Category: The Station & Railway Pioneers
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Crown Street Closure
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 8th June 2015 | 0 Comments
This image shows a newspaper report from 1972 detailing the final closure of Crown Street station, and the last trip through the station by driver Bill Wilson. The clipping belongs to Bill Wilson’s daughter Pat.... Read more
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Graham Middleton remembers the former location of stables on Tunnel Road
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 10th October 2014 | 2 Comments
What is a short distance for adults, can resemble an eternity of travel away for children. This is very true for Graham’s former relation to the far end of Chatsworth Street. Today, not only this estimation of spatial distance has changed. Graham also recalls the former usage of today’s Tunnel Furniture Company, as stables for the horses connected with the railway.... Read more
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Edge Hill Loco Shed 4 May 1968 Last Day of Steam 2
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 16th July 2013 | 0 Comments
An audio recording of Edge Hill Loco sheds on the last day of steam, Saturday 4th May 1968, featuring the Black Five 45156 Ayrshire Yeomanry and some other engines, 48168, on Friday 3rd May at 6.25 taking goods from Canada Dock to Edge Hill. Recorded by Keith Rose.... Read more
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Edge Hill Loco Shed 4 May 1968 Last Day of Steam
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 16th July 2013 | 2 Comments
An audio recording of Edge Hill Loco sheds on the last day of steam, Friday 4th May 1968. In this recording we hear the Ayrshire Yeomanry and some other engines recorded by Keith Rose. The image is of a Black Five 45156 Ayrshire Yeomanry taken by Tony Laycock sometime late in 1967 with an old Brownie camera at Edge Hill Depot the day it was transferred to Patricroft MPD prior to Edge... Read more
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Lines on the death of William Huskisson MP, 15th September, 1830 by John Cooper Clarke
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 5th June 2013 | 0 Comments
In cinch-back strides and a pinchback coat patrician stock about the throat then crash bang wallop that’s all she wrote lending more than a melancholy air to the first rail journey anywhere William Huskisson sadly died when he and Stephenson’s Rocket did collide he got his ticket but he never got to ride tragic yes but c’est la guerre it was the first rail journey anywhere the... Read more
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Railway Song by Roy the Taxi Driver
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 5th June 2013 | 0 Comments
From Newcastle to Liverpool came down the rocket man. To start a revolution had, long since been his plan. To get the world a moving for years had been his dream. On two long tracks all made of steel, and an engine powered by steam. So plans were made and tracks were laid for the Rainhill loco trials. and crowds had gathered down the course that stretched out for three... Read more
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Brian Morris remembers the gas lamps at Edge Hill station
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 2nd November 2012 | 0 Comments
Brian Morris talks about the glow from the gas lamps at Edge Hill station, something he especially liked, and how communication were sent, presumably to signalboxes, by Morse code... Read more
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Brian Morris remembers trainspotting as a boy
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 2nd November 2012 | 2 Comments
Brian Morris tells of how he saw horses delivering goods to Edge Hill, and how each locomotive had a number to show where it was based, with those based at the Edge Hill shed numbered 8B. He also talks about different sized locomotives, and Wavertree station. Wavertree was opened on 1st September 1870 between Edge Hill and Sefton Park, on the London and North Western Railway’s main line south of... Read more
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Brian Morris talks about the pigeons at Edge Hill station
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 2nd November 2012 | 0 Comments
Brian Morris remembers how people from pigeon clubs would bring their pigeons in crates to Edge Hill before they would be sent by rail to the south of England: when pigeons were being trained they would be made to fly progressively longer distances. Pigeon fanciers were apparently much more common in those days than they are now. Brian also recalls watching double-header 13-coach trains travelling to London... Read more
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Cable Operation at Liverpool and London page 4
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 21st September 2012 | 0 Comments
The fourth and final page of “Cable Operation at Liverpool and London” begins by mentioning the fixed steam engines at Edge Hill to haul traffic from Wapping, using a rope of hempen at first, and then steel. The rope remained in use until 11th May 1896, when locomotives took over. Next, the page mentions Waterloo Tunnel, which was opened in August 1849, which used steel ropes to haul trains via Victoria Tunnel... Read more
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Cable Operation at Liverpool and London page 3
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 21st September 2012 | 0 Comments
The bulk of this page is taken up with two more Bury prints: “Railway Office, Liverpool” and “Warehouses, &c., at the end of the Tunnel towards Wapping”. The bottom sixth of the page explains how cable traction at Edge Hill and horse power at Lime Street were both discontinued in 1870. However, the goods station at Wapping continued to use cables: it was reached via a 1 in 48 gradient tunnel from... Read more
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Cable Operation at Liverpool and London page 2
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 21st September 2012 | 1 Comments
Page two of “Cable Operation at Liverpool and London”. This shows the Bury prints of the Mororish Arch and the Wapping Tunnel.... Read more
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Cable Operation at Liverpool and London page 1
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 21st September 2012 | 0 Comments
This is the first of four pages describing the use of cables on the Liverpool to London line. Services between Liverpool and London Euston were first established in 1838 when the London and Birmingham Railway was opened: the new line ran from Euston to Birmingham station (renamed Birmingham Curzon Street in 1852, closed in 1966), which was also the terminus of the Grand Junction Railway, and whose adjacent platforms linked to the Liverpool... Read more
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An Edge Hill Beam Engine page 2
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 21st September 2012 | 1 Comments
This is page two of the excerpt featured in the previous image. It gives more information about the Edge Hill beam engine, in particular its design, and how it was bought for preservation by the Railway Executive. It is currently in the Museum of Science and Industry.... Read more
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An Edge Hill Beam Engine page 1
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 21st September 2012 | 0 Comments
This is an excerpt from July 1951 issue of the Railway Magazine. It explains that when Lime Street was built in 1836 to replace Crown Street as the terminus of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, a problem was that there was a 1 in 93 falling gradent, too great for the locomotives of the day, from the new station to Edge Hill. As a result, beam engines, powered by steam, were placed on the... Read more
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Brian Willcox tells a ghost story relating to Edge Hill station
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 14th September 2012 | 0 Comments
Brian Willcox talks about how, one night, he and his wife, aiming to travel back to their home in Weaverham, Cheshire, caught their usual train from Edge Hill at 10 minutes past 11 at night: however, there was an eerie feeling, the toilets were in the Victorian style, and then, to cap it all off, a disembodied arm and hand opened the door to Brian and his wife’s compartment and sat... Read more
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Steam Train at Edge Hill Station May 1968 Engine 45156 with Railwaymen
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 23rd July 2012 | 1 Comments
Steam train at Edge Hill Station in May 1968. The number on the engine is 45156... Read more
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Steam Train at Edge Hill Station May 1968 Engine 45156
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 23rd July 2012 | 0 Comments
Steam train at Edge Hill Station in May 1968. The number on front of the engine is 45156... Read more
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Steam Train at Edge Hill Station 1968. Engine 44777
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 23rd July 2012 | 0 Comments
Steam Train at Edge Hill Station 1968. The Number 44777 can be seen on the front of the train.... Read more
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Train at Waterloo Tunnel Mouth Edge Hill Station 29071971 MDHB 37
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 23rd July 2012 | 0 Comments
Train at Waterloo Tunnel Mouth Edge Hill Station 29071971 MDHB 37 taken by Keith Rose... Read more
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Rathbone Road Goods Yard 1959
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 23rd July 2012 | 1 Comments
Image of Rathbone Road Goods Yard 1959... Read more
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Edge Hill Sheds, end of steam trains 18051968
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 23rd July 2012 | 1 Comments
Edge Hill Sheds on 18 05 1968, the end of steam.... Read more
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Steam Train driver. Canada Dock to Edge Hill 03051968
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 23rd July 2012 | 0 Comments
Photograph of train driver taken by Keith Rose whilst recording the sound of the train on a journey from Canada Dock to Edge Hill http://www.edgehillstation.co.uk/resources/steam-engine-recording-canada-dock-to-edge-hill-1/... Read more
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Steam Train Image Near Stanley Dock 03051968
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 23rd July 2012 | 0 Comments
Image by Keith Rose taken whilst he was recording the sound: http://www.edgehillstation.co.uk/resources/steam-engine-recording-canada-dock-to-edge-hill-1/... Read more
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Spellow Tunnel, Edge Hill
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 11th July 2012 | 0 Comments
Image of the entrance to Spellow Tunnel by Keith Rose. 1968 Hear Keith’s recordings here: http://www.edgehillstation.co.uk/resources/steam-engine-recording-canada-dock-to-edge-hill-1/... Read more
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Fire Station, Durning Road
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 11th July 2012 | 1 Comments
Image of the abandoned fire station on Durning Road, Liverpool Taken 2008... Read more
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Derelict buildings at the sight of the cleaning shed
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 16th March 2012 | 0 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Kenn Taylor. This shows some derelict buildings near Edge Hill station, possible the former engine cleaning shed... Read more
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Another view of the railway
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 16th March 2012 | 0 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Kenn Taylor. This is another photograph of the railway near the station, from the same place as “View of railway”, but no trains are visible this time... Read more
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View of railway
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 16th March 2012 | 0 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Kenn Taylor. Here we see a view of the railway near Edge Hill station: a diesel multiple unit, operated by Northern Rail, can be seen... Read more
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Margaret Cropper talks about Edge Hill and Exchange stations
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th February 2012 | 0 Comments
Margaret Cropper remembers talking to Eric Coffey, the station master of Edge Hill, on the direct line to the station from Lime Street, and also - unusually - meeting him. She also talks about Liverpool Exchange station. Exchange was opened on 13th May 1850 as Tithebarn Street, as the terminus of three different railways: the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway, the Liverpool and Bury Railway, and the Ormskirk and Preston Railway... Read more
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John Marston tells his childhood memories of Edge Hill station
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 17th February 2012 | 0 Comments
John Marston recalls how his life as he was growing up was dominated by Edge Hill station. He remembers the night-time shunting in the goods yard (near his house) and the large coaches. He also comments on the station today, and how incongruous the cobblestone pathway leading down to it appears in an inner-city area, how easy it is to walk past the station without realising it, and of how... Read more
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Rainhill Trials - Stipulations and Conditions II
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 13th February 2012 | 0 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Ray Physick. This is the same image as “1829. Grand Competition”, stipulating the rules of the Rainhill Trials... Read more
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Opening day of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway III
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 13th February 2012 | 0 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Ray Physick. This is the same image as “Opening day of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway” and “Opening day of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway II”... Read more
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Timothy Hackworth II
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 10th February 2012 | 0 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Ray Physick. Here we see Timothy Hackworth, in a darker and less cracked version of the image of him already uploaded... Read more
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John Braithwaite II
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 10th February 2012 | 0 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Ray Physick. This is a more focused version of the image “John Braithwaite”... Read more
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Stephenson in black and white II
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 6th February 2012 | 0 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Ray Physick. This is the same image as “Stephenson in black and white”, but with a darker hue... Read more
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Robert Stephenson II
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 6th February 2012 | 0 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Ray Physick. This one shows Robert Stephenson... Read more
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Locomotive at platform three
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 27th January 2012 | 1 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Ray Physick. This is another of the Bury prints. Here a locomotive arrives at platform three of Edge Hill pulling two second-class coaches. Another locomotive, not in service, stands behind the building on platform two attached to what looks like cage for holding animals, while a railway worker gives a signal of some sort... Read more
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Entrance of the Railway at Edge Hill, Liverpool III
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 27th January 2012 | 0 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Ray Physick. This one is the same as Thomas Talbot Bury’s print, “Entrance of the Railway at Edge Hill, Liverpool”... Read more
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Gustavus Dakin Parker correspondence
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 14th December 2011 | 0 Comments
Gustavus Dakin Parker was Station Master at Edge Hill during the late 1800s. Here are a series of correspondences sent regarding his railway penson we presume following his death. The letters read as below: Letter from T J & Smith Solicitors January 10th 1899 Dear Sir, We had to write to Euston for the information of the amount of the superannuation fund & the secretary replies that the balance... Read more
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Gustavus Dakin Junior Parker early 1800s
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 14th December 2011 | 0 Comments
This is a portrait of Gustavus Dakin Parker’s son, Gustavus Dakin Junior. Gustavus Dakin Parker was an early Station Master at Edge Hill Station, we believe, during the late 1800s. This portrait of his son is printed on a metal plate with noticeable ageing occurring on the original photogprahic print. This was kindly submitted by a relative named Molly during the launch of the Edge Hill... Read more
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Gustavus Dakin Parker Edge Hill’s Station Master late 1800s
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 14th December 2011 | 0 Comments
Gustavus Dakin Parker, we believe, was Edge Hill’s Station Master during the late 1800s. This portrait of him and his wife is printed on a metal plate, with noticeable ageing occurring round the edges. It was kindly submitted by a relative named Molly during the launch of the Edge Hill Archive in November 2011.... Read more
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Staff of Edge Hill Station circa.1925
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 14th December 2011 | 1 Comments
A photograph donated by Pat Brownbill of Edge Hill Station staff circa.1925. Richard Brownbill, Pat’s husband’s Grandfather, is on the middle row 4th from left. He worked at Edge Hill Station for most of his working life as a porter, ticket collector and he was also a signalman. Richard’s son, Tom Brownbill, also worked on the railway as a cleaner, fireman and driver at Edge... Read more
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The Rocket May 1980 page nine
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 12th December 2011 | 0 Comments
This, the last of the three pages advertising the Rocket 150 celebrations at St. Ann’s Church, asks for participants, with suggestions as to what people can dress up as... Read more
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The Rocket May 1980 page three
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 12th December 2011 | 0 Comments
Page three of the May 1980 issue of The Rocket reflects on the upcoming Rocket 150 event. It remarks how the Rainhill Trials led to rapid industrial and technological development, which, it argues, as well as “a better way of life for more people”, also leads to “a whole cart-load of problems” and “long-term ethical issues.” It argues that, as technology continues to advance, “clear Christian values” (The Rocket is produced by... Read more
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The Rocket March 1979 page six
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 12th December 2011 | 0 Comments
Page six from the March 1979 issue of The Rocket gives a brief description of the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. It mentions how two locomotives in the same class as the Rocket are thought to have hauled a directors’ special train on 21st and 28th August to view the Sankey and Irwell Viaducts: however, it does not name the locomotives in question. Then the piece mentions the opening... Read more
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Rainhill and the Trials - A Brief History
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 12th December 2011 | 0 Comments
This leflet, issued by the Rainhill Trials Celebration Committee in 1979 to coincide with Rocket 150, gives a description of Rainhill at the time of the Trials and summarises the Trials themselves. It notes that Rainhill was only included in the Liverpool and Manchester Railway route because because of objections raised by the Earls of Derby and Sefton, through whose estates the original route was scheduled to pass, and that the Railway... Read more
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The Great Railway Exposition 1830-1980 - inside spread
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 9th December 2011 | 0 Comments
This is an inside spread from the leaflet promoting the Great Railway Exposition. It begins by boasting, “Manchester’s Liverpool Road Station was the world’s very first passenger railway station. That’s something Britain can be proud of. 15th September 1980 [the anniversary of the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway] is the station’s 150th birthday. And that’s something Britain can celebrate.” Therefore it promises “a gigantic... Read more
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The Great Railway Exposition 1830-1980
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 9th December 2011 | 0 Comments
This is the front cover of the leaflet marking the Great Railway Exposition. The leaflet shows a picture not just of the Rocket, but also two modern tender locomotives: one of those is numbered 6115, and the other has no number. LMS 6115 Scots Guardsman belonged to the Royal Scot Class, 4-6-0 express passenger locomotives built by Sir Henry Fowler, and launched in 1927 and 1930. They were built to pull expresses on... Read more
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Rainhill Festival Gala
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 9th December 2011 | 0 Comments
This is the front cover of a leaflet issued by the Rainhill Trials Celebration Committee, detailing the events that will take place at Rocket 150... Read more
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Your Souvenir Record from the Rainhill Rocket Trials
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 9th December 2011 | 0 Comments
This is a 33 1/3 rpm vinyl record issued for Rocket 150, commemorating the Rainhill Trials... Read more
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Rocket card back
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 9th December 2011 | 0 Comments
This is the back of the card featuring the Rocket. It gives a brief description of the Rainhill Trials, and the opening and significance of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway... Read more
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Rocket card
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 9th December 2011 | 0 Comments
This card, issued for Rocket 150, shows a snippet from the image uploaded onto this website as “Excitement at seeing the Rocket”... Read more
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Explanation of tankard
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 9th December 2011 | 0 Comments
This explains the Rocket tankard by describing the background to and building of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, as well as the Rainhill Trials, laying particular emphasis on Liverpool Road station, where the first passenger train on the new line terminated, and the oldest surviving passenger railway station in the world (though no longer in use). It mentions the “great celebrations” at the opening of the Railway, neglecting to mention... Read more
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The Great Railway Exposition 1830-1980 logo
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 9th December 2011 | 0 Comments
Here is the the logo for the Great Railway Exposition, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The Great Railway Exposition was held at Liverpool Road station between 2nd August and 14th September 1980 - one day before the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Railway.... Read more
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The Rocket Tankard
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 9th December 2011 | 0 Comments
This tankard, depicting the Rocket, was issued in 1980 for Rocket 150... Read more
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Liverpool and Manchester Railway opening day
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 5th December 2011 | 0 Comments
This is an artist’s impression of the opening day of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The Moorish Arch features prominently here, with large crowds of people waving flags and bowler hats. Below, five locomotives can be seen: the one on the left of the picture appears to be the Northumbrian, the one in the centre the Rocket, while the other three cannot be identified... Read more
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Edge Hill depot
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 5th December 2011 | 1 Comments
Here we see the old Edge Hill depot. On the left-hand side, a tank locomotive passes by, while on the right another takes in coal. Another locomotive can be seen on the far right... Read more
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Early signals
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 5th December 2011 | 0 Comments
Here are some early examples of railway signals... Read more
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First-day ticket
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 5th December 2011 | 0 Comments
Here is a ticket purchased on 17th September 1830, the first day of operations on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway: this particular ticket is from Liverpool to Manchester rather than vice versa... Read more
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Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company share certificate
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 5th December 2011 | 0 Comments
Here is a certificate given to shareholders in the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company... Read more
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Liverpool and Manchester Railway Act
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 5th December 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we see the first page of An Act for making and maintaining a Railway or Tramroad from the Town of Liverpool to the Town of Manchester, with certain Branches therefrom, all in the County of Lancashire, which received the Royal Assent on 5th May 1826. The preamble notes how the building of the Railway “will be of a great Advantage to the Inhabitants of the said County [Lancashire], Towns [Liverpool... Read more
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Rainhill Trials - Stipulations and Conditions
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 18th November 2011 | 0 Comments
This, taken from the Rocket 150 Official Handbook, is the Stipulations and Conditions for the 1829 Grand Competition of Locomotives on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, better known as the Rainhill Trials. The rules begin by mentioning “a premium of £500 for the most improved locomotive engine.” The first of the eight rules requires that the winning locomotive must “effectually consume its own smoke”: the Sans Pareil would fall foul of this condition.... Read more
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Rocket 150 - Official Programme
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 18th November 2011 | 0 Comments
This is the official programme, costing 20p, of the Grand Cavalcade at Rainhill on 24th-26th May 1980, during Rocket 150, illustrated with the emblems of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and British Rail... Read more
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Model locomotive
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 18th November 2011 | 0 Comments
This Guardian article from 18th November 2011 concerns what is possibly the world’s oldest toy locomotive. Built out of old bits of scrap wood, it is believed to have been made in the 1820s or 1830s by a father for his son, who both lived in a cottage in County Durham that backed onto the Stockton and Darlington Railway. The pieces seem to come from old bits of furniture, with... Read more
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What’s on in Merseyside 1980 - August-November
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 18th November 2011 | 0 Comments
These are the last two pages of What’s on in Merseyside 1980, covering August, September, October and November. The Rainhill Trials Exhbition and the Newton 150 Exhibition will contine until the end of October, the Edge Hill Rail Trail and the Edge Hill Exhbition until the end of November. For the fourth time, the Locomotives in Steam event in Southport will take place, this time on 24th and 25th August, and... Read more
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What’s on in Merseyside 1980 - summer
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 18th November 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we see the events on Merseyside in June, July and early August. The Ranhill Trials Exhibition, the Newton 150 Exhibition, the Edge Hill Rail Trail and the Edge Hill Exhibition will continue throughout all three summer months. Additionally, from 31st May to 4th June there will be a Railway Locomotives and Rolling Stock Exhibition at the British Rail depot on Spekeland Road. The Exhibition of Railway Paintings and the Glass... Read more
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What’s on in Merseyside 1980 - April and May
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 18th November 2011 | 0 Comments
Now we see the schedule for late April and the whole of May. Both the Rainhill Trials Exhbition and the Newton 150 Exhbition are to continue throughout May. From 3rd May, there will be an Exhibition of Railway Paintings by David Weston at the Williamson Art Gallery in Birkenhead, while starting on the same date, there will be an Edge Hill Rail Trail through the Wapping Cutting to the original Edge... Read more
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What’s on in Merseyside 1980 - March and April
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 18th November 2011 | 0 Comments
This double-page spread from What’s on in Merseyside 1980 shows the second half of March and the bulk of April. We learn of the Newton 150 exhibition at Earlestown, starting on 30th March and continuining throughout April, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the opening of that station (originally called Newton Junction), and the continuing Rainhill Trials Exhibition, also throughout April. In addition, there is to be a Locomotives in Steam... Read more
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What’s on in Merseyside 1980 - March
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 18th November 2011 | 0 Comments
This page from the What’s on in Merseyside 1980 leaflet lists the events in the first half of March. It reveals that throughout the month the Rainhill Trials Exhbition will be on show at Rainhill station, commemorating both the Rainhill Trials and the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. It includes models of the locomotives at the Trials, relics of the originals and a working replica of the Rocket ... Read more
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What’s on in Merseyside 1980
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 18th November 2011 | 0 Comments
This leaflet, issued by Merseyside County Council, lists the events that will be taking place in 1980, including Rocket 150: a picture of the Rocket appears on the front cover... Read more
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Railway Heritage Tours - inclusive weekends II
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 14th November 2011 | 0 Comments
Finally, we have the second page devoted to the inclusive weekends offered by Railway Heritage Tours in conjunction with British Rail... Read more
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Railway Heritage Tours - inclusive weekends
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 14th November 2011 | 0 Comments
This is the first of two pages describing inclusive weekends offered by Railway Heritage Tours in conjunction with British Rail, with the prices for people in different regions... Read more
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Railway Heritage Tours - booking form
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This is the booking form for Railway Heritage Tours... Read more
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Railway Heritage Tours - info and conditions
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 14th November 2011 | 0 Comments
This is the information on how to book a Railway Heritage Tour... Read more
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Railway Heritage Tours - accomodation
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 14th November 2011 | 0 Comments
Here information is provided on the accomodation provided by anyone wishing to go on a Railway Heritage Tour... Read more
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Railway Heritage Tours
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This is the front cover of a leaflet issued during the Rocket 150 celebrations, inviting people to go on railway tours of Britain to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway... Read more
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Schools Exhibition - objections to railway
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This page informs the reader about the research conducted by pupils at Longton Lane Junior School on the arguments advanced at the time both in favour of and against the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. As the page succintly expresses it, “It is hard now to imagine that in 1829 there were people who were as afraid of the coming of the railway as some folk now are of the silicone chip,... Read more
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Schools Exhibition - at home
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Here, we learn of the research conducted by children at Longton Lane Infants’ School about life for domestic servants in Rainhill in 1829... Read more
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Schools Exhibition - canals
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On this page, we learn how children at Oakdene researched canals, the main method of goods transport before railways... Read more
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Schools Exhibition - stagecoaches
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This page from the schools exhibition discusses the stagecoaches owned by Bartholomew Bretherton... Read more
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Schools Exhibition - development of Rainhill
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On this page, it is explained how pupils at St. Bartholomews Roman Catholic Primary School researched the history and development of Rainhill... Read more
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Schools Exhbition - children’s drawing of the Rocket
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This double-page spread from the Schools Exhibition depicts a charming drawing of the Rocket, executed by Rainhill schoolchildren... Read more
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Schools Exhibition - the Sans Pareil
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Here it is explained how children at Knowsley Higherside Comprehensive built models of the Sans Pareil and the village of Rainhill as it was in 1829, and a collage of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway... Read more
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Schools Exhibition - the Rocket
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The next page from the Schools Exhibition deal with the visit by pupils at St. Ann’s Infants to Rainhill station to see the replica of the Rocket... Read more
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Schools Exhibition - the Novelty
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This page from the Schools Exhibition deals with a replica of the Novelty created by the children of St. Edmund Arrowsmith School... Read more
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Schools Exhibition - introduction
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This introductory page to the Schools Exhibition, written by Brian Corkill, pays tribute to the pupils’ efforts... Read more
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Schools Exhibition
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This is an exhbition put together by schoolchildren in Rainhill to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Rainhill Trials... Read more
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1995 exhbition pages 2 and 3
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Pages two and three of the exhibition of 1995. Advertised here are model railways, magazines and talks with artists... Read more
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1995 exhibition page 1
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This is the first page from a 1995 exhibition celebrating the 165th anniversary of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, advertising what appear to be model railways... Read more
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Souvenir Programme
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This is a souvenir programme purporting to be from the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (and using the language that would have been used then), but presumably a spoof, judging by the date: 1st April 1995... Read more
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George Stephenson and the Railway Age back
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This is the back page of the leaflet featured in the previous image, continuing the mini-biography of George Stephenson, together with a portrait of the great man. Note that it wrongly names the first locomotive on the Stockton and Darlington Railway as “Locomotive No. 1” rather than “Locomotion No. 1”, and states that the Rainhill Trials took place in 1830 when in fact, of course, they occurred in 1829. The leaflet goes on to... Read more
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George Stephenson and the Railway Age front
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This page gives a brief resume of the life and achievements of George Stephenson, illustrated with an image of the Rocket in the Science Museum. It also notes that Stephenson, contrary to popular belief, did not invent the steam engine (though it wrongly credits James Watt rather than Thomas Newcomen for this - in fact, Watt greatly improved on Newcomen’s design) or the steam locomotive - rather, he “should... Read more
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The Iron Road
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This is the front page of The Iron Road - The Liverpool and Manchester Railway 1830-1980, a newspaper issued in 1980 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. At the top of the page, the heads of George and Robert Stephenson can be seen. In the foreground, the Jupiter can be seen with a driver on its footplate, while in the background an unidentifiable... Read more
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175th Anniversary Liverpool and Manchester Railway
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This leaflet was issued by Rainhill Parish Council for the 2005 celebrations of the 175th anniversary of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The image is the same as in “Rocket and Skew Bridge”... Read more
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Rocket 150 - Grand Cavalcade
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This double-page spread from the Rocket 150 leaftlet shows the locomotives taking part in the Grand Cavalcade, with locomotives from across the ages, steam and diesel, taking part... Read more
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Rocket 150
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This leaflet advertises the Rocket 150 celebrations, held at Rainhill from 24th-26th May 1980 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway... Read more
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Rainhill Trials Exhbition
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This leaflet was issued in 1979 for Rocket 150. It refers to an exhibition to be held at Rainhill station... Read more
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Rainhill - The Official Guide
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This voucher provides an official guide to Rainhill, illustrated with a picture of the Rocket - a clear indication of the village’s main claim to fame... Read more
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Thomas Newcomen’s steam engine
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This is an illustration from the The Rainhill Story. It is a contemporary plan of the first practical steam engine, invented by Thomas Newcomen. Baptised in Dartmouth on 24th February 1664, Newcomen’s steam engine was inspired by the ideas of Thomas Savery and Denis Papin. Before Newcomen, steam devices had existed, but had little practical use. In 1698, Savery patented a steam-powered pump which he called the “Miner’s Friend”, however... Read more
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The Rainhill Story - The Great Locomotive Trial
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This is the front cover of The Rainhill Story - The Great Locomotive Trial, a book written by Anthony Burton to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Rainhill Trials. Adorning the front cover of the book is the replica of the Rocket that was used in the Rocket 150 celebrations... Read more
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Remnants of pulley
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One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. This 1979 photograph shows us the decayed remnants of one of the pulleys used by the winding engines in the Wapping Tunnel... Read more
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First orders
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One of the inages donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. Here are the Orders of the Day issued by the directors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company on the new Railway’s opening day. The directors are to meet at Crown Street, and each will take charge of a particular train: the eight locomotives that will pull these trains, the colour of flag associated and the relevant director are... Read more
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Rocket 150 logo
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One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. This is the logo for Rocket 150. The three shields display the emblems of the cities of Liverpool and Manchester, linked by a coach of the type that would have been used on the original Liverpool and Manchester Railway, plus the familiar logo of British Rail... Read more
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Moorish Arch replica 1979
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 31st October 2011 | 2 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. Here, at the 1980 exhibiton opened by the Edge Hill Railway Trust, four members of the Trust pose behind a plywood replica of the Moorish Arch, with a replica locomotive on the bottom right. The four men are, from left to right: Christopher Duncan, Ian Duncan, Mike Carson and George Jones. On the left of the picture, a young boy poses... Read more
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Stephenson in black and white
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One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. This is the same image as in “The Father of the Railways”, except that it is from the reverse angle and is in black and white... Read more
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Engineer’s epitaph
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One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. This is a headstone from Newton Church, describing Peers Naylor, an engineer who died on 10th December 1842, at the age of 29. Though the epitaph does not say so, it is very possible that Naylor was involved in building the Liverpool and Manchester Railway: this is suggested by the carving of a locomotive at the top of the stone... Read more
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Edge Hill Railway Trust board
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 31st October 2011 | 10 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. This board names the Edge Hill Railway Trust, a registered charity, of which Eric was one of the Board of Directors, that existed from 1979 to 1981. Its aim was to promote awareness and ensure the preservation of those parts of Edge Hill station and the surrounding area that were of historical interest. In 1980 it took control of the Edge Hill Cutting ... Read more
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Ramp in 1979
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One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. Here we see the ramp between platforms three and four as it appeared in 1979. The building at the bottom of the ramp is now used for performances and to house arts studios... Read more
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Edge Hill station before conservation
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 31st October 2011 | 1 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. This photograph vividly highlights the dilapidated state into which the Edge Hill station buildings fell before they were renovated by Metal. Note in particular the uneven roof on the right hand side of the picture... Read more
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Edge Hill in 1982
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One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. This view from platform three shows Edge Hill station as it appeared in 1982. From the outside it looks identical to today: this photograph gives no indication of the dramatic changes that took place inside the station buildings between 2007 and 2009... Read more
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Duchess of Hamilton at Edge Hill 1980
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One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. Here the Duchess of Hamilton arrives at Edge Hill platform three in 1980, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway... Read more
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Don Weir II
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One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. This is a much better-focused picture of Don Weir’s exhibition at Edge Hill in 1979... Read more
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Don Weir
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One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. Here the artist Don Weir displays some paintings in an exhibition at Edge Hill in 1979, presumably to mark 150 years since the Rainhill Trials. Unfortunately, the photograph is too dark to make much out... Read more
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Chatsworth Street Cutting track plan
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One of the inages donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. Here is a track plan of the Chatsworth Street Cutting. You can see the entrance to the tunnel and the two engine houses... Read more
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Small pulley wheel from Chatsworth Street Cutting
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One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. Here is a small pulley wheel used by the winding engines in the Chatsworth Street Cutting... Read more
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Large pulley wheel from Chatsworth Street Cutting II
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One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. Here we again see the large pulley wheel, but from a different angle: from above, rather than level, as in the previous photograph... Read more
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Large pulley wheel from Chatsworth Street Cutting
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One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. Here is another of the pulley wheels used by the fixed engines in the Chatsworth Street Cutting, but larger than the previous one... Read more
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Pulley wheel from Chatsworth Street Cutting
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One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. Here we see one of the pulley wheels used by the winding engines in the Chatsworth Street Cutting... Read more
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Beam engine
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One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. Here we see a beam engine, a type of fixed steam engine powered by a pivoted overhead beam. It was invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1705, and later improved by a number of other engineers, including James Watt. Among other fuctions, they were used as winding engines, of the type used on many early railways, including the Liverpool and Manchester and... Read more
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Fish belly rail
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 28th October 2011 | 0 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. Fish belly rails, so called from their shape, were the earliest cast-iron rails in general use on railways. The very earliest rails were wooden, but these were replaced in the 1760s by strap-iron rails, in which thin strips of cast iron were fixed onto the wooden rails. Though cheap to construct, they were very fragile and soon maintenance costs proved... Read more
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Entrance into Manchester via Water Street II
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One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. Here, a locomotive with a passenger train arrives at Manchester Liverpool Road station, the original Manchester terminus on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway... Read more
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Railway Across Chat Moss, Coloured View of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway II
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One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. Thomas Talbot Bury shows a steam locomotive pulling a passenger train across Chat Moss... Read more
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Viaduct across the Sankey Viaduct II
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One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. Thomas Talbot Bury paints a picture of the Sankey Viaduct... Read more
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Sankey Viaduct
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One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. A locomotive passes over the Sankey Viaduct, to the amazement of two men working on the canal below... Read more
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Rainhill Bridge II
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One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. Thomas Talbot Bury’s painting of the Skew Bridge at Rainhill... Read more
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Goods train passing through Olive Mount Cutting
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One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. Thomas Talbot Bury here shows a goods train passing through the Olive Mount Cutting... Read more
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Near Liverpool, Looking Towards Manchester II
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One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. Thomas Talbot Bury shows a train travelling from Manchester to Liverpool... Read more
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Moorish Arch east side
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 28th October 2011 | 0 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. This is a black-and-white engraving of the Moorish Arch from the opposite side to the one depicted by Bury: here we see towards rather than from the Wapping Tunnel. There also appears to be less activity going on here... Read more
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Liverpool and Manchester Railway passenger timetable
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 24th October 2011 | 0 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. This is a poster issued by the directors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway on 30th September 1830, just after the Railway opened. It informs passengers that after 4th October passenger services will open, and it also mentions what times the trains will set off. Note that the first- and second-class coaches are in separate trains, and that from Monday to... Read more
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Wellington’s carriage II
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One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. A darker version of the Duke of Wellington’s carriage on the opening day of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, as in the previous image... Read more
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Wellington’s carriage
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One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. Here we see the Northumbrian pulling the Duke of Wellington’s carriage on the opening day of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. It was as a result of walking towards this coach to shake hands with Wellington that William Huskisson was fatally struck by the Rocket... Read more
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Opening day of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway II
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One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. A darker shade, but the same scene as the previous image: the opening day of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway... Read more
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Opening day of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 24th October 2011 | 0 Comments
One of the images supplied to Metal by Eric Shenton.This engraving shows the opening day of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Flags are out in full force, crowds have gathered and hats are being waved. Four locomotives may be seen: it is impossible to identify any of them, but the one of the left of the picture, judging by the design and the fact that it appears to be... Read more
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Robert Stephenson
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 24th October 2011 | 1 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. This is a portrait of Robert Stephenson, the only son of George Stephenson, who deserves to be recognised as a highly talented engineer in his own right. Born in 1803, he received a good education for someone of his background, largely thanks to George’s determination that his son should receive the education that he himself had not enjoyed. Robert attended... Read more
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The Father of the Railways
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 24th October 2011 | 0 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. This portrait is a somewhat glorified image of George Stephenson, the “Father of the Railways”. Stephenson here strikes an impressive, dignified pose, reminiscent of portraits of the nobility, and is dressed in the clothes of a gentleman, despite his working-class background. In the background of the image, a locomotive passes through a rural area, quite possibly Chat Moss: arguably, Stephenson’... Read more
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John Braithwaite
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 24th October 2011 | 0 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. This one shows John Braithwaite the Younger, co-designer, with John Ericsson, of the Novelty. Born in 1797, he joined his father’s engineering practice, and added the making of high-pressure steam engines to the company’s business. In 1827, he met George and Robert Stephenson, and about the same time struck up a partnership with John Ericsson: the pair of them designed... Read more
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John Ericsson
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One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. Here we see John Ericsson, co-designer of the Novelty. Ericsson was born in Langbanshyttan, Sweden, in 1803. He established himself as a skilled mechanic, and moved to England in 1826. In 1829, together with John Braithwaite, he built the Novelty for the Rainhill Trials, and after Rainhill, two more locomotives built to the same design, the William IV and the Queen Adelaide, named... Read more
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Timothy Hackworth
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 24th October 2011 | 0 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. This is a picture of Timothy Hackworth, designer of the Sans Pareil. Born in Wylam near Newcastle in 1786, there he helped William Hedley build the famous locomotive Puffing Billy. As a result of this, in 1824, George Stephenson recruited him as superintendant of locomotive engine production at the newly-formed Robert Stephenson and Company, to make locomotives for the Stockton and Darlington... Read more
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Timothy Burstall
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One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. Here is Timothy Burstall, designer of the Perseverance. Prior to the Rainhill Trials, Burtsall, from Leith, already had experience of designing steam road coaches, in partnership with London’s J Hill in 1824, and his locomotive is said to have resembled these... Read more
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Boy painting
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One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. This mural shows a boy at the Rainhill Trials, painting a picture of the Rocket. By contrast, the woman in the foreground of the image looks rather bored by the whole affair!... Read more
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Mural
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 21st October 2011 | 1 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. This mural also depicts the Rainhill Trials... Read more
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Rainhill Trials in the Illustrated London News II
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 21st October 2011 | 0 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. A lighter-coloured version of the previous photograph... Read more
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Rainhill Trials in the Illustrated London News
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 21st October 2011 | 0 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Eric Shenton. This is a contemporary drawing from the Illustrated London News, depicting the Rainhill Trials. Crowds line the tracks cheering and doffing their hats to the locomotives. Note the two Union flags waving, symbolising the patriotic pride in the fact that Britain has pioneered this revolutionary mode of transport. The Rocket is visible in the forground - its position in the... Read more
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Metal office under construction
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 21st October 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we see what is now the Metal office in the middle of the renovation process... Read more
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Inside plan
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 21st October 2011 | 0 Comments
This is another plan of the building on platforms one and two, but the walls on the engine rooms and the Metal office have been cut away to reveal the insides, though without any furnishings... Read more
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Plan of the building on platforms one and two II
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Here we see the plan of the building on platforms one and two, from a different angle to the previous photograph... Read more
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Plan of the building on platforms one and two
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Here is a plan of the building on platforms one and two. From left to right, we can see the Accumulator Tower, the Welcoming, the engine rooms and the Metal office... Read more
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The times they are a-changin’
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 21st October 2011 | 0 Comments
These two photographs both provide striking examples of the transformation of the station since its renovation by Metal. The top image is an exhbition called Horse Power, detailing the transition from horse power to steam power in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, in the arts studios on the top floor of the building on platforms three and four. The bottom image shows a singer-songwriter, Christopher Simpson, performing in... Read more
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A place for the staircase
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 21st October 2011 | 0 Comments
This image shows the beginnings of the installation of the staircase in the building on platforms one and two. It begins at the back of the lower engine room on the ground floor, then leads first to the Metal office on the first floor, and then to the upper engine room on the top floor. Note, however, that the stage that now graces the back of the lower engine room... Read more
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Snow on the railway III
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 21st October 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we see a winter scene, with snow across the tracks. The goods yard is visible on the left... Read more
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Work in progress
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 21st October 2011 | 0 Comments
This double photograph was taken in February 2009. The top picture shows what is now the Metal office - note that the floor does not extend as far as it does now. The bottom picture shows the ground floor, with the now-defunct staircase... Read more
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Let there be lights
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 21st October 2011 | 0 Comments
This photograph was obviously taken some time before the previous one: the tables are absent, and the toilets (at the back of the picture) are in the process of being constructed. The most obvious activity in this picture, however, is the work on the window frames. Note also how the men have hung a string of light bulbs from the rafters, to help them see what they are doing... Read more
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Work on the Metal office
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 21st October 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we see the work done in creating the Metal office on the first floor of the building on platforms one and two. Here the tables which now bear computers are being constructed. Notice that the work on the office is already well advanced: the toilets have already been installed, with the Metal logo on the wall; the carpet has been laid down, and the kitchen area has been hollowed... Read more
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Down to the ground floor
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 21st October 2011 | 0 Comments
This is the view from down the stairs to the ground floor. At the very bottom of the stairs is a stage which is often used for performances by the Suitcase Ensemble, a local performing arts troupe, and Soundtracks, a drama group based at the station... Read more
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Upper engine room railing
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 21st October 2011 | 0 Comments
This photograph was taken from the top of the steps leading to the upper engine room. The ceiling is visible, but the image is dominated by the railing which leads into the engine room... Read more
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Looking up into the upper engine room
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 21st October 2011 | 0 Comments
This photograph, which appears to have been taken in the dark, gives us a view from the steps into the upper engine room... Read more
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View from landing into Metal office
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 21st October 2011 | 0 Comments
This photograph gives us a shot of the landing just outside the Metal office: the yellow wall in the background is the Metal toilet. If you look very carefully, you can also see some books and folders in a pile in the bottom left of the image... Read more
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Staircase to upper engine room
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 21st October 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we see the staircase leading from the Metal office (visible in the bottom right-hand corner of the picture) to the upper engine room... Read more
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View from the upper engine room
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 21st October 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we get a view out of one of the windows in the upper engine room, on to the railway. Note, however, the barricades and the brieze blocks, indicating that building work is still going on... Read more
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Metal office - completed
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 21st October 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we get a view of the Metal office just after it has been completed. Note that the computers that are there now have not yet been installed, that there is an open space near the back where there is now a table, and that there are two works of art on the kitchen wall... Read more
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Jenny and Ian alone
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 21st October 2011 | 0 Comments
Now we see Ian Brownbill and Jenny Porter sitting in the Metal office, without the man who appears in the previous photograph... Read more
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Metal meeting
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 21st October 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we see a meeting in the Metal office. On the left of the picture is Jenny Porter, Metal Liverpool’s project manager, and in the middle is director Ian Brownbill. However, the computers that now adorn the tables in the office have yet to be installed... Read more
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Guardian archive clip
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 21st October 2011 | 0 Comments
Here is a clip from the Guardian newspaper’s archive section on 17th October 2011. The clip reproduced here is from 17th October 1829, reporting on the Rainhill Trials, and mentioning the Rocket, the Sans Pareil and the Novelty, though the Sans Pareil’s name is wrongly spelled “San Pareil”, and the name of its designer, Timothy Hackworth, as Ackworth... Read more
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Kitchen sink
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 7th October 2011 | 0 Comments
This is a close up of the sink in Metal’s kitchen... Read more
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Metal kitchen
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 7th October 2011 | 0 Comments
Here is the kitchen area of the Metal office... Read more
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Metal logo
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
This canted shot displays the toilet cabin with the Metal logo on it... Read more
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Entrance to Metal office
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
The black door on the left of this picture is the entrance to the Metal office, the yellow cabin on the right is the toilet... Read more
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View from inside the Metal office
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we are inside the Metal office. The yellow cabin that can be seen is the toilet: on the right hand side of the picture is the kitchen area, on the left hand side is the office entrance... Read more
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View from platform four
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
This image gives us a view of platform four at Edge Hill, together with the building which hosts film viewings and Metal employees’ art studios. There seems to be some building work going on relating to the building. We can also see platforms one and two, and the building there... Read more
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View from platform two through the tunnel
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
This image gives a view through the Edge Hill-Lime Street tunnel from platform two of Edge Hill... Read more
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Entrance to the Tunnel of the Liverpool & Manchester Rail-Way, Edge-Hill
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
This engraving shows the construction of the tunnel that lies between Edge Hill and Lime Street. It was drawn by C and G Pyne... Read more
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Snow on the railway II
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Here snow has fallen onto the railway... Read more
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Old view of Edge Hill III
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we see the view of Edge Hill in the 1930s from along platform two: a passenger train stops on platform four... Read more
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Old view of Edge Hill II
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we see Edge Hill in the 1930s, from further along the platform... Read more
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Old view of Edge Hill
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Here is a picture of Edge Hill in the 1930s. A passenger train can be seen in the background, approaching platform three... Read more
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Edge Hill logo produced by Metal
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Here is a reproduction of the Edge Hill logo, produced by Metal... Read more
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Building on platforms one and two
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we see the building on platforms one and two, which houses the Metal office, the kitchen, the lower engine room, used for drama performances and open days, the upper engine room, used for art displays, and the Accumulator Tower... Read more
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Looking back through the tunnel
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
This photograph, taken on Edge Hill platform three, shows a view through the tunnel just before the station... Read more
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Locomotive 5F87 II
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Locomotive 5F87 pulls into Edge Hill platform three, with another locomotive in the background, beyond the tunnel... Read more
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Service to Wigan III
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
2F50 leaves Edge Hill platform one, bound for Wigan. The goods yard is visible on the right of the picture... Read more
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Multiple unit 2F64 arrives at Edge Hill
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Multiple unit 2F64 pulls into Edge Hill platform one, bound for Warrington... Read more
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Multiple unit 2K73 II
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Multiple unit 2K73 arrives at Edge Hill platform three... Read more
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2F50 leaves Edge Hill
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Number 2F50 sets out from Edge Hill platform one. The goods yard is on the right... Read more
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2F50 II
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Number 2F50, a diesel multiple unit, sets out... Read more
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At the top
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
A view from near the top of the room on the middle floor of the building on platforms one and two, now the Metal office. There are deep cuts into the sandstone suggesting this stone was used elsewhere before it was set into the walls at Edge Hill.... Read more
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Crumbling bricks
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Here, in what is now the Metal office, the bricks are quite clearly fading and crumbling... Read more
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Work on the Accumulator Tower
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we see work being done on the Accumulator Tower.... Read more
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Accumulator Tower window
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we see one of the windows in the Accumulator Tower... Read more
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Ceiling
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we see a close-up of the wooden ceiling in the Accumulator Tower... Read more
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Top floor
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
This image shows the renovation of the top floor of the former Boiler Room building on platforms one and two, now a studio space for artists... Read more
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The Welcoming
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we see the renovation of what is now the Welcoming, with the doorway to the Accumulator Tower visible... Read more
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Doorway
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we see through the doorway into the back room of the platforms one and two building, which is now used the Welcoming, which, as its name suggests, is where visitors to the station now enter. Through the far doorway is the Accumulator Tower, which was once used as a water tower, and is now used as a storeroom by Metal... Read more
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View from further back
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we see the renovation process from an angle further back. Note that the building of the stage is more or less complete... Read more
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More work on lower engine room
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we get a different angle of the work on the lower engine room. On the upper balcony one of the workmen can be seen... Read more
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Lower engine room
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we see the renovation of the lower engine room on platforms one and two. The room seen here, formerly the lower engine room, is used for drama performances and open days: the raised platform at the back is a stage. The balcony above it leads to the Metal office... Read more
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Working on the roof
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Two men work on the roof of the building on platforms three and four... Read more
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Mowing the lawn II
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
The man from the Clean Team now mows in a different part of the ramp. A diesel multiple unit bound for Lime Street is about to leave platform two... Read more
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Mowing the lawn
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
A man from the Clean Team uses a mower to cut the grass growing on the ramp... Read more
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Red brick wall at top of ramp
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we see the top of the ramp post-renovation, with the red brick wall visible... Read more
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Clearance
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we see how the growth at the top of the ramp has been cleared away... Read more
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The green shoots of growth
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Here grass can be seen growing in between the cobblestones on the ramp between platforms three and four... Read more
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After renovation
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we see the space between platforms three and four after it has been renovated by Metal. The wildlife has nearly all been cleared away, as has the litter. The three bins near the bottom of the ramp testify to the great effort that was necessary. However, this area is now once again grown over, as it is no longer used... Read more
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Gate at the top of the ramp
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we see the open gate at the top of the ramp - the gate that is now kept permanently closed... Read more
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View from the top of the ramp
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Now we see the ramp from the top. Note the presence of a skip, presumably to collect the considerable amount of litter there... Read more
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Another view of the ramp
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
This photograph shows the ramp between platforms three and four... Read more
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View from the fence
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
This photograph provides a view from the fence of the ramp between platforms three and four. It can be seen that the grass is not always greener of the other side of the fence - there are large patches of brown, not to mention the litter... Read more
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Ramp
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we see the ramp between platforms three at four at Edge Hill. This area is now closed off to the public... Read more
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Entrance to platform four
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Through the gate you can see platform four at Edge Hill station, and the building on that platform that is now used by Metal to show films and host artists’ studios belonging to its employees. The upstairs room - now the artists’ studios - was once used a storeroom... Read more
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View of the fence
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we see the fence running down the side of the station wall... Read more
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View of Edge Hill from the side
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
This is a lovely sunny day. Just over the wall on the right of the photograph, the lamps that light up the Edge Hill platforms can be seen, along with the overhead electric power lines for the electric units... Read more
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Metal office - before Metal
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
This room is now the Metal office - its previous function is unknown. At any rate, the need for renovation is obvious... Read more
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Edge Hill upper engine room
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we see the top-floor room at Edge Hill station, in the pre-renovation days. This may have been the upper engine room. It is now a place where artists display their work... Read more
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Inside station building
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Here is a view from inside the Edge Hill station building, before it was renovated by Metal. It looks deserted and run down, showing how the building fell out of use until Metal stepped in. Notably, one can see the staircase that once led to the upper engine room, but has now been replaced by another that leads to the Metal office... Read more
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Multiple unit 2K73
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
A diesel multiple unit, number 2K73 (no, not the year 2073), pulls into Edge Hill on platform three... Read more
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Passengers and goods
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
A diesel multiple unit pulls into Edge Hill with a passenger train, while a diesel locomotive pulls trucks and a guard’s van in the goods yard... Read more
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Locomotive 5F87
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
A diesel locomotive, number 5F87, arrives at Edge Hill platform three, pulling a passenger train. In the background, another diesel can be seen approaching platform two... Read more
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Service to Wigan II
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Again, we see the 2F50 diesel service, leaving platform one bound for Wigan, with the Edge Hill goods yard visible... Read more
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Service to Wigan
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Here, a diesel, numbered 2F50, either a railcar or a multiple unit, sets out from platform one, bound for Wigan. To the right the Edge Hill goods yard can be seen... Read more
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Emerging from the Edge Hill tunnel
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Here a tender locomotive arrives at Edge Hill platform two, emerging from the tunnel just before the station, pulling a passenger train... Read more
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Locomotive 44937
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we see locomotive 44937 steaming into Edge Hill platform two, pulling a passenger train... Read more
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Three wise men
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 16th September 2011 | 4 Comments
One of the images supplied to Metal by Eric Shenton. This portrait shows three railway pioneers. Charles Sylvester, was a noted chemist who died in 1828, before the Liverpool and Manchester Railway was established, but in the last three years of his life he did important work in locomotive technology, especially in relation to friction, that greatly helped develop the science of locomotive design. He was commissioned by the Liverpool and... Read more
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Brenda Allen discusses how Edge Hill has changed since she was a child
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 12th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Brenda Allen tells of how she now lives in Whiston, next to the station there. She laments the demolition of the railway cottages and, more recently, the privatisation trend. She is surprised to hear from Margi that Edge Hill station now has a cinema, thanks to Metal... Read more
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Pat Moffat recalls the time when the Beatles came to Liverpool and met the Lord Mayor
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 12th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Pat Moffat, sitting in on the Maureen Hunt interview, remembers when the Beatles came to Liverpool and met Lord Mayor Caplan, presumably in 1964 (though she is uncertain of the date) for the Northern premiere of their first film, A Hard Day’s Night. The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress set out for the town hall from Edge Hill rather than Lime Street. Pat herself delivered a bouquet of flowers to... Read more
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Maureen Hunt reminisces about visiting the station and hand-carving clogs
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 12th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Maureen Hunt remembers how she would visit the station as a girl in order to steal, but also to have look round, noting especially the coal yards and the depots. She also recalls buying clogs and then hand-carving them - to this day, she is able to repair her own shoes... Read more
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Jeff Jones explains how he is trying to raise awareness of the historical significance of Edge Hill
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 12th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Jeff Jones recalls how he has been a railway enthusiast since childhood, starting with trainspotting, but did not initially know of the historical significance of Edge Hill, and how he and some friends are trying to raise awareness... Read more
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Pat Moffat praises Metal’s renovation of Edge Hill station
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 12th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Pat Moffat praises Metal for renovating Edge Hill station, remembering the dire state it was in previously... Read more
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Pat Moffat remembers a female coal merchant on Tunnel Road
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 9th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Pat Moffat remembers how it was only men who worked on the railway: even the cleaners were all men. Thus, the existence of a female coal merchant on Tunnel Road was very worthy of note, though even then she had to register the business (which she had inherited from her father) in her husband’s name. Pat remembers the woman’s office and her children. In 1973, however, she sold her... Read more
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Fred Currah mentions a driver who was electrocuted by his locomotive’s firelines
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th August 2011 | 1 Comments
Fred Currah recalls how a driver at Edge Hill was once electrocuted when he got too close to his locomotive’s firelines. He also remembers how Edge Hill used to have fires in the waiting room, and shops seliing cigarettes and newspapers, and of how, in the 1930s and 1940s, a locomotive would wait at the station until the train from London arrived, and would take the back coach to... Read more
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Fred Currah talks about how trains have changed since his day
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 19th August 2011 | 0 Comments
Fred Currah talks of how different trains were in his own day from how they are now. When he worked on the footplates, the prevalent form of rail transport was locomotive-hauled trains, where a locomotive pulled the rolling stock; but now everything is in multiple units, consisting of a set of self-propelled coaches without a locomotive: the driver sits in the front coach of the unit, and the front coach... Read more
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Fred Currah describes his predecessor at the Edge Hill stores
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 19th August 2011 | 0 Comments
Fred Courer talks about the man whose place he took at Edge Hill stores when the latter fell ill. According to Fred, the man was rude and abrupt, even swearing at his callers, and would refuse to deliver what he asked to: when Fred began to work on th stores, he and the clothing clerk had to fill the skip with his predecessor’s old diaries. Fred also talks about... Read more
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Fred Currah talks about his work in the stores at Lime Street and Edge Hill
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 19th August 2011 | 0 Comments
Fred Currah talks about his work in the stores at Lime Street and at Edge Hill, when the man at the latter station was ill. He retired in 1994 with a frozen shoulder. Fred also talks about how he regretted dieselisation, as he felt lonely as a driver on diesel or electric locomotives, rather than working as part of driver-fireman double act as on steam locomotives... Read more
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Fred Currah remembers his work as a locomotive fireman and then as a driver
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 19th August 2011 | 0 Comments
Fred Currah explains how he began working at Edge Hill depot, and became a fireman. After dieselisation, he qualified as a driver, before in 1987 being forced to retire from footplate duty and start working in the stores at Lime Street... Read more
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Graham Trust tells a horrific story relating to slavery
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 5th August 2011 | 4 Comments
John Moss and his family owned slaves on Crooked Island in the Bahamas, and Graham Trust here recounts a truly shocking story of how one slave was treated by Henry and Helen Moss, John’s brother and sister-in-law (and of the ludicrously lenient punishment they received). Graham insists that the Mosses were not involved in slavery “in a sinister way”, and makes a suggests that the culprit was not, in... Read more
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Graham Trust discusses the relationship between John Moss and George Stephenson
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 5th August 2011 | 0 Comments
Graham Trust talks about how John Moss had a long-standing friendship with and admiration for George Stephenson. Moss commissioned a statue in honour of the great engineer, and expressed regret that Stephenson was never recognised by the British establishment (unlike in other countries) for his role: Graham suspects this was due to class... Read more
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Graham Trust talks about the success of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 5th August 2011 | 0 Comments
Graham Trust mentions how John Moss later became chairman of the Grand Junction Railway, and reads a quote from the Economist discussing the runaway success of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, and the increased speed, despite starting under a cloud with the death of Huskisson... Read more
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Graham Trust describes the death of William Huskisson
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 5th August 2011 | 0 Comments
Graham Trust describes, in considerable detail, the death of William Huskisson on the opening day of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Huskisson was born in 1770, and from 1790 to 1792 served at the British Embassy in Paris, becoming a protege of the the Ambassador, the Marquess of Stafford. He was an MP from 1795 to 1801, and again from 1804 until his death. He held a number of government posts (including First Commissioner of Woods... Read more
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Graham Trust talks about the dinner on the eve of the launch of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 5th August 2011 | 0 Comments
Graham Trust describes the banquet held on the eve of the opening day of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, and of the anxiety felt by John Moss on the occasion. He erroneously names the opening day as 15th October 1830: in fact it was 15th September... Read more
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Graham Trust explains how the Liverpool and Manchester Railway was finally able to go ahead
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 5th August 2011 | 0 Comments
Graham Trust relates how William Huskisson was able to revive the moribund Liverpool and Manchester Railway project by persuading George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford (later 1st Duke of Sutherland), owner of the Bridgewater Canal that connected Liverpool and Manchester (and thus threatened by the Railway) to buy shares in the company, thus ensuring the success of the second bill, and illustrating the importance of who you know as well... Read more
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Graham Trust explains more about the Liverpool and Manchester Board members
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 5th August 2011 | 0 Comments
Graham Trust explains the importance of Liverpool and Manchester, explaining why a railway was built to link the two cities. He also mentions the early life of John Moss, discusses the members of the Railway’s Board of Directors, and notes how the project united Whigs and Tories, slaveowners (like Moss) and abolitionists... Read more
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Graham Trust explains why the first bill to establish the Liverpool and Manchester Railway failed
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 5th August 2011 | 2 Comments
Graham Trust talks about the failure of the first bill to set up the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The canal proprietors united to lobby against the bill, and their counsel, Edward Alderson, humiliated Stephenson by pointing to the glaring errors in his survey and estimates, resulting from the fact that Stephenson had appointed an inexperienced team of surveyors and had not checked its findings. Graham also mentions one of the... Read more
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Graham Trust mentions the obstacles George Stephenson faced when surveying the land
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 5th August 2011 | 0 Comments
Graham Trust mentions how, when George Stephenson was surveying the land to construct the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, he had to cope with blockades, threats and even gunshots, not to mention a bizarre propaganda campaign... Read more
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Graham Trust mentions the vested interests opposed to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 5th August 2011 | 0 Comments
Graham Trust explains that there were many groups of people, such as the canal proprietors, who had vested interests in blocking the creation of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway... Read more
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Graham Trust explains the uses of early locomotives
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 5th August 2011 | 0 Comments
Graham Trust explains how, at the time that the Liverpool and Manchester Railway was first conceived, locomotives were used only to transport minerals in mines and quarries: it was unheard of for them to travel long distances between cities, as Sanders, James and Moss envisaged... Read more
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Graham Trust talks about the origins of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 5th August 2011 | 0 Comments
Graham Trust explains how William James and Joseph Sandars, frustrated by the high fares charged by the canal companies, decided to build a railway between Liverpool and Manchester, and of how Sanders and his friend John Moss commissioned James to survey the land for this purpose... Read more
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Graham Trust mentions the three founding fathers of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 5th August 2011 | 0 Comments
Graham Trust introduces us to the three founding fathers of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway: John Moss (about whom he has written a biography), Joseph Sandars and William James... Read more
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Graham Trust mentions the large number of passengers on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 5th August 2011 | 0 Comments
Graham Trust explains how the founders of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway expected that it would primarily carry goods, but instead most of its revenue came from passenger services... Read more
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Graham Trust talks about the launching of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway from Edge Hill
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 5th August 2011 | 0 Comments
Graham Trust talks about the eight locomotives that set out from Edge Hill station on the opening day of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, including the Northumbrian, driven by George Stephenson, whose train included the Duke of Wellington and was directed by John Moss, one of the Railway directors about whom Graham has written a biography... Read more
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David McElroy reminsces about trainspotting when he was a boy
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 1st August 2011 | 0 Comments
David McElroy recounts how, as a boy, during the school holidays, he would sit on the wall at Edge Hill station, trainspotting, though he gradually lost interest as a result of dieselisation. He also mentions the perils of getting too close to the locomotives... Read more
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The McElroy brothers talk about the sandstone blocks at the station
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 1st August 2011 | 1 Comments
David McElroy discusses the orange sandstone blocks on the cutting walls, noting that in his day they were stained black with soot from the steam locomotives. Steve mentions the Clock, a small pub on Chandler Street, which had a mirror-image of the cutting walls on the other side, but David cannot remember it at all... Read more
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The McElroy brothers give more memories of Edge Hill station
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 29th July 2011 | 0 Comments
David and Steve McElroy continue to reminisce about the station, in particular the frequent goods traffic. They remember being awoken at night by the sound of the diesels shunting the coal trucks, ans also mention oil tankers and flat trucks. In particular, they talk about guards’ vans, and how they were vital to enable the train to double-brake - braking both by the driver of the locomotive and by the... Read more
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David and Steve McElroy talk about the phrase “getting off at Edge Hill”
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 29th July 2011 | 0 Comments
David and Steve McElroy discuss the phrase “getting off at Edge Hill”, which, owing to the fact that Edge Hill is the last station before Lime Street, became a euphemism for coitus interruptus (an [ineffective] method of birth control in which the man withdraws his penis before ejaculation)! They also talk about walking through the tunnels, and mention The Mystery, the nickname for Wavertree Playground, acquired because it was built... Read more
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The McElroy brothers reminisce about illicitly exploring the station
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 27th July 2011 | 0 Comments
The McElroys share their memories of illicitly exploring Edge Hill station in their spare time. David acknowledges that they risked punishment if caught, but points out there was no vandalism, only harmless curisoity. Steve talks about his exploration in depth, going by the sheds, seeing the tunnels, climbing inside the boiler shaft and liftting the trucks’ coupling chains... Read more
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The McElroys talk about their dealings with coal at Edge Hill station
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 27th July 2011 | 0 Comments
The McElroys tell of how they would sneak into the Edge Hill goods yard and observe the coal trucks. They also remember coal being delivered to them by Buller, the Edge Hill coalman, and how they would sometimes clean out his stables... Read more
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Dave McElroy discusses the sandstone blocks at the station
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 18th July 2011 | 0 Comments
Dave McElroy talks about the sandstone blocks at the station, and praises its Victorian builders for their sense of aesthetics, which he feels is superior to that of modern builders.... Read more
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Les Coe tells a Williamson’s Tunnels Story
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 16th May 2011 | 2 Comments
Les Coe, a member of the Friends of Williamson’s Tunnels, tells a story about how Williamson’s men scared Stephenson’s men during the building of the Liverpool to Manchester Railway.... Read more
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Tony Garner talks about working on the railway
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 16th May 2011 | 0 Comments
Tony Garner talks about his early working life on the railways at Metal’s Victorian Christmas Event 2010... Read more
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Tony Garner talks about a near-death experience working on the railway
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 16th May 2011 | 0 Comments
Tony Garner shares his memories of Edge Hill Station at Metals Victorian Christmas Event 2010... Read more
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Tony Garner talks about being a wagon examiner for the railways
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 16th May 2011 | 0 Comments
Tony Garner an artist from St Helens talks about his involvement with Metal at Edge Hill Station... Read more
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Steven Moran talks about Edge Hill Station
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 16th May 2011 | 0 Comments
Steven Moran talks at Metals Victorian Christmas Event 2010 about the heritage of the station... Read more
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Simon Joyce talks about the railway sidings, the football specials and the community
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 16th May 2011 | 0 Comments
Simon Joyce shares his memories of coming to Edge Hill Station with his father as a child and how big it was then with the marshelling yards. He also remembers as a young police officer meeting the football specials with fans coming into the city on match days. He also recollects the old houses and the look of the communuity and remembers an old flag factory.... Read more
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Julie, Your Place Community Warden talks about Edge Hill station
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 16th May 2011 | 0 Comments
Julie remembers coming to Edge Hill Station as a child to watch the trains... Read more
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Julie, local community warden, praises Metal for renovating Edge Hill station
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 16th May 2011 | 0 Comments
Julie, local community warden praises the work of Metal in highlighting the heritage of the station... Read more
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An ex-train spotter recalls American troops arriving at Edge Hill during the Second World War
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 16th May 2011 | 0 Comments
Ex train spotter shares childhood memories of Edge Hill Station and remembers seeing American troops arriving during the war... Read more
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A local resident talks about the station at Metal’s Victorian Christmas Event in 2010
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 16th May 2011 | 0 Comments
Fascinating facts about Edge Hill Stations history shared at Metals Victorian Christmas Event 2010... Read more
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Children from St. Anne’s School talk about trains, the station and smells!
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 15th May 2011 | 0 Comments
Children from St Anne’s School visited Metal at Edge Hill Station and talked about the trains going under their schools and what they know about the station and Metal... Read more
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Les Coe on the Williamson Tunnels
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 15th May 2011 | 0 Comments
Hear about the connection between Williamson Tunnels and George Stephenson’s son Robert and how both men’s teams of workers joined forces to dig the tunnels for the Wapping cutting.... Read more
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Edge Hill Platforms 3 and 2
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 10th May 2011 | 0 Comments
Here is another view from Edge Hill Platform 3, encompassing Platform 2.... Read more
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Steaming into Edge Hill
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 10th May 2011 | 0 Comments
The same scene as in “Arriving at Edge Hill” and “Coming in to Edge Hill Platform 2”. The most notable difference is that far more steam is being emitted in this photograph than in the other two.... Read more
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Blurred Merseyside Express
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 10th May 2011 | 0 Comments
The Merseyside Express, without a train, races through Edge Hill from Platform 3 towards Lime Street, so fast as to cause it to be blurred in the picture.... Read more
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Coming into Edge Hill Platform 2
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 10th May 2011 | 0 Comments
This is the same scene as “Arriving at Edge Hill”, but from a slightly different angle.... Read more
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Arriving at Edge Hill
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 10th May 2011 | 1 Comments
On this postcard, a passenger train can be seen emerging from the tunel onto Platform 2 at Edge Hill.... Read more
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Map of Edge Hill
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 10th May 2011 | 0 Comments
This map shows Edge Hill and the surrounding area, including other stations such as Lime Street, Central, Crown Street and Park Lane. Various goods yards are shown, as are the Olive Mount Junction and the Wapping Tunnel. Wapping Tunnel was built to allow goods services to operate on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, and was the first tunnel in the world to be built under a metropolis, and the second ... Read more
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Locomotive 46124
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 5th May 2011 | 1 Comments
Here we see Locomotive 46124 either approaching or departing Edge Hill... Read more
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View from Platform 1
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 5th May 2011 | 0 Comments
This is an old photograph showing the view from Platform 1 into the Lime Street tunnel... Read more
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Four postcards
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 5th May 2011 | 0 Comments
This is a set of four postcards, containing four portraits of Edge Hill. The four all show how the station has changed over the years. In the top left-hand corner, “Lion at Edge Hill 1836” (the year that the present Edge Hill station opened), an early type of locomotive arrives at a station completely unrecognisable. The station is completely open to the elements, and the platform is at the top of... Read more
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Early days
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 5th May 2011 | 0 Comments
This looks like a scene from the earliest days of the station. A train arrives, presumably at Platform 2 (the tunnel from Lime Street is in the background). A large number of men and women in Victorian dress prepare to board the train, while many others on what is presumably Platform 3 await their own train - one man is rather foolishly stepping onto the track. On Platform 2, two pet dogs can... Read more
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Tunnel vision III
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 5th May 2011 | 0 Comments
The same as the two previous “Tunnel vision” photographs, but from further back. Another difference is that the signal is only on one yellow light (proceed with extreme caution)... Read more
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View from Platform 3 - further back
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 5th May 2011 | 0 Comments
The same picture as in “View from Platform 3”, but from further back, so all of the lamp post on Platform 2 can be seen... Read more
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Long view from Platform 3 - higher angle
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 5th May 2011 | 0 Comments
Exactly what it says on the tin - the same view as the previous photograph, but from a different angle, allowing more of the overhead power cables to be seen... Read more
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Long view from Platform 3
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 5th May 2011 | 0 Comments
This picture presents a view from Platform 3 towards the Lime Street tunnel. Platform 2, the station building, the ticket office, the locked station gate, and the road leading down to the station can all be seen... Read more
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Tunnel vision II
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 5th May 2011 | 0 Comments
This is the same view as in the previous photograph, but from a slightly different angle, that, unlike in “Tunnel vision” does not show the top of the tunnel... Read more
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Tunnel vision
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 5th May 2011 | 0 Comments
This is a view of the tunnel to the south of Edge Hill, on the line towards Lime Street. The railway signal is set at two yellows (proceed with caution)... Read more
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View from Platform 3
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 5th May 2011 | 0 Comments
This is a view from shadowy Platform 3; Platform 2 (in the sunshine) and the station building can clearly be seen. The railway line can be seen stretching away, out of Liverpool... Read more
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Edge Hill sign
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 5th May 2011 | 0 Comments
This is the simplest and most self-explanatory of all the photographs - a sign signifying Edge Hill station... Read more
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Snow on the railway
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 5th May 2011 | 0 Comments
This scene, taken from the exit of the Lime Street-Edge Hill tunnel, looking at Platforms 2 and 3, shows snow on the lines and to the side of the line, though clearly the snow is either not heavy enough to disturb traffic on the line, or has been cleared to allow services to run: three trains can be seen on the left of the picture. Unsurprisingly, however, there are no people to... Read more
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Arriving at Platform 2
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 5th May 2011 | 1 Comments
Here we see a train arriving on Edge Hill Platform 2 from Liverpool LIme Street, emerging from the tunnel that lies between the two stations. Railway signals can be seen in the background, on Platform 3... Read more
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Longer view from the Edge Hill platform
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 5th May 2011 | 0 Comments
This is the same scene as in the previous photograph, but from a longer view... Read more
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View from the Edge Hill platform
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 5th May 2011 | 0 Comments
This presents the view from the platform at Edge Hill, along the line into the tunnel beyond... Read more
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Green diesel
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 5th May 2011 | 0 Comments
This photograph shows a small green diesel locomotive approaching a water tank. There is a signal box just opposite the tank and a tunnel just beyond. Wagons can be seen on a siding... Read more
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Metal Xmas Fair 2010
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 18th February 2011 | 0 Comments
Brass Band at Metal’s xmas Fair 2011... Read more
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Metal Xmas Fair 2010
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 18th February 2011 | 0 Comments
Xmas carols at Metal Xmas Fair 2011... Read more
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Metal Xmas Fair 2010
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 18th February 2011 | 0 Comments
Xmas carols at the MetalXmas Fair 2011... Read more
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Metal Xmas Fair 2010
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 18th February 2011 | 0 Comments
Carols at the Metal Xmas fair 2011... Read more
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Siddi Majubah talks about the friendships he has made through Metal
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 23rd January 2011 | 0 Comments
Siddi Majubah talks about the people he has met through Metal at Edge Hill Station... Read more
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Siddi Majubah talks about how Metal has helped him gain an appreciation of art
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 23rd January 2011 | 0 Comments
Siddi Majubah talks about Metal at Edge Hill Station and his new found appreciation of Art... Read more
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Ian Brownbill reads a letter from the Edge Hill BR Brass Band
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 22nd January 2011 | 0 Comments
Ian Brownbill reads a letter that was sent to Robert Shaw a former member of the Edge Hill Brass Band requesting the return of his uniform... Read more
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Sir William McAlpine unveils a plaque in memory of William Huskisson
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 22nd January 2011 | 0 Comments
Sir William McAlpine unveils a plaque at Newton Le Willows station in memory of William Huskisson... Read more
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Sir William McAlpine talks about the opening day of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 22nd January 2011 | 0 Comments
Sir William McAlpine remembers the events of the 15th September 1830 and the birth of the Railway... Read more
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Sir William McAlpine is introduced at the unveiling of the plaque ceremony
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 22nd January 2011 | 0 Comments
Sir William McAlpine unveils a plaque at Newton Le Willows station in memory of William Huskisson... Read more
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Lucy Halligan talks about the circular bus service
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 22nd January 2011 | 0 Comments
Lucy Halligan talks about passengers departing at Edge Hill Station to connect with the 26/27 circular bus... Read more
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Lucy Halligan emphasises the importance of the station to the local area
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 22nd January 2011 | 0 Comments
Lucy Halligan discusses the importance of the station to the Edge Hill area... Read more
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Lucy Halligan mentions the ticket office on Tunnel Road
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 22nd January 2011 | 0 Comments
Lucy Halligan talks about the old ticket office still standing on Tunnel Rd... Read more
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Lucy Halligan laments that too few people are aware of Edge Hill’s historical significance
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 22nd January 2011 | 0 Comments
Lucy Halligan talks about the historical importance of Edge Hill Station... Read more
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Lucy Halligan remembers putting pennies on the railway line
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 22nd January 2011 | 0 Comments
Lucy Halligan remembers playing by the railway as a child and putting pennies on the lines to flatten them.... Read more
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Lucy Halligan fondly recalls the smell of steam
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 22nd January 2011 | 0 Comments
Lucy Halligan talks about Edge Hill Station and remembers the smell of the steam trains... Read more
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Lucy Halligan remembers Edge Hill station
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 22nd January 2011 | 0 Comments
Lucy Halligan talks about Edge Hill Station... Read more
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Kenny Thomas gives his railway memories
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Kenny Thomas remembers the coal merchants on Tunnel Rd and starting many journeys from Edge Hill Station during his years in the merchant navy.... Read more
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William Huskisson proposes a toast to railways, past, present and future
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 0 Comments
William Huskisson gives a toast to the railways past, present and future... Read more
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William Huskisson acknowledges the political differences between himself and the Duke of Wellington
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 0 Comments
William Huskisson discusses the differences between himself and the Duke of Wellington... Read more
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William Huskisson looks forward to a golden future for rail transport
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 0 Comments
William Huskisson and wife Emilia visit Liverpool to marvel at the intercity railway between Liverpool and Manchester... Read more
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William Huskisson hails the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 0 Comments
William Huskisson forsees a great future for the railways... Read more
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Frances Green talks about the dig for victory allotments
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Frances Green remembers her Grandfather Jo Green who worked at Edge Hill Station and the dig for victory allotments that her Grandad used to grow rhubarb on... Read more
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Frances Green talks about the storage tank at Edge Hill
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Frances Green remembers playing around Edge Hill as a child on the bombsites left from the war... Read more
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Frances Green remembers playing near the station
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Frances Green remembers being chased when playing by the railway and pushing her friend Patty into a storage tank... Read more
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Dennis Flood explains that he was inspired to become a trainspotter by seeing the Deltic locomotive
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Dennis Flood shares his earliest memories train spotting at Edge Hill Station and seeing the new Diesel Locomotives... Read more
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Dennis Flood remembers how he would collect used tickets
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Dennis Flood remembers the Edmondson tickets that used to be on the trains and how he came to collect them... Read more
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Dennis Flood talks about the ticket inspection regime on British Rail
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Dennis Flood remembers the importance of Edge Hill Station and the marshalling yards in the 60’s and how all the tickets were collected and sent off to Derby to be checked, any mistakes would lead to an audit on the station and a firm letter from the head office.... Read more
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Dennis Flood talks about the Edge Hill grid iron
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Dennis Flood about the comings and goings at Edge Hill Station, the grid iron, marshalling yards and sidings in the 60’s... Read more
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Dennis Flood mentions the express services from London to Southport (but never vice versa)
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Dennis Flood talks about the Southport Bay trains service from London, the Red Rose and Merseyside Express steam engines... Read more
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Dennis Flood recalls when he had to take photographs in an unusual circumstance
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Dennis Flood remembers Jim McMannus having a little fall on the way in to work after a session in the Durning Arms... Read more
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Dennis Flood remembers the carrier pigeons that would be transported by train to Cardiff
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 1 Comments
Dennis Flood Talks about the history of Edge Hill Station and in particular his own memories of the carrier pigeons being loaded onto the trains and taken to Cardiff. On one occasion the pigeons escaped and the staff were to be seen chasing them along the platform trying to catch them.... Read more
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Dennis Flood fondly mentions how kind the station staff were to him
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Dennis Flood remembers his days as a fireman in the 50’s before he became a driver, and previous to that in his younger days as a train spotter and the kindness of the staff at Edge Hill Station... Read more
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Dennis Flood mentions the staff at Edge Hill station
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Dennis remembers the station staff at Edge Hill Station, Bill Harrison, Syd Whytewick, Jim McMannus, Charlie Foukes, Sam Leventhal... Read more
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Chris Markham recalls jumping onto the grassy bank near the station
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Chris Markham remembers the Italian prisoners of war who worked at Edge Hill Station during the war and walking past with his mates to talk to them. He also remembers climbing over the wall and landing on the grassy bank.... Read more
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Chris Markham recalls talking to an Italian POW who worked at Edge Hill
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Chris Markham remembers the Italian prisoners of war who worked at Edge Hill Station during the war, his own first view of the Station and sitting on the grassy banks watching the trains... Read more
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Barbara Galt remembers how her future husband would meet her at Edge Hill when on leave from the RAF
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 1 Comments
Barbara Galt remembers Edge Hill Station, the excitement of train journeys as a youngster and waiting for her husband to return on leave at the station... Read more
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Alan Hay recalls the steam locomotives passing through Edge Hill
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Alan Hay talks about the steam trains coming through Edge Hill Station... Read more
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Alan Hay talks about the cutting between Edge Hill and Crown Street
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Alan Hay talks about the cutting at Edge Hill Station and Crown Street station.... Read more
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Alan Hay reminisces about the station and its importance
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Alan Hay Talks about his days as an apprentice plumber and doing jobs at Edge Hill station... Read more
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Ed Darcy Hatton talks about his uncles, who worked as porters at Edge Hill
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Ed Darcy Hatton remembers two of his Uncles worked at the station during the 50’s and 60’s, Uncle Alfred and Uncle Frank. Frank worked on the horse and cart delivering coal to Edge Hill from the Crown Street depot and vice versa.... Read more
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Ed Darcy Hatton mentions his great grandfather, a station master at Edge Hill
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Ed Darcy Hatton talks about his Great Grandfather, Thomas Devine Mooney, who was Station Master at Edge Hill Station. His brother James also worked at the station as a porter for a short while but went on to marry May Vine whose family were well known Liverpool hoteliers and owned the Vines Pub next to the Adelphi Hotel... Read more
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Lucy Halligan mentions the Williamson Tunnels
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Lucy Halligan talks about the Willamson Tunnels in Edge Hill and recounts a tale of the Willamson tunnel workers running into the Edge Hill railway workers while digging tunnels underground.... Read more
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Dennis Flood talks about the station
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 14th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Dennis Flood, a former railway employee, describes the previous foreman at Edge Hill Station Bill Harrison and Syd Whitewick, and the siginificance of the station in railway history.... Read more
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