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Allen is serviced at Holbeck, Copley Hill having already closed. Old Photos of Stourton - Francis Frith Turning could have been via the roundhouse, or by using the Whitehall triangle, which according to Keith Long who was a signalman at Engine Shed Junction Signal Box (Holbeck), was used for Gresley Pacifics. April/May 1963. 4962Ragley Hall Finally, we visited the two sheds at Blyth: South Blyth and North Blyth. 7th August 1965. In June 1964 several Riddles 77xxx were transferred to Leeds, this one, No 77000, to Stourton and is seen passing in its direction, southwards through Hunslet. It was used for crew training and in July 1962, re-allocated to Holbeck. Note how the front number plate has been stolen, and so has the shed plate. LS10 1RD View area details View maps in the shop. Black 5 No 45219 pulls away under the skew bridge with more of the yards visible on the Up side. Peppercorm A1 No 60117 Bois Roussel sits in the shed at Copley Hill. The Glasgow & South Western Railway built this depot, subsequently part of the LMS, to house suburban passenger tanks and goods locos. One of the lamps on the 8F has been removed to signify a light engine when it gets uncoupled. What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton. Send a personal message with a photo to anyone, anywhere. I promise not to include the worst horrors! Location [ edit] The area is two miles (3.2 km) to the south-east of Leeds city centre, between Hunslet, the M1 motorway and Cross Green in the LS10 postcode area . The new ushers out the old as Doncaster's Peppercorn A1 60114 W.P. However, if you feel we have breached the code in any way and wish to make a complaint, please submit your complaint, in writing to the editor. Had I known at the time, I would have been quite a bit happier! And finally from Eastfield one of the thirty-odd diesels on shed that day, English Electric Type 2 D8098. 16-3-66. The final years of steam in Yorkshire didn't reach the depths that was later to be seen in Lancashire. It's a fond childhood memory, really. Here, however, is No 70054 Dornoch Firth parked in the overcast grunge of the day at Crewe South. I can see that the headline might be confusing but I wasnt suggesting that the plant was called the Stourton Copperworks, merely that it located in Stourton. A closer view of D5100 in ridiculously dirty condition, with an even muckier ex-LMS Black 5 beyond it, believed to be 45063. The UKs leading archive and publisher of local photographs I think it was the school master's idea to go somewhere unusual, and he wasn't kidding for the first stop was the scrap line at Darlington Works, then: West Hartlepool Close by in the sidings outside the double roundhouse was ex-LMS 45568 Western Australia. Generations of families have worked at the . If you have any family memories of the Copperworks please send them to info@southleedslife.com. On the ER only the odd example of 0-6-0 and 0-6-2 station pilots received liveries from previous eras, on the SR I believe that quite a few of this class received this Bulleid livery. This was a relatively old part of Leeds that was to be redeveloped considerably and, in the background, demolition was already taking place. You might like browse old photos of these nearby places. By mid-afternoon the light was beginning to fade and this was my last picture of the day, of J27 No 65855 having its fire cleaned out - you can see a shovel's worth being chucked out of the cab. Photo: Steve Banks, Almost a reverse view of the previous picture with 9F No 92046. Another view of D5685 as it backed onto carriages, with the main running lines to the south in the background. In the foreground, West Riding stalwart B1 61017 Bushbuck, alas minus its nameplates, moves off towards the shed to be stabled. The Copperworks in Stourton has been a South Leeds landmark since it was built as the Leeds Copperworks in 1894. As can be seen, the ground for this side of the shed had to excavated and was quite gloomy. An album is a way to save a selection of Frith photos, maps and memories that are of interest to you. I acquired this shedplate at a recent auction, no other details known about its provenance. Stourton Copperworks site brought back to life, Review: This House at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Hunslet Clubs vocational training impresses Councillors, Cheerleader Leahs headed for Florida USA, Hunslet Moor break in robs community of food, MPs Notebook: Voter ID, Ukraine & trains, Trees felled as work starts on Cockburn pitches. it has not been shown on our website before as it has not been optimised and therefore may not meet the quality standards we require for use in our normal product range. They were recorded as part of Hunslet Remembered, a small community exhibition at Thwaite Mills in 2017. After Tyne Dock, next stop was Percy Main (52E) which had had a diesel depot added near the steam shed. Find the perfect stourton leeds stock photo, image, vector, illustration or 360 image. This is why BR removed all the nameplates and why Nine Elms, replete with ex-SR Pacifics - Merchant Navies, West Countries and Battle of Britains, air-smoothed and rebuilt - and all incredibly filthy was such a dismal and depressing place to visit. Neville Hill used to have quite a few Gresley J39's that were used for freight and excursion traffic and in 1962, seven were still on its books. J50 68988 stands in front of the offices at Copley Hill (56C) in April/May 1963. Next along the line out of Paddington was Didcot with 24 locos on shed, again nearly all steam and a similar variety, plus some of the smaller ex-GWR 4-6-0s. 19th October 1966. 6983Otterington Hall 31.10.64. We had been advised, or so said the rumour, that an A4 had been rostered so it was disappointing to see an old friend turn up in this condition. D3242, D3243 (08). A Copley Hill shed plate, which I bought from the stores in mint condition when the shed was being run down, for the price of 10/-, ten shillings in old money, nowadays 50p. This photo shows disused factory . As at Corkerhill, a lot of BR Riddles designs were also here, plus fifteen of the new-fangled (and short-lived) D8500 Claytons. Photo: Author. So sad to see a loco in such poor condition. An ex-SR "West Country" class Pacific graces the yard, No 34037 West Ward Ho, a visitor from Salisbury. A final point to note is that the loco is carrying a steam-era shed plate on its nose in steam era fashion, 16C, for Derby. The building in the background was a three-road maintenance shed used to house diesels. And finally, the front end with a Peppercorn A1 behind it, possibly 60118 Archibald Sturrock, one of the batch transferred from Copley Hill after that shed closed the previous year. In 1860 Frith began supplying photos to retailers. As it's worth a hundred times more today (less inflation over the years), I wish I'd had a little entrepreneurial spirit and bought out the entire stock, funded by the Bank of Mum and Dad, of course! So when I tried again in 1966 I simply walked in, and got a shock. The next batch of pictures was taken by me and my brother, mostly using my Zorki 35mm camera. To say that it was run down and a pride of nobody would be understating it. One of each pair was supposed to show a white light, the other, red. A general view in front of the running shed when it was stilll quite busy, showing an 8F, possibly Farnley's No 48080; "Jubilee" No 45562 Alberta; and 9F 92046. It was, incidentally a seat reservation train: as always, trains taking people home after a weekend away could be heavily loaded. Keith Long, former signalman in Leeds, has come forward to say that the headcode was actually 1V47 which was the Sundays only 4.31pm from Bradford Forster Square, Leeds City 4.54-5.02pm to Bristol Temple Meads. 16th February 1966. With only ten on the roll and the more interesting types frustratingly inside the shed, I was nursing the film for better things later in the day. A shunter is walking up, pole in hand, to uncouple the loco and release it. To cap it all, it was a dismally dull day. Ten of this Riddles class of 2-6-0s were allocated to the NE Region, some in the Newcastle area but mostly around Scarborough and Hull. In other words, much of this scene is like it used to be, but with modern rolling stock. The old works have been refurbished with buildings re-roofed and re-clad by Towngate plc. The front end of No 46228 Duchess of Rutland. I took many pictures but have never printed any of them. You can't tell but this was actually an Eastleigh loco. The stump of a tree uprooted by high winds on the A458 Bridgnorth Road near Stourton, south Staffordshire. They were joined at Harrogate for the final leg to Darlington. On receipt of your enquiry our archivist will check the scan and advise you if the quality is good enough. Behind can be seen a SR tender from a "U" class 2-6-0 and, beyond it, the repair shop. 19th October 1966. Quite a canny teacher that was, who organised the trip. BR was to continue carrying livestock for a few more years. A Riddles 2-6-4T, No 80154 (70A), passes under the signal box with an Ordinary Passenger made up with gangwayed coaches, Bulleid and BR Mk.1. We may have more photos available, so please do get in touch using our Behind it can be seen a remnant of what used to be the outer wall of the shed when it had four roundhouses. but if some spark good memories they are available to buy in a wide range of products, including framed prints, canvas prints and personalised photo gifts including tea towels, mugs, jigsaws, tableware, cushion covers, customised calendars. It was still a St.Rollox engine but for some reason was parked deep inside Eastfield's running shed. The coaling stage looms high in the background. 69003, 69011, 69019 (J72) Loco works since 1860. junio 12, 2022. jonah bobo 2005 . 7029 Clun Castle being turned after returning from its early morning working to Cardiff. The BR CCT, however, had a generous wheelbase of 23'6" (the dimensions were similar to the LNER/BR CCT) because the value of an extended length and WB was being recognised. In 1930 a works brass band was formed as the Yorkshire Copperworks Band. I do try to get my facts right first time, but I trust our readership, including your good self, to correct me when I get it wrong. Your city has undergone some huge changes in the last 50 years. Only the Southern Region named some of its 5MTs, re-using names from withdrawn "King Arthur" class 4-6-0s. This, by contrast, was a fine autumnal day at a place I had never visited before - the ex-Midland Railway/LMS yards at Hunslet, located between Holbeck and Stourton. Find routes near Stourton, Leeds. My visit was on a murky day in March 1966 when there was still plenty of steam, but also locos awaiting disposal. 73004 stands at the far end. 65F Grangemouth The station was between Leeds and Cross gates when it opened in 1930 before it closed 30 years later in 1960. Copyright Frith Content Inc 1998-2023. When ready the loco was run down to Stourton and parked in the open yard in front of the shed for easy attachment to the return working from Hunslet. My notes show that 36 locos were seen, in varying conditions, among them these rarities which had been withdrawn long ago: To be honest and trying to think back, I wonder if we actually saw that trio complete or perhaps parts of them for some reason laid aside? Ex-Caledonian Railway Drummond "pug" No 56029 at Kipps (65E), abandoned in a siding near the loco depot but never saved for preservation. 5936 Oakley Hall Sign up to receive a daily email with the latest headlines from South Leeds Life. At the former Caledonian Railway shed, the sun greeted us, along with our first ex-LNER "Pacifics" in steam. 75B Redhill This vertical format also conceals the shocking lack of sharpness towards the outer ends; the side edges were better. for Stourton and Yorkshire too! A4 No 60017 Silver Fox" is lifting the 3.26pm departure, the "White Rose", up the 1:100 out of the Aire Valley sometime in 1963. Derelict land in Hunslet was to be given a two million pound facelift with the development of 36 homes. Ardsley station close two months later. Vol.2 about the Secondary Services should follow in a year or so's time. We've dug through our archive at the Yorkshire Evening Post to find these photos take you back to Leeds in 1972. In the background is one of the A2s that had been re-allocated, and a cluster of lads with notebooks in hand passing by. Fully coalled, it awaits its return working. Another blustery day but a year later, in June 1964 sees another Doncaster A1, No 60114 W.P.Allen as it lifts the 4.45pm to Doncaster out of Leeds Central. Alas, I must have been reported by the signalman because a few minutes later the shedmaster accosted me with head-shaking disbelief. The same loco seen in profile, surrounded by rubbish and no sign of the crew. I would be interested in your source for the 90,000 workers during the war. The train appears to be taking the line towards Derby and the relevant arm in the splitting signal over the loco was the distant, which is "on" - the home arm above it would have been "off" but is out of shot. In the down lay-bye, a WD 2-8-0 is waiting with coal empties. I had to close with a picture of a working loco and it's a portrait of ex-GWR "Pannier" tank No 3625, also minus its number plates but carrying a snow plough. All four ended up at Woking. From the invention of the Yorkshire fitting and the supply of materials for shipbuilding repairs in World War I, the Copperworks has played a pivotal role in British industry and history. The complete list was: 63358, 63363, 63366, 63371, 63393, 63399, 63409, 63411 (Q6) Another "Britannia" at Newton Heath from Carlisle by the turntable, 70039 Sir Christopher Wren was initially allocated to Norwich in East Anglia but was now at Kingmoor. Until recently Saint Mungo had been based at Copley Hill but with its closure, the stud of Peppercorns was dispersed, losing the nameplates in the process. STOURTON, LEEDS, UK - APRIL 25, 2022. When we got to Tyne Dock shed, 26 locos were to be seen, dominated by ex-NER freight types, J27 0-6-0 and Q6 0-8-0. Simmering in front of the shed at Gloucester, alas minus its nameplates, is 6815 Frilford Grange from Aberbeeg (86F). The first picture in the sequence from June shows a green liveried Sulzer Type 2 with the small middle window in the cab, D5227 (later Class 25/1 25077). The day started badly because the Shed Foreman at Nine Elms refused to admit us on the grounds that the permit was for noon and there we were at 8am - the rotter! In the distance is a glimpse of the large yards that used to lie here, with many open wagons that were gradually disappearing from the scene. The allocation was shared under a code of 52F. Looks like a fitter is inspecting one of the cylinders. Here's some of our coach-load passing our first sighting of a SR loco, a Bulleid Q1 0-6-0, so chunky that it can be mistaken for a larger loco. By this time pre-Grouping designs were getting rare and this was the only photograph I managed to take. After Guildford we headed for Reading (81D), by way of the station at Brookwood. D2234 (04 Drewry) These iron ore trains ran seven days a week. Brush Type 2 No D5685 was busy in the carriage sidings. It closed in September. Steam lasted in the West Riding for another couple of years and I could have seen it during holidays but the Nine Elms encounter with filth and rust had finished it for me. By a quirk of fate we met up last week in Leeds at a school reunion. A modern, almost spaceship-like profile but, alas, all were withdrawn within a dozen years and more Class 20s built in their place. for our site. Discussion has suggested that the loco was too large for the turntable at Stourton so was first sent to Holbeck for servicing. Here are some of the pictures I took before I wandered to the main line and got sent packing. Four new additions - On Saturday 18th September 1965, an Aberdeen A4, No 60004 William Whitelaw was sent to Neville Hill to work an RCTS special the following day, "The Blyth-Tyne express". In between is a bogie bolster wagon with a load of steel. 70B Feltham Frith photos prompt happy memories of our personal history, so enjoy this trip down memory lane The clock is showing just before 1pm, which suggests a weekend visit. Finally (yes, there's lots more but this is not the place for all of it! Inside the 12-road shed was A4 No 60027 Merlin (allocated to St. Rollox at the time) and in steam, but we couldn't persuade anybody to move her out for a photograph. On shed were: 73007, 73076, 73079, 73122, 73145, 73147-8, 73151-3, North British Type 2 (later Class 24, and re-engined Class 29), 0-4-0 & 0-6-0 diesel shunters (later classes 06 & 08). 2. Stourton Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images Was it the same shedmaster? As far as I know, V2s were never allocated to Neville Hill (ex-NER B16 and Thomposn B1 4-6-0s were used instead) but York had many and they often worked through to Leeds, such as 60967 which is standing by the water tower. It was cheap, I was only 12-13 years old and on pretty meagre pocket money. for our site. 6966 Witchingham Hall The separate home arm was for the north, to Bradford and Carlisle. Royal Mail worker Danny McGougan holds his local branch banner outside the Stourton Royal Mail depot in Leeds. The class was withdrawn from Copley Hill within a year and was extinct by the summer of 1962. D2311 (04) Near Stourton one of the milk tanks derailed, but stayed in the formation for some distance, before causing more of the train to derail. Photo: Author. At least the fireman had little to do on this stretch! 4.9.65. 90434 (WD) The first set are my oldest pictures, taken with a second-hand manky old bellows thing using 120 roll film, including Gratispool film which was not celluloid but paper!

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