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My pleasure Ken - I have long admired the
work of Alton Douglas. I am in the process of revising the links page so will
add your link soon.
I used to live in Rugby, Warwickshire but
no longer live any where near. Mike's site though is fantastic, bringing back
many memories.
Bernard Dodd
I work for Warwickshire County
Council’s Education for Children who are Out of School Service (ECOS)
– based in Rugby. The reason why I am writing to you is that we are
working on a fascinating project called 'Beyond the School' which compares
historical photographs with images of the same places today.
Our young people are tasked with
identifying the locations featured in historic photographs so that they can
capture new photographs of the same locations. The educational project involves
young people tracing the story behind changes to our environment. We have
regular meetings in Rugby Museum and Art Gallery; the project will culminate in
an exhibition in April on the same place. We will also print calendar with best
results (best pairs of photos) and pairs memory game.
More information about the project can be
found on project website
Beyond the
school. I have found your website, which is really amazing and full of
great photos and information! I am wondering if there is some possibility of
using old photos from your website for our educational purposes. I am
particularly interested in photos with reference
gcrcs98 – 100.
I went through the copyright section, but
I have not found the right person to contact. I would be really grateful If you
can help me with it.
Thanks a lot Looking forward to hearing
from you - Bara Peskova
Hi Bara - The photographs you refer to are
by SWA Newton now part of the English Heritage collection and whilst I have the
odd photo the majority of my collection (including the ones you are interested
in) are derived from their website. Some 6,500 of SWA Newton’s glass
negatives survive in the care of English Heritage’s National Monuments
Record in Swindon and the Record Office for Leicestershire Leicester and
Rutland in Wigston and Leicestershire County Council hold the rights to lots of
them, so I am sure they will help should you contact them. They have 'The
Learning Zone' - designed for teachers and students to use actively to
build upon the resources provided in the rest of the Transport
Archive'.
In the 1890s Sydney Walter Alfred Newton, a young commercial
photographer in Leicester conceived a singular passion – to record in
detail the construction of the London Extension of the Great Central Railway,
from Nottingham to Marylebone. Travelling the route with his heavy plate camera
he produced a unique archive of the railway and its associated engineering
triumphs, the navvy gangs who built it, and the people and long-lost rural life
of the villages along the line. I hope this helps - if you need any help
regarding other areas where I probably have a photo - please do not hesitate to
ask. All the best with your project and tell us when its complete and we can
see their efforts. - Mike
Hi. I am helping a friend to research a
death of a Thomas Price on Christmas Day 1899. He was decapitated by a railway
engine. His occupation was an engine driver and we understand he worked at
Saltley Gas Works, Birmingham.
I just wondered if you could offer me any
advice as to how we might get more information about this man. We can't
currently access Central Library Birmingham until February, its our intention
to see if there are newspaper reports from the day, and also a coroners report.
Would the engine drivers involved in shunting be employed by the Gas Board or
the Railway Company? Do you think maybe there might be other records? And if so
where might we look for them?
I am stunned with the fantastic images
you hold on your website, I'm not what you would call a railway fanatic, but I
am heavily involved with the history of Aston & Birmingham. Thank you for
what is a brilliant on-line resource.
Rod Birch
Rod - Thanks for the kind words regarding
the website. Large private sidings such as Gas Works etc often had their own
locomotives with their own drivers. I do not know in this instance but I can
suggest some forums where you can ask the question with hopefully a better
chance on getting some answers. Try the following forums/archive
sources:
New Railway Modellers
Google Groups UK Railways
National Preservation Steam Traction
The Railways
Archive
National Archives
If anyone can help by providing
information or pointing Rod in the right direction please let me know.
WONDERFUL SITE!!! Congratulations on this
fabulous collection. My wife's grandfather was an LMS driver out of Saltley
Sheds so to come across all these fantastic photos is just brilliant.
Thanks a million - Terry Stanners
The caption with your picture of
No 44942 says "Ex-LMS 5MT 4-6-0 Black 5 No
44942 runs forward to be turned on Rugby's turntable after being coaled and
watered. Its excellent condition indicates that it must have only just left the
works after being overhauled." - I think this picture was taken on the day of
the Queen's visit to Coventry to consecrate the new cathedral. This engine was
one of a pair of Black 5's that hauled the train.
Michael Byng
Excellent site. Found it by Googling "Lens
of Sutton".
Peter G Scott
Why can't we simply download the lists of
photographs available? I am looking for anything re: Bridgend.
Peter.Pimwong
Peter - I can understand your frustration.
You need to understand that I am not connected to the selling of any of the
photographs and the lists are only included on the site as a service to
readers. If they were made available I would of course make them
downloadable.
My grandfather was a steam engine driver
on the LMS. Excellent web site. When I was young he always told us stories of
the railway and the LMS/GWR conflict in the area. Great web site. Will continue
to use it.
Steve Parker
Hi Steve - If you can recall any of his
stories I am sure we would all like to hear them.
In response to my reply to his earlier
email, Gerry wrote "Hello Mike. I quite understand the point about
captions. I have just set up a much more modest web site to display my wildlife
photographs and up loading was the easy bit, the narrative was the challenging
bit. My main problem with detail is that when she was alive my dear mother had
one of her clear outs and with all the rubbish went my photographic note books.
As I have now just retired I will make it a small project to sift out some of
what I think may be the more interesting stuff.
I have a scanner so it will be a good
rainy day job. (at our present rate that wont be long coming) Fortunately my
brother in law has a much better recall of dates so I can draw on him when I
have got the list together It might take a little while but I will let you have
some stuff. Equally I am happy to take responsibility for the words if you
think the photos are OK".
Best wishes - Gerry
Many thanks Gerry. It was my 'first' wife
not my mother who did the damage to the records of my collection of photos.
Dates are obviously helpful if known, otherwise use the proverbial 'circa' to
give an approximate date. My main point regarding the expansion of descriptions
was that locomotive build and scrapping details turns a half sentence caption
into a reasonable length as well as adding information. Anyway, I am more than
happy for you to take responsibility for the words.
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