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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: P. G. G. Barber, 77 Amyand Park Road, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW1 3HG. Vice-Chairmen: J. Crawley, Field House, Turvey, Bedford, MK43 8DU. Alan Martin, 18 Pavilion Way, Eastcote, Ruislip, Middlesex, HA4 9JN. 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, 77 Amyand Park Road, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW1 3HG 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', Hail Weston, Huntingdon, Cambs. PE19 4JY. Sales Officer: Alan G. Wilson, 7 Welton Road, Daventry, Northants. NN11 5PP. Insurance Officer: J. S. Hirons, 98 Hailey Road, Witney, Oxon. OX8 5HQ. Editorial Staff: Editor: Dick Blenkinsop, The Hill Cottage, Radford Semele, Nr. Leamington Spa, CV31 1UA. Assistant Editors: Ran Hawthorne, 19 Bridle Path, Woodcote, Reading, RG8 OSE, Berkshire. Derek Rayner, "Invicta", Lower Street, Salhouse, Norwich, NR13 6RH. Advertising Manager:

Tony Wood, 22 Larch Grove, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6AU.

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 £5 for individuals, £6 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 9th February 1980, earlier if possible. Area News to Derek Rayner by 31st January 1980.

Acknowledgements Area Correspondents, all the photographers, R. A. Whitehead, Wilf Cole, Barry Beadle, Viv Kirk, Derek Rayner, B. Bourn, J. L. Thomas, J. B. Toy, Neville Miller, A. Graham. 2

STEAMING THE JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL TRACTION ENGINE CLUB Vol. 23 No. 1

DECEMBER 1979

CONTENTS Page 3-6 Editorial and Club Announcements Page 7-14 N.T.E.C. — Silver Jubilee Lecture. Some thoughts on the bi-centenary of Richard Garrett of Leiston 1778-1978, by R. A. Whitehead. Page 15-18 Reminiscences of a Yorkshire Steam Haulier, by Wilf Cole. Page 18 The World Ship Trust Project by Barry Beadle. Page 19-22 Furniture Bumping by Viv Kirk. Page 23-25 Technical Section. Lubrication — Beyond Oil, by Derek Rayner. A further Note on Boiler Feed Water Treatment, by B. Bourn, C.Eng. Page 25-26 On Sentinels, by J. L. Thomas. Page 27-52 Area Notes, compiled by Derek Rayner. Page 52-56 International Section, compiled by Derek Rayner. Page 57-64 Review, Letters to the Editor, New Members and Small Advertisements. All opinions expressed in this Journal, with the exception of those printed under Club Announcements, are obviously those of the Contributors and do not necessarily express the views of the Club as a whole. All items are held copyright by contributor and/or N.T.E.C.

EDITORIAL "Communication" or lack of it, is one of the most difficult problems to overcome in our Society today. The same applies to the "goings on" within our own Club and I am sure you will be glad to see that Peter Barber has a regular column to briefly inform you of the meetings which take place and the matters discussed. It is not easy for members to keep up to date when Steaming is only published four times a year and space is at a premium. Our Budget allows three 64-page issues a year with the March Edition at 72pages and this includes the Rally List. Since taking over the Editorship it is surprising how few members have commented on Steaming and one assumes that "no news is good news" so far as striking the correct balance is concerned. As I shall shortly be handing over to a new Editor, (we hope to announce this in the March Issue) I should like to thank all of you who have helped in the production of the magazine over the last three years and I am sure you will continue to support the new Editor in every way you are able. As a final stamp on my own period in the hot seat, I have taken the front cover for a picture of my own engine posed beside the Battlements of Warwick Castle.

A Happy New Year to you all.

FRONT COVER Aveling-Bartord 6 Ton Steam Holler No. AC-624 built in 1938 simmers gently in the October sunshine beneath the ramparts of Warwick Castle. Photo: R. J. Blenkinsop. 3

FROM THE CHAIRMAN Since the last edition of Steaming was published there have been a number of meetings of the Club's committees and subcommittees as well as the Autumn Rally Organisers conference, the Convention at York and an Extra-ordinary general meeting, so your committee members and officers have been kept busy. The principal subject discussed by your general committee has been the future organisation of the Club and the desirability or otherwise of employing a salaried executive at some date in the future. After a very full discussion the Committee decided, after taking the advice of our solicitor and our auditors, that the Club should endeavour to obtain charitable status and not to take any steps leading to the appointment of a salaried officer until this status had been achieved or found impossible to achieve. Meanwhile the search for a new Editor for Steaming continues, and although we have had discussions with one or two possible candidates, the new appointment to succeed our present much valued Editor, Dick Blenkinsop, is yet to be made. The Rally Organisers conference was

lished in the next issue of Steaming. At the time of writing it has already been widely circulated through Tourist Boards and other media. Methods by which the N.T.E.C. can further publicise and assist Rally Organisers to sell their events were also discussed and the Rally Sub-Committee are currently examining this question in more detail. The Steam Apprentices Club has continued to make steady prowess and soon hopes to welcome its 100th member. Currently there are plans to hold a practical drivers training course for Steam Apprentices and the first of these day courses will be held at our President's works at Witney in the Spring. The training of up and coming steam drivers is a very worthwhile object and the Club will arrange and subsidise the efforts of the Steam Appren tices to set up a series of these courses at various venues in the country throughout the coming year. We also believe that there would be a demand for similar courses and more advanced courses for adult enthusiasts, and have invited the Engine Owners' Committee, under its new Chairman Mike Harmsworth, to consider this possibility.

Rally Sub-Committee had been much encouraged by the interest shown in safety by the Rally Organisers generally. Rally dates and applications for 1980 were also discussed, and the 1980 list will be pub-

At the Extra-Ordinary General Meeting, the views of the Committee regarding the appointment of a paid Executive were outlined to the meeting. There was a very full discussion concerning the need for a paid executive but in view of the Committee's recommendations it was decided not to pass any resolution to alter the Club's Articles of Association to permit such an appointment to be made. Instead the meeting passed a resolution requiring the Club to consider the terms of such an appointment at a further general meeting to be held at a time after the application for Charity status had been determined.

LONDON AREA SOCIAL MEETINGS 1980

APOLOGIES

again well attended and welcomed the latest edition of the Club's 'Code of Practice' for Rally Organisers which has now been produced in a smaller sized luuse-le.oi format. The new edition will be distributed to all Rally Organisers and brought into use in the 1980 season. The Chairman reported that the Safety Officers report scheme was working well and that the

The Cock Tavern, Great Portland Street, London, 8.00 p.m. On the last Tuesday in each month October to April, but no meeting in December.

Tuesday, 26th February, 1980. Paddle Steamers and similar vessels. John Caldicott of the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society.

Tuesday, 25th March, 1980. Traction engines in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. A regional survey by David Philpot.

Tuesday, 29th April, 1980. To be arranged. 4

Michael Lane has asked us to mention that the photographs shown on pages 250, 251 and 252 of the September Issue should have been credited to Mr. Chris Pask from New Zealand. We are sorry that Mr. G. K. Bargh was not credited with the photograph on Page 207. We had promised to give more details and pictures in this issue of the John Fowler Works Memorial Ceremony but alas no further material was forthcoming.

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Frank Holl sent us this picture showing a Fowler Traction Engine belonging to S. Stinton of Worcester and otiginally built for the South African War. It is being used for furniture removal and the engine is named 'Worcester City'. Photo: F. Holl.

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N.T.E.C. SILVER JUBILEE LECTURE Some thoughts on the bi-centenary of Richard Garrett of Leiston 1778 — 1978 by R. A. Whitehead (Continued from p.140 Vol. 22 No. 3)

A Garrett No. 4 Tractor No. 34021 and built in 1923 being used for timber hauling by its owners Playle Bros. Photo: R. A. Whitehead. Because of the development of their own industries, the countries of Middle Europe, notably the Austro-Hungarian empire, began a policy of tariffs to curb imports. By the mid nineties, therefore, there was a noticeable sag in the output of the works. Frank Garrett Senior, and Richard IV up to the time of his death, had devoted a considerable amount of time and effort, as well as of capital, to improving the portables and threshers. They had introduced his sine curved firebox crown, compounding, the kiln drying of timber, the casting of bearings in iron chills, the use of steel for boiler making, the introduction of power presses and the hydraulic riveting in the boiler shop. It was, perhaps, understandable that he was reluctant to believe that he would not continue to reap a benefit from this investment. His eldest son, however, saw that the firm could not mark time on the same spot. It had either to go forward or accept the alternative, the probability of gradual atrophy. For his part he had no wish whatever to see the latter develop.

Frank Junior, later Colonel Garrett and, later still, Sir Frank Garrett, is a puzzling man to portray. His very many good qualities invite unqualified approval and yet there were other points about him that merited reservations. At home he was a genial and affectionate family man, at work an intelligent and imaginative if sometimes insensitive leader but he had little taste for the detail and minutia! of matters and certainly none of the inventive flair which had characterised his father and grandfather. His mother was born Mary Anne Croft, daughter of a member of the aristocratic Croft clan who traced their lineage in this country back to an ancestor who had arrived with the Norman Conquest. In some ways Frank's character partook more of the aristocratic Crofts than of the earthy and practical Garretts. After education at Rugby School he spent some time in the works of Dehne at Halberstatt, Germany, in the role of gentleman pupil rather than of trade apprentice. He admired the German talent for 7

order and method, liked the general tidiness of Germany, the patience and industry of the German working man and his willingness to submit to authority. He noted, with dismay, however, the way in which Germany was organised in subservience to the needs of its military machine. It is probably too much to claim that at twentyone he foresaw how the Prussian ambitions would lead to the 1914 to 18 war but after his return he devoted a great deal of his time and energy to promoting awareness in his countrymen, much of it by example, serving first in the volunteers and later in the Territorials. Soon joined at the works by his brother Alfred and later by a third brother, Stephen, he began to canvass the need for a broadened range of products. Alfred, though by no means lacking in character, habitually deferred to Frank's opinions in public though capable of tart comment in private. Stephen, who shared Frank's involvement in the Territorials was always his own man. All three agreed, however, upon the need to launch new products. All, moreover, liked and admired Remy. Their brother Victor expressed the opinion on more than one occasion that they had learned much from the astute German. The firm was made into a limited company in 1897 with Frank Senior, Frank Junior, and Alfred as directors. Later they were joined by Stephen and (in 1907) by Remy. Frank Senior had, for years, taken major decisions on his own, working quietly in his office with J. B. Harrison, his personal assistant. Now he found decisions the subject of vigorous debate. His personal life had been made sombre by the death of his wife, Mary Anne, early in 1897. Two years later he remarried. His bride was his wife's spinster- cousin, Emma Barbara Stead, as plain as his late wife had been beautiful but possessed nevertheless of a stubborn independence which he admired. She had the misfortune to be regarded with indifference or dislike, however, by her step-children. Victor, in particular, heartily disliked her and it was for this reason and his father's thought that he could not bear a fourth son adding to the tumult of noisy debate and innovation which enveloped him that his father did not offer him a place in the firm until after Stephen had been killed in action in March 1915. From the time that the younger Garretts took a major part in works affairs the prosperity and output began to climb towards the peak that it reached in the 1914 18 war. The first step was the resumption 8

of traction engine building, dropped in 1881 because of the falling off in demand produced by the depression in home agriculture. The first of the new series of engines was a 6 n.h.p. single (No. 10485) completed in September, 1895, using a shifting eccentric valve gear of the firm's design. The latter may have been a marketing error for purchasers have always tended to be wary of anything other than Stephenson link motion. Certainly traction engine production really got under way with some difficulty. Many of the traction engine components were used for the first Garrett road roller, No 21411 of May 1898 but the valve gear was plain link motion. Garretts had effectively no marketing organisation in Great Britain and most of the early orders for these new tractions and for the rollers were for export, mostly to Germany. During this period, as has been already remarked upon, Carrette began to build a series of ploughing engines for Rudolf Sach of Leipzig. The credit for all these sales to Germany belonged to the efficient selling organisation set up and supervised by Remy. About 1900 the firm took on the late Teddy Ballam of Ipswich to do for home sales what Remy had done for the Continental market. Selling at home was controlled by the rules of the Agricultural Engineers' Association a price fixing organisation to which all the major makers, including Garrett's belonged and which prescribed minimum selling prices; initially for threshers and engines but subequently for rollers, tractors and road locomotives. The object of the association had been to prevent a recurrence of the disastrous price cutting of the latter seventies, at the onset of the depression, which had contributed to the ruin of several firms. There was nothing illegal about the agreement but it made it difficult for Garretts to reenter the market. Ballam set up a network of Garrett agents, organised an advertising campaign, devised sales literature, drew up standard forms of questionnaire for the recording of customer's requirements in a systematic way and engaged in personal visits and promotional work which gave some boost to home sales but it was not until the appearance of the No. 4 compound tractor in 1907 and the overtype wagon in 1909 that the firm became possessed of products with a potent appeal in Britain. Before these appeared, however, there had been considerable development in other products. The traction engine range had been ex-

panded to take 7 and 8 n.h.p. singles, the latter in 1901 and the former in 1904. The first 8 h.p. engine to be a compound was No. 24369 of June, 1903 and the first 6 h.p. compound was No. 24800 of October, 1904 but there was no 7 h.p. compound until 27333 in December, 1908. There had, however, been compound rollers since 18 tonner No. 23677 in 1902 which like the majority of Garrett rollers was for export. Of about three hundred and eighty rollers made, only ten per cent were sold at home. An attempt to launch a three ton single cylinder steam tractor in 1905 met with indifferent commercial success. Such small tractors made little money for any maker. Garretts in selling thirteen of them probably did as well as most. The 4 h.p. single cylinder tractor, which followed it into production, early in 1906, sold rather better, mostly for export and there was a single speed export version sold as the No. 4 traction engine. Attempts to build road locomotives were not successful. The 8 h.p. of 1903 was intended for export but one, No. 25814, stayed at home. After two brief ownerships in general haulage it was given a

new number and new identity as a showman's engine for Swales Forrest. In this guise it ran for over twenty-five years but it was never the success a Fowler or Burrell would have been. Nor did they fare significantly better with their 6 h.p. road locomotive, initially developed for Lalonde Bros. & Parhour of Weston super Mare. Designed as a furniture remover's engine — in essence light and fast — it suffered from having too little meat in the rear axle and crankshaft. Until recent years the original cartridge paper drawing of the rear axle, drawn by Thomas Jones of the Leiston drawing office, existed in the drawing office store, sarcastically annotated by his chief, Emmerich Schmach, for being too heavy handed. Time proved Jones to be right and Schmach wrong. This No. 6 could break rear axles with far too great a frequency. Even so, Harkness' "Vera" (No. 27946) was the last road locomotive in regular commercial service. The No. 4 Compound tractor, once through a few initial troubles, was a very successful machine useful to hauliers, timber carriers and showmen alike. It was

Garrett 10 N.H.P. straw burner No. 25060 and built in 1904. It is seen here at Knodishall Photo: R. A. Whitehead. Hall, Nr. Leiston prior to being shipped out to South America. 9

OP. Garrett single cylinder Portable with Grahams' spark arrester and Head & Schemoith straw burning equipment. A photograph at the works. Photo: R. A. Whitehead.

A standard Garrett 5 Ton Wagon belonging to A. Cork & Sons of Longsight, Manchester.

Photo: R. A. Whitehead.

The Commercial Brewery, Stepney, London, used this 5 Ton "Suffolk Punch Wagon".

Photo: R. A. Whitehead.

also capable of running a 54" threshing drum as well as one might wish, provided it was carefully tended and the right fuel was used. The late Syd Sutton and his father Found a No. 4 very handy for threshing in the congested stockyards around Beckermet. The first No. 4 compound was No. 26063 (May 1907) sold to Jacob Stiidt of Cardiff. No. 26479, for the North Eastern Railway, which had prompted the design, did not appear for some weeks afterwards because of the N.E.R. insistence upon inspection and approval of components during manufacture. I., a vvay it irat.;t0i S led to the making of the overtype wagon. E. W. Rudd the London haulage contractor owned Garrett tractors and was on good terms with Frank Garrett Senior. Indeed he had, on occasions, been entertained at Aldringham House, the latter's residence, an unusual honour tor a customer. Rudd had used various wagons in his business and now proposed that Garretts should build a 5 ton overtype, resembling the Foden but equipped with a superheater and a number of lesser amendments. The prototype was completed in time for the Royal Show at Gloucester in July, 1909. For a couple of years sales were slow but in 1911 the firm introduced an improved 3 ton overtype using piston valves, a more effective superheater and braking by rear drums in lieu of the blocks acting on the steel rear tyres, as in the original design. Rubber tyres were standard. The five tonner design was soon amended to follow the changes — except that solid rubbers were optional. In this form it began to achieve useful sales. During the development of the overtype wagons, the design of which was largely the work of Tom Jones, Schmach, the chief designer had been working upon the designs of a series of locomobiles or selfcontained semi-stationary power plants of the type pioneered in Germany by Wolf of Buckau and Lanz of Mannheim. The range ran from 65 b.h.p. to 255 b.h.p. in both singles and compounds. By the use of extension fireboxes or step grates they could be made to burn a great variety of fuels, including many which would otherwise have become waste. Thus engines were fired on sawdust, bark, coffee and rice husks, wood chippings and shavings, the wane from the conversion of round timber, coal dust and bagasse, besides deep mined and brown coal. Besides all these new products the existing range of portables was added to by the introduction of super-heating, 12

piston valves and totally enclosed engines at the customers option. By all these means the trade of the works was increased so that by mid-summer 1914 the number of men employed was just under fourteen hundred compared with about 550 in 1896. The expansion, however, had not been accomplished without some pains. In 1871 the then partners had had a brief confrontation (won by the firm) with their skilled artisans nominally over pay and hours of work but in fact over unionism on the works. For over thirty years unions had no place in the works and official policy was not to employ union mArnhnrR, a sanction never enforced with rigour. Until the boilermakers set up a branch in Leiston in 1904 there was no branch nearer than Ipswich. The expansion brought in many new men, however, and these, by the nature of things, were those least seti.i. in LIIGII ',ace of 01 VII i.e. a lley included a high proportion of those who expected more than they got from their old jobs or, on the other hand, were regarded as "unsettled" (and hence dispensible) by their old employers. Many of these men belonged already to unions. Events came to collision point again in 1912, a year opened by a prolonged coal strike, which led to short-time working. A private meeting of some union men, on a Saturday, to plan an extension of union activity in the works was eavesdropped and reported to Col. Garrett — probably with the high-lights touched up. As a show of authority he reacted by sacking about eighty men known or suspected to be Socialists or Radicals. This action was reported in the national newspapers and the Liberal "Daily News" devoted most of a column to a bitterly sarcastic and critical report of the affair. His reaction was to close the works entirely on 1st April, 1912, ostensibly because of the difficulties caused by the coal strike. The total lock-out was short and men were soon re-engaged and by Christmas 1912 all but thirty had been taken on again. On 12th March, 1913, a year to the day from Col. Garrett's precipitate sackings, a fire destroyed the thresher shop and pattern shop (but not the pattern store) at Leiston Works. Some saw in it the hand of divine retribution, others the work of political extremists but in fact no cause other than pure accident was ever found. Certainly men turned out voluntarily in hundreds to prevent the spread of the fire and to remove goods and tools from threatened buildings. Employers and employed drew together in a way which would have

George Whipps is at the wheel of the prototype Garrett six-wheeler on demonstration with track rear wheels. Engine No. 34902 and built in 1928. Photo: R. A. Whitehead.

seemed scarcely credible a year before. It was partly because of the fire and partly because of the manifest overcrowding at the old works that building of the new Station Works was begun. Had the 1914/ 18 War not intervened all, or the majority. of the departments might have been moved there but the outbreak of war defeated this objective and it was not accomplished until April, 1978. Garretts war effort included the making of large numbers of shell cases and horsedrawn army vehicles for the forces, together with large numbers of tractors and wagons both for the War Department and for firms on war work. They also equipped the power stations at a number of major camps with locomobile power plants. Lastly, and perhaps most remarkably, they built FE 2B aircraft. The war cost the lives of Stephen Garrett and of many of the best of the younger workmen. In terms of trade they emerged from it denuded of their trade with Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, bereft, by reason of the Revolution, of the Russian connection and the monies owed there, and with markets in the Antipodes and South America largely lost to the Ameri-

cans. Moreover Frank Garrett Senior had died in 1918. These problems led the Garretts to become founder members of the ill-fated A.G.E. combine, a venture intended to be a life-belt but which turned out to be a millstone. Production had come down to a critically low level in 1921 but in 1922 the firm launched the piston valved undertype wagon which helped to restore the situation, as did the series production of battery electric vehicles and a revived trade in locomobile power plants. Despite this partial revival the level of employment in the mid twenties never exceeded half that of 1914, and to maintain even that level meant taking on a large amount of general engineering — bakers' ovens, food machinery, oil cabinets and component manufacture for other firms. Despite the general difficulties and a great shortage of ready cash, development was kept up. A rigid six wheeled steam wagon was designed in 1926 and the four wheelers were up-dated using a poppet valve engine. In 1926 also, the firm embarked upon the making of electric trolley buses but 1926 was also the year of the General Strike 13

and of the Coal Strike. The latter was a double blow for it virtually killed locomobile sales and turned the tide of opinion against coal burning road vehicles. Garretts began to experiment with motors in 1927 when they bought the goodwill and designs of the defunct Caledon Motor Company of Glasgow. Except for some trade in spares this proved to be a dead end as the designs were largely obsolescent. They continued their experiments building two lorries (a 4 wheeler and a 6 wheeler) using McLaren-Benz diesels in steam wagon chassis. These were bought and used by Blackstones ot Stamtord and were the first British built diesel lorries to be used commercially ante-dating the more publicised Kerr Stuart by over two years. The next vehicle, Nu. 35455, was an experimental 8 ton diesel lorry, using an Aveling engine and chassis components from stock, probably largely Caledon with some items from wagons. Finally, in 1930, work was begun on the GB 6 an entirely new design of diesel lorry based upon a Blackstone engine. The latter, by its unreliability let the project down. Besides these experiments with lorries, development work was carried on in agricultural and diesel engined tractors using the same engine. The year 1931 was very bad for Leiston. Sales of steam wagons had declined badly, assisted downhill in their case, by superheater troubles and bother with cracking of the frames on 6-wheelers. Moreover the trolley-bus had been upstaged by a new low floor version of the AEC and there was very little sub-contract work to be had because of the general decline of trade. On top of this, AGE itself had pressing troubles with its own finances and administration. On 15th February, 1932 I eistnn Works closed for the last time under its old owners. The period of this total closure was only about ten days but the number re-engaged was only some hundred and thirty and that on a purely and selfevidently temporary basis. In mid-summer the whole works with stock in trade, books and other contents was bought by Beyer Peacock & Co. Ltd. of Manchester and recommenced trading on 20th July as

the Richard Garrett Engineering Works. At first tentative, the re-opening, like a transplanted tree, took some time to establish its roots. Although a few portables were made and sold and a locomobile power plant was supplied to Ireland, steam was not part of the plans of the new ❑wners. A batch of industrial tractors was made for railway use in Rhodesia and a new design of diesel engined multi-speed track laying tractor with a front driving position was developed but failed to make headway against Caterpillar on account of price. Sub-contracted work on machine tools came to be the main-stay ot production, reinforced, as the re-armament programme gained impetus, by shell making. Road vehicle work came down to specialised battery electric: refuse collecting vehicles for Glasgow and tractors for peat harvesting. Armament work. including guns and gun-mountings reached a high level in the 1939/45 war but after the end of the war a gradual decline set in, aggravated by some ill-starred ventures into consumer goods. Matters were made worse by the fact that the parent company, Beyer Peacock, had switched too late and with too little commitment, from steam to diesel locomotive manufacture with the result that, in 1965, it was making trading losses. At this point Eric Robinson obtained control of the group, abolished the trading of the parent and made it into a holding company and appointing R. J. Hadfield as Managing Director at I eistnn. During the second half of the sixties the tatter brought about a marked revival in Leiston fortunes. Not only did machine tool making continue but also an important contract was secured for manufacturing S & S boxmaking plants whilst the firm developed a range of machines for the dry cleaning trade. Robinsor sold his interest in Beyer Peacock in 1974, after which the parent company suffered from the effects of some tussling for control. Hadfield left in 1975 and was succeeded by M. W. Hilton, the present Managing Director. In 1976 the parent company was bought, and is now controlled, by National Chemical Industries of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, whose head is Sheik Mohammed Y. Al Bedrawi.

REMINISCENCES OF A YORKSHIRE STEAM HAULIER by Wilf Cole Continued from Vol. 22 No. 4 p.207 I mentioned previously that I should refer to Messrs. Glossops again at a later date. An unfortunate accident led our firm, the Central Haulage & Motor Co., to do business with them which, in the end, turned out probably the best for both our firms. We had got the Sentinel DG4 waggon No. 8259/GE9218, ex Kings of Glasgow, running satisfactorily by the end of 1943, beginning of '44 and it was going out working nearly every day, still on the opencast coal job. However, when it had been at work for about three months, the telephone bell rang again in our office around 10 a.m. and it was the driver of the DG4, once more. He had had another mishap with it. This time the back axle had broken coming out of the site with a load on and it was blocking the road in and out of site, making it so that the other wagons could get neither in nor out and it was consequently holding the job up. They had had a go at pulling it clear with a Diesel tractor which was working there but this could not shift it. The problem was that the halves of the axle where it had broken, were sticking in the ground and the more they pulled, the more they stuck in. However, they got over the immediate difficulty by bulldozing a bypass road round it and so carried on the important war work of getting the coal out of the site. Len and I had obviously to get up to the site as soon as possible to see about shifting it and again the little Jowett car had to start earning its living. We first coupled the trailer which would carry about 5 cwts. and loaded it up with wood packings, jacks, crowbars, tools, etc. When we got there, we assessed the situation and decided to get the chassis up level first, which we did. This took some weight off the broken axle and we could move it about a little. We had a good look at it and thought that we may have a spare back axle in the garage which we could put under it and make it so that we could move the waggon. This axle happened to be out of a Garrett four wheeler steam wagon which we had previously dismantled and was very similar to the Sentinel axle which had broken.

It had the double chain drive like the Sentinel, for example, so we took some rough measurements and found it was the same diameter — 4". The only thing was that the Garrett used to be fitted with roller bearings and the Sentinel had plain bronze bushes, but both were the same size where they fitted on the axle. The axle was approximately the same length as the Sentinel and the spring bracket centres were in about the same positions. Having looked at all these things, we thought right — this axle will get us home if we can get it on and then tow the waggon home. We then decided, because of the time of day, to leave it for then and bring the Garrett axle the next morning, which we did, using the Jowett car and trailer. We then set about getting the broken axle out and getting the other one in and found that it would tighten up under the springs alright. I should add here that these axles were 'dead' ones — they didn't go round. The Garrett axle fitted nicely into the Sentinel bushes and it had large adjustable nuts at either end to keep it up to the bushes. Since these had locking plates on them, there was no danger of the axle moving. We gave it a good oil and a greasing and where the roller bearings had been fitted previously it was very smooth, so there was no danger of scoring taking place. The braking arrangements may have been slightly different but we did not bother much about these as we were going to tow the waggon home in any case, and the towing vehicle would do the braking. One thing we did have to do though, was to shovel about 8 tons of coal out of the broken down waggon into another wagon so as we could deliver it where it had to go. This is where the driver and mate came in for extra work but they had, of course, also been helping us all the time. After a lot of effort, we finally got it ready for towing home. I think we used the Garrett and we eventually got home about 5 p.m. with it. We pushed it into the garage with the tow bar and so that was one portion of the episode over. We studied then what we were going to do 15

Glossops Yard at Hipperholme in the 1930's — on the left an Atkinson tarsprayer, No 506/1927/RF1585 affectionately known as 'Lady Sybil', whilst the Super Sentinel on the left is No. 7252/1927/WW4206 which was originally with Thomas Sugdens, the flour Photo: W. P. Riley via B. D. Stoyel. millers of Brighouse. Super Sentinel, Reg. No. BA 5665, seen here as a tar planer The original No. 6400 Photo: J. L. Thomas. as No. 120 in Glossops Fleet. It awaits in the yard for the next job.

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with it next, and we came to the conclusion that it may pay us to sell it as we could see difficulties in getting a new axle for it. Sentinels themselves had got very low on spare parts and by this time during the War had practically nothing left, but we knew a firm who most probably would have one and that was Messrs. Glossops of Hipperholme, near Halifax, the tar spraying people. We therefore got in touch with their foreman at the depot whom we knew very well. This was Mr. Frank Birkett and we told him what we wanted. At the same time we asked if he thought that his firm would be interested in buying the waggon complete, as we knew they were buying all the Sentinel DG4 tippers they could get hold of at that time. This type of waggon was very suitable for their tar spraying work as they had a short wheel base which allowed them to fix the tar spraying equipment at the back. They were also very good in ❑ther respects such as engine power, slow speed gears. etc. and we also knew that they were paying good prices for them. Many of the Sentinel waggons now in preservation in Yorkshire belonged to Glossops at one time or another and had they not been bought by them during or after the war for conversion to tar sprayers, they would probably not have lasted long enough to survive into the preservation era. We therefore have a lot to be grateful to Messrs. Glossops for in this respect. However, Mr. Birkett said he would make enquiries following our request and would let us know. We told him that we would take the market price, less the price of the axle and fitting. He advised us a day or two afterwards that they would buy it, subject to inspection and consequently Mr. Birkett came over and had a look at it. He seemed satisfied that it was alright apart from the axle and I should say here that they could not have had a better man to examine it than him, as he had had a great deal of the experience with the D.G. waggons. He said then that they had a back axle which they could put under it and they then offered us a price which we thought was very reasonable. We told them that we would accept it on condition that they would tow it to their garage and we would leave the Garrett axle underneath whilst they did so, provided that they brought it back to us in due course. This they agreed to do and collected the waggon, returning the Garrett axle to us in a few days time. They got the new axle in and got the waggon

running again and I understand that it was sent to their York Depot at Osbaldwick where, no doubt, it would be kept very busy as York was centred near many aerodromes which were seeing a lot of action at that time. Glossops were working at many of them on runways, etc. and Mr. Birkett had a very busy time attending to these jobs. He was, however, never too busy to talk to us when we went to see him. He was a DG man, but I think he was brought up on Atkinsons as I believe these were what Glossops started with. Anyway, he was another man who was in the right place at the right time. I am talking about during the last war of course. I have seen as many as nine or ten DG waggons lined up in their garage at Hipperholme, getting their winter overhaul and Frank used to know how to get them ready. I should think that they had more spares than Sentinels at that time and I have seen about six new superheaters in their stores which I think a firm called Slingers of Hull made (More likely Slingsby's — Ed.). They probably made heater coils from trawlers as their main business. Towards the latter end of the War, Glossops had some German Prisoners of War working in their shed at Hipperholme doing menial jobs of one kind or another. Len and I went over to see Frank on one occasion and drove into the shed with our car. He came and talked to us and when we had been there for a while, he called over one of the Prisoners, a youngish fellow, I should say in about his midtwenties. He came to the side of the car and Frank said to him — he understood English — Now, I am going to give you something, If you make me a promise. He then took a small brooch out of his pocket, in the form of a religious cross with charm attached and showed it to the Prisoner. It looked like gold to me. He continued — I want you to take this home with you and put it round your daughter's neck and let it stay there — do you promise? The Prisoner said yes, and so Frank gave it to him, I unfortunately do not know the conclusion of the story, but it shows Frank's generosity. The little girl of that time will now be approaching middle age and 1 have often wondered if she still has that brooch which her father

would have given her at the end of the War. Frank and Len have now passed on and steam seems to have faded out at Hipperholme, but I understand they still have a DG4, same as they used to work and 17

they will not sell it. I have heard that a boiler inspector looked at this waggon some time ago, so perhaps it is not too

much to hope that one day it may appear on the roads again.

To be continued.

Glossops Fleet No. 106, Sentinel DG4P/T No. 8666 of 1932 being refilled with tar whilst engaged in spraying Stone Trough Road, Kelbrook, Yorks. in July 1952. This is the waggon still owned by Glossops and now carries the number 6400 from fleet No. 120. Photo: W. P. Riley via B. D. Stoyel. 0

THE WORLD SHIP TRUST PROSPECT by Barry Beadle For a number of years Frank Carr, C.B., C.B.E., former director of the National Maritime Museum and ex-Chairman of the 'Cutty Sark' management committee felt more could be done to preserve historic ships on an international scale. Now Frank, although passed retiring age, is spending much of his time and energy on the formation of The World Ship Trust which is to act as a rescue service for interesting ships. The trust, recently accepted by the Charities Commission, will build up a register of craft worthy of preservation, will bring together museums and 0 18

trusts prepared to look after historic vessels and will raise money for specific projects. The trust's official journal 'Sea History' published in America will be distributed to members, Frank Carr has supported preservation projects on the Humber — he was a founder member of The Humber Keel and Sloop Preservation Society and has urged local authorities to recognise the last of the steam ferries 'Lincoln Castle'. He has also proposed that space in one of the three disused Town Docks in Hull be allocated to preserved ships. 0

FURNITURE BUMPING by Viv Kirk (Continued from p.211 Vol. 22 No. 4) I could not see this, as there was plenty of room for any traffic to get by. The policeman then asked a number of questions about the engine, how many speeds, weight, etc., afterwards noticing on the Burrell's belly tanks some letters S 0 X D which were wartime vehicle markings. I explained what they meant — we should have painted them out. S stood for steam and 0 X D for Oxford. An H in front of the 0 X D meant horse and a P meant petrol. After all this I then asked if he had other questions. He replied he had not. I then said, "Perhaps you could answer some. How do we get to Hampstead Road, Highgate?" to which he replied in real Cockney, "Yes, you follow this road, so and so street, turn off at the end". With further directions we set off leaving him watching us. After he was out of sight Newt said, "We want some water, look out for any stream or river". Hardly had he said this when we spotted a bridge over a brook. Stopping the engine just clear of the bridge we dropped our lift pipe in, taking no heed of the notice for all to see 'Penalty 50 shillings fine for taking water'. We had hardly got half the tanks filled when a policeman again came on the scene who turned out, when he got closer, to be the same one who had asked us so many questions about the Burrell earlier on at the coffee stall. This time, however, apart from a quick glance in our direction, he walked by without saying anything. Following the policeman's directions we came at last to the American Hospital, Hampstead Road. When there were any directions to be asked or any enquiries of any sort to be made, I used to do all the talking as Newt suffered with an impediment of his speech. Used to this, I nearly always knew what he wanted to say and so I was left to do the talking to the hospital matron, who at first, when I made myself known and what we had come for, appeared to be of the battleaxe type, but as sometimes happens, her bark was worse than her bite. Explaining we had come for the hospital beds for the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, the matron, replying sergeant major fashion, "What on a Sunday, you are not loading any beds

at this hospital on a Sunday". I explained why we arrived Sunday, of our unloading the furniture at Sydenham all day Saturday, of our travelling across London that morning. After all this the matron still seemed defiant about loading the beds that day. All this seemed to be getting us nowhere — we had to do something about finding a place to leave the Burrell and vans for the night off the road. I did not like mentioning this to the matron feeling sure what the reply would be. As there was room in the hospital yard alongside the building for the engine and vans, I was on the point of asking this request when the matron suddenly said, "Were any of you in the army during the war?" As several of us were, I replied, "I was in France until being wounded, afterwards in hospital for several months, finishing the last part of the war in Italy". The matron spoke of her hospital days during the war and of her husband who served in an infantry battalion in France, her belligerent attitude shown to us a short time before now altered completely. We could load the furniture vans and leave the Burrell and vans in the hospital yard for the night. When had we last had a meal? "Not since last night", I replied. "I will arrange with the kitchen staff to let you have tea straight away, and when you want it. a dinner". As we wanted to get the engine and vans off the road, we said after this was completed we would welcome some cups of tea, and later a dinner. We soon had the Burrell and vans positioned in the hospital yard ready to commence loading the beds. These were quite easy to pack into the vans, being of one type. After a break for dinner we finally completed the loading by tea time. Just after this the packers left us to catch the evening train back home to Oxford leaving the three of us, Newt, myself and the extra man who had come with us, who normally worked in

the yard at Botley. After tea we got everything ready for an early start in the morning, filling the Burrell's water tanks from one of the hospital yard taps, using a short hose pipe. We found some dry wood for lighting the fire, leaving the oiling round until the 19

morning. I just forget now whether we were able to couple the three vans up together in the yard, or whether we pushed them out, one at a time on the front coupling of the Burrell in the morning, afterwards coupling them all up in the street, this being the way we used to get in and out of awkward gateways and other places. Later that evening we had a walk out to the nearest hostelry and just hefore we arrived there I noticed, walking on the opposite side of the street (he did not notice me) was a former army chum from the, same battalion I served with out in France. He had been wounded in the arm and even though two years had passed, was still suffering with the effect of this, as his arm appeared to • he held tip by a frame. He appeared to be otherwise alright as he walked along accompanied by a lady, i expect his wife. i was pleased 'ne had not seen me as I did not wish to meet anyone dressed as I was, in very oily overalls and an old jacket coated with coal dust off the engine. I felt like this, I expect, being Sunday — had it been during the

week, I expect I would have felt different — most likely I would have drawn his attention and crossed the road to have a talk about old times. A few hours spent in a London hostelry in those days used to be very pleasant. I liked the company of the Cockneys and with frequent removal jobs that way, got to know their popular songs. An evening or a few hours in a London pub always Included a good sing song as only the Cockneys knew how. Having a good voice and enjoying singing I would give them some old countrymen songs like 'Farmer's Boy' and 'Song of the Thrush'. They seemed to know these songs, perhaps the sound of these songs from a pub in the heart of London brought some joy to some former countrymen now domesticated in London. You would often meet Foden steam wagon drivers amongst the customers, while there seemed to be dozens of horse and cart men, all being good company. I don't know why it was but there always seemed to be more steam wagons about in the London area in the

Photographs to include in this story were difficult to obtain so we are showing a Sentinel No. 5059 taken at the Works in Shrewsbury before delivery to Dickeson & French in 1923. The Registration No, is HC 3833, Photo: B, D. Stoyel. 20

early 1920's than anywhere else. We would often meet Dagnall's Foster haulage engines. This firm were also part-time showmen, owning a new Dragon Scenic railway, also hauled and driven by a Foster Showman's

engine. Monday morning soon came round, we were up and about by 4.30 a.m. and relit the Burrell's fire. We would most likely have had a couple of rashers fried on the clinker shovel when the fire was bright. This or bread and cheese used to be our main meal when on haulage away from home. We were on the move by 5.30 a.m., which was the best time to get through London before the trams, motor buses and other traffic got about. Our route back to Oxford was St. Albans, Thame. Somewhere near Edgware we got on the wrong road by mistake and, after we had travelled some miles realised we were on the Watford road, instead of our usual route: Barnet, St. Albans. As it later turned out this was just as well. We had ust got near Bushey, having made good time since leaving Highgate, when a loud

noise of metal shearing came from below the footplate of the Burrell. One of the engine's i" spring rods had broken. Again we were fortunate. If this had to happen what better place than early, outside a blacksmith's shop. Newt soon made his requirements known to the blacksmith, "Have you got any /" rod, mate?" After having difficulty on one or two words due to his stutter, a rod of the right type was found amongst the blacksmith's stock. Newt then said to me, "Wack a thread on that, Blossom", fixing the rod firmly in the blacksmith's leg bench vice. While I got on with this, Newt and our other helper, the brakeman, were busy on the Burrell removing the broken rod. One half we were going to have in the forge and shut together with the piece I had run the threads on. I helped with the shutting using one of the hammers, while the blacksmith used the other. When we had this completed, we then had to fix it back on the engine. In order to get the nut started on the rod we prised the underneath spring with a strong ash shaft, one half off a heavy coal cart that was lying about the blacksmith's premises.

which he enquired, "Who do I send the bill to?" Newt pointed to the Burrell's side boards, "It's all on there, Saunders & Co., Oxford", which, after much stuttering, he managed to make himself understood. These detachable side boards would remain on the Burrell canopy until the beds had all been unloaded and the empty trucks returned to Saunders premises.

This mishap was one of many that happened to the Burrell, the second since I had been on the engine. The year previous she broke her front axle on Christmas Eve. This happened in St. Giles, Oxford, while we were on our way back to Botley yard, necessitating my staying with the engine all night until repairs could be carried out Christmas Day morning. I can

truthfully say she was more or less worn out in twelve years. If ever an engine worked, Burrell No. 3393 did, hardly ever cold, which perhaps on one occasion was

a blessing, being always out of the yard on haulage. Her shed at the Curtis yard caught fire, burning out completely. Had the engine been home that night she would have been severely damaged. As it was, she was miles away near London, all that was lost were the canvas side sheets which used to get left behind at Botley during the summer time. We used to take them with us during the winter as they kept a lot of cold out when sleeping on the engine. We arrived back in Oxford that Monday during the early evening. The repairs to the spring at Bushey held us up a couple of hours, making it too late to start unloading at the Radcliffe Infirmary that day — this was then left to the following morning. We pulled into our yard at Botley for the night. The next morning when we arrived at the Radcliffe Infirmary we again, due to the awkward side entrance, pushed the vans in one at a time on the front of the Burrell. During the next five years we were on furniture removals quite often, one being three vans of Saunders & Co. behind the Burrell from Oxford to Christchurch, Bournemouth, removing a university professor from Woodstock Road, Oxford, who was

retiring to this health resort. On the return we had to pick up a household load of furniture and take it to the east side of

After the rod was back in position and we were ready to set off, the blacksmith

the country, Mildenhall, Suffolk.

called me aside and remarked about Newt, "What is he?" I told him he was one of our blacksmiths who sometimes had to act as driver on our Burrell. A handy man to have on that work, he remarked, after

We rarely travelled in that direction. We stopped the night en route at Botley, Oxford, so were able to have a change of clothing and sleep in our own beds, pulling into a side street with the Burrell and loads 21

nearly alongside our boss's house. The end of this street joined the Botley road, making it a good pull in for the night and easy to get away in the morning. During the next six years, until 1926 or 27, when our Burrell was sold to showman Jim Purchase, acquiring "Gorgon" as its name, we would be on frequent long distance haulage work, mostly furniture removals for Saunders & Co. In between this work we were drawing gravel for rood work and builders. We used to have three trucks behind our Burrell, about 8 yds. on each truck. The whole weight of the load, including the trucks would be about 30 tons. Sometimes we were hauling bricks. A lot of the housing estates built around Oxford during the 1920's were built with bricks from local brickyards, hauled by our Burrell. Another part of our work was drawing timber from 1-111r eau,' mills at Botley yard. When in 1926 our boss pur-

chased one of Symonds Breweries Fodens No. 5532, Reg. M 7463, the long distance work normally done by the Burrell was now carried out by the Foden. You could not get as big a load of furniture as with the Burrell and three vans — now only having the lift van on the back of the Foden and pantechnicon van trailer. By the late 1920's the furniture removal work ceased altogether. I was by this time the driver of a Tacker chain drive tractor, which our boss had purchased second hand, and this was the beginning of a long association of 25 years. I think it was on this engine I became so well known round Oxfordshire, Bucks and Berks. People in the years that followed always seemed to remember the "Little Giant" more so than the name of Tasker, perhaps due to the nice brass plate across the Qi-nr,knhny which I aseri to keep hriahtly polished.

The Tasker chain Tractor No. 1679 Reg. AA 5743 belonging to J. Curtis and Sons pulling timber out of the woods at Appleton Common Nr. Oxford in 1938. This is the Photo: Viv Kirk. engine driven for many years by Blossom Trinder. 22

FROM THE ALAN MARTIN COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS No. 7

Edward Robinson's, of Southminster, Essex, 7 N.H.P. Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies traction engine No. 14627 of 1902 hauling a boat hull. The picture is taken before the first World War at Burnham on Crouch, Essex. 0

TECHNICAL SECTION LUBRICATION - BEYOND OIL An article in Steaming Vol. 22, No. 2, detailed the behaviour of various traction engine components and the need for keeping them lubricated using oil or grease. It has been pointed out, however, that the Acheson Colloids Company manufacture a range of lubricants for industrial purposes which use advanced techniques and substances for their specifications to meet today's needs. Indeed their scientists and engineers probe the very frontiers of lubrication — beyond oil. In so doing, there are several of their products of which we, in the Traction Engine World can take advantage. One of these, for Steam Wagon owners, is the LONGLIFE Drive Chain Lubricant which is available in an aerosol

pack. It is a strongly adhesive and long lasting lubricant coating which can be applied to the chains without stopping them, if desired. It penetrates thoroughly to the pins and bushes of drive chains, keeping the links flexible and minimising wear, Satisfactory lubrication of the various gear trains on traction engines and similar vehicles has long been a problem. Keeping it on and at the samo time, preventing splashing, especially on a 4-shaft engine is difficult to achieve and no matter how good a gear guard one has, the driver always seems to finish up looking like a dalmatian or a candidate for the isolation hospital. 23

Another of Acheson's products — VISCO ELASTIC open gear lubricant can change all this. It is a special grease with inbuilt resistance to squeezing out under heavy loads and has unique self repairing properties. It constantly replenishes itself in the areas of tooth contact and, as the teeth come out of mesh, the lubricant is pulled back again by e unique viscoelastic action. Whilst the gears are in motion, fine strands of lubricant are drawn across the teeth. It has had extensive trials on such vigorous open gear applications as Drag Lines, Cement Kilns, Mechanical Plusses, DULAJILle CICIIICb aiIIA Tel iliat,ojaill Plants.

quieter running in consequence. A further advantage is that lubrication intervals can be lengthened when O.G.L. is in use.

Its properties resist centrifugal fling off by their clinging action to fast moving gears. The grease reduces wear by providing high load carrying capacity and it is atfar resistant an,-1 th,is prntne•to ngninqt corrosion. It rapidly transfers along a gear train and since it is available in the form of either aerosol can or pail, it can be applied by fine spray through gear guard 'spy holes' without problem and one can be ensured of a quick transfer of lubricant all the way round the gears which will be

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The method of application of this relatively new compound is important — traces of old lubricants should be removed, or otherwise the visco-elastic properties will be impaired. Since this is generally impractical without a great deal of dismantling on traction engines, the O.G.L. may be applied, the gears allowed to run for a little while, when much of the mixture will be thrown off. The residue may then be wiped off, as far as is possible, before re-applying the Visco Elastic Open Gear Lubricant.

(Ed. note: Steaming cannot be held responsible for claims made in this article. This information is given in good faith in the hope that it may assist members in running and preserving their engines). 0

A FURTHER NOTE ON BOILER FEED WATER TREATMENT by B. Bourn, C.Eng. I was very interested to read Mr. (2) Most of our corrosion problems come from oxygen pitting. Owners who Garnett's article in the June copy of have engines with top feed (some Steaming, and as both he and the Editor Burrells and Avelings) should use that suggest, it is sensible to consider what feed, in preference to clack boxes can be done to extend the life of the which feed below water level, also boilers of our engines. hot water from an injector is better Unfortunately, as Mr. Garnett's article than cold water from a pump, since tends to show, comprehensive feed water oxygen is more quickly disengaged treatment for boilers using a variety of from the water when it is hot. water sources is not easy, and incorrect or excessive forms of treatment can even (3) Vary the sources of supply that you use For water. Straight chemical corbe worse than none at all. However, I rosion (as opposed to oxygen pitting) would suggest that there are a few basic is caused by reactive materials in the rules that can be observed, which will feed water, and reasonable luck will give worthwhile improvements without cause a mixture of these to react, to too much effort: some extent, with each other, rather (1) Avoid water that is known to be acid than with the metal of the boiler. (from peat soil for example) or high (4) Within reason, do not wash out too in "salts" (contaminated with sea often. Chemical reactions (including water). If you operate your engine corrosion) are inhibited by their own constantly in such an area, stick to products. In other words, if water mains water. 24

has 'corroded iron' dissolved in it, it is less inclined to dissolve some more. (5) Do not fill the boiler with water any earlier in the year than you need to, especially if you have just re-tubed it. Corrosion proceeds more slowly once some scale is present and the oxygen has been boiled out of the water. (6) Do not get too worried about oil in the boiler (from the point of view of corrosion, that is). It is only a sgnificant problem where condensate from an engine exhaust is re-used as feed water. In a traction engine, unless the driver is very casual about water supplies (or the way in which he oils the feed pump), priming gives early warning of oil in the boiler, which is, of course, most undesirable in any case. The question of corrosion protection during the Winter period when most engines are out of use is an entirely different subject. It would be interesting to know what various owners do, but here are four suggestions (the last one is, as far as I am aware, untried on traction engines, but proved very successful on oil free compressors where corrosion during standing is a very serious problem). (1) If in a buildiing, free from risk of freezing, fill the boiler full with water, to which sodium sulphite is added. This will remove oxygen and continue to do so provided that all boiler openings are closed. However, remember that the quantity of oxygen that it is practicable to remove in this 0

way is very limited (it is not suitable for adding to the feed of a working boiler unless most of the oxygen is first removed mechanically). (2) Empty boiler, remove manholes and leave to dry (say about one week). Insert trays of Quicklime, close all openings and Quicklime will maintain the boiler in a dry state. Oxygen attack cannot occur under these conditions (silica gel could be used instead). (3) Empty boiler, remove manholes and leave to dry, and simply leave the boiler in this way. Although condensation (and therefore oxygen corrosion damp in conditions) will occur weather, at least most of the time the boiler will be dry and corrosion free. (4) Empty boiler, remove manholes and leave to dry. Then close all openings, blow boiler through with nitrogen and maintain under slight nitrogen pressure. This could be achieved by the use of an ordinary size (200 cubic feet) cylinder, via a regulator. Of course, whatever arrangement is to be used, the boiler should first be thoroughly washed out. About the worst thing to do is drain out the water but leave the boiler damp and full of air for the Winter. Please note that both sodium sulphite and quicklime are nasty chemicals to handle and should not be allowed to contact the skin, especially the eyes. Wear goggles as a precaution, wash off any splashes from the skin with plenty of water, and if a splash does get near your eyes wash thoroughly and see your doctor. 0

ON SENTINELS By J. L. THOMAS co-author of "The Sentinel" The coloured front cover photograph on the issue of Steaming Vol. 22 No. 2 for March 1979 depicted what purported to be a Sentinel Model S4 Timber Tractor of 1933, what is more the caption on the editorial page said it was Sentinel No. 8843 Reg. No. HJ2112 and that it was being restored from a derelict condition by Goold Bros. of Camerton, Bath. No "S" or shaft drive timber haulage tractors were never built by the Sentinel Waggon Works Ltd., but five only model

S4 road haulage tractors were constructed using standard S4 waggon parts and mounted on nine seventy five by twenty four tyres, singles at front and twins at rear. No separate haulage engine or drum was fitted. Of these five tractors, none were sold in England. No. 8956 was sent in February 1934 to a Mr. Charvet of Lyons, France. No. 9039 was exported on 4th May 1934 to Geo. Elcombe & Son of Salisbury, 25

Rhodesia and at the end of March 1934 tractors Nos. 9288, 9289 and 9290 were exported to South Africa (Adams).

mechanism at Mr. H. V. Bowen's, Dyrhieu Mill. So 8843 could have been rebuilt as original.

'SUBMERSIBLE' When I found and purchased the wheelless, engineless, boilerless, bodyless chassis of S4 No. 8843, correct registration No. UJ2112, she was lying in the Afon Rhiw at H. V. Bowen's Dyrhieu Mill, New Mills, Montgomeryshire. All four brake drums had rusted through end every lime they had a storm up in the hills, the river flooded and submerged the chassis. For the benefit of the Goold Bros.—and they will know what I mean—there was a complete steering system, I repeat complete steering system, on this chassis when Mr. David Webster of Ludlow took it to Clee-St.-Margaret for me. Thanks to the kindness of Mr. R. M. Woolley of Bucknell, Salop, I acquired four brake drums, four wheels with good tyres and a good S4 boiler and firebox. When I sold the chassis to Goold Bros. I told them I had left the cross braced tipping body framework and the tipping

Sentinel S4 No. 8843 Registration No. UJ2112 was the 15th S Model Sentinel built and was new on 7th October 1933 as a 3-way tipper to H. A. L. Price & Co. Ltd., Dawley, Salop, No. 11. She was used to haul coal to the Sentinel boiler house and I have a photograph of her doing so.

"On" or should I say "In" any of the Sentinel S model catalogues or brochures this actual waggon was always the one used to depict their three way S4 model tipper. 8843 was only the second S4 three way tipper built, No. 8827 UJ2225, now preserved by Mr. D. P. Price of Chilworth, Surrey, was the first. So now we see she has a twin cylinder Sentinel loco engine fitted over the rear axle, with single tyres on rear and is being passed off as something that we at least are very certain the Sentinel Waggon Works Ltd. never built in their life time — "an S4 timber haulage tractor".

Sentinel S4 No. 8843 delivering coal to the Sentinel boiler house. 26

Photo: J. L. Thomas.

AREA NOTES Compiled by Derek Rayner It is appreciated that it is somewhat disappointing to receive one's copy of Steaming later than the anticipated date, but as the Editor has explained previously, it was necessary to delay the last issue, which was already late due to problems with the printers, so the Club could save postage associated with the additional leaflets which were included, However, one issue being late must not necessarily make the next issue late, but unfortunately, there is a tendency for Area Contributors not to send in the next Notes until the last have been received 'in print'. This has the effect of perpetuating the delay and unless we stick more rigidly to the Area Notes press dates of the last days of October, January, April and July, StearWng will continue to be late. Personal circumstances surrounding the Editor's holidays, health and business commitments are also factors which may delay the publication of the magazine as are Bank Holidays and the Postal Service but, the Editorial staff do try to reduce delays caused by these to a minimum. It is hoped that Members will bear with us when the Magazine is late and help, by the methods outlined above, to keep us to our set dates. Although at the time of writing, it seems a long way off, I should like to wish all Contributors a Happy New Year and good Steaming therein and trust the festive season has been enjoyable. On behalf of myself and all members, our grateful thanks

to you all for assistance during the past year and I can assure you that the increased coverage of Area Notes is appreciated. I trust you will continue this in the New Year. Anyone else who has information to pass on or feels they could help, please contact me. Magazines/Journals have been received from:- WoE.SES, STES, SCHVPT, Notts & District, Somerset TEC. This number is still insufficient to give as good a coverage as we would like and more would be appreciated. My Press Date for the next issue is the last day of January 1980. Copy to D. A. Rayner, 'Invicta', Lower

Street, Salhouse, Norwich, NR13 6 RH.

NORFOLK/SUFFOLK Once again an excellent rally was held at Weeting in July where almost 50 engines were present. Working engines, ploughing engines, showman's, all were there, in profusion and at a very reasonable cost to the paying public. One notable feature was the repeat of last year's procession depicting 'Harvesting through the Ages'

which commenced with 'nen carrying scythes, women with shp;i..P.:1::, -implements of various types and c luding with a new Ford tractor and ball was a first 1,:•Dr-n side, for time appearance, on Arthur Bullman with his recently restored Standard Sentinel waggon No. 1716/1917/ AW3833 and he vied with the big Show-

man's engines for attention. These included Teddy Cushing's Burrell No. 3933/1922/ FJ2041 'Princess Mary': Stan Burgess' No. 3979/1924/YA9138 'Earl Haigh'; Jack Joyce's magnificent Fowler, lately 'Goliath', now No. 14424/1916/DH2545 'Valiant', ex Pat Collins and the Fowler conversion of Bill Sykes, No. 14758/1917/WY480 'Iron Duke'. Another engine there was Foden Tractor No. 13068/1928/EU3764 'Perseverance' owned by E. Shone. At Framlingham, Suffolk, this year's Vintage Steam and Tractor Rally had a many and varied selection of tractors and barn engines and these were complemented by several steam exhibits, including the Becher's Marshall Roller No. 83270/1928/ VH1261 'Jolly Joyce' and J. Atkin's Ruston Proctor TE No. 49804/1914/EB3554 'Jack'. Further down the road, the committee formed from Local Organisations staged their fifth popular event at Henham Hall in September. With the Garrett Works at Leiston only just along the coast, it was obvious that these local products would be well in evidence as well as the new restoration project of the Long Shop at Garrett's Works being represented. Of the 15 or so engines present ,the Garrett tractors of G. King (No. 33141/1917/BJ7721, 'Julie') and W. Jeanes (No. 32944/1916/BJ3206, 'Princess Marina') led the field whilst in addition, a first attender was the unusual Fowler Ploughing Engine No. 12366/1910/ BP5599 'Old Guard' owned by B. Taylor. In the same vein, and worth a mention, even though it is petrol/paraffin powered, was the unique Guiseley, Yorks., product of Walsh & Clarke — a 45 h.p. ploughing engine, built in the same style as the other Yorkshire products and the sole survivor of some 16 owned locally by Mr. G. Miles. It is now kept at the Sotterley Agricultural Museum which is well worth a visit for anyone interested in Farming Bygones. On the first day of the rally, an auction was held where a Wallis & Steevens GP No. 7690/1921/BJ8765, owned by the late Mr. Marriage was sold for £6,900 to Mr. W. Bird, owner of the A. & P. Roller No. 8765/1916/— which came to this country from Italy a few years ago. The previous weekend, the Raveningham Threshing Fair was staged by local organisations and the main motive power for the proceedings was provided by D. W. Dean's Marshall GP No. 52483/1909/E5114 which was steamed over from its norma! gsraginre point to the event. An unfortunate clash of dates with the 28

Henham Rally resulted in a split attendance at an event held on the Norfolk County Showground at Costessy, Norwich. The Bysteam Club had already decided not to hold an event this year but when the local newspaper approached them with a view to taking part in a Town & Country Show, it was obviously too good a chance to miss. The Steam Section was only a small part of the whole show but nevertheless it was certainly an attraction in its own right. A Threshing Demonstration was provided by Roger Wyeld's Ruston Proctor No, 34987/1908/AH5654 'Rusty', whilst a chaff riittPr, driven by R. Freeman's Burrell GP No. 4088/ 1930/VF9646 'Rosemarie', complemented this. One roller was present, this being the Burrell No. 3994/1924/PW3993 'Leader' owned by J. and P. Wright. Ring events were held but the area provided was far too small for anything in the normal rally style. Rides around the Showground were given by George Milligan's Sentinel S4 coach replica No. 9151/1935/JH9994 which is a very clever conversion in the style once turned out by Sentinel's themselves. Later in September, Ted Mack of Bodham held a rare open day at his premises. His three engines — Fowler No. 8334/1899/ 9314PW 'Susannah', A. & P. Roller No. 8378/1914/N02735, 'James' and Marshall portable were all on show together with the family's vast collection of Agricultural bygones. A visitor to Norwich on the 13th October from out of the county was Dr. J. Middlemiss' Burrell Showman's No. 3555/1914/A06262 'Busy Bee' which toured the City and then stood generating for a while outside his son's Restaurant, 'Sasses,' adjacent to the Station. The purpose of the visit was a publicity exercise for the restaurant. Mr. Shepherd of Docking has advertised a 1922 A. & P. roller for sale with a good boiler report. (Further details, for record purposes, would be appreciated. Ed.). An event has been held at Cockfield, Suffolk for a number of years and the title of the show has been 'Farming through the Ages'. It was staged on the airfield this year and Ken Steward's fine pair of Fowler Ploughing Engines were at work — Nos. 15420-1/ 1919/HR4261-2, and other working exhibits included his Foster TE No. 14622/1930/FW1917 'Sir William' on a threshing drum and a Ransomes portable No. 27271/1918 owned by M. Bryant. Other steam interest was provided by B. B. Freeman's Burrell No. 4088, Kath Salmon's Burrell Sh. tractor No. 3433/1912/ AH0108 'Peter Pan' and R. Parrott's old

Burrell GP No. 748/1876/CF3667 'Century', together with John Down's fine set of Gallopers.

NORTHUMBERLAND/ DURHAM An ex Scottish Marshall roller No. 83217/1928/SL1314 'Gleneagles' is now to be found in the ownership of Mr. L. Elliott, Toft Hill, Co. Durham. Graeme Thirkell's Marshall compound TE No. 84921/1929/ UP3325, finally came home to Shildon in October from Jack Wakefield's yard. In consequence, Graeme's A. & P. Roller No. 10921/1924/PT3779 has been offered for sale for £6,000. The second rally staged by the relatively new South Durham and N. Yorks T.E.C. at Witton Park in late August was well supported. A long way from home in Lancashire was Hughie Winterbottom's S4 Sentinel (part completed) No. 9086/1934/ SE4013 whilst up from Yorkshire came Jack Hardy with the Fowler Showman's No. 15117/1920/8E8558, 'Headway'. From nearer at hand, the Misses Glenn showed their A. & P. showman's style tractor No. 12115/1928/VW5172 'Rambler' and also there was the Marshall Roller of Elliott Earthmoving Ltd. Further north, steam was present this year at the Wolsingham show where, amongst other attractions, a Mortier Cafe organ owned by Messrs. Pilmer & Thrall of Horbury, Yorks, was powered by Bob Oliver's Aveling & Porter No. 14068/1930/VN2092 'Hunslet'. Tom Tait at Haswell has completed the re-tubing and fitting a new smokebox to Fowler T.E. No. 16289/1925/NL8292, 'Supremacy', whilst another engine receiving attention in the area is Jack Pierson's Marshall portable No. 49285/1908. Jack Wakefield has sold the massive Robey portable No. 49484/1942 to a Mr. Henderson who is to use it to power his sawmall at Satley, near Tow Law — quite a change in the 1970's to hear of an engine actually being sold to work for its living. The Fowler Road Loco of B. M. Stafford, No. 15649/1921/CT3940, 'Providence' had another outing to a local farm at the end of the season where it powered a threshing outfit. The Tyne & Wear County Council Museums organised an Engine Rally and Model Exhibition on the Town Moor, Newcastle, where full size exhibits included the following: The North of England Open Air Museum's Mann tractor No. 1747/1923/

MUP622. C. Woodend's Burrell conversion No. 3220/1910/TB3719 'Outlaw'; T. V. Wetherell's A. & P. Roller No. 10357/1922/ NL4218 'North Star' and G. Byerley's Marshall Portable No. 87501 /1935.

WEST WALES Our second show of the year and truly the greatest ever was organised by the NVT & E Club — West Wales Branch at Templeton in August. Everything was arranged so that every kind of machine, engines, steamers, vintage motor cars, motor cycles, etc. was in a position where one didn't have to walk miles to see them. A request has been made by so many visitors that special mention be made in this issue of our Organiser, Brian Owen and also Dave Reynolds and Delwyn Philips for the hard work carried out by them. We also had the pleasure of the company of Carolyn Jones (or Sharon Metcalfe from 'Crossroads') and she was booked in at the Cross Roads Motel near Templeton and close by was the Cross Roads Garage, so it was no change for her as far as these were concerned. Brian Owen was also the man on the mike. The Grand Parade included Wallis & Steevens Showman's tractor No. 7390/1913/AA5116 'Beryl', owned by Dai Jones, Crymych; Marshall compound convertible (complete with its traction kit) No. 73290/1920/BE 9749, Rees Bros., Llanrhian Croesgoch; A. & P. Roller No. 6573/1909/CA6333, 'Lady Gosen', S. Rees, Crymych; Marshall Portable No. 69872/1916, Mason Bros., Llanteg; Fowler P.E. (K.7.) No. 14695/1917/ MA5129, H. Glanville, Llanteg; and Fowler Single Roller No. 16148/1924/TT1253, 'Queen of the Road', Bill James, Roch. Mention must also be made of the dozens of stationary engines, tractors and vintage cars which were immaculately turned out and arranged so well on the showfield. Dai Jones looked on top of the world as he led the Grand Parade with the only Showman's on the field. Some information was obtained from John Carter which may be of interest about his 1895 Tidman Gallopers. He explained that the organ engine mounted on the centre engine was to be tapped into the centre engine in the very near future and the machine has recently been fitted with a 46 key Gavioli Organ. W.J.

STAFFS The North Staffs & Cheshire Club's 21st Anniversary event was held at Trentham 29

Saturday, 22nd September 1979 and the Annual Bonfire Spectacular organised by the Burton Branch of the R.N.L.I. Burrell Showman's R.L. "Rajah" No. 3509 and built in 1913 generating for the 1928 Mortier Fairground Organ belonging to Mr. Walker of Ashbourne. Photo: G. Hallam. Gardens, near Newcastle-under-Lyme and turned out to be an extremely enjoyable weekend for all those present. The largest exhibit present was Frank Lythgoe's Burrell Scenic No. 4030/1925/FA2316 'Dolphin' which competed with Len Crane's Fowler Crane Engine No. 17212 for this title. Another Burrell Showman's present was the 5 h.p. No. 3509/1913/G6469 'Rajah' owned by J. Swinglehurst. Unusual engines included Bill Dakin's Humphries portable No. 16630890 and P. Millington's Marshall portable Na. 861 61 /1931 a 10 h.p., both of which were driving threshing machines at the rally. Traction engines were in the minority but these included the relatively rare Allchin owned by D. Eastwood, No. 1105/1899/FP1024 'Ellen' and the old McLaren No. 127/1882/H05618 'Little Wonder' owned by J. Mayes, who also exhibited, along with his family, their two Fowler BB ploughing engines No. 14381-2/1917/NM557-8, 'Excalibur' and 'Excelsior'. Rollers included the Avelings of E. Speed (No. 10893/1924/NX6283) and S. Arrowsmith (No. 11520/1926/MK5128 'Satan'). 30

Later on in the season, circumstances were somewhat kinder this year than last as the organisiing committee of the Fauld Rally did not have to put up with a last minute change of site as they did for their first show last year. A fair selection of local engines were present and also two visitors which created a lot of interest, as they did last year. These were Messrs. Bradbury & Sear's Savage replica and Len Crane's Fowler Crane engine. Len has recently fitted a steam siren to his engine, certainly an unforgettable sound. As the show is staged to benefit the NS & CTEC's site at Klondyke Mill, it is fitting that several of the exhibits should be from this noteworthy centre and these included the Club's own Aveling No. 8316/1914/E5335 'Lady Hamilton' and Dennis Waters pair of rollers, A. & P. No, 9128/1920/E5336 'Major' and Marshall No. 81427/1926/PY6079, 'Anne'. Alan Williamson paid a visit with his S4 Sentinel No. 8884/1933 /TJ3319 whilst another wagon present was the Foden of Messrs. Gardener & Savage, No. 13120/ 1928/VM4536 'Midnight Rambler'.

ESSEX One change of ownership to report and an engine which has come into the area is an Aveling & Porter tractor No. 11486/ 1926/KM7100 'Morning Star' from the vicinity of Southampton. It is now owned by Mr. J. R. Durling of Saffron Walden, who asks whether anyone can help with details of where the engine worked and/or was stored until the 1960s. (Letters to D.A.R. please). Mark Money has offered his Aveling Roller for sale. This is No. 10175/1921/N02142 and advice to the Editorial desk would be welcomed if it leaves the county.

CUMBRIA This year's C,S.V.V.S.'s Steam Gathering was held again in July to beat the poor September weather and unfortunately rain kept the attendances down. C. Woodend & Son's Burrell conversion 'Outlaw' made a first time appearance at this event as did the immaculately restored S4 Sentinel of J. Wareing & Son with their blue No. 9003/1934/VE9963, late of Tom Varley. From Ashbourne in Derbyshire, David Walker exhibited his A. & P. Roller No. 11064/1925/PT4264 and local engines included W. Douthwaite's McLaren G.P. No. 1105/1911/A06266, 'Margaret'; Cragg & Cutriss's Ruston & Hornsby Portable No. 163844/1934 and also their Marshall G.P. No. 87005/1934/BN0519, 'George III' and Rufus Carr's small Wallis & Steevens Advance Roller No. 7773/1923/X04975. Also at Kendal, later on in the season, the small event which started when the Cumbria Rally changed their dates, continues to expand. This year there was a much larger fair and several organs paid a visit — some of them from as far afield as Scotland. Civic recognition in the form of a visit by the Mayor and Mayoress of Kendal was a boost to the organisers and they were privileged to see the fine Fowler Showman's engine No. 15116/1920/CB 3052, 'Bertha', from Levens Hall and also the recent conversion of C. Woodend & Sons, Burrell No. 3220/1910/TB3719, 'Outlaw', powering the organs. Messrs. Cragg & Cutriss of Knock, near Penrith, have purchased the Castle Engineering Works in Penrith and intend to turn it into a Steam Museum. They have purchased from Jack Wakefield in Co. Durham, the unique Robey Portable No. 49116/1935 which has the cylinder below the boiler, as an exhibit.

SCOTLAND The S.T.E.S. were hosts to several English engines at their 'Yesterday's World' event at Lanark in early August. Sunshine on the Saturday brought good crowds but Sunday's rain cut attendances below the anticipated high figure. En route to the North East was the Robey 'Express' tractor now owned by Bill Edwards of Aberdeen. He bought this from Tom Varley, having sold Tom his Sentinel and the Ransome's engine. Tom exhibited his Burrell No. 3444/1913/CK3403, 'His Lordship' and also the pair of Australian wagons, A. & P. No. 9282 and Atkinson No. 72. Other engines from south of the border were Hubert Nixon's Foster No. 12438/1909/AH5496, 'Herbert'; Andrew Craske's second appearance with his Fowler Roller No. 15589/1920/U8709, 'Hilda' and Treloar Bros. Ruston Proctor Portable No. 10743/1892, together with C. Woodend & Sons Burrell No. 3220. As well as Murdoch McKenzie Ltd's Fowler Roller No. 17471/1928/GM1523 being present, they also exhibited their A. & P. Roller No. 10356/1922/GM263 and a new exhibitor with an A. & P. roller was Russell Kingain with No. 7857/1913/ SH4274. The departure of Bill Edward's Sentinel to England means that this manufacturer is no longer represented in Scotland in the ranks of active engines. In the North East, the annual Deeside Rally took place at Maryculter in midAugust. Bill Edwards exhibited the Robey No. 43388/1929/VL983, 'Pendle Knight' at this enjoyable event for the first time and apart from the Clayton & Shuttleworth TE No. 47048/1915/CE7685, 'Red Admiral' owned by W. Nichol and the Grampian Regional Council's Fowler roller No. 19457/ 1932/AV4778, the remainder of the eleven engines were owned by the family concerns of Barrack and Cowies. Jimmy Drummond's Fowler tractor No. 17260/1927/ES9796, 'Kenmore' was taken by John Landsborough and Kenneth Johnstone to a 'Victorian Day' at New Lanark in early September. An item worthy of preservation was noted on Arran in June, this being a very old stone crusher, having a twin flywheel diesel engine and being about 15 ft. long. Further details can be supplied if anyone is interested.

CAMBS The little village of Brampton, near Huntingdon was the scene of a new rally 31

this year when the local Round Table organised a small event in aid of a local charity. Seven engines were present and these included the Saunders' family's three engines, Peter Coulson's two and Dr. J. Middlemiss' Burrell Showman's, 'Busy Bee' together with the Fowler No. 93/1904/ CE7894, "Abbott", of Ivan Pottle. Another small event was that at Wicken, near Ely, which was mainly for Vintage Tractor and Stationary Engine enthusiasts but as part of the whole scheme of things, steam was also represented and an olde tyme threshing demonstration was staged by R. f‘lo. 2948/1907/1\1010G, Peccuti..b 'Dreadnought' whilst also present was the Burrell S.R.L. No. 3979/1924/YA9138, 'Earl Haig' of Stan Burgess, who drove over from nearby Haddenham and also Taylor's sole surviving K5 Fowler P.E. No. 12366/ 1910/BP5599 'Old Guard'. 'Earl Haig' naturally took pride of place at its local rally at Haddenham whilst long distance visitors included Gardiner and Savage's Forlen wagon No. 13120/1928/ VM4536 from Derbyshire and Messrs. Holman & Dowland's Fowler G.P. No. 11357/ 1908/NM219 from Bedfordshire. Also there were P. Wright's Ruston Proctor No. 35501/ 1908/BE7438, 'The Muddler', Gowlett's Fowler T.E. No. 10373/1905/CE7922, 'Ada' and J. & P. Wright's Burrell Roller No. 3994. One of East Anglia's last events of the season took place at Melbourn where some eight engines attended a reasonably priced show which included farm machinery and ploughing. Among those present was B. Taylor's Fowler P.E. 'Old Guard' and R. Swain's A. & P. Roller No. 11556/1926/ MK6933, 'Gentle Annie', whilst from Bedfordshire, W. Davenport brought his Burrell T.E. No. 2921/1907/N0440, 'Violet' and R. Saunders came with his Clayton & Shuttleworth T.E. No. 43130/1910/BD5494. It was, however, the local engines which created probably the most interest, these being Ivan Pottle's rare Fowell, and R. Deans' Deans Portable (built by his grandfather) No. 1 of 1895, now finely restored.

MIDDLESEX A bonfire and barbecue were the features of an enjoyable late season occasion held at a new venue for the Home Counties at Stanmore. It was organised by Messrs. R. & P. Walker and the engines present were E. Gale's Foden 'C' type No. 13484 (12300)/1930/LG8784, 'Talisman'; J. Beale's Garrett tractor No. 33296/1918/W5510, 'Pride of Penn' and R. Walker's Burrell 32

tractor No. 4072/1927/PH2900, 'Tinkerbell'. Leonard Brook's Chiappa organ provided the music.

CORNWALL Both major rallies in the county suffered from the effects of the weather, as did many other events throughout the country, during the summer of 1979. At St. Agnes, in August, a number of engines were appearing for the first time. Dan Doncaster made the trip f rani Essex with Edgar Shone's Sentinel SS Waggon No. 9105/ 1934/UJ3652, 'The Shrewsbury Flyer', under its own steam, and returned via the Bishops Castle Rally. Dave Corbin brought his 8 nhp Aveling dcc/ohsv Traction No. 3387/1894/HKJ817, 'Big Ben' from Corfe Mullen, Dorset, and three rollers also made their debuts at this event: Brian Dando's 10-ton Wallis 'Advance' No. 7878/ 1926/H06482, 'Little Wonder', John Uphill and Rodney Hunt's 10-ton Marshall sc/sv No. 71833/1919/ER697, 'Beryl', and the Devon County Council's 12-ton Marshall S-type compound No. 78153/1925/TT1855, now in custody of North Devon enthusiast, Clarence de la Cour of Swimbridge. The Devon C.C.'s 8-ton Green sc/sv No. 1968/ 1920/TA2431 also attended, in the charge of veteran driver Fred Manning. Also from Devon was Peter Bater's 10ton Marshall dcc/ohsv Marshall Roller No. 53351/1909/Y9936, Aubrey Sanders' Wallis 'Oilbath' Tractor No. 7289/1912/AA5014 'Tinkerbell' and George Moore's Fowler sc Traction No. 9698/1903/HR4732 'Farmer's Friend', with Geoff Westlake of Wadebridge at the helm. Bert Dibben's Wallis sc Traction No. 7102/1909/BH7446 'The Reeder Express' came down from Hampshire. Amongst the many local engines, George Hawkins' little 6-ton Fowler sc Roller No. 18843/1930/EXX760 'Princess Caroline' re-appeared after an absence of four years, having been recently retubed, fitted with a new set of firebars and nicely painted and lined out. A number of programmes were surplus to requirements, following the bad weather on the second day, and anyone who would like a copy may obtain one by sending 14p in stamps to the writer at 43 Aneray Road, Camborne, Cornwall. At Liskeard a fortnight later, the star of the show was the National Motor Museum's Burrell Showman No. 3443/1913/ C03822 'Lord Nelson', back on Cornish soil again after an absence of some years. The Marshall sc/sv Portable No. 50595/1909 'Taphouse Queen' also returned to her home

county, now owned and beautifully restored by Ron Bond of Chard, after spending her entire life in the East Taphouse Steam Sawmills. She was able to renew acquaintance with her former owner, Mr. A. Pearce, now aged 94, who purchased it now for the Sawmills. Other engines appearing at the event for the first time were Dave Corbin's Aveling 'Big Ben', the Aveling Rollers No. 8585/1915/FH2253 and No. 101510/1922 /FX8654 'Tommy', owned by David Hicks and Joe and Dennis Warren, respectively, and Fred Britten's recentlyrestored McLaren sc Traction No. 547/ 1894/BD5448 'Tho FA,,," from IAlithioigh, Devon, and it was good to see her former owner, Charles Gregory, at the helm once again on this occasion. Further out-county entries comprised Brian Casely's Burrell Road Loco. No. 3824/1920/YA366, 'Lord Fisher', Brian Dando's Wallis 'Advance' and Messrs. Uphill & Hunt's Marshall Roller. Following the Annual Auction Sale at Stourpaine Bushes in September, another engine has come into the county for restoration, this being an 8-ton Aveling sc/ pv 'C' type Roller No. 10445/1923/FX9806, new to Eddison's, and later operated by Jake Johnson, Coanwood, Northumberland, from whom it was recently purchased by Mark Garrett of Roche, near St. Austell. The roller has stood idle for several years and is in need of extensive restoration, but will no doubt be joining the ranks of its restored counterparts in due course. 1980 sees the 25th Anniversary of the formation of the West of England Steam Engine Society. A really spectacular rally to celebrate this occasion is being held, details of which will be announced in Steaming in due course. In the meantime, book the dates — August 16th and 17th. The Liskeard St. Matthew's Fair was this year graced by the presence of an engine and organ owned by Mr. B. Bond. The local Lions Club organised part of the show and the engine — Garrett No. 33353/1918/ BJ4236, 'The Chough' and 98 Key Marenghi Organ — made an excellent addition to the well patronised event.

WARWICKS An excellent event was staged again at Stoncicigh where the Town & Country Festival attracted a record 128,000 attendance over the three days. Around 40 engines were present and in addition to the usual features, working demonstrations were staged which included stone crushing, threshing, chaff cutting and wood

sawing. Included in the engines present was regular attender Johnny Mayes with the old McLaren No. 127/1882/H05618, 'Little Wonder, whose journey to this event one year has been chronicled in these pages, around a dozen steam rollers; Jack Wharton's Fowler S.R.L. 'Supreme' and the recently returned (to this country) Z7 Fowler P.E. No. 15670/1922 owned by Mr. D. Adkins.

YORKSHIRE There was a rare public appearance for C. Wood's A. & P. Roller No. 11200/1925/ BT8252 at the N.V.T.E.C.'s rally near York in July. Eric usually rallies his R.S.J. portable. so it was nice t❑ see the Aveling out for a change. Pickering Rally was again well attended in early August and Castle Howard's Great Yorkshire Steam Fair, the following weekend, also packed them in and again attracted several engine visitors from outside the county. Undoubtedly the furthest travelled of these was J. N. Gilbey's Burrell tractor No. 3192/1910/CR6229, 'St. Bernard', making a return visit. Other visitors were the immaculate pair of Fowler Ploughing engines of Andrew Fisher, Nos. 15170-'1/1918/NR87-9 and Hubert Nixon's Foster, 'Hubert'. Coming to Yorkshire for the first time was the Lincolnshire Life Museum's Ruston Proctor G.P. No. 46596/1913/SFE519L 'Sylvia' which recently returned to this country from France. Another first timer was the appearance of the A. & P. Roller No. 7583/1912/TF395, 'Likely Lad' of Messrs. Farrow & Lyons. The Leeds Club's Rally at Bramham Park had a multitude of 'firsts' to its credit this year. The Fowler Works Memorial Unveiling and Road Run were timed to co-incide with the event and for the first time therefore, Ploughing Engines were featured at a Leeds Club Rally. Fowler engines appearing for the first time were Irvin Barraclough's Russian type R.L . No. 14893/1917/C16888, 'Midnight'; Andrew Fisher's superb pair of Ploughing Engines; John Conners Showman's, 'King Carnival ll' and tractor 'King ❑f the Road'; and Len Crane's Crane Engine, 'Wolverhampton Wanderer'. A late entry and quite a surprise was the newly acquired Garrett steam roller No. 34084/1921/E1J7045, 'The Baroness', now owned by J. and S. Lea of Scholes. This had only been purchased from Lancashire some two weeks prior to the rally and made a very welcome addition to the 33

types of rollers present which included the more usual Aveling, Fowler, Wallis & Steevens and Marshall types. Two Sentinels appeared which were no strangers to a Leeds Club event but it was the first time there in new ownership. The first, and looking very well after the completion of the paintwork was Keith Collins' S4 No. 9308/1937/DDC838 which now has the Swahili legend, 'Gari-y-Moshi' emblazoned on the front and secondly, Hughie Winterbottom's part completed S4 No. 9086/1934/ SE4013. These were previously in the ownership of Ted Ashton and Lister Fearnley respectively. Wagons by Yorkshire and Foden completed the line up. It was a great pity for the Movement as a whole that Fowlers were not represented in this class at this special Fowler event. A fortnight or so after the Bank Holiday, the Sheffield & District S. Society's Rally was again staged at Oakes Park, Sheffield — despite the Club having to receive planning permission from the Local Council to enable them to do so. (Does any other Rally organiser have to suffer the ignominy col having to apply to the local authority in

this way. — Ed?) Nevertheless, a good selection of engines were present including visitors from Derbyshire such as Teddy Eanworth's collection: A. & P. Roller No. 14186/1935/ENN173, 'Roll On'; Fowler R.L. No. 14958/1918/E9600, 'Marina' and A. & P. tractor No. 9179/ 1920/CJ4158, 'The Whippett'. Also present was another 'Russian' type Fowler — 'Midnight' of Irvin Barraclough. creating a rare sight of two of these together. Yet another Leeds built Road Loco

was the McLaren of John Blagg, No. 1421/ 1913/13E7518, 'Captain Scott', looking as workmanlike as ever and a regular attender of rallies in this area. Ted Ashton's DG4

Sentinel was also present, having been newly repainted in an all over red livery from the previous yellow and red stage which followed the very pleasant green. Still in the south of the county, the S.Y. Transport Rally held their show at a new location this year, at Locke Park, Barnsley. Although primarily a Veteran vehicle rally, steam has been present in the past and this year was no exception. Because of

certain conditions imposed under the letting contract of the new site, no heavy engines could take part but this did not prevent two Sentinels from participating, both in the run from Sheffield in the morning and in the static display later on in the day. Both Keith Collins's 54 and Ted Ashton's DG4 took part in this event. Following these events ,the 'back-end' 34

brings a few events attended by one or two engines. In late September, in Leeds, the Middleton Railway Trust held a Steam Gala at their passenger terminus in Hunslet which is not far from the sites of McLaren's, Mann's or Fowler's Works. In addition to their locomotives, Barry Wood steamed his A. & P. 12-ton ohsv Roller No. 5308/1903/HD1573, 'Withernsea' from its new home on the outskirts of the city to attend. On the last day of the month, the North Yorkshire Vintage Machinery Society had their annual rally at Hook House Farm, Kirkby Fleetham. Two local engines attended, namely Seth Alderson's Marshall G.P. No. 84679/1929/WF2657 which drove a threshing drum for part of the afternoon and John Henderson's A. & P. tractor (now sporting three speeds) (ex Road Roller) No. 11451/1926/PT7442 'Kathryn'. Over in the west of the county, in the Craven district at West Marton, Alwyn Rogers is now well advanced with the restoration of the A. & P. Steam Roller No. 8727/1916/1C2173 'Pendle Witch' which he bought from Tom Varley last Christmas. He advises that this roller was once equipped with a Bomford & Evershed scarifier but is no longer so fitted as it damaged the tank. Other engine changes of some note, are the sale by Walter Chilvers of the big Fowler Road Loco No. 9381/1902/WR6770, 'Lady Betty' to Tom Varley who may, it is rumoured, restore it to Showman's specification as it once was and also the departure to the far south of the much travelled S4 Sentinel, orange in colour, No. 9075/1934/BEV467, 'Holmevalian' from Arnold Brook and Ken Hirst of Holmfirth to the Portsmouth area which will enable Arnold to concentrate his efforts on his Super model. Another engine which has been wrested from its almost native Yorkshire hills and dales it knew so well, is our Sub-Editor's Aveling & Porter Roller No. 8506/1915/ C15012, 'White Rose' which left Yorkshire in a deluge and is now safe in the gentle undulating county of Norfolk where she was greeted by brilliant sunshine. Despite many suggestions of 'why don't you drive it down' and no offers of help to assist, it was deemed necessary to low-load both her and the attendant trailers to reduce the journey time to a minimum. Grateful thanks are due to those who assisted in the exercise which went off almost without a hitch. Finally, it has been reported that an

A. & P. Steam Roller owner near Hull, Mr. Hardy (owner of A. & P. No. 8679/1916/ BT8812. an ex-E.R.C.C. machine) is looking for a pair of 36" dia. front wheels. Is this to be yet another conversion?

SUSSEX Recent months have seen a boost of the numbers of engines in Sussex and the eastern fringe of Hampshire. At Farnham, Hants, on Aveling P' Perter, thought to be No. 11450/1926/NS787, has turned up in the guise of a Showman's tractor. This piston valve engine appears to have been converted from a road roller at some stage in its history. The owner is believed to be a Mr. Arnett. Over in East Sussex Dick Mal tinu's B-ton Aveling & Porter roller No_ 14147/1931/ YD4470 has adopted the Brighton & Hove Engineerium as its base now that Dick is employed by that organisation. Prior to this, 'Tilly' had been kept at H.M.S. Sultan between the quite lengthy trips throughout the South which Dick and his helpers undertake. Fowler T.E. No. 13140/1912/ Y9955, 'Volunteer' owned by the late Fred Simmonds has been noted for sale with enquiries to be made to the Engineerium. Goff Radcliffe of London will be taking residence in the county near Hailsham. His collection of vehicles amongst which are included the ex Noyce Fowler showman's No. 9394/1902/YA44, 'Sir John Fowler', Foden wagon No. 13848/1931/RB3525 and a Fowler roller will also be making the move in due course. Another Sentinel S4 waggon has arrived in the coastal area between Chichester and Portsmouth with the purchase of No. 9075/1934/BEV467, 'Holmevalian', from Yorkshire by D. White and W. Burrows of the Portsmouth area. The latter named of the partnership also owns a small 5 nhp McLaren Road Locomotive No. 1647/1918/? which has been undergoing restoration for many years now. The arrival of the Sentinel brings the numbers of this model in the area mentioned to three which is very unusual for this part of the country. All three, the other two being Richard Lonsdale's No. 9277/1937/DKN689 and Michael Camp's No. 8846/1933/YD8148, took part in the end of season steam gathering on October 28th at the Nelson Arms, Colworth which was organised by Bob Smith. From nearby Barnham, John Beck's single crank compound Burrell engine No. 3665/1915/BP6141 also attend-

ed. Throughout its history the Burrell has remained in West Sussex ownership having been supplied new to John Sparkes of Yapton and has been in the family of the present owner since 1950. Rarely rallied, the engine is actively used throughout the year on various tasks including threshing. The other Burrell present was Joe Corbett's 7 nhp single cylinder traction engine No. 3728/1916/N0806 making a welcome first visit from Choriton. near Winchester. Bringing the number of engines up to six was the 8-ton Marshall 'S' type roller No. 83168/1928/0T7292, of brnith, chicken and Wheelhouse. unauie to bring his recently retubed Marshall tractor No. 73900/1920/AH823, Derek Kilburn exhibited a fine model Burrell general purpose engine. Several commercials and tractors were also present as well as a delightful Milwaukee steam car dating from 1900 and this was owned by Bert Mothersele. Without any doubt this year's gathering was the most successful to date, firmly placing the event in the annual calendar. Earlier in the season, at the end of July, the 14th Annual Rally was held at Hellingley where amongst the engines present were those from the locality — Mr. Partridge with his Marshall Roller No. 76913/1923/PU804, 'Hansel"; J. Cone!, Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies No. 38088/1927/ D06883, 'Enterprise', and J. Hume's Marshall G.P. No 66001/1914/0S872. Visitors from outside the county included M. Retman from Essex with A. & P. Roller No. 14064/1930/VF9350, 'Katie', and from Kent, M. Pink with his C. & S. G.P. No. 36336/1904/BP5821, 'Peggy' and D. Harding & Sons Marshall G.P. No. 84562/1929/ KP6969, 'Daphne Anne'. The Horsham Vintage Transport Rally on August Bank Holiday weekend was, as usual, only a one day event. It seems a little unfortunate that a two day, or even a three day show cannot be staged but nevertheless, the eight steam entries which were present took part in a very worthwhile show. The Searle family presented the majority of the exhibits, included in which were the Burrells:- Showman's, 'Prince of Wales', No. 3887 /1921/HR6658; Crane Engine, 'His Majesty', No. 3829/1920 PB9687, and Road Loco, 'Lord Lansdowne', No. 2824/1906/HR4142.

NORTHANTS A multiplicity of other attractions was, as always, a feature of Expo at Peterborough and with military vehicles, five 35

engines, air displays, motor cycles, sheep dog trials, bands, sky diving and hot air balloons there was almost too much to keep one occupied and entertained. It was certainly good value for money. With some 73 engines appearing this year, it is difficult to single out several for a special mention, such were the variety of types and makes on show. Perhaps the relatively rare and unique engines merit recording however — Ivan Pottle's Fowell, 'Abbott'; the oldest Burrell in the country — Richard Parrott's G.P. No. 748/1876/CF3667 'Century'; Jim Hutchen's Garrett 'Suffolk Punch', 'The Joker', Robert Crawford's Foden Sun tractor No. 13730/ 1931/0FU567 and Tom Valley's wagons — the Fowler No. 19708/1932/UB8660 and the A. & P. No. 9282/1921/"D3777". First timers in attendance included Tony Parker with his Foster tractor No. 13031/ 1913/FE1456 'Mighty Atom' whilst the engine which travelled the longest distance was Thomas Wood & Sons Burrell No. 3586/1914/BP5921, 'Tam', which came all the way from Kent, being crewed by 'Smokey' Shepherd and 'Chip' Holder. (Well done, chaps). A roller noted as being for sale was the 6-ton Fowler (ex Boughton's) of D. Knight of Old, Northants.

DEVON Chapleton Barton Rally, put on by the Devon T.E., Vet. & Vintage Car Club was the stage for a rare appearance of a Green's Roller on a Rally Field. This was No. 1968/1920/1A2431 of Devon C.C., on loan to the Devon Club and was accompanied by another two rollers, both Marshalls — Nos. 78153/1925/TT1855 which was driven by C. De la Cour and 53351/1909/Y9936 of P. Bater. Amongst other engines present were the W. & S. oilbath tractor of A. Sanders, No. 7289/1912 /AA5014, 'Tinkerbell' and the old McLaren G.P. No. 547/ 1894/B05448, 'The Mac', owned by F. Britton.

KENT Detling was the venue for the 50th Kent County Show and featured, for the engine fraternity, another in the series of the Lancia Steam Driving Trials. Some two dozen engines were in attendance, in the capable hands of Mr. William Day. Amongst those present were Mr. G. Marsh's Foden Road Loco No. 4752/1914/ 36

SN 1647, 'Sandy Macnab'; the newly acquired Burrell Showman's No. 3888/1921/ N02379, 'General Gough' of Mr. M. ListBrain and the unique Manns wagon No. 1120/1914/U3781 owned by Mr. J. Butler and Mr. R. Whitehead. Also there was one of the rare Wantage engines, No. 1522/1905/BW4415, 'Pioneer', also owned by Mr. Marsh and D. Eastwood's Burrell Road Loco No. 3941/1923/ BP9547, 'The Badger'. Will Day has subsequently put up for sale the big Burrell Roller No. 3305/1911/TB3722 which he acquired not long ago from the Reading area. A spectacular first was staged by that noted pair of steam enthusiasts, Gerry Cosgrove and Eddie Wood at Brands Hatch on the 19th August. Around 30 steam exhibits competed for an unexpected array of prize money totalling some £1,000. For a first attempt at a new site, the organisers put on a very good show and the outcome was certainly a great credit to them. It is hoped that the powers that be, see fit to make the event an annual one as on this first showing, it certainly ought to be. Amongst those appearing and also some of the prize winners, were Don Eastwood's Burrell Showman's No. 3285/1911/AH5304, 'King George V'; Fowler Road Loco No. 9456/1902/KK3634, 'Jess' and Garrett tractor No. 34461/1924/PM4795, 'Victoria', George Marsh's Wantage engine 'Pioneer'; Whitehead & Butler's Manns Steam Wagon and P. Stanier's Fowler P.E. No. 13877/ 1913/282HYR, 'Sir John'. Also taking part amongst the other Kent engines — and rarities at that — were John Butler's Yorkshire wagon No. 652/1914/U2749 and Les Birch's German built Zettlemeyer roller No. 553/1930/—. Another event held at the Showground at Detling in late season was the SCHVPT's rally which took place in excellent weather. John Down's Savage built Gallopers were in attendance and the rally saw the first attendance of Goff Radcliffe's fine Fowler Showman's Road Loco No. 9394/1902/ YA44, 'Sir John Fowler'. Further over in the county, the Kent & East Sussex Rly. organised another Steam Up at Tenterden this year where, in addition to the attractions on rails, some ten road engines were also present.

BUCKS A small show organised at Olney by the Lavendon Village Hall attracted a large entry of stationary engines and other miscellanea whilst Phil Ives also attended with his Garrett Showman's style tractor

Fowler Traction Engine No. 9225 'Pride of Wye' working at the Acton Scott Working Farm Museum and mentioned on the next page. Photo: P. G. Bartlett. No. 33987/1920/BJ5597 'Woofie', which certainly set the show off by generating for Mrs. Fay Wood's 72-key De Cap organ. On a rather sad note, the passing away of that staunch supporter of the Chilterns T.E.C., Bill Blake, has to be reported. Bill, an employee of Messrs. Boughton of Amersham, will be remembered as the tractor driver who supplied everyone with coal at many events and this will not be the same again without him. His cheery manner will most surely be missed.

WEST MIDLANDS Bishops Castle Rally, staged by the County of Salop S.E.S. was, as usual, a highly successful event. As befits the locality, Sentinel products were well to the fore at this Bank Holiday event which was held in fine weather, thus attracting a large number of people from the Midlands and Wales, and virtually all types were repre-

sented apart from a Standard. There were long distance visitors with Supeis: No. 5509/1924/PD1701 of Messrs. Burberry & Lawrence from Aldershot; No. 6327 of Arnold Brook, Holmfifth; DG4 No. 8122/ 1929/0F5783, of Lloyd Jones (a tarsprayer); DG4 No. 8571/1931/KF6482 of D. Goddard; S6 No. 8821/1933/BRF200 of D. Webster; S4 No. 8884/1933/TJ3319 of A. Williamson, Stoke and the unique S8 No. 9105 of Edgar Shone, driven by Don Doncaster. It is thought that the Lloyd Jones Sentinel is unique as being the last one to remain in use as a tar sprayer (Can any reader comment on this — Ed?) Amongst other exhibits were the impressive McLaren Showman's of Frank Lythgoe, No. 1623/1918/DH2482, 'Goliath', attending for the first time and the Burrell Showman's No. 4030/1925/FA2316, 'Dolphin', also of F. Lythgoe and J. & D. Walker's Burrell No. 3847/1920/CL4483, 'Princess Marina'. 37

Fowler T.E. No. 9225/1901/CF3795, 'Pride of the Wye' has again been to the Acton Scott Working Farm Museum to thresh this season's corn harvest and this year a trusser was added to the machinery is use. Attingham Park, Shrewsbury, has had an oil engine show but in addition to these, also present was Mr. G. E. Jones' Marshall Portable No. 79936/1925 (4 nhp) which was new to Mr. T. Jones of Llanfair Caereinion. There were seven engines in steam at the annual steam party at Burley, Salop in early October:- Burrell tractor No. 3786/ 1918/PB9610, 'Sunny South'; Foden timber tractor No. 13762 /1931/VN2911, 'The Dalesman'; A. & P. Roller No. 3586/1896/ MA7890, 'Lady of Lovesgrove'; Sentinel SO No. 8821/1933/BRF200; Garrett Sh. Tractor No. 33074/1917/BJ3451, 'Lady Sarah'; Fowler Roller No. 18507/1930/SM8832, 'Morning Star', and Sentinel DG4P No. 8571/1931/KF6482. Also present was G. Bowkley's 1918 Thornycroft lorry and Les Bishop's 87 Key Frei organ. At Halesowen, work is progressing on Roy Millward's s.c. t.e., Marshall No. 30164/1898/MA7510. The engine is only equipped with a water pump and so a new injector is also being fitted. A new arrival is a Fowler Roller from Portugal. This is a 10-ton Compound, No. 17480/1928 and has never been registered in this country. At Bromsgrove, another Fowler roller has been noted as being for sale, this one being a 6-ton compound machine which has subsequently gone to the Derby area.

SOMERSET/GLOUCS. The S.T.E.C.'s rally was held again this year on the disused golf course at Langport. The event was a noteable success because of the appearance from 'up country' of a Burrell engine, brought back for the occasion to its native Somerset by Bill Briggs, R.L.S. Chairman, from Cheshire. This engine, Burrell No. 2003/1897/YA509, 'Diamond Queen', was accorded almost a hero's welcome and was feted by all who remembered her as a working engine in Somerset. Because of previous associations, on this auspicious return, she was given the honour of leading the Grand Parade at the rally. Local engines which were present to greet the visitor included Ron Wilcox and Charlie Trott's old Burrell No. 1840/1894/YA2481, 'Duke of Windsor', and Mr. Casely's Burrell No. 3824/1920/ YA366, 'Lord Fisher of Lambeth'. 38

A very good crowd attended the Fairford Rally again this year and as well as the 40 plus engines on display, they were treated to a display of many other preservation orientated items and rural crafts. An engine which travelled a considerable distance to attend was George Lea's Foden 'D' type tractor No. 13222/1928/FK3925, 'Cheshire Maid', whose story has been told in these pages and which was steamed down from Macclesfield by George and family to attend. Also there was Robert Wynn's Fowler Road Loco No. 15463/1920/DW2121, 'Dreadnought' and Goold Bros. Sentinel S4 No. 8843/1933/UJ2112, now rebuilt as a timber tractor; M. J. Woodroffe's A. & P. Roller No. 14002/1929/KR479, 'Albert' and Dan Shorey's Burrell Showman's No. 3836/ 1920/BH8020, 'Starlight'. The Fowler G.P. owned by the Brighton & Hove Engineerium, and looking immaculate, incidentally, was also present, this being No. 7453/1895/ H05911, complete with peculiar rubbers on the rear wheels. Later on in the season, a successful small event was staged by the Stroud Vintage Transport & Engine Club at Stonehouse where some 10 engines were present. These were headed, quite rightly, by the Burrell Showman's engine No. 2525/1904/BD5257, 'Lady Pride of England', owned by Mr. F. Lobb. Also there were the following engines: Burrell Road Loco No. 4093/1931/DV9252, 'Dorothy' of Mr. A. Canton; Sentinel S4 waggon No. 9192/1935/CML781 of G. King; G.P.'s by Marshall, No. 71837/1919/DD2007, owned by D. Plaister; M. Lawrence's Wallis & Steevens No. 7685/1921/H05587 and D. Plant's A. & P. Roller No. 3430/1894/ PB9801, 'Sarah'. The Wallis & Steevens also took part in the Selwood Steam & Vehicle Preservation Society's Vintage event this year at which a further six engines were also present. Making their rally debuts this in the area have been a couple of rollers, the first, the Aveling of Gerald Peacock, No. 14125/1931/KJ1871 has been at several events, as has D. Pridie with his unusual Babcock & Wilcox No. 9 5/4012/1926/YB5090, although the latter has recently been advertised for sales.

LONDON A pleasant and cheap day out was staged again by the London Borough of Lambeth in July and with only a car park-

ing fee of 50p to pay, this vast show is extremely good value for money. Steam was well represented by some 16 engines which included three rarities, these being Les Searle's Burrell Crane Engine, No. 3829, 'His Majesty', Jim Hutchen's Garrett Suffolk Punch type tractor, 'The Joker' and E. N. Shone's S8 Sentinel No. 9105. A road run was a special feature of the event and five of the residents of Kew Bridge Museum took part, amongst others. These were Dennis Brandt's McLaren G.P.; Foden Steam Wagon and Foster Tractor, together with Peter Barber's Tasker Showtractor and Ken Brown's Aveling Roller. Ian Bennett also took part with his Robey tractor No. 33957/1916/FE5043, 'Village Queen'. This engine went on to another event in London, this time at August Bank Holiday, under the shadow of the 'Ally Pally' mast. it was a commercial venture by Southern Enterprise Exhibitions Ltd. and was well supported and brought yet another venue to the ever changing rally programme. Probably the furthest travelled engine to this event was P. J. Loader's Garrett Showman's tractor No. 33486/1919/AD8787, 'Queen of Great Britain', from Yeovil, Somerset, whilst from Bedfordshire, Garth Holman brought his Fowler G.P. No. 11357/ 1908/NM219. Ian Bennett's other engine A. & P. Roller No. 11093/1925/BT7935 'Ruckinge' was also there, as was Derek Marder's Ruston Proctor tractor, 'The Lincoln Imp' and Mr. J. Field's W. & S. tractor No. 7641/1920/BW4668, 'Surprise'.

NOTTS Engine news in the area has been relatively good. The Foden Road Loco which appeared at Clowne Rally, mentioned in the last issue, has been purchased by Mr. Rollins of South Leverton, near Retford. He is hoping to start restoration in the New Year. This engine, it will be recalled, was imported from Australia by Mr. Hardy of Sheffield. At Huthwaite, Mr. A. Leah has purchased a Sentinel waggon, but as yet no other details are available. Now, the not so good news. A recent addition to the county, the A. & P. roller of Pete Gull has to have a new firebox. Pete is doing the work himself and has nearly removed the rolls and motion, ready to take the box out. Chris Dobbs at Worksop had a bit of misfortune with the cylinder casting for his McLaren engine No. 510/1893/NM54, 'Phoenix', as when the new one was cast, the firm missed something out and are having to recast the block correctly.

Rallies in the area continued but unfortunately non attenders this year were the two Fowler Ploughing Engines owned by the Nottingham Industrial Museum. They have internal problems — No. 17757 has some broken firebox stays and an ominous bulge in the firebox whilst No. 17756 has suffered corrosion damage and is awaiting an estimate for the repairs necessary. The engines based in the Retford area have had a busy end of season: the Clayton & Shuttleworth Roller of Pete and Janet Waite and the Wallis & Steevens of Mick and Les Baines along with David Ragsdale's model AlIchin attended the Feast held at Clayworth, near Retford on 15th September. Also there was the 46 Key Chiappa organ of Pete Barlow. Whilst at Clayworth, the two rollers rolled the park of a nearby bus station and the Clayton went to an adjacent farm to roll in hard core on a farm lane. On October 6th, the two Rollers and the Organ attended a local ploughing match whilst the following weekend, along with several other engines, they attended the Bothamsail Working. Here, Mr. E, Flear's Fowler Ploughing Engine, together with that of Mike Hammond (No. 2267/1873/A13344), gave a great display of ploughing on both days. Threshing was also being done by Messrs. Scholey's Foster No. 2775/1903/ FW3333; John Blagg's Marshall and the A. & P. Portable owned by British Leyland. John Blagg also had his McLaren Road Loco No. 1421/1913/6E7518, 'Captain Scott' in attendance, the other roller being Teddy Eansworth's late Aveling No. 14186 'Roll On'. Making its first appearance at this venue was the Foster Showman's type No. 14564 of Jess Swingfier which together with the Howard Bros. Dutch Street Organ, attended the Party at night. Unfortunately, the weather made the ground like a mud bath but this didn't deter the hardy enthusiasts. It has been decided that our next year's Rally at Kirkby in Ashfield will be held on June 7th and 8th, and a hearty welcome is extended to all who want to come. Making its first appearance at the Rempstone Rally in new ownership was the Fowler Roller No. 19346/1932/JU1294, of Langham Engineering (ex Beeby Bros.). Another Fowler roller in attendance was Dave Reeder's 'Susan Mary' (No. 18651/ 1930/VF9312), in addition to which some other 13 rollers were in attendance. The only ploughing engine present this year was E. Flear's No. 15564/1920/N0372, whilst an unusual item of interest was the only A. & P. Portable, owned by 39

Aveling Barford, No. 3338/1894. Amongst Traction Engines present was the old Wallis & Steevens owned by Reeder Bros., No. 2394/1897/6E9345, 'Michelle Louise' and Mrs. E. Sansome's Fowler 'Elsa', No. 12761/1911/397TRO.

OXON John Carter's Free Steam Fair at Henleyon-Thames again provided the visiting public with a spectacle of entertainment of the highest order and proved a highly successful venture in so doing. As well as an excellent Fairground, Model Exhibition and Market Stall area, vintage tractors and steam engines were well represented. The age of traction engines ranged from 1902 (Goff Radcliffe's Fowler Showman's), to one built in 1975 (Bill McAlpine's Savage replica No. 904/1975/ OBW866P, built by Belmec-International to a Savage 1865 chain drive design). Unique engines present included Derek Marder's Ruston Proctor 6-ton roller and Jim Hutchens' Garrett "Suffolk Punch" tractor. An engine exhibited here for the first time and indeed the first time on the rally fields for some ten years was another of Bill McAlpine's engines, Garrett tractor No. 25565/1906/BJ2330 , 'Lucinda', now once more looking immaculate. In apparent disguise and not immediately recognisable because of the lack of her canopy was Peter Barker's well known Burrell tractor No. 3458/1913/AB8795 'Defiance' which had been receiving an overhaul and which at that time had not been fully completed. A chance visit to Clifton Hampden, near Abingdon coincided with a small fete at the Barley Mow pub where Arthur Napper's Fowler T.E. No. 15710/1920/M0780, 'Tommy' was in attendance. Arthur had driven to the event from his home at Appleford. Woodcote Rally was host to several newcomers this year, one of which, Aveling & Porter Roller No. 10350/1922/KX6838 has only recently been rescued from a playground at Slough by P. Bowers. It is now named 'Great Western' and restoration was sufficiently far advanced to enable her to be driven to the rally under her own steam. It was a first time appearance also for Derek Marder's two Ruston Proctor engines, these being the tractor No. 52453/1918/0R8501, 'The Lincoln Imp' and the unique roller No. 38591/1910/PB9976. Another unique engine was that of Vic Greenaway, the Garrett QL wagon No. 35465/1931/CV5166, recently acquired by 40

Vic from Jim Hutchens. The sale of Vic's Fowler 'Marina' was noted in these pages in the last issue. Other newcomers were Vic Mitchell's Aveling Roller No. 12442/ 1929/MY102, 'Cantankerous' and F. J. Darnell's W. & S. G.P. No. 2932/1906/ BL422. Music was provided by Teddy Reed's 89 Key Gavioli Organ driven by Jack Lawrence's Burrell Showman's tractor No. 3631/1915/0R2729.

LEICS. Kegworth Carnival was yet again a fine display of all a Traction Engine Rally should be. Attending this year for the first time was the Wallis & Steevens Roller No. 7539/1917/6E9360, 'Midnight' owned by Brian Wright of Kirkby in Ashfield. It was Graham Love's first rally of the season, having previously fitted a new chimney and base and having his pistons re-ringed on his Fowler Road Loco. Also attending were the only known Brown & May Showman's engine No. 8742/ 1916/AU4705, 'General Buller' owned by Rundles, Wilf Payne's Fowler Showman's style tractor No. 14798/1917/U5313, 'Firefly', the Fosters of Jess Swingler and H. Epton's Foster Showman's tractor No. 14639/1936/BWV 338, 'John Michael'. A long distance visitor was Jim Stevenson from Sale Cheshire, with his A. & P. Roller No. 10906/1924/MB5846, 'Cinderella' which he had steamed over for the occasion. What is known in the Midlands as the free and easy rally, at Market Bosworth, produced some twenty engines this year in mid August. Probably the noisiest engine on the field was the Rev. 'Teddy' Boston with his A. & P. Road Roller No. 5163/1903/NR6296, which judging by the blast up the chimney, he must have put a 'jimmy' in the blast pipe. Allan Eaton was there with his A. & P. Roller No. 7856/1912/ MD5902, 'Vulcan' and 'on time for a change' was Peter Wood from Sawley with Marshall No. 78572 /1925/NR7296. There were many other Aveling and Marshall rollers present and several traction engines including the old McLaren, No. 127 of Johnny Mayes. A local Garrett tractor, that of Mark Tingay, No. 33986/1920/BJ 5601 was also present. Some twenty-six engines of most types attended a well organised gathering at Hinckley in early September. As there were so many other ring activities, engine movements on both days were confined

to a Grand Parade each day. From Oxfordshire came Dan Shorey with his Burrell Showman's No. 3836/1920/BH8020, 'Starlight' and in addition to Andrew Fisher's immaculate pair of Fowler Ploughing Engines, Jack Hancock also showed his K7 P.E. No. 15516/1920/CT4051. Tractors included D. Harding's Foster No. 14608/ 1930/PN5629, Akatiopie whilst among the road rollers could be found Steve Arrowsmith with his A. & P. No. 11520/1926/ MK5128, 'Satan' and D. and S. Wing's Burrell No. 4041/1926/U0793. As well as Johnny Mayes' McLaren in the Traction Engine class, also there v-vas the idid Allchin No. 1105/1889/FP1024 of D. Eastwood and J. Robins with his Burrell No. 3126/1909/6J7155. Two Sentinels were also present, these being Mr. Pattinson from Derbyshire with his ex-Brown Bayley No. 3899/1920/ ET1969 and the S4 of Messrs. Proctor and Hickman, No. 9074/1934/BEV466.

LINCOLNSHIRE Early this year, Michael Halliday did a hurried journey into Somerset to collect his newly purchased engine, Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies No. 27524/1918/E5123. Quite a lot of work had to be done on it before it could appear at Belton Park rally, and even then some work had to be left over till more time permitted it to he completed. This engine is a 7 nhp single, and was the stable mate to a similar Ransomes engine now owned by Maddison Bros. of Fulstow, this being No. 26475/1914/ E5122. Both were new to Messrs. Jones of Fradley in Staffordshire and spent their whole working lives together. They passed through the hands of two preservation owners together. until Messrs. Maddison's bought the latter mentioned in 1967. Now only a few miles separate them at their respective homes. Another engine which has spent quite a few years away from rallies whilst undergoing heavy repairs is Richard Booty's Robey traction. This is a 6 nhp single and thought to be the only one of its type left in Britain. It is No. 42675/1926/JU8198 and was last seen in public during 1967. Since then it has been fitted with a new boiler, firebox and almost a complete new tender and fittings. As yet, the boiler is unlagged but this job has been left for the Winter months. A very mixed bag of weather afflicted this area in the early Spring and Carrington rally was completely spoiled by torrents of rain on the Saturday afternoon. It dried

the next day, but not enough to put on the usual parade of machinery for which this rally is so well known. Unfortunately, the rain came again on the Monday and virtually put a stop to the whole proceedings. A great disappointment to the organisers, and everyone else who had worked so hard to get so many excellent exhibits together. By contrast, a few weeks later, Hawerby Park rally was held in suilliine and pleasant breeze. Most of the usual attenders were there, and to these we add Michael Halliday with the Ransomes and the very rare Aveling & Porter portable, No. 3338/1894 which is owned by AvelingBarford and exhibited by Robin Drury. Mid August saw another Lincolnshire Steam Spectacular, staged with a good deal of assistance from the R.A.F. A flypast was Urydrlised on the Saturday by the Battle of Britain Memorial flight, consisting of the last remaining flying Lancaster bomber, escorted by a Spitfire and a Hurricane fighter. Attracting about as much attention on the ground was a 6" replica of an Allchin T.E., now owned by David Ragsdale, whose father, Bruce, also exhibited his Garrett T.E. No. 28249/1910/ FX8223, 'Pioneer'. Other engines present included Don Robinson's Foster Showman's engine No. 14502/ 1921/XC9862 'Victory' which powered his Gavioli organ and a regular attender, Mr. A. Selby & Sons' Marshall G.P. No. 79441/1925/FU4677. Good weather held sway for this event and large crowds attended. The Rally staged at Belton House early in the season is now a welcome addition to the rally calendar and a well run event. Another show, with an 'olde tyme" flavour was staged in the autumn which was a 'Victorian Fair' where in addition to the usual fairground rides which, incidentally included Bill Dorman's Gallopers, Tony Parker, the Lincs S.E. Pres. Society's Treasurer also attended with his Foster tractor No. 13031/1913/FE1456, 'Mighty Atom' to bring an additional steam interest to this well attended event. Marshall Roller No. 88314/1937/DV039 has been put up for sale. This was owned by J. V. Grundy, Covenham. Eric Riggall, the Lincs Club's Vice Chairman, held an Open Weekend at his home in mid September and two sets of threshing tackle were at work. Both were powered by portable engines and both were 8 nhp singles. One set was run by Eric's big Foster, No. 14737/1942 and the other was belted to the Aveling & Porter 41

which Robin Drury had brought for the event. Several other engines attended and these were Ron Dowlman's Clayton & Shuttleworth traction, No. 48759/1923/ CT8263, Mark Riggall's Marshall 10-ton roller No. 76797/1923/FU1327, a Class Q single, and Dick Macdonald's Class T3B Fowler roller, No. 18867/1930/AFW301. The following Sunday, a small party was held at Middle Rasen at the home of Mr. Brian Ayer's. This was mainly for the benefit of oil engine enthusiasts, but two steam exhibits were on show and these were Mr. Booty's Robey engine which was at work threshing Brian's wheat crop with a Foster machine and elevator. The other was Don Robinson's big Foster SRL, No. 14502/1921/XC9862, which was generating power for his Gavioli organ. In early October, the Society held a Cultivating Demonstration by courtesy of Mr. Raymond Haxby at his home, Priory Farm, West Ravendale. Two sets of tackle were working for this event, and running a cultivator was Fred Coupland's pair of Fowler Class BB1 engines, Nos. 15441-2/ 1920 /CT4177-8, This set was manned by Bob King on the left hand engine, Chris Ingomells on the drag, and Gordon Hutton on the right hander. The other pair of engines were Ephraim Flear's Fowler Class AA, No. 13881/1914/N0370, with Maurice Cramm on the regulator, and Gordon Flear's Fowler Class BB, No. 14375/1917/ 6E7595 which were running a six furrow plough steered by Glynn Macdonald. Priory Farm stands high on The Wolds, and the field in use was far from flat, so there was plenty of exhaust music to be heard and also recorded. Our Host had his 6 nhp compound Clayton & Shuttleworth convertible in steam, No. 46817/ 1914/YA2095, and the other traction in use there for coal hauling, etc., was Mike Halliday's Ransomes. Two rollers attended, these being Dick Macdonald's Fowler single, and Ray Drakes with his Fowler Class DNB 10-ton single, No. 16967/1928/ FU9970. The Lincolnshire Life Museum's Ruston Proctor T.E. No. 46596/1913/SFE519L, 'Sylvia' was out for the last time this year in October when she took part in a steam threshing demonstration driving the Museum's Foster drum at a farm near Tumby Woodside. The final outside event of this year was held at Fred Coupland's home in Carrington, and both P.E.'s were in steam. The Gallopers were erected and running inside one of the big sheds which gave many the chance to inspect them more 42

closely than had been possible on previous occasions. Visiting engines were Horace Smith's Marshall 6 nhp traction, No. 45689/1906/BT6525, and Jim Hebden's Clayton & Shuttleworth 7 nhp traction, No. 48162 / 1917/CT8260, the latter belted to a Foster machine. The recently acquired Sentinel S4 waggon, No. 8942/1934/ATN 320 which Messrs. Crawford's have bought from Mr. Webster of Ludlow arrived during the afternoon, the first time that many people had seen it. A number of very fine organs were playing, including the one fitted to the Gallopers. Lights for the Gallopers were provided by Rundle's Brown & May Showman's, 'General Buller'. Now that Winter is here, a fairly full programme of inside meetings has been laid on and visitors are always welcome.

HEREFORDS The main events of the week long Bromyard Gala were held early in July. There had been several attractions during the previous week but during the big weekend, sawing was carried out by E. Lawrence's R.S.J. No. 26952/1916/AY 9704 and the bench was loaded by the well known Fowler Crane engine of Len Crane, No. 17212. Threshing was demonstrated by Tom Henderson's Fowler No. 9225/1901/CF3795, 'Pride of Wye'. The several Burrell Showman's included 'Princess Marina' and J. N. Gilbey's tractor No. 3192/1910/CR6229, 'St. Bernard'. Another G.P. was the rare Robey No. 28094/ 1908/A08932, 'Pride of the Walk' and also there was the Burrell G.P. No. 2147/1898/ BL4716 owned by Joe Thomas. The Ross-on-Wye S.E. Society's rally at Much Marcie had several noteable long distance visitors in the form of Fowler G.P. No. 15710/1920/M0780 'Tommy', owned by Arthur Napper, who also opened the event, Jack Wharton with his Fowler Showman's No. 20223/1934/EU5313, 'Supreme' and J. N. Gilbey's Burrell Sh. Tr., 'St. Bernard'. Len Crane's Fowler Crane engine was also present at this event, loading the saw bench which, as at Bromyard, was powered by E. Lawrence's R.S.J. A similar G.P. from the same stable, Mr. D. S. Penny's No. 26995/1916/EW2320, 'Mendip Lady' ran a threshing machine.

SURREY The Bank Holiday show staged by the Egham & Thorpe Royal Agricultural & Horticultural Association this year returned

to Runnymede. The Steam Section was in the hands of the stalwarts from the Kew Bridge Pumping Station and in addition to some of the engines which usually grace those lofty portals, visitors included a first timer in the Fowler Roller No. 19481/1932/ MAN57 (ox I.O.Man) owned by M. Deering and the oldest Sentinel still running and the sole surviving Glasgow built model, Standard No. 763/1914/V3057, owned by Ken Senior. Another entry was the recent ly rescued 'Parked Up' Roller of Peter Bowers, A. & P. No. 10350/1922/KX6838 which spent the last 17 years of its life in a park in Slough bur. is none the vvorse for it. Another successful event was organised this year by the Woodlarks Ploughing Association at Seale, where direct ploughing was undertaken by various steam engines of types which one would not normally see ploughing, although that was the purpose for which they were originally built. Since its arrival from Leeds earlier this year, Derek Trice's Manns StRAM fart, No. 1260/1917/U4298 has had the generator and guard removed which were added by the previous owners, the Cole Brothers, to enable them to drive their Gavioli organ. This engine now appears in the original condition in which Cole's bought it. It has not recently been involved in ploughing but it joined a regular performer, Jim Hutchen's unique Garrett Suffolk Punch type tractor, 'The Joker' and A. Bicknell's Wallis & Steevens 3-ton tractor No. 2706/ 1904/0PG1871-i, 'Drummer', in ploughing a fine furrow or two. Amongst other engines present were G. Whittaker's A. & P. Roller No. 10994/1924/WT6042, 'Queen Jubilee'; Les Searle's Burrell Scenic S.R.L. No. 3887/1921/HR6658, 'Prince of Wales'; Keith Leadbetter's Fowler Roller No. 15490/1920/ CA6328 'Fiddler' and the unusual Ruston & Hornsby Roller No. 122338/1924/XU 5721, 'Endeavour' of Alan Smith.

HERTS. The Steam Owners & Drivers Club's Rally at St. Albans clashed this year with the Hatfield Show. Unfortunately this somewhat split the exhibits and also possibly the attendance but nevertheless a creditable performance was to be seen at each event. The Saunders family managed to split their forces and exhibited their Wallis & Steevens expansion G.P. No. 7666/1921/BL8289, 'Wheatsheaf' and their Fowler Roller No. 17560/1928/TM4782 at St. Albans, whilst their Clayton & Shuttleworth G.P. No. 43130/1910/BD5494 went to Hatfield.

Exhibits came to St. Albans from as far afield as Lincs. from where Epton's Foster Showman's style tractor No. 14639 was exhibited and also from Oxfordshire from whence W. McAlpine brought his McLaren Ploughing Engine No. 1541/1918/H05832, 'Avis' and the Foden wagon No. 13832/ 1931/HX2197, 'The Dorset Wanderer'. Local engines included Statliaiii's Fowler Showman's engine, No. 14425/1916/DP4418. 'Cnrry On'. and P. Bartlett's Foster T.E. No. 14568/1922/NT7184, 'Matilda'. At the Hatfield event, most of the engines exhibited were local machines and these included G. Ross with Iii; Iwo A. & P. Rollers, No. 10596/1923/YA5385 and the newly restored and first time out after restoration, No. 7385/1911/FC4016, a small 4-ton machine. An immaculate old Foster T.E. was also present, this being D. Harrower's No. 3682/ 1908/CT3896. Two visitors from afar were also in attendance, these being both Sentinel waggons. The S4 belonging to D. J. Rule, No. 9213/1935/UJ5862 and the unique S8 of Edgar Shone, driven by Dan Doncaster, No. 9105. The only steam exhibit at the A10 Rally at Buntingford was T. Redburn's ex-Irish Marshall convertible roller which is currently being restored. Despite various attempts to identify it, it has not yet had a number put to it. [Ed. note — Can anyone help? It may assist if its location in Ireland could be made known as it may have been recorded some time ago by a local or visiting enthusiast — perhaps whilst the makers plate was still attached J. The Dacorum Rally at Gaddesden Row was another of the Home Counties events to feature the Lancia Steam Driving Time Trials as part of its attractions. Amongst engines present were Jack Wharton's 'Supreme', at the Dacorum event for the first time and from the same builder, L. Statham's 'Carry On'. The major prize winner in the Trials was A. Fensome's Marshall No. 43560/1905/BD5414, 'Winifred'. An engine not seen of late was Messrs. Choake's Burrell Showman's tractor No. 2876/1907/PB9615, 'Reliance', which was out for the first time for a few years. An unusual exhibit was the half size Foster, recently built and owned by A. Falconer & Sons. A late season event and a new one to the calendar was organised at Flamstead. Although it was a Vintage Tractor Rally, many local enthusiasts were present and the steam section comprised the Clayton & Shuttleworth T.E. No. 48154/1917/NM 43

1161 of David Philpott which was driving a threshing machine and also the A. & P. Roller No. 6319 /1907/BP7501, 'Queen of Herts', owned by Mrs. Betty Vickery.

NORTH WALES An exciting and time consuming journey was undertaken by Robin Gibson when he decided to visit a local show at Bryny-maen, some five miles away. It entailed negotiating some gradients of 1 in 20 and 1 in 7 but the return journey was the slowest, taking some six hours to complete as several of the gradients were descended with the roller in reverse — to keep the water in the right place. Robin's engine is a Fowler compound, No. 17077/ 1928/UW1331 which was previously owned in Buckinghamshire.

HANTS The H.C.V.C. held their 21st anniversary rally at the home of their President, Lord Montague at Beaulieu on 21st/22nd July. All manner of commercial vehicles and buses were displayed and the olde tyme atmosphere was carried on to the fairground with the appearance of National Motor Museum's own Burrell Showman's engine No. 3443/1913/C03822, 'Lord Nelson', together with their Gavioli organ, 'Lady Hamilton' and also the Burrell Showman's No. 3926/1922/N04999, 'Margaret' which is now owned by Mr. Ge Van Der Pot of Holland. In Northern Hampshire, Derek Marder's yard at Andover was the scene of a Steam Up in aid of the local mentally handicapped and amongst the engines which attended were J. Field's W. & S. tractor No. 7641/1920/BW4668, 'Surprise'; A. Mitchell's Burrell G.P. No. 3798/1919/TA 369, 'Red Gauntlet' and the small R.S.J. portable No. 15169/1903 owned by Messrs. Burberry and Smart. Derek's own engines in steam included Portables by Robey No. 40892/1923 and Marshall No. 89199/1940 which drove a saw bench and stone crusher respectively. There were several models present and also there, awaiting attention to her inner works were the Burrell Showman's engine of Viv Kirk, No. 3833/1920/BR1498, 'Queen Mary' together with a Marshall Roller and a C. & S. engine. This year's Netley Marsh Rally was one of the highlights of the New Forest 900 celebrations, a commemorative year to celebrate 900 years of history and labour associated with the use of the Forest for 44

leisure activities. Many of the best of the local engines were in attendance and these included the fine Burrell Showman's No. 3890/1921/CR6645, 'Majestic', of Mr. E. Gale, the Fowler conversion of Mr. R. Giddings, No. 21221/1937/CV0734, 'Forest Queen' and Garrett tractor No. 33545/1919/ BJ4384, 'Pride of Surrey', owned by D. Lailey & Sons. Also present were Breamore Museum's Burrell T.E. No. 4053/1926/TD8047, 'The Dreadnought'; A. & P. Roller No. 7600/ 1912/MP5185, 'Victoria' of S. Maggs; Babcock & Wilcox Roller No. 95/4014/1926/ YB5088, 'Monarch' of A. L. Taylor and Fowler Roller No. 16100/1924/FF1779, 'Gloria' of C. Leadbetter. This engine was here for the first time, as was the W. & S. Advance Roller No. 7975/1928/0U228, 'Vital Spark' owned by Mr. Roberts of Shirley. The Babcock & Wilcox roller has subsequently been offered for sale. Aldershot's Rushmoor Rally, which uses the Army Arena and has wonderful tiered seating for spectators was another rally to catch the bad weather at the end of July. It nevertheless attracted a crowd of visitors and a host of different engines. Because of the bad weather, a nice long drive along the perimeter road was decided upon and so popular was this that it may be a regular feature at subsequent events. An unusual engine which took part was the chain drive Tasker tractor of Martin Saunders, No. 1726/1917/SR 1294, 'Little Giant', whilst Southern Enterprise Exhibitions showed their A. & P. Roller No. 10590/1923/BB6961, for the first time at a rally in the South of England. Another A. & P. Roller was No. 14147/ 1931/YD4470, 'Tilly' of R. Martino, whilst K. Leadbetter showed another roller, Fowler 15490/1920/CA6328, 'Fiddler' and also a Tasker tractor No. 1625/1914/BP 5833, 'Drummer'. Marshall G.P. No. 77479/ 1924/AF8674, 'Fraddon' was exhibited by D. C. Gardner whilst another roller was the Aveling of G. Whittaker, No. 10994/ 1924/WT6042, 'Queen Jubilee'.

BEDFORDSHIRE Totternhoe Rally, organised by the Herts Steam Society over the August Bank Holiday weekend was a smaller than usual event as other, larger, events tended to draw some of the exhibitors away. Nevertheless, despite being held in a different field this year, those local stalwarts who did attend put on a good show for their visitors. G.P.'s which attended were: P. Bartlett's Foster No. 14568/1922/NT7184,

'Matilda'; D. Philpott's Clayton & Shuttleworth No. 48154, and Alan Frost's R.S.J. No. 20760/1908/2891UR, 'Jubilee'. The remainder of the engines were rollers — Mrs. Betty Vickery's A. & P. 'Queen of Herts'; Don Harding's A. & P. No. 9008/1919/BH 7167, 'George'; T. T. Boughton's Fowler No. 17502/1928/AV1632, driven by Sid Brightman and T. Redburn's unidentified Marshall convertible (ex-Ireland). (This may be No. 62387 but definite proof is required — can anyone help. Letters to D.A.R. please). In conjunction with the Commercial Motor 'I Driver of the Year' competi ton at Cranfield, a Classic Commercial Motor Show was staged where some sixty vehicles of all the well known makes were displayed. In addition to the more usual diesel and petrol exhibits, steam also played a part in the show as Edgar Shone's much travelled and unique Sentinel 58, driven by Dan Doncaster, No. 9105, was also present. In this area, it is fortunate that there ore many rallies within easy reach and most of the engine owners have attended at least eight. The Bedfordshire Club rally at Roxton Park in September was held in very good weather and an enjoyable time was had by all. Once again, working demonstrations formed a feature and these included ploughing, threshing and wood sawing. This year, fifty-one steam exhibits were in attendance, so because of the large number, only those attending for the first time will receive a mention. A regular attender, but exhibiting a new engine was Jack Joyce of Renhold. The engine, Fowler Showman's No. 14424/1916/DH 2545, previously named 'Goliath' and now known as 'Valiant' has been painstakingly restored over the last few years. Another engine new was the Garrett agricultural No. 32936/1916/ER603, owned by D. J. Nourse of Toft, Cambs. Tom Varley brought his Burrell Showman's No. 3444/1913/CK3403, 'His Lordship'. The Wallis & Steevens Advance No. 8096/1936/ACG760 appeared for the first time in the ownership of the King family of Stotfold. Messrs. D. and S. Gray of Shelford, Cambridge, own Fowler haulage and winding engine, No. 14910/1917/CT 9092, 'Rising Star', which has for some time been in Mr. Burgess' yard at Haddenham, Cambs. This engine appeared with new rubber tyres and a half cab, which it did not have previously. It was also newly painted in black and lined out but it does not retain any of its winding gear.

It was previously rallied in Yorkshire in the ownership of the late Jim Massey of Harlington. Another ex-Yorkshire engine came from Burgheath, Surrey. Mr. I. D. G. Bennett brought his engine, the Robey tractor No. 33957/1916/FE5043, 'Village Queen' and showman's living wagon by road. The engine has been re-boxed this year. A further engine from Yorkshire was a very nice workmanlike Burrell roller appearing for the first time, now in the ownership of D. and S. Wing of Welford, Northants. This was No. 4041/1926/U0793, ex S. Catford, Aldeisuii. Mi. brought his 6 in. scale Foster traction engine and it could be seen running around the rally field all weekend. After Roxton, several engines left for Stotfold, the home of the Saunders family. They held their annual steam party on October 6th. This event has now outgrown 'party status' as it is a full day's activity and incorporates a road run. This year the event was attended by 23 engines and four organs. In the evening, a disco was held for charity and also a cabaret was part of the proceedings and all those present had a chicken and chip supper. As well as the home based engines and those from the immediate locality, Steve Neville showed his Burrell Showman's 'Lord Lascelles' and also Lance Statham, his Fowler Showman's 'Carry On'. D. and S. Gray's Fowler 'Rising Star' was also present and rare engines on display included Parrish Bros. Fowell No. 91/1902/CE 7856; D. Lee's Savage centre engine No. 607/1893, 'Granny' and the only Deans portable of 1895 shown by R. Deans. Mr. Philip Ives held his bonfire party in late October and again he was lucky with the weather, finding the only dry day fur some time. Eight engines were present together with two organs. One organ was exhibited for the first time in new ownership, this being the 27 Key organ built two years ago by Alan Pell. It is now owned by Nicholas Aldworth of Olney, the son of Mr. Alf Aldworth, who was responsible for the excellent lining on Philip's Garrett. It is with much regret, in conclusion, that the death must be recorded of Mr. E. A. Pentlow of Risley, on October 9th. He was a blacksmith by trade and as such, helped many engine owners from time to time. He was always to be seen at local rallies and attended Roxton this year. Our sympathies are extended to Mrs. Pentlow, Celia and Robert. 45

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The Rally on the Hill at Brill took place in early September in excellent weather where, for the first time in a number of years, a set of Steam Gallopers graced the scene with the lights powered by Lance Statham's Fowler Showman's 'Carry On'. Another Showman's engine gainfully employed was Jack Lawrence's Burrell tractor No. 3631/1915/0R2729, 'Kathleen' whose front pneumatics are original and which drove lights alongside a fine set of Chairoplanes. Fensomes showed two engines, one their Burrell No. 4055/1927/VF1273, 'Crimson Lady', and the other, the Marshall G.P. No. 43560/1905/BD5414, 'Winifred', whilst an A. & P. Roller which was there was L. King's No. 10372 /1922/ME5769. Two unique Garretts were also present, these being Jim Hutchens' Suffolk Punch type tractor, 'The Joker' and Vic Greenaway's wagon, recently acquired from Jim, No. 35465/1931/0V5166.

The Thames Valley T.E. Club's annual Steam Up at Englefield was once again a successful and enjoyable event. Ralph Brown steamed the boiler that powered the 1898 SC Ransome and the 1863 Clayton & Shuttleworth stationary engines on waste wood. This latter engine was belted to a hundred year old saw bench. Club Chairman David Fowler provided his 44 in. gauge steam railway and also present were the steam wagons of Robin Greenaway — Foden No. 12018/1925/EU2683, 'Emily'; Vic Greenaway — Garrett No. 35465/1931/CV 5166 and Jim Hutchens — Sentinel S4 No. 9293/1937/UJ9497. Mr. New of Pewsey had his Merryweather Fire Pump in steam throughout the weekend. Forunately, she was not required to pump for her original purpose. Numerous models were also present. The well known Fowler Showman's engine No. 15653/1920/CU978 'Renown' has left the district, being sold by Audrey

Fowler Showman's Road Locomotive No. 15653 'Renown' at the Leeds & District Photo: L. & D. T.E.C. Traction Engine Club Rally, Harewood House, 1970. 46

and Ran Hawthorne and Sons to Howard Bros. of Cromford, Derbys. This Class R3 long box 8 hp Fowler was new to John Murphy of Gateshead in May 1920. She became one of the best known engines on the N.E. circuit. She is fitted with a Thompson-Walton "Feast" Crane which she used to crane scenic cars until 1933. John Murphy's brothers used Burrell engines, but whenever they were on the same grnund as John, 'Renown' was used to crane their cars as well. The Fowler with the Feast crane being much more suitable for the job. Being the crane ongne 'Renown' got little rest and viia5 often in steam for eight days at a stretch, when as many as five fairs were "caught" in that time. During the war she went to Cumbria, where she loaded timber for the war effort. She returned to Co. Durham and became derelict. Hestoration was undertaken in the early 50's and she attended early rallies in Co. Durham. In 1963 'Renown' came south to the Hawthorne family, Ran had known the engine, just before the war, in his native North Yorkshire. She had extensive boiler repairs in 1965, was rebuilt and appeared at the Woodcote Rally 1968. In succeeding years she visited most of the major rallies in the country including Harewood House, Castle Howard, Beaulieu, Stourpaine, Peterborough, Bath and West Show, etc. She spent the whole of 1975 season in Holland in the care of Ge van der Pol, where she did many miles on Dutch roads and attended a number of events. Ran and John Hawthorne went over for the big event of the year at Hoorn. While in the Hawthorne's ownership 'Renown' covered many miles on the road and during all those miles she never required any more attention on the road than could be provided by the tools in her tool box. The Hawthornes' are pleased that the engine has gone to a "good home". The Howards are real enthusiasts who are anxious to preserve this unique engine, the only one with a "Feast" crane and minus twisted brass — she never had any, — as she was. Steam is still very much in evidence in the Hawthornes' activities. Fowler No. 14674/1920/6W9937 10-ton Roller, 'Busy Bee' has been with them since 1960. They have a Wallis & Steevens 'Advance' under restoration and a steam launch, 'Thames Mist' on the river. At the Knowl Hill Rally in August, there were a couple of newcomers to the event

in the shape of Derek Trice's Manns Steam Cart No. 1260 and Geoff Wheeler with his Ruston T.E. No. 113043/ 1920/CE7977 'Oliver'. Regular attenders included Jack Wharton's 'Supreme' and also his Burrell Showman's No. 3489/1913/PB9624, 'King George VI'; one of Derek Trice's other engines, the Burrell Showman's engine No. 3118/1909 /AH5305 'Dreadnought' and C. Rowan's Burrell No. 3191/1910/VLJ346, 'Furious', together with A. Heal's large McLaren Road Loco No. 1652/1919/WF 184, 'Bodicea'. A visitor from further afield was D. Lees of Herts, who showed his old Savage centre organ No. 607/1892, 'Granny', together with an organ engine. The Berkshire based Clayton & Shuttleworth convertible roller No. 48835/1923/YA 7417 owned by J. Jones has been noted as being offered for sale.

DORSET/WEST HANTS An increased attendance was a feature of this year's Aldershot Rally which was very gratifying for the organisers on account of all the hard work which they put in. Among the engines appearing were G. Romanes Wallis & Steevens 3 nhp tractor No. —/1904/GRX400, 'Goliath'; D. G. Corbin's Fowler Showman's No. 9977/1904/H05655, 'Candyfloss' and G. Hunt's Marshall T.E. No. 57304/1911/TM 4430, 'Challenger'. As is to be expected in this area of West Hampshire, Wallis & Steevens were well represented and G.P.'s from this local manufacturer were those of P. Russell with No. 7293/1912/BH6808, 'Pandora'; No. 7227/1911/HR3577, 'Invincible' of D. Ranger and No. 7102/1909/BH 7446, 'The Reeder Express' of C. Dibben. John Kimpton of Ringwood only just made this event after attention to a loosely fitting flywheel, new big end bearings and overhaul of the motion. Rumours about the roller remaining cabless, are unfortunately unfounded and a new 'shed' will soon be fitted. The unusual Babcock & Wilcox roller No. 95/4013//1926/YB5089, 10-ton SC / SV, made a reappearance at this event this year. The owners Sid Philips, Andy Selwood and Don Cully were handing out sunglasses to the spectators at the rally to combat the brilliant shine on the freshly applied paintwork. They have, in fact, made a very pleasant job of repainting the roller, even making a very successful job of the lining out, but how good it was to see Sid back on the footplate again and thoroughly enjoying it. 47

The only change of ownership which has been reported is the purchase by D. Parker of Ringwood of the ex Mark Loader and Sons Wallis & Steevens Tractor/ Roller from N. Fincham of Shillingstone, near Blandford. Nichol had owned this for several years and had a new firebox, boiler barrell and tube plate made, consequently Dave now has a shed full of parts. However, these should form the engine, No. 7638/1919/H02621, eventually. It was built as a tractor but converted to a roller in 1923 by W. & S. and sold to Mark Loader (Bmth) and used up to 1961-2 when sold to Bob Goodfellow of Christchurch. From there it went to Shillingstone and it has now moved on to Ringwood. Work has been recommenced by Mark Loader on his Wallis & Steevens tractor No. 7881/1927/PR8420. The front axle and perch have been completely rebuilt, a new front axle spring made and fitted to replace the broken one and the front wheels have been fitted with new solid rubber tyres. Part of this work was kindly undertaken by the Goold Bros. for Mark. Very shortly, the wheels and many other parts will be despatched for shot blasting and zinc coating, a procedure which it is felt is second to none for this type of work. Incidentally, a word of warning to engine owners — if the front axle on your engine has never been stripped down, please take the trouble to do so — and soon. You may have a very nasty surprise when you examine the condition of the clevis pin supporting the axle. It is certainly worth looking at for safety's sake. Fortunately this year there was not too much mud at the annual Stourpaine Bushes event. The Showman's lineup was very similar to previous years, with long distance visitors from Lancashire and Norfolk among the regular attenders and this year joined by a Lincolnshire contender, the Foster tractor No. 14639/1936/BWV338, 'John Michael' of H. Epton and the local Fowler No. 9977, 'Candyfloss' of D. Corbin. New engines to the event this year included probably the largest steam exhibit ever shown here — D. Adkin's Fowler Z7, ex Mozambique, No. 15670/1922/— which was paired with J. Hodgson's BB1 No. 15206/1918/CE7898 on a cultivator and also D. Trice's Manns Steam Cart No. 1260/ 1917/U4298 which has never been to this part of the country before. Paul Antell attended with Robey No. 29333 /1910/AD9899, a 7 nhp s/cyl. agricultural and showed to all present just what can be achieved through sheer dedication. During the winter he is intending 48

completing the restoration by fitting the lagging and attending to one or two of the other finer points. It was pleasant to see Wallace Blackwell taking such an interest in this engine which his father owned at on time. The Foster threshing machine No. 8632 (ex Dowlmans of Sloothby, Lincs.) and now owned by D. R. Loader & Sons was just completed in time this year (in fact, it only came out of the workshop at noon on the Friday) after several years work. The machine is now fitted with a Murch Reed Comber which was originally fitted to a Garrett Drum but when purchased from the Northleach area some years ago, it was well past any feasible restoration and so the comber was taken off, completely rebuilt and then placed on the Foster Drum. One or two items require final adjustment but so far, the result is satisfactory. The Burrell G.P. of Bill Briggs, No. 2003/ 1897/YA509 'Diamond Queen' was shown at Stourpaine, in its native county and actually drove a stone crusher at the same location as it powered a thresher some 80 years previously. Quite a remarkable 'home coming'. Threshing and sawing went on much as usual and the Goold Bros. Sentinel Timber tractor No. 8843/1933/ UJ2112 assisted veteran (to this task here) Len Crane with the Fowler Crane Engine in loading timber. For sheer strength and spectacle, the sight of John Clarke's Fowler Gyrotiller actually gyrotilling was not to be missed — indeed it was a very fine display. At the Friday auction, only one of the steam engines was sold, this being the R.S.J. engine No. 31298/1920/SA4253, 'Garioch Queen', ex Bill Edwards of Aberdeen which was sold by Tom Varley for £8,000. The other items did not reach the reserve price, these being a Fowler Roller No. 18279/1929/CV1503, 'Zebedee' up to £5,750; A. & P. Roller No. 10445/1923/ FX9806, up to £1,750; Burrell No. 1840/ 1894/YA2481, 'Duke of Windsor', complete with threshing drum, up to £9,500. Bert Dibben had his usual end of season Steam Up in October, engines in attendance included D. Antell's W. & S. Advance No, 8100/1936/BAA432; E. Lucas' Fowler Showman's engine No. 19782 / 1932/UB9763, 'The Lion'; Bert's own W. & S., 'The Reeder Express'; G. Hunt's Marshall Road Loco No. 57304/1911 /TM4430, 'Challenger' and the National Motor Museum's Burrell Showman's 'Lord Nelson'.

LANCS./CHESHIRE There has been a recent change of

identity in so far as D. Priestner's Fowler Roller No. 16007/1923 is concerned. This roller regularly attended the Lancs. T.E.C. rallies until a few years ago when it was put aside for work to be carried out on two other engines — Fowler P.E. No. 15148/1918/CT4663 and Marshall T.E. No. 53176/1909/KE4681, 'Boadicea'. Now this pair have been dealt with, No. 16007 has been rebuilt (as a Steamroller!?—Ed.) and has now reverted to her original identity as NW4058 as she was given the new registration of MN9391 when she became No. 7 in the fleet of the 1.0.Man Highways BediJ ‘.,‘,I,en she left the mainland to work on the Island. Both major rallies in the area, at Haydock and Chelford, had a good attendance from engines and supporting vehicles. The new venue of the Lancashire Club's rally, Hayrlork Park racprni irca, wag xn/p11 I i kPri on the whole but the public obviously had not realised the change of venue as only about 8,000 attended over the weekend. Needless to say, the Club has made a thumping great loss on the event which was reported in the last issue. As a contrast, the Astle Park Rally at Chelford, in early August was attended by thousands. On the engine side there was at least one of every class in the 41 engine line up, from a venerable portable, 14 agriculturals, one ploughing engine, 3 tractors end 5 wagons to 6 rollers, two road locos, a Showman's tractor and no less than six genuine Showman's Road Locos (What about a centre engine then — Ed?) New to the rally were Burrell tractor No. 3397/1912/AH095, 'Cock o' the North' (Owen Francis of Urmston); Burrell T.E. No. 3686/1915/AH6208 (Roger Murray of Prestbury); Garrett Roller No. 34084/1921/ BJ7045, 'The Baroness', (George Howard); Len Crane's Fowler Crane Engine; A. & P. T.E. No. 8597/1915/SW757 (J. Hardman, Whaley Bridge) and Gardiner & Savage's Foden Wagon No. 13120 /1928/VM4536. The fine array of Showman's engines which always dominate this event included such names as 'Dreadnought', 'Goliath', 'Repulse', 'Rajah', 'Prospector', 'Dolphin' and 'William V' September and October were occupied by smaller steam events, although the 4th Steam Working at Warburton, organised by the Lancs. Club and Frank Lythgoe on 29/30th September can hardly be classed as small as it attracted 15 engines. The excellent line up of threshing sets which is always a feature of this event included two which were actually threshing wheat.

Much interest was also generated by the tractor ploughing, the Showmans engines and organc of the host, Frank Lythgoe, a clutch of vintage vehicles and Eddie Hatfield's Chiappa fair organ. On October 6th and 7th the Holly Bush Steam Party was also well attended with 15 engines, and the event followed a similar pattern to previous years with Walter Fitter's 7 hp Foden compound engine Nn 9312/1911/MA7770 and Burrell 6 hp R.L. No_ 3098/1909/MA5657 sharing the threshing and Frank Lythgoe's 98 key Marenghi organ and E. and P. Hatfield's 48 Itay Chiappa organ providing the music. The two Showman's engines generated light and were Frank Lythgoe's majestic Burrell 'Dolphin' (with Big Jim Dakin in charge) and Peter Startup's immaculate R3 Fowler 'Repulse'. Supporting the event were Burrell 5 hp T.E. No. 4037, Ransomes 7 hp T.E. No. 41046, Clayton 7 hp T.E. 46059, Burrell tractor No. 3397, Wallis tractor No. 2931, Foden wagon No. 1742, Humphries Portable No. 1663, Aveling roller No. 10906, Fowler roller No. 20122, Burrell roller No. 4067 and Burrell roller No. 3535. The last steam-mans gathering in this part of the world took place on 27th October at the Red Lion in Goostrey, under the organisation of local steam-man Will Dakin who had persuaded, or otherwise, about ten engine owners to attend in addition to Eddie Hatfield's Chiappa organ, Alan Barber's new Verbeeck organ and several stationary engines. A long distance traveller to the event was Peter Millington of Gredington, Salop with his recently acquired 6 hp Aveling & Porter convertible R.L, No. 8420/1914/BT8884 as was the Foden timber tractor No. 13784/1931/UX 9728. Two other Fodens attended, the 5 ton wagon No. 1742 and D type tractor No: 13222 along with Burrell scc T.E. No. 2336, Clayton T.E. No. 46059, Ransomes T.E. No. 41046, Burrell T.E. No. 3686 and Humphries No. 1663. After the Chelford rally Garrett roller No. 34084 changed ownership, being sold by George Howard to J. Lea of Cleckheaton, Yorks. Another engine to change hands is the ex Devon C.C. 8 ton Aveling & Porter convertible tractor No. 7838/1912/TA2436, owned by Peter Froud since 1968, and sold in November to Bolton steeplejack and star of television Fred Dibnah. The Aveling was kept at the Cheshire Transport Collection Museum at Runcorn, but its departure will be compensated by the arrival of an Andrew Barclay 0-4-0 ST locomotive and a 5 ton steam crane. The tank engine was new in 1929 to C.P.C. 49

United Kingdom (then Brown & Poison) and worked until October 1978 shunting coal wagons and van traffic in and out of the works at Trafford Park. The steam crane was used at the G.S.C. works at Shelton until a couple of years ago. The Liverpool County Museum's Wallis & Steevens 'Advance' roller No. 7815/1925/ H06380, presented to the museum in 1967 by the Limmer & Trinidad Asphalt Co., is having a new firebox fitted by Warrington boilermaker Jim Barlow. Another engine having a new firebox is Burrell tractor No. 3862/1920/MA8472, the work being carried out by owner Jack Johnson at his premises in Banks, Southport. Our marathon steaming expert Jim Stevenson of Sale completed 1,000 miles of steaming his E type Aveling & Porter roller No. 10906/1924/MB5846, 'Cinderella' on the Saturday of the Steam Working at Warburton, holding a small celebration at the Jolly Thresher on his way there. To complete this mileage since restoration finished in May 1977, and having driven

most of it single handed, is indeed a notable achievement. One roller to be put up for sale in recent weeks is the Burrell SCC 12 ton machine No. 3388/1912/TB3718 owned by P. Clare. This has been sold to N. Playford in Norfolk. Mr. A. Bridge of Grappenhall has recommenced work on his Burrell roller No. 4004/1925/Y62010. He has started on the replating of part of the tender as well as machining various boiler fittings. Hopefully it may be ready for the rally fields next year but this remains to be seen. In the north of the county, Tom Varley held one of his popular open days in midOctober, the first for some time, when no less than 12 engines were in steam and eleven of them were to be seen being driven around the caravan park. Among these were Tom's recent acquisitions — some of which were somewhat unfamiliar to even regular attenders. The big Fowler Road Loco, for instance, No. 9381/1902/ WR6770, 'Lady Betty', ex W. Chilvers and a Foden wagon No. 3510/1913/MA4673

On the road from Cheshire to Anglesey during Jim Stevenson's long return journey last year. "Cinderella" (see above) passes through the rock tunnel between Penmaemawr and Llanfairfechan. Photo: R. Watson-Jones. 50

which has been in a museum in the USA for the past 51 years. This wagon carries the original livery of J. T. Lawton of Manchester in which it was delivered new to them and in whose fleet it ran until 1928. Two other relative newcomers were an A. & P. tractor No. 9354/1921/KM5364, previously owned by North Yorkshire enthusiast Fred Bainbridge and the Super Sentinel No. 5665/1925/RS5540 'Tiger' previously owned by Bill Edwards, Aberdeen. Roller enthusiasts were delighted to find inside the Museum, the A. & P. rare tandem roller No. tib3U/1UW/NIVIZU'l, in steam and fully restored to the usual Varley standard. Three vehicles are currently undergoing restoration, including a Foden 'Colonial' I ype. wagon understood to be being built up from the remains of a vehicle acquired from Australia. No further details were forthcoming but the wagon had registration plates M4848 fitted. The boiler from Garrett Showman's tractor No. 30959/1912/BJ1458, 'Hilda' was being reboxed and retubed and also a Stanley steam car, ex Ireland, ex USA, was also undergoing restoration.

DERBY The engine population of the area has suddenly increased — by three — and not all of them are rollers, even though they are all Fowlers! Denis Waters has bought a 6-ton Fowler Roller No. 16523/1925 from Lambe's of Bromsgrove. This is an exPortugal machine and has not been long in this country. The Showman's style tractor No. 14798/1917/U5313, 'Firefly' has moved from Wilf Payne of Bawtry to join Ted Eansworth's collection and perhaps the most significant addition to our ranks has been the Showman's Road Loco 'Renown' No. 15653/1920/CU978, which has been bought by the Howards from Ran Hawthorne. The Howards have subsequently sold their Marshall Road Loco No. 74871/1921/8E9002, 'Lion' to Les Birch down in Kent. On the rally scene now, the oldest engine to attend Cromford Rally was the Wallis & Steevens G.P. of Reeder Bros., No. 2394/1897/8E9345, 'Michelle Louise'. In the hot sunny weather, some 16 rollers paraded which included the well travelled Marshall No. 82842/1928/WW3643, 'Goolie', ex Goole R.D.C. owned by Messrs. Rodgers and Bosworth. In addition to Howard Bros. Marshall Road Loco, others there were John Blagg's McLaren No. 1421/1913/

8E7518, 'Captain Scott' and Graham Lave's Fowler No. 15323/1919/HR3687, 'Excelsior', No full size Showman's were present but three tractors were present, the local one being Teddy Eansworth's A. & P. No. 9179/1920/CJ4158, 'The Whippett', and Jess Swingler's pair of Foster conversions, 'Maid Marion' and the other, No. 14564/ 1922/1E8055, 'Jess', being a newcomer to this year's rally. Ashover Rally proved to be a real enginemen's rally, a most enjoyable event, despite the wet conditions. It was a first time effort and eleven of the seventeen exhibits were of the thiee wheeled vaiieLy in this noted roller county with makes ranging from W. & S., Marshall, C. & S., Fowler and Aveling of both marques. The lone Fowler was T. Marchington's No. 10386/1905/MA8203. Two wagons were also present, Messrs. Gardiner & Savage with their Foden and the local Standard Sentinel No. 3899/1920 /ET1969 of J. H. Pattinson and amongst other entries was Flear's Fowler P.E. No, 13881/1914/ NO730. The Crich Rally at August Bank Holiday saw the appearance of a long distance traveller, Burrell S.R.L. No. 3443/1913/ C03822, 'Lord Nelson', owned by the National Motor Museum. The Kirk Hallam Rally this year went to a two day event, instead of the usual one day — a decision quite justified at the end of the day_ A good selection of engines was present, including, as usual, Lionel Fryer with his Fowler P.E. No. 15207/1918/CE7899, giving a cultivation demonstration, this year paired with one of Beeby's Diesel engined ploughing engines. The only Showman's there was Teddy Eansworth's tractor, 'The Whippett'. 'Grand Pa's Harvest' was the title of the next event in the area. As the name suggests, demonstrations of cultivating and threshing were well to the fore at this interesting show. En route from Klondyke Mill, after the Fauld event, to the Smalley bonfire, Steve Durance's Marshall roller No. 57168/1910/ NN950, 'Blodwen' disgraced herself rather badly when the injector steam valve seat broke up. This allowed steam to pass into the water tank, which resulted in a tank full of very hot water. They had to be rescued by John Bosworth's Scammell heavy haulage tractor. The 'train' consisted of the roller being pushed by the Scammell and the living van on tow behind that. Subsequent photographs of the 'train' lead one to wonder how a roller could pull such a load! Two such Steam Bonfire 51

parties took place, the first being organised by the Smalley Preservation Group at the Sitwell Arms, Horsley Woodhouse, and the second at Ted Eansworth's yard near Clay Cross. Both events were well attended. In conclusion, two social events have taken place — the first a coach trip to Cushings at Thursford, organised by Jim Andrews and which was enjoyed tremendously by the Klondyke Klan and the second, a slide show organised by Bernard Bartram. Secretary of the R.R.A., at the Royal Oak, Ockbrook on 13th November. The main speaker was Derek Rayner, the R.R.A. vice chairman from Norwich, and who happened to be in the area on business, who gave a slide show entitled, 'Rollers in Profusion', the supporting acts were Steve Durance with slides taken during his recent visit to New Zealand and Bernard with slides of local rollers. As the event was enjoyed by all, it is hoped that the R.R.A. can organise a similar evening show in January and subsequent ones later on in 1980. All are welcome at these events.

SCOTLAND NORTH EAST An error crept into these notes in the last issue. The Robey T.E. No. 19435, 'General Smuts' of G. Strathdee was not present at the Bon Accord Rally as stated. The owner was otherwise engaged that weekend and was unable to be present. Apologies to those concerned.

ROAD ROLLER ASSOCIATION The annual road run from the Rempstone Rally to Cromford, a distance of about 30 miles, took place again this year. Some six 'glutton's for punishment' took part and these were the following: A. & P. No. 9128/1920/E5336, 'Major' — D. Waters; A. & P. No. 14083/1930/DG1372, 'Evelyn' — Fairwoods; Fowler No. 16979/1925/ WW1442, 'Dorothy' — J. H. Pattinson; C. & S. No. 48971/1924/EP2966, 'Mary Regina' — P. and J. Waites; Marshall No. 57168, S. Durance and W. & S. No. 7539/ 1917/BE9360, 'Midnight', — Brian Wright. A good day was had by all participants and all arrived without mishap at Cromford before dark.

INTERNATIONAL SECTION Compiled by D. A. Rayner SEARCHING FOR STEAM IN AUSTRALIA John B. Toy A long standing invitation to visit fellow steam enthusiasts in Australia finally came about when my wife and I landed at Sydney Airport during the last week of September 1979, more or less direct from Stourpaine! Our day to day itinerary had been worked out well in advance, and we were to see, during the four weeks of our visit several steam hauled rail tours, and steam in action at a number of preservation centres, plus visits to three Industrial 52

locations where steam, 100% British, still reigns supreme! We had kept a number of days spare for general sight-seeing and searching for Traction engines, Rollers, etc., and just before leaving England I had written to Brian Burke, Editor of the Australian equivalent of our Traction Engine Register, in the hope that he could give me details of a few locations. I could never have envisaged what was to follow!

Within hours of our arriving in Sydney, Brian telephoned to say that he would personally take us to see a number of engine owners during our stay in Sydney, and that he had arranged for triends of his to show us engines in Adelaide and Melbourne! I was still trying to digest this wonderful piece of news when he told me that a special Steam-Up and Bar-be-que had been arranged for our benefit that Saturday evening! I made a note of the venue and our hosts were only too pleased to drive us over to the home of Bruce Tulloch at Flemington that Saturday. On affivai, Brian and Bruce met us, ana after introductions we headed towards the rear of the house. The wonderful aroma of burning wood greeted us and then as we turned into the garden the 'culprit', Clayton & Shuttleworth Portable No. 42468 of 1909 was seen, gently ticking over on the lawn! Next to it stood Davey Paxman Portable No. 16916 of 1911, whilst in a large shed cum workshop were three more engines — a fully restored and immaculate 3 hp Brown & May Portable (No. 7723) and weighing a mere 41 cwt. stood in a corner, almost lost beside Ransomes No. 22891 of 1909 and Burrell No. 2071 — two Traction Engines awaiting overhauls. As darkness came, the Clayton began generating power for the garden lights, the cue for me to begin some night photography, whilst the ladies present began preparing the Bar-beque. After much eating and drinking I was able to show all present a selection of slides showing engines at work on the roads of the U.K. and this concluded an enjoyable introduction to the Australian steam scene. The New South Wales Preservation Society have obtained a new 60 acre site at Menangle Park, Campbelltown which they rent from the local council. The first Rally and official opening was due to take place on November 17-18 1979, and at the time of my visit work was well in hand in preparation for the event. Brian Burke kindly took me to the site, where I was able to see most engines owned by the Society, plus those kept on the site and owned by individuals. The first engine I noticed was a 6 hp Robey T.E. No. 31829, in terrible condition and recently rescued from the bush. Close to the purpose built engine shed, I found Davey Paxman Portable No. 17461 and said to be 16 hp, Fowler T.E. No. 13004 undergoing repairs, and an unidentified Ruston Proctor 5 hp Portable. Inside the shed were threshing machines, water carts, two Rollers — Clayton No. 46458 and Fowler No. 16943,

and another five Portables — Garrett No. 29747, Marshall No. 50274, Robey No. 25961 and Clayton's Nos. 38891 and 46282, all beautifully restored. On our way back to Sydney, we called in at the Green's Auto Museum at Leppington. Standing outside the main entrance in poor condition is Fowler 8 hp Comp. No. 9525, whilst opposite the auto museum amongst preserved buses and lorries are two Portables — Marshall No. 44646 and Garrett No. 29748 both 8 hp, and a 16 hp Buffalo Pitts T.E. No. 9587 which is regularly steamed. Nearby stands an Aveling & Porter Roller minus its chimney, which had spent many years in a park. Next day Brian took us to Glenhaven to see Paul Brotchie and his collection. Paul had kindly steamed his Davey Paxman Portable No. 17260 for our visit. It ticked moor liko n cowing mn, hian nnd 1,-,rrknri real treat. Nearby, under a large eucalyptus tree stood Fowler T.E. No. 9809 and Brian Burke's Clayton T.E. No. 45127. Under repair and stripped down was Fowler Convertible No. 16983 in Tractor guise. No less than four Portables were also on view having been rescued in recent years, the rarest being Ransomes Sims and Head No. 3778 of 1878 and Buffalo Pitts No. 8463! Two Davey Paxman's, Nos. 14801 and 15414 completed the collection, these standing next to the roller wheels of the Convertible engine. Our next port of call was Dick Heher's at nearby Kenthurst. Dick is a keen Fowler enthusiast, and in a large shed has no less than five Fowlers! All have been faithfully restored and look superb. In steam for our visit was Fowler Roller No. 16526 complete with Allen Scarifier. A unique T.E. with perch bracket and front end not unlike a K5 is Fowler No. 12900. Next to this stands Fowler T.E. No. 9873 and a narrow gauge Fowler steam loco! Pride of the collection must go to the pair of enormous ploughing engines, Fowlers Nos. 16719/20 said to be Class 27, but are they not Class Z7? At present Dick is working on Marshall Road Loco No. 52962 and no doubt when this work is completed, one of the four Portables languishing outside will be restored — these being Ruston Proctor No. 42049, Ransomes, Sims and Jeffries No. 15898, Barrows and Stewart No. 2675 and Ransomes, Sims and Head No. 3686, built well over 100 years ago! During a fortnight of touring parts of South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales, a number of very interesting engines were seen. The largest collection was found at the 53

Two special Fowler engines at Launceston, Tasmania. Can anyone provide more information? It appears the cable drum apparatus may have been attached after delivery Photo: K. Flinton. of the engines. Wantirna showground near Melbourne, where we were taken by local enthlsiast Kevin Taig. Two days of heavy rain had left the site ankle deep in mud, and the engines were viewed with great difficulty! In steam, being prepared for a local event was Buffalo Springfield Roller No. 10699 of 1915. This was being low loaded early the next morning, together with Fowler T.E. No. 9055 of 1901. The largest engine present was Fowler No. 15500, another Z7 Ploughing engine and recently restored. Two unidentified Fowlers, a Roller and a Stump puller were present, the latter being derelict. Other derelicts included Burrell T.E. No. 2945 and Buffalo Pitts T.E. No. 10433. In better condition were Clayton T.E. No. 42129 and Marshall Roller No. 88198. Four Portables made up the remainder of the collection, these being R. Hornsby No. 6298 of 1890, Marshall No. 62081, and two unidentified — another Marshall and a Clayton & Shuttleworth. Our next visit was made to see Andrew Reynold's two rarities at Vermont — an Australian built Cowley Roller, No. 1214 of 1928 stood outside in the rain, whilst inside his garage was a beautifully restored Ransomes 6 Ton wagon, No. 34036. The latter was to be steamed and taken to an event next morning, but my attempts at witnessing this were foiled by electrical problems on the railway — very annoying after getting up at 6.00 a.m.! 54

The only other engines encountered in the Melbourne area were at the Menzies Creek Museum, situated mid way along the route of the all steam Puffing Billy Railway. Amongst a variety of narrow gauge loco's we found Marshall No. 48317, a large Portable, Aveling & Porter Roller No. 11629, and an unidentifiable Foden T.E. At Adelaide Railway Museum, standing behind a Garrett loco, we found an Aveling

& Porter Roller under restoration. This is believed to be No. 10960. Heading back towards Sydney we called in at the Goul-

burn Museum of Steam. A huge beam engine was in steam, but unfortunately other items are only steamed at weekends

— these include a steam crane, a narrow gauge loco, two 14 hp Buffalo Pitts T.E.'s Nos. 10154 and 10520, Aveling & Porter Roller No. 10637, Fowler Ploughing Engine No. 5933, & Buffalo Pitts Portable No. 10528. ❑uring our travels we came across two steam rollers in parks. One, a Fowler is in Lions Park at Weston, close to the all steam South Maitland Railway. The other is in a Park at Blacktown. This is an Aveling & Porter minus front roll — the roll still in use by the local council! In conclusion I acknowledge the considerable help given to us by Brian Burke and friends in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, and the engine owners for arranging steam ups and placing engines outside for photography.

A ROBEY PORTABLE IN NATAL by Nevil Miller Greytown lies about 44 miles in a northeasterly direction from Pietermaritzburg, the Capital of Natal. It is in the centre of an agricultural district and a timber-growing area, has a population of come 6,000 end may be considered as the equivalent of a British market town. It is in fact Umvoti County town. The Curator of the Museum for a very lung time had his eyes on a portable engine in the district which until 1968 had been sewbencii. Five years of negotiation then followed and eventually the engine was donated to the Museum by its last owner and now occupies a position of honour as the principal outdoor exhibit. The particulars of the engine are as follows:-

Makers• Rohey of Lincoln Ltd.; Works number: 39700; Date: November, 1920; Condition: Virtually complete but boiler certicate lapsed; When imported: 1920 to its first owner in Johannesburg; Duties: Wood sawing and supplying power to a wattle bark extract plant. I am grateful to the Curator, Mr. E. Dominy for the above notes. He says that he has at least two other steam engines in the district in view and hopes to bring one of them to its final resting place in this delightful town which was founded in 1840 and named after Sir George Grey, High Commissioner for the then District of Natal, in about 1850.

SRI LANKA A 'scoop' for this section has been the loan of two photographs taken recently in Colombo, Sri Lanka (latterly Ceylon) by Mr. Richard Davis of Stow, near Lincoln. He is a chef on the liner Queen Elizabeth II and was fortunate enough to spot two Robey Steam Wagons on the quay there which are still performing a useful service in handling products like tea and coconut oil along the quayside. They were imported to Ceylon in 1925 and are believed to be the only steam wagons still being commercially used in the world. They are numbered 1 and 5 in the fleet of the government owned business of the British Ceylon Corporation Ltd. and are painted in a very pleasing yellow ochre, lined in red and black. One of them at least is an articulated wagon and although certain technicel details were painted on a board which was produced by the natives when it was realised that they were being photographed, unfortunately, the Works Numbers were not recorded. Should these be forthcoming from another source (and any of our members who go on a Round the World cruise on Q.E. II are asked to look out for these). Steaming will be pleased to publish them

in due course. Also, if it is established whether other wagons still exist, we would be pleased to know.

JERSEY 'Although not strictly 'International', but nevertheless worthy of inclusion in this section is the record of a visit paid by Mr. C. H. Denyer to the private collection of Mr. Lindon Pallot of Sion Trinity. This revealed the following: Marshal 'S' type p.v. roller No. 78539/1923/J17884 which originally worked in the Parish of St. Saviour and was currently undergoing overhaul and also another Marshall P.V. roller, new to the Parish of St. Helier and a Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies 6 h.p. T.E. Unfortunately, these latter two were minus works plates, having been stolen sometime previously by a visitor from the Mainland. (Ed. note — I trust this was not one of our 'members'). An unusual portable engine also formed part of the collection, this being a French built Merlin et Cie a Vierzon (Omer). This was mounted on wooden axles, both fore and aft and saw service during the German occupation during World War 2. (Further details of the unidentified engines would be appreciated — Ed.).

The Robey Wagon standing at Colombo Docks in 1979. 56

Photo: R. Davies.

'GARRETT 200' By R. A. WHITEHEAD Brentford, London, Transport Bookman Publications 1978 PRICE £10.00 Another admirable work from the pen of Bob Whitehead providing further valuable end unique commentary on the history of the famous Traction Engine builders, Richard Garrett & Son of Lciston in Suffolk. Mr. Whitehead is the undisputed expert on the history of this renowned firm and 'Garrett 200', written to coincide with LilCll Bi-centenary, comes as a welcome addition to his earlier book published in 1964. Whereas the latter deals in detail with the steam driven machinery manufactured by Garretts, this new work provides us with a history of the family and a social history of Leiston, as well as covering in some detail the diverse range of products introduced at various times as a diversification during periods of agricultural depression and during two World Wars. Like their competitors, Garretts suffered considerably during the Great Agricultural Depression in the 1870's and 1880's and in the years following the first World War, periods when Agricultural Engineers £1 shares could be purchased for a few shillings. The growth of trade unionism and left wing militancy in this rural comm-

unity, as well as the flair and entrepreneural qualities of the Garrett family, is dealt with in a fair and interesting manner. The story of their absorption by the illfated Agricultural & General Engineers Group in 1919 is of special interest as this venture had a profound effect on so many of the old established Agricultural Engineers and Traction Engine builders and resulted in the demise of many famous names such as Charles Burrell & Sons Ltd. As a minor point the statement that Fowler of Leeds and Marshalls of Gainsborough were not approached by the combine is incorrect. The first self moving steam engine to be fitted with Boydell's Endless Railway Wheels was a Garrett and it is interesting to learn that Garretts owned the Camden Brewery, in Hawley Crescent, Camden, adjacent to Boydell and Glasier's factory where the wheels were manufactured. This same engine was the first steam engine to take part in the Lord Mayor's Show in London in 1856. 'Garrett 200' will clearly have a wider appeal than to the dedicated Traction Engine enthusiast only. It is well illustrated and competitively priced. The writer's only criticism is that a work of this kind, containing thousands of facts, should contain an index without this facility it is, difficult to use as a book of reference. M. R. LANE.

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Alan Thomas sent us this picture taken by a friend in New Zealand of a Portable Engine near Japanui in South Island. Can anyone help with identification of manufacturer?

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR "Fairway", Syke Lane, Nawton, York. Dear Sir, I am sending the enclosed photograph in the hope that it may be of interest to your correspondent Gordon Crook. I took it at Perranporth, Cornwall, in August, 1936, and shows the Garrett No. 4 compound tractor Reg. No. HT3064 in all the glory of its fairground trimmings. It belonged to Henry Jones & Sons of Newton Abbott, Devon, who also owned Burrell 6 nhp No. 3212 Reg. No. AF3497. My interest in steam road vehicles was only just beginning at the time and I hadn't got the experience to know where the Garrett Works number was situated. The little girl by the driving wheel was, so the driver said, ''the boss's daughter". She is not looking too happy on the photo because I am afraid I only very begrudingly allowed her to be on it at all, and then only on condition she stayed well off centre! No doubt she, or other members of the Jones' family will still be traceable and might supply further information. I further recall that on one occasion, moving on to their next stand at Lostwithiel, some trailers broke loose on the hill leading out of Perranporth. I do not know that much damage was done, or that anyone was hurt, but the whole 58

cavalcade had to spend the night by the road side. The ban on all night parking hadn't been thought of then! Yours faithfully, STANLEY NEVILL. 0 0 Grey Gables, Withleigh, Tiverton, Devon. Dear Sir, I was very interested to read the letter sent in by Gordon Crook re the engines used by Nott's of Black-Dog, as I have happy memories of working on all three threshing sets during the war days. We often helped form the threshing team in the area where these engines worked. As stated, the Robey 6 h.p. single was their first engine, and this was driven by Mr. Albert Nott, when his father George dissolved partnership with Mr. Archie Nott of Witheridge. Early in the war the Garrett was purchased from a Mr. Batten of Liskeard for £127.00. As far as I know, it was used in showland by Alfred Jones of Bristol, and when it came to Nott's it was fitted with twisted brass and full canopy. As soon as Mr. Albert Nott's younger brother Ken, was old enough, he took over the Garrett, and apart from a short period, drove it until it was cut up in September 1951. Apparently, it was cut up on Mr. Albert Nott's wedding day, as the scrappers lorry passed the wedding party with the Garrett on board!!

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The Garrett Tractor mentioned in the letter from Mr. Stanley Nevill on the opposite page. Photo: S. Nevill.

It was a lovely little engine and very light on fuel and water in contrast to the Robey, which was known to have used 11 x 56 gallon barrel's of water in a day's threshing. The Robey went for £18.00 scrap price, and the scrap dealer paid for this one and promised to return and pay £10.00 each for the other engines, but did not do this, so all three were sold for £18.00. The Garrett carried a bulge in her box all the time Nott's had her, but always passed her test. (Good old days). She was nearly blown up when being driven by a learner driver, who omitted to clean the boiler and gauge glasses and melted the crown, and causing some £300 worth of damage. I should like to contact Gordon Crook sometime, as I think he has some photos of our McLaren — he moved away from this area some years ago. Yours sincerely,

F. G. BRITTON.

11 Tinshill Lane, Leeds, 16. Dear Sir, I have read the articles written by my brother Wilf with great interest and would like to comment on his claims for Steam Wagons — Sentinels, Garretts and the like. It is quite true that the wagons could shift the stuff alright and for my part we can give the Arabs the hard word. Being a bit old fashioned, I mention that the customer is always right and we can manage without them if it comes to a showdown. There were virtually no imports of either petrol or other liquid fuel into this country before 1900 and that's when England was 'top of the pops'. Well, Wilfred is all for Garretts, Manns and Sentinels and the name Yorkshire tends to upset him. When I was a boy in the mid 20's, Leeds was full of Yorkshire Steam Wagons. He says quite truly that neither I nor he ever saw a Yorkshire wagon on a journey on haulage work going out of town as their boilers were not up to it. The fact remains, however, that in this City, there were dozens and dozens of Yorkshires on local deliveries and they were far more numerous than Manna wagons. All the Yorkshires I remember 59

were tippers. They were economical, easy to fire and had a great advantage with the transverse boiler as it shortened the wheelbase and hence overall length. Steam wagons were in great abundance in Leeds in the early 20's — a lot of them, locally built — but Yorkshires did not get onto long distance work until the advent of the WF and WG models later on in the 1920's. I drove a Sentinel S4, Reg. No. UP8366 for my brother's firm on long distance haulage during the Battle of Britain period in the early 1940's and it is therefore of great interest to me to read Wilfred's articles which are very good for a man who is 81 years old. Yours faithfully, JACK COLE. 0

The Revd. R. C. Stebbings 23 Shepherds Lane, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7JJ. The Editor Steaming, Dear Sir, Page 215, Vol. 22. The Ploughing Engine belonged to F. A. Smith of E. Hendred, new to him 15.3.11 was not a BB but a B4. This type was re-designed to be the BB, later BB1. The obvious changes included in the BB included the single slide bar and arrangement of road gearing. Yours sincerely, R. C. STEBBINGS. 0

0 21 King Street, Leighton Buzzard, Beds. LU7 7BY.

Dear Editor, As a person who has become interested in the traction engine quite recently, I have been trying to find works of fiction in which the traction engine plays a part. I have only found two books so far: —Lion in the Evening" by Alan Scholefield and "Gumdrop and the Farmer's Friend" by Val Biro, a children's book. I think that there must be others, perhaps published some time ago and now out of print. If any readers are able to furnish details, Title, Author and Publisher, if possible, of other books I will be pleased to hear from them. Yours faithfully, IAN W. THOMAS. 0 60

Easington Village, Co. Durham. I note the comments of the Derby correspondent in the last issue of Steaming regarding Ashton's Sentinel and its attendant grass fires and would contradict his conclusions from a recent experience of mine. Shortly after leaving Expo at Peterborough this year on Bank Holiday Monday and travelling North, I found the roadside and fields aflame for a distance of about ten miles. Countless residents, campers, drivers, farmers, firemen and policemen were dealing with the blazes. Eventually, I passed the Sentinel waggon No. 1465 belonging to J. C. Ward of Penistone, Yorkshire, with police vehicles in attendance and the crew of the waggon, "assisting the motorway patrol with their enquiries". Incidentally, at the time, the crew were filling their tank from a roadside hydrant. Since there were no grass fires beyond this point, I think I can safely point the accusing finger at the Sentinel. Yours faithfully, C. R. KILGOUR. 0

0 29 Whitford Road, Bromsgrove.

Dear Editor, The letter from Mr. Brenholz in June's Steaming as to a descent of Fish Hill, Broadway, reminded me of an incident brought to my notice by a resident of that village when I was doing research recently for a book on Worcestershire County Council's steamers. In the early 1950s Worcestershire County Council's fleet of steam rollers was on its last legs, and engines were hired from Bomford and Evershed Ltd. from time to time. One was working in Broadway on road patching when it was hit by a lorry which had run away down Fish Hill. The lorry, a new Bedford of Gascoigne's of Reading, milking machine makers, caught the roller and an ex-Army Bedford. Gascoigne's lorry shed its load, its chassis twisted through forty degrees. The roller's front roll sheared just below the roll head. Nobody was hurt, the roller driver being at lunch, the lorrymen were lucky. The roller (Aveling & Porter No. 5199, Reg No. NX369) was repaired by Bomfords, and is, I believe, now preserved. Yours sincerely, JOHN HEAD. 0

3 Royal Oak Drive, Wickford, Essex, SS11 8NT. Dear Editor, The mystery picture in the September issue of Steaming was taken at Bulmers steam centre at Hereford. I have an identical colour transparency taken on the 14th October, 1972. Unfortunately, I am unable to ascertain the maker of this engine but the registration number painted on the tender was KH5728. Yours faithfully, J. E. SEARING. (Ed.: Looks like an Aveling & Porter Tractor — any more comments?).

West Farm Cottage, Agates Lane, Ashstead, Surrey. Tel: Ashtead 73693 Dear Editor, In September, I had the job of organising a Cavalcade of Vintage Cars in connection with the Newbury Show. We needed some plaques for the occasion and I remembered the G.M.S. (Wirksworth) Ltd. advertisement in your March issue of Steaming. My reason for writing is to put on record the good service and good product we received from G.M.S. Both the Mercantile Credit Company, who were the sponsors of the Cavalcade, and I, were very pleased with the quality of the brass plaques, how quickly they were produced and the reasonable cost. Yours sincerely, MAURICE SMITH.

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 — JULY/AUGUST 1979 J. R. Boyes, Ravenscar, 2 Brook Way, Colmans Farm, Caine, Wilts. G. T. Colbourne, 3 Caernarvon Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS18 2JY. E. H. Meadon, 61 Malvern Road, Moordown, Bournemouth. J. R. Harvey, 76 Saxonhurst Road, Bournemouth, BH10 6 JH. R. W. Watts, Northfield House, Kingston Bagpuize, Oxon, 0X13 5HZ.

C. H. Kempton, The Close, Rosamondford, Nr. Aylesbeare, Devon. N. D. Chantry, 36 Westdale Avenue, Glenhills, Leicester, LE2 9JP. W. P. C. De Vos, Geerland 24, 4761 TK. Zevenbergen, Netherlands. J. R. Schaekell, 19A Woodlands Road, Witney, Oxfordshire, 0X8 6DP. J. C. Boone, 15 Birchmead Avenue, Pinner, Middlesex, HA5 2BG. S. A. Arnold, 35 Gordon Street, Newport, Gwent, S. Wales. P. J, Martin, 383 Whippendell Road, Watford, Herts, WD1 7PA. J. P. Stalker, Castle Foundry, Castlegate, Pennth, Cumbria, CA11 7JB. J. C. Duckworth, 104 Fawrpark Road, East Putney, London, SW15. R, A. Hoskings, 26 The Cedars, Wendover, Bucks. W. Clarke, united Reform Church, Warwick Road, Coventry. June Browning, 34A Fulham Park Gardens, London, SW6. E. L. Lancaster, Park Cottage, 6 York Road, Wollaston, Northants. W. Stick Van Linschoten, Mariahol 10, Mariaheide, Veghel, Ilolland. The Librarian, Queensland Museum, Gregory Terrace, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane 4006, Queensland, Australia. T, C. G. Evans, Pearson Auctioneers, Agricultural House, High Street, Stockbridge, Hants. S. Alderson, Girsby Grange, Neasham, Darlington, Co. Durham. (re-instatement). D. 0. Mahony, Bridge Street, Enniskeane, Co. Cork. (re-instatement). J. F. Stenton, Wingates, Longhorsely, Morpeth, Northumberland, C. G. Swarbrooke, 74 Oxford Street, Loughborough, Leics., LE11 ODR. L. J. Cockell, 17 Deansway, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 1QY. A. Ells, 5 Central Street, Ludgershall, Andover, Hants. R. J. Jackson, Hazeldene, Pembridge, Hereford. J. C. Hunter, 4 Babylon Avenue, Bellshill, ML4 2DW, Scotland. H. C;. Bilyze, Inter Str 9 .IL Dendam, Netherlands 1452XG. G. Elders, 72 Heidelberg Road, Heaton, Bradford 9, W. Yorks. N. A. S. Davison, Ings Farm, Broughton Road, Stokesley, Middlesbrough. S. Harrison, 14 Sycamore Road, West Cornforth, Co. Durham, DL17 9ER. C. A. Aadmas, 18 Priory Road, Dudley, Worcs., DY1 4AD. H. R. Dalton, The Furye, Langley, Hexham, Nuithumberland, (re-instatement). T. McTaggart, 14 Luss Brae, Scotland. B. C. Treasure, 112 Calrenzo Drive, Andover, Hants. Mrs. M. Lovell, 169 Northern Parade, Hilsea, Portsmouth, Hants. D. J. Miller, 16 Tomswood Road, Chigwell, Essex. P. Stileman, 12 Hare Hill, Addlestone, Weybridge, Surrey. A. C. Bailey, Clump Farm, Shaftesbury Lane, Blandford Forum. M. L, Parry, 59 Manor Road, Ringwood, Hants. P. D. Hutchings, Woodview, Burley, Hants. BH24 4BD, A, B. Godwin, 25 Brecon Way, Winsford, Cheshire. G. J. W. Hallam, 80 Marlborough Crescent, Stapenhill, Burton on !rent. A, E. Dawes, 123 Lagham Road, South Godstone, Surrey. R, J. Loader, Hillside House, Kingsdon, Nr. Somerton, Somerset. J. Rees, 10 The College, Durham City, Durham. Hadrian, Brigwood, Haydon Bridge, Hexham, Northumberland. A. Jenkinson, 102 Dorrington Road, Lancaster.

W. Anderson, 39 Balquhidder Court, Holehills, Airdrie, Strathclyde. W. Coessens, Struntel 7 9570 Lierde, Belgium. B. Gough, 5 St. Mary, White Lion Road, Amersham, Bucks. I. F. McKey, 16 Bardsley Close, Chepstow Rise, Parkhill, Croydon. D. E. Munro, 3 Pontefract Court, Newmarket Ave., Northolt, Middlesex. J. G. A. Hake, 37 Longthornton Road, London, SW16 SQE. D. Lux, Route 3 Box 324, Janesville, Wisconsin 53545 U.S.A. M. G. C. Holt, 15 Hellath-Wen, Nantwich, Cheshire, GU5 7BB. S. Davidson, 27 Holystone Avenue, Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear. C, Hartley, 13 Bronte Road, Birstall, Leeds. M. W. Norris, 71 Lancaster Drive, Scampton, Lincoln. S. F. Buckmaster, 173 Whinney Lane, New 011erton, Newark, Notts. R. A. Benham, 7 Chapman Close, Irchester, Northants. NEW MEMBERS — SEPTEMBER 1979 A. Hitchman, Stanmore House, Ewen, Cirencester, Glos. K. Birkby, 17 Lynwood View, Wortley, Leeds, LS12 4AB. F. Barnes, 422 Marston Road, New Marston, Oxford, 0X3 OJE. I. J. Duval, 34 Durant Road, Hextable, Swanley, Kent. T. O'Sullivan, Gilcough, Vicarstown, Co. Cork, Eire. T. F. Taylor, Roseneath, Alexandra Park, Nottingham_ R. K. Hannant, The Hall, East Ruston, Stalham, Norwich. P. R. Ayres, 241 Kingston Road, Teddington, Middlesex. W. H. Pope, Casterton Filling Station, Nr. Stamford. N. A. Playford, 2 Stirling Close, Downham Market, Norfolk. G. Johnson, 32 William Street, Newark, Notts. R. Starbuck, 20 Hinckley Road, Earl Shilton, Leics. C. R. Perrin, Waddesdon Hill Farm, Upper Winchendon, Aylesbury. F. Cooper, 57 Overn Avenue, Buckingham, Bucks. D. J. Payne, Wilmore, Stratford Road, Buckingham, Bucks. C. J. Rowson, 5 Crowsnest, Minsterley, Salop. R. J. Cook, Braddon Bridge, Shorthill, Lea Cross, Nr. Shrewsbury. R. M. Copley, 33 Livingstone Walk, Hemel Hempstead, Herts. T. C. Prosser, 109 London Road, Apsley, Hemel Hempstead, Herts. K. Stott, 43 Addison Road, Chesham, Bucks. A. Morris, 24 Pembury Court, High Street, Harlington, Middlesex. A. J. Stepney, 17 Tavy Road, Worthing, Sussex. R. Robinson, 151 Gorringe Park Avenue, Mitcham, Surrey. J. A. Forshaw, 93 Meadowburn, Bishopbriggs, Glasgow, G. T. Davies, 0.B.E., Seibiant, Penrhos, Pwllheli, Gwynedd. R. A. Bond, Haulage Contractor, Crewkerne Road, Chard, Somerset. P. McGregor, Flat 5, 22 Par Road, Greenwoods Cnr., Auckland, N. Zealand. Y. V. Hanmore, Woodcote, Wannock Road, Polegate, E. Sussex. B, Job, 52 Moorland Avenue, Werrington, Stoke on Trent. N. D. W. Hill, 2 Ashclyst, Westwood, Broadclyst, Nr. Exeter. G. Lindelof, c/o LL A2361 Laxenburg, Austria, 2361.

G. F. Duncan, 13 Holt Road, Branksome, Poole, Dorset. D. Acton, 8 Primrose Road, Salisbury, Wilts. T. J. Persence, 16/18 Cross Street, Helston, Cornwall. A. C. Rennie, 128 Dumbuie Avenue, Dumbarton. P. A. French, 42 Monksfield, Three Bridges, Crawley. M. Halsall, Cressfield, St. Abbs Road, Coldingham, Berwickshire, D. Perkins, 41 Cox Lane, West Ewell, Surrey. C. A. Vincent, Hill Farm, Charlton, Malmesbury, Wilts. J. Risley, 1362 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94708, U.S.A. M. A. Wogan, 49 Lyttleton Road, Leyton, London, E10 5NQ. R, G. Fisher, 9 Park Lane, Hazlemere, High Wycombe, Bucks. P, W, Nicholson, Old Rectory, Cholesbury, Nr. Tring, Herts. P. A. Walker, 46 Bayford Close, Hemel Hempstead, Herts. R. S. Groom, 23 Dryden Way, Higham Ferrers, Northants. W. Willett, 74 Whyke Road, Chichester, Sussex, P019 2HU. A. F. Bexley, 7 Newtown Avenue, Nth. Nersted, Bognor Regis, Sussex. J. G. Stephenson, Goodmanham Wold, Goodmanham, York. R. Vosper, Spring Valley Mill, Spring Valley Lane, Ardleigh, Colchastut. G, R. Bailey, James Farm, Ruabon, Wrexham, Clwyd. B. Peacock. 2b Mepal Road, Sutton, Ely, Cambs., CB6 2PZ. G. Gilbert, 23 Beville, Woodwalton, Nr. Huntingdon. Cambs. I. Day, 10 Hazelbank Road, CherMy, Surrey. R. G. Carswell, Kirklandhill, Dunbar, East Lothian.

NOTE TO ADVERTISERS Please note that the Business Advertisements (Disclosure) Ordor 1977 is now in force. This states that persons seeking to sell goods in the course of a business should indicate this clearly in the advertisement.

SMALL ADVERTISEMENTS For Sale — Steaming, Vol. 6 Nos. 2 and 3,. Vol. 7 Nos 2 and 4, 75p each for CZ for 4. Also. various odd copies from Vol. 8 No. 2 onwards. Please list your requirements fora quote. — G. R. Hawthorne, 19 Bridle. Path, Woodcote, Reading, RG8 OSE. Wanted — Wheel or wheels to fit Eddison living van, 28" dia. approx. — Pete Lyons, 2 Grayswood Drive, Mytchett, Surrey. Farnborough 49300. Wanted — A copy of Ransomes Steam Engines by Anthony Beaumont. Pub. David and Charles. —Tim Keenan. 8 Mutrix Road, Margate, Kent. Tel. 0843 34419. For Sale — Pressure Gauges. Eccentric type. Old stock but in excellent condition. Solid brass flanged case (undrilled) approx. 34" dial. 4" diameter flange. Two types: Working pressure 150 or 200 psi. Calibrated to 300 or 400 psi respectively. Choked. £8 each plus £1 postage and packing. — J. E. Solway, 18 Summer Lane, Pelsall, Walsall, West Midlands, WS4 1DS. Telephone: Pelsall (0922) 683748.

Wanted - For Garrett 4CD Tractor No. 27673. Belly tank hose carrier. Part No. L.120. Or one on loan to act as pattern for new casting. Reasonable expenses paid. - J. E. Se!way. 16 Sunimer Lane, ?WWI, Walsall, West Midlands, WS4 105, Telephone: Pelsall (0922) 683748. For Sale - Pair of Clayton & Shuttleworth Wheels, 36" diam. 6" tread, with twelve spokes, 2" diem. bush. Also Perch-bracket and Axle suitable for steam tractor. Base smoke-box to centre-line of axle 20". (Approx. 36" above ground level). Offers. Buyers collect from Essex. Tel: 0245 352757.

For Sale - Brass Three Note Chime Whistle from British Railways Britennia Class Loco "Robin Hood", has an '1n-service" repair on one side, hence lower than average price for the type, of e200 n n.n. P5rt exehannes welcome For Further details of size, threads, etc. Contact: - R. Parkin, son, 16 St. Annes Road, Polsloe Park, Exeter, Devon. Phone: 31717. (SAE with all postal enquirke's please).

DETAILED DRAWINGS BY LYNNE CASTELL: Black and white prints, unmounted £1.25 plus 60p p&p, mounted 0.50 plus 70p p&p. As lollows: 'Mendip Lady', Ransomes, Simms and Jefferies No. 26995. 'Reliahle', Aveling and Porter Roller No. 8394. 'Queen Mary', Fowler Showman's No. 15319. 'Jolly', Garrett General Purpose No. 28410. 'Lord Fisher of Lambeth', Burrell No. 3824. 'One of Two and the Other One'. Fowler Ploughing Pair*, Nos. 15334 and 15335. 'Lona Ranger,* Fowler Roller No. 15973 pulling living van.

Tractor Prints: Fordsons Model F, Model N, and Major E27N, also Field Marshall Series II.

Limited Edition Print: Burrell. Showman's Engine No. 3887 'Prince of Wales'". Individually signed. Unmounted £2.00 plus 30p p&p. Mounted £4.00 plus 70p p&p. Steam Threshing Scene: 15 in. x 10 in. print, hrnwn on cream f1.50 plus 40p p&p. Mounted 18 x 12-1 in. £3.50 Wile 70p p&p. Birthdays/General Letter Cards featuring each tractor and the three engines marked above. Printed brown on cream 15p each of 70p for 6. New Address: Lynne Castell, 23 Kensington Road, Weston-Super-Mare, Avon BS23 3QR. For Sale - Aveling & Porter 1902 Steam Roller No. 5156, approx. 12 tons. Some work carried out

and should be in good working order. Needs down for stripping cleaning and re-painting. Standing East Horsley, Surrey. filters invited around £3,000. Further details on application. - Mr. or Mrs. Turk, East Horsley, Surrey. (04865) 2604. Preferably evenings, not after 22.00 hrs. For Sale - Tender side plates for 6" scale Foster Traction Engine. Also gear casing formers, [70 o.n.o. Foster Boiler Crests (self adhesives). A beautiful replica, e2.50 each, half size. - A. Falconer, 56 Canadian Avenue, Catford, SE6 London. 01-698 5416, Road Roller Association - For all those interested in Steern and Motor Rollers, road making machines, practices and history. Quarterly journal, 'Rolling'. Subscription £2.50 per year. - A. E. Hatfield, 535 London Road, Stratton, Warrington. Cheshire. Illustrated Spare Booklet for sale for Stones TGI turbogenerator. £1.25 incl. postage. - D. A. Rayner, 'Invicta', Lower Street, Salhouse, Norwich, NR13 6RH. Wanted - Any. parts to help in restoration of 5 ton Foden 1920, also back Nos. of Steaming, prior to Vol. 20 No. 3. - T. R. Lee, 26 Marston Road, Leicester.

Wanted - Ronald Clark's 'Chronicles of a Country Works'. Good price for clean copy. M. R. Lane, Mill Hill House, Brock/6y. Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk IP29 4AG (Hartest 264). For Sale - Mechanical Cylinder Oil Pump. Injectors. Safety Valve, Gauge Glasses and Fittings. Drill Ratchet. 10 cwt. chain lifting block. XOX and CSS Nuts, Bolts and Washers. Massey Knotter parts, needles and twine. - Reynolds, 14 Merton Road, Bedford MK4O 3AF. Tel. 0234 53703. Wanted - Cylinder cock linking rod, for Aveling & Porter 12 ton piston valve, single cylinder roller. - R, Parkinson, 16 Si. Armes Road, Pulelue Park, Exeter, Devon. EX1 2QD. Tel: 31717. For Sale - To clear epace. Large quantity of Steam Engine spares including: For Aveling & Porter 8 ur 10 ion single cylinder piston valve roller, complete 'Cylinder block assembly with all internal parts, trunk guide, valve gear bracket, some valve gear, connecting rod, cyl. covers- and mounting saddle, etc. Also, complete crankshaft in good condition with integral gears, low speed pinion, etc. Would prefer to sed as one lot for convenience, but may split. Buyer collects. Also other spares for Aveling, Burrell and other makes. AISV .V1110

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Including 1 traction engine type whistle. Send s.a.e. for comprehensive list, or telephone Exeter 31717. - R. Parkinson, 16 St. Annes Road, PeIsloe Park, Exeter, Devon. EX1 4QD. Wanted - Front wheels (cast iron six spoke type) and axle, with porch bracket, also smoke box door for 1927 Marshall Roller being converted to traction. - R. Carswell, Kirklandhill Farm, Dunbar, East Lothian, EH42 1XL. Tel: East Linton 274. For Sale - 2 sets of Foden Steam Wagon front wheels cast Y pattern spokes, solid rubber tyres. Sensible offers only please. Also 2 x 150 gallon water carts. 1 spring mounted by Wilders of Wallingford on iron wheels, 1 by Bakers of Comp ton on iron wheels, complete with spray boom. Both with 'A' draw bars, and in need of attention to barrel, £25 each. All enquiries to J. L. Newton, Oak Lodge, Salisbury Road, Hungerford, Berks.

For Salo - Chimney 5' long, top dia. 11, bottom dia. 81" - R. Wheeler, 'Ferndale', Watling Street. Church Stretton. Salop. Tel: Church Stretton 3346 (after 6 p.m.).

For Sale - Various T.E. tools and spares. Hydraulic test pump, tube expanders, large spanners, .pressure gauges, cocks, gauge glasses and packing materials, etc. Send s.a.e. for details to - M.' R. Lane, Mill Hill House, Brockley, Bury St. Edmunds, IP29 4AG.

Wanted - Rally Programmes, good price paid. Spare programmes available for exchange. Also wanted - any odd copies of Steaming. - D. Roseaman, 10 Grimshaw Close, North Road, London, N6 4BH. Wanted - For restoration of Burrell 5 h.p. Road Locomotive No. 4010 built 1925, pair of front wheels, 3ft. 10ins. dia. Also any photographs. Information or history of this engine. - Martin A. Burr, 22A Green Lane, Killamarsh, Sheffield, S31 8BD. Tel: Sheffield 480051. Stockbridge Auction - The annual sale of Steam Engines, Vintage Tractors, Stationary Engines and Bygone Farming Equipment will take place in May 1980. Enquiries to: Pearsons, Agriculture House, High Street, Stockbridge, Hants. Tel: (026481) 702.

INSURANCE for STEAM VEHICLES and STEAM RALLIES

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