL5648 MT2805 MT3600 MT3806 DM6559 CB9387 WX490 WX491 MY898 UT5845 UT6122 TE9662 TE9861 GC7436 GE9218 GJ1446 HV699 KX5200 GH1422 GK131 GK5516 GH5447 TF3618
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Reg. No. XH5836 TY9994 V07828 DG1987 LG7418 GP8880 GT1566 GT2013 GT2827 LG7423 VE6492 LG7905 TF6711 GX902 WX9803 OD1572 GW2938 YG746 V07828 RB6262 DM7845 PV31 TF9228 YG2693 YD7510 YD7509 AUC914 AUC915 AUC916 AU C918 AUC908 AUC909 AUC910 AUC911
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NOTES: 1. Works Plate now carried by No. 8666 2. Could be Fleet No. 147 3. Articulated waggon 4. Now carries Reg. No. YD7509 (see 10) 5. Plate swapped with No. 8696 6. Twin axle on pneumatics 7. Carries Works Plate No. 6400 (see 1)
8. Plate swapped with No 8452 9. Carried Reg. No. TE9861 10. Reg. No. now carried by No. 8009 (see 4) —
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Sentinel Railcar L.N.E.R. No. 2271 "Industry" working Richmond (Yorks) Branch in Photo: PHOTOMATIC. July 1934. New 1929 and withdrawn 1946.
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11 Rolls Drive Southbourne Bournemouth 16.2.78 Dear Editor, I realise that this is past the deadline for the latest edition of Steaming but should you be able to squeeze it in, it may enlighten the present owners of the history of McLaren No. 1038 Reg. No. CT 4212. I have been recently reading a copy of Steam in the North and the history given for this engine states that it was used all its life in Lincolnshire. This is certainly not true and I can safely say that it spent most of its working life in the Hampshire Area. The McLaren was supplied new by an agricultural agent, still in existence today, Brewers of Wilton to Messrs. Hood of Verwood (Dorset). It then passed to Armfields Engineering of Ringwood, and sometime later to Messrs. Mark Loaders in the late twenties. In the mid fifties the McLaren was sold to a nursery for soil sterilisation and subsequently into preservation. The two photographs may be of interest to you. At some time in its life a crane jib was fitted for lifting tree roots on to trailers in the Hinton Admiral area near Christchurch, Hampshire. The other photo was taken in a brickyard in the Poole area, much later in its life. My father, D. R. Loader, stands in front of the nearside wheel, owner of the Garrett 'Earl of Eldon'.
Both the photographs were taken when in the ownership of Mark Loader (Bournemouth) Ltd. Yours sincerely, MARK A LOADER
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Chilton Cleobury Mortimer nr. Kidderminster Dear Editor, I wonder if you would be interested in these photographs I took of Fowler G.P. engine No. 11421 of 1908 for publication in Steaming. Fowler No. 11421 was built in 1908 and is owned by Robert Griffiths of Bagginswood, Salop who is seen in the photographs. He has been restoring it for the last few years and the photographs show it in steam last autumn for the first time since April 1941. The engine was bought by Mr. Griffiths' father in 1914, and it has been in the family ever since. Robert Griffiths' brother William has Ruston tractor No. 52766 of 1918, one of the early attenders at the Church Streeton rallies. Yours sincerely, Dr. A. H. E. WILLIAMS
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14 Preston Crescent Linlithgow Dear Editor, Your letter dated 16th Feb. Thank you for it and the photo of the old engine I drove from April 1919 until June 1936 and during the war years if it was required for work. I also got the job to put it on the railway wagon so I was the last to drive it in Scotland. The Scotish history of SX 923 No. 8717. The engine arrived at Linlithgow in the month of March 1916. My father took delivery at the station and told me it had taken six weeks to come from a depot in London. A fitter had been sent to fit governors and a belt guide pulley to guide the belt over the front fork. He drove it rolling for three or four days, then into a quarry to drive Baxter double screen breaker and tar mixer and provide steam for a winch as we had small quarries. When it had broken all the stones it provided steam for a rock drill before it moved to another quarry. I came back from the Army in April 1919 and the rock drill was my first job, then to drive the gravel breaker. I did some heavy rolling in the summer time and quarry work all winter until 1923 when we started a central quarry. In 1933 the boiler inspector condemned the firebox and front plate, so these had to be replaced. Tubes were only lasting about three years as they were pitted through by then. It was laid up during the war years in the depot and was sold about 1950 to F. J. Edwards of Chard, Somerset. The enclosed photograph shows what happened on a private road on an estate at Cramond Brig — it belongs to the Royal Air Force — now Craigiehall. Round the back of the garden near the back door of the big house was part of the old drainage system. The foreman says: "Rob. The last time we were round here that was soft so you had better watch it." So I said I would roll it in self defence — that means from the centre out to the edge of the road metal. I was going forward when the engine gave a lurch and just about tipped me off. I phoned the office to get my father to bring jacks and blocks. We levelled it that night but had to get new sleepers in the morning to carry it over the cesspool. Yours sincerely, ROB LAWRIE Editor: If other members have such stories please send them in. We believe Aveling & Porter No. 8717 is owned by Mr. Brian Maggs, near Bristol.
Dear Editor, A little while ago I received a letter from a friend of a friend in Canada. His reason for writing was that he had just read the July 1959 Steaming in which was described the year's activities with Jack Wharton's 'King George VI', which seemed to have interested him. Mr. Dearing, obviously an active 79-yearold, spent his working life with the Canadian National Railways. He has restored eight steam engines since his retirement. His favourite engines are the Canadian Sawyer Massey. He owns a 17 hp side mounted model and a massive 76 hp ploughing engine. That, of course, is direct traction not cable. Readers may be interested that his latest restoration project is a Wallis & Steevens 'Advance' roll No. 7985 which is nearing completion. He says this is the only Wallis roll he has seen out there, but remembers seeing many Aveling & Porters when he was a boy. Mr. Dearing also mentions an old friend of his who worked at Sawyer Massey's during World War 1 who told him they made Foden trucks during that period and they were used for the movement of shell forgings. He also shares our concern as to the future of a lot of the engines as it seems out there it is left to individuals, many having no facilities for housing them when they have been restored and a lot in real danger of being derelict again. His comments on the British engines are that they were all finished so beautifully. J. S. HIRONS
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 — JANUARY 1978 Corrected address C. F. Morris, 51 Fenton Chase, Shotgate, Wickford, Essex. Family Members: Patricia, Robert and Jacqueline Morris. Affiliated Club: Weald of Kent Traction Engine Society. Chairman: William Day, Esq., Great Tong, Headcorn, Kent. L. Olive, The Living Van, Cosy Haven, Lower Church Road, Titchfield Common, nr. Fareham, Hants. M. J. Grimwood, 26 Butcher Close, Staplehurst, Tonbridge, Kent. N Gostling, 33 Rectory Road, Waltham, London E17 3BG. A. G. Stevens, 70 Bull Bank, Middleton, Cheney, nr. Banbury, Oxon.
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R. B. Phillips, 3 Raleigh Crescent, Goring by Sea, Worthing. B. Griffiths, Yokecliffe House, West End, Wirksworth, Derbyshire. Family Members: Ann, Adrian,
Catherine, Paul and Craig Griffiths.
R. A. G. Hall, High Ravensthorpe, Cherry Burton,
Beverley. E. Yorks.
Miss Sandra Stapleton, Yew Tree Cottage, Copt Green, Lapworth, Solihull. R. D. Hoskins, Green Valley, Herland Road, Godolphin Cross, Helston. F. J. Hayman. 5 Shoemakers Row, Maesteg, Mid
Glam. S. Wales, (reinstatement)
M. Duck, 1 Belmont Terrace, Shepton Beauchamp,
Ilminster, Somerset.
13. Hallam, The Firs, Draycott in the Clay, Sudbury, Derby. F. B. Harris, 20 Bendee Road, Little Neston, South Wirral. K. W. Moye, 36 Gilpins Gallop, Stanstead Abbots, Ware, Herts. C. Dabbs, Moorookyle, Locksley Chase, Vermont, Victoria 3133, Australia. A. Barnes, 15 Malharn Road, Burlish Park, Stourport on Severn, Worcs. J. B. Cousins, 18 Purcell Road, Greenford, Middx.
R. M. Woolley, Halfway House, Knighton Powys. (reinstatement) M. P. Hunt, 2 The Shingles, Bredfield, nr. Woodbridge, Suffolk. K. Etty, 36 Earlham West Centre, Norwich, Norfolk NR5 8AD, G. R. Bunting, 130 Portnall Road, London W9 3BQ R. E. Gover, 6 Inglemere Court, London Road, Tooting, London SW17.
NEW MEMBERS — FEBRUARY 1978 J. Cole, 36 Gunner Lane, Rubery, nr. Birmingham. C. R. Kilgour, 7 Sunderland Road, Easington Village, Co. Durham. H. Cawdron, 20 Chesfield Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey. J. R. Grey, 26 Lingwood Gdns., Lingwood, Norwich Norfolk. E. Mitchell, Withinlee Farm, Oak Road, Presbury,
Cheshire. M. W. Maddever, 81 Church Road, Combe Down, Bath, Avon. D J. Corbett, 45 Edward Street, Hinckley, Liecs. H. Smith, Ferryview, 8 Hillside, Newhaven, Sussex, BN9 M. E. Saul, 43 Rib Vale, Berge°, Hertford (reinstatement) A. F. Smith, Summer Trees. 2 Fox's Lane. KingsClere. (transfer of membership)
G. Buckland, 36 Scarle Road, Wembley. Middx. R. Blom, Lars Olots Gerd 7007,533 00 Goten, Sweden. G. H. Whitehead, Chatsworth, Copt Hewick, nr.
Ripon, Yorkshire. Mrs. J. B. Curl, Four Winds, Durley, Southampton, S03 2AA. B. McRae, 42 Primrosehill Drive, Aberdeen, Scotland.
J. J. Gregory, Vine Farm Close, Kirkhallam, Ilkeston. Derbyshire. J. P. Lewis. c/o Holbrook Cottages, Aston, Bennington Road. Herts. C. G. W. Hicks, 16 Mulberry Close, Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk. NEW MEMBERS — MARCH 1978 B. Oldenziel, Nieuwe Parklaan 26, The Hague, The Netherlands.
G. Allen, Bonville House, Black Seaside Lone South, Essington Colliery, Peterlee, Co. Durham. B. J, Vincent, 30 Church Street, Saffron Waldron, Essex. CB10 1.1Q. D. Barlow, 38 Oak Avenue, Cheddleton, Leek, Staffs,
ST13 7HY, Mrs. M. Webb, The Cottage, Bakers Drove, Rownhams, Southampton. J. F. Williams, 25 Grove Road, Dunstable, Beds., LU5 4BY.
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F., J. Harty, Farmers Bridge, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland. R. Craig, 1 Mossneuk Drive, Wishaw, Lanarkshire, ML2 8LU. C. R. Dorey, 3 Cecil Road, St. Thomas, Exeter, Devon, EX2 9AQ. C. B. Obourne-Easson, 3 Oaklands Road, Rodley,
nr. Leeds, Yorks. Family Members: Andrea, Tracey and Trevor Obourne-Easson.
C. McDonald, 18 Roe Green, Kingsbury, London, NW9 ONY. G. Hallam, 8 Bowness Avenue, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, SK8 7HS. Family Members: Jill, Christopher and Thomas Hallam. P. Burke, 11 The Limes, Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire. Family Members: Gloria, Clive and
Gavin Burke.
NEW MEMBERS — APRIL 1978 G. H. Smith, 20 Firbeck Avenue, Laughton En-LeMorthen, nr. Sheffield, S. Yorks, S31 7DY. A. Bodle, 14 Heather Close, Ash Vale, Aldershot. H. Wegner, 685 E Washington Ave, Cleveland, Wisconsin, USA. 0 Smart, 136 Westway, Raynes Park, London, SW20 9LS. C. W. Tassell, 28 Mona Street, Beeston, Nottingham, NG9 2BY. E. H. W. Went, 53a Sussex Road, Watford, Harts, WD2 5HR. D. Mason, Flat 2, 10 Matham Road, East Molesey, Surrey, KT8 OSU. F. Shillito, 56 School Hill, Newmillerdam, Wakefield, WF2 7SP.
W. Townsend, Geff, Illinois, 62742, USA. C. R. L. Savill, 7 Ashcombe Way, Rayleigh, Essex, SS6 ORB. Mrs. K. M. Salmon, 8 Crown Way, Benham, Norwich, NR16 2EY.
Small advertisements at the back of the magazine Thera has been a tendency in recent years for members commercial advertising to spill) into the Sales and Wants. In future the following will apply: Members genuine Sales and Wants to be free.
All other small adverts to be 5p per word with a minimum charge of 01.00. As before Advertisements should be typed or in BLOCK CAPITALS and MUST be on a separate sheet of paper (not incorporated in a letter). For the time being (until we can find an Advertising Manager) the Editor Is dealing with all Advertising. Membership Numbers must be included for all free Adverts.
Fine Line Drawings by Lynne Castel!. Black and white prints, unmounted C1 plus 30p. p&p. Mounted C3 plus 70p. p&p. The prints, in black, green, maroon, brown or scarlet mounts, include: 'Mendip Lady'. Ransomes, Simms & Jefferias Engine No.26995 'Reliable'. Aveling & Porter Roller, No. 8394. 'Queen Mary' Fowler Showman's Engine No. 15319. 'Jolly' Garrett General Purpose Engine No. 28410. 'Lord Fisher of Lambeth', Burrell Engine No. 3824. 'One of Two & The Other One'. Fowler Ploughing Pair. Engine Nos. 15334 and 15335. 'Lone Ranger'. Fowler Compound T3 Roller No. 15973, pulling living van. LIMITED EDITION PRINT, Burrell Showman's Engine 'Prince of Wales'. Individually signed. 01.50 unmounted print plus 30p. p&p. First Two Tractor Prints Now Available: Fordson Major E27N (1945. 1952): The Fordson Tractor (Standard) — Lynne Castell, Weald Cottage, Axford, Nr. Basingstoke, Hampshire, R025 2EA.
300 Books from the smaller Presses - Transport & industrial archaeology. Send SAE for Book list. - Yorkshire Dales Railway, Einbsay, Skipton, N. Your Inductile! Heritage - read about it in "Industrial Past" fvlagazine (Quarterly). Send 30p for sample copy, - 17 Uplands, Skipton, N. Yorks. Wanted - Steaming back numbers. Vol. 1 No. 1 to 4. Vol 2 Nos. 1 to 4. Vol 3 No. 2. Vol 4 Nos, 1, 3. 4. Vol. 5 Nos. 1, 2. Model Engineer back numbers. Vols. 102 to 107, 116 to 123. Offers please to J. Parkinson, 124 London Road, Long Sutton, Lincs. TeL 0406 362388. Wanted - Brass steam whistle for Foster traction engine. - Watts, 'Ketnor House', Hannington, Northampton. Walgrave St. Peters 251. For Sale - Bentall single cylinder petrol engine, No. 11.344/13, 1+ - 2+ bhp, Engine requires overhaul but turns over. with original petrol tank and fittings, 2 spark plugs and starting handle. - May be viewed Reading area. Wanted - The working history of A & P Road Roller No. 10916, built 1924 and/or photographs in working days or preservation prior to 1960. Supplied new to Chas. Price & Sons, Broad heath, Manchester. Will pay all postage and printing expenses. Please contact - C. R. Flack, 15 Fishers Lane, Orwell, Cambs SG8 5QX. Tel. Arrington STD (022 020) 260. Wanted - For Paxman family (relatives of makers). Davey Paxman T.E. or Portable or locations of same abroad. Please contact in the first instance - C. R. Flack, 15 Fishers Lane, Orwell, Cambs. SG8 5QX. Tel. Arrington 260. Wanted - For 1919 Fowler Roller. Fowler-Wood tar spraying gear. Any parts, etc., including pump, spraybar brushes. Anything considered. Also any photos of Fowler No. 155891 All details to - A. R. Craske, Woodhall, Askrigg, Leyburn, N. Yorkshire. Wanted - 'The Portable Steam Engine' by W. D. Wansbrough. Also any information, photos, catalogues, etc., on Barrows of Banbury portable to help with restoration of No. 2667, believed 8 hp, R. Crooks, 12 Seville Street, Brighton, Sussex. For Sale - A new lease of life for your injector, New Penberthy injector cones and jets. Various sizes and types from 50p each. Also Penberthy injectors, sizes BB and CC only. - David Rushton, phone Otford 3075 (evenings). Wanted - Rally programmes, any dates, good prices paid. Some spare programmes available for exchange. Also wanted - any odd copies of Steaming. - D. Roseaman, 10 Grimshaw Close, North Road, London N6 4BH. For Sale - Vertical boiler, Clarkson Thimble tube, 350 lb. evap. per hour, 6' 6" x 2' 9", all mountings. In laced asbestos jacket with oil burner, 240 - 440 volts or 12v. Suitable rally boiler on trailer. £200. - Nelson, Lugtrout Lane, Solihull, W. Mid. Tel. 021 705 0507. For Sale - Fowler AA type Ploughing Engine. No. 13881. Restoration also completed. Fitted new smokebox and chimney. New rope and tubes available. Boiler report. House moves forces immediate sale. £6,000. - 'Tirion', 73 Church Road, Aspley Heath, Woburn Sands, Beds. MK17 8TJ. For Sale - Ruston cross tube boiler, suitable for stationary engine. 100 lbs. pressure, 7 ft. 6 in. high, good condition, £100 ono. - Phone 0277 225462. Wanted - Victorian stationery engine - max. 7 ft, dia. flywheel. Condition immaterial if essentially complete. Full details to - B. A. Parris, Littledene, Speldhurst, Kent, TN3 OJX. Tei. Langton (089786) 2148. Wanted - Steam Roller for restoration, up to 13 tons, any make or condition considered. R. Viveash, 16 Cedar Avenue, Waltham Cross, Harts, ENB 8AU.
For Sale - Boiler for Burrell traction engine of 8 nhp, one pair of Fowler front wheels 4' 6" dia., boiler tubes 1.3/4" and 2" 50p per foot, boiler rivets, tubes and rivets to British Standards specification. special lot of boiler tubes 1.3/4" x 7' long, swaged one end, new and greased, £2.76 each, - Mil!ward,. LodgefieId Farm, Lodgefield Road. Halesowen, West Midlands 862 88A. Tel. 021-558 2883. Wanted - Rally programmes, any year, good price paid or willing to swap programmes, needed to build up an index of preserved traction engines. - K. Flinton, 16 Chestnut Ave, Ordsall, Retford, Notts DN22 7RN. Boiler Repair Quotations may be obtained from Mason Engineering, 236b High Street, Cottenham, Cambridge CB4 4RZ. See display advert. A Foxfletd Album - The first tan years of a preserved industrial railway. Illustrated history. 83 photographs of 15 steam locomotives. prpceeds to retube an 1895 Manning Wardle. £1 plus 12p postage. - J. K. Williams, 126 Drubbery Lane, Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 4BT. For Sale - 1928 Aveling & Porter tractor in very good condition. New firebox fitted August 1976, new smokebox, chimney, copper top, firebars, piston rings, etc., and complete repaint and lining out to Aveling specification. Ready for rallying. Tel, 023-064 248. For Sale - Brass tax disc holders (flat plate mounting) complete with glass and rubber seals. £3.50 including p&p from - G.M.S. (Wiritsworth Ltd.), Yokecliffe House, West End, Wirkaworth, Derbyshire, DE4 4EG. Wanted - 'A Decline of Paddle Steamers' by R. H. Coton, published by the P.S.P.S., in good, clean condition. - Tel. 01-500 9157 (after 7.30 p.m.)
Wanted - Traction engine and steam wagon makers' plates. 'Foden Steam Wagon' nameplate and Royal Coat of Arms particularly wanted. Also any interesting whistles, especially chime type. Good prices paid to enlarge my collection, and also
For Sale - Or exchange for interesting items. 1936 Standard Fordson tractor (water air cleaner) on rubbers. Unrestored condition but very fair. Offers or W.H.Y? - R. Parkinson, 16 St. Annes Road, Exeter, Devon, EX1 2QD. Tel. Exeter (0392) 31717. For Sale - To a good home, Aveling piston valve single 8 ton. roller. Sound in wind and limb. Offers over £3,000. Also some spares available. Wanted - Scarifier to suit the above. - Phone Coeds Green 285 (Cornwall). The Iron Wheel - The new journal of the Lancashire Traction Engine Club. First issue now available. 24 pages of articles and stories of steam past and present. Illustrated. Copies 40p each plus 10 p&p from - G. Ludford, 8 Barwell Road, Sale, Cheshire. For Sale - Various items of brass and copper fire-fighting accessories, i.e. hydrant stands, branches, couplings, etc. S.A.E. for list. - T. Gieen, Mandalay, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, Didcot, Oxon, 0X11 9QB. Wanted Railway nameplates, numbers, whistles, etc. Also a Road Loco. Condition immaterial, will pay your price. Please Send photo and any information, etc. - Mike Parsonage, 22 Middleton Road, Sidemoor, Bromsgrove, Worcs, B61 8NH. Tel. 0527 75623. Philip Wright' books - Are still available from the author, each are superbly illustrated. Autographed copies as under: 'Traction Engine' £2.75 (A. & C. Black). 'Old Farm Implements' £3.95 (David and Charles). 'Old Farm Tractors' £3.50 (David and Charles). 'Salute the Carthorse' is being reprinted. Please add postage. - Rottwell Vicarage, Mr. Chelmsford, Essex.
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