This really applies if you live within striking distance of Beeston - I could do with your help. As you probably know I am chair of Beeston & Chilwell for...
The Crowther Rail & Canal Atlas for Essex shows a monorail running from the south bank of Benfleet Creek (almost opposite Benfleet station) SE for just over...
The only (secondary) published account I know of this is rather obscure: Whitnall, F.G. The first monorail in England: a horse-drawn vehicle installed in Essex...
Matthew Searle
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Aug 18, 2004 12:37 pm
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Many thanks Matthew for your help. I will try and follow up the leads you have supplied. Ralph...
Once again sorry if you get this more than once - It's the last time I'll contact all groups on this subject. I've just spoken to Radio Nottingham regarding...
Can anyone please advise whether a study has been carried out concerning the railway works of the Tredwells: Francis, John, Thomas, William and Solomon. I have...
I chair Beeston and Chilwell for Integrated Transport the pro-tram group campaigning for a tram to Beeston & Chilwell in Nottingham www.bacit.org. It's been an...
... Leigh Crowther's Canal & Railway Atlas shows most short-lived systems but this particular one does not appear in the North Yorkshire volume. Ralph...
I have been sent details of the following conference. As it will be too late to give effective publicity in the R&CHS Bulletin, I am circulating to this list,...
Matthew Searle
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Sep 29, 2004 11:24 am
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When was third class renamed as second class? -- Peter Brown...
My main area of research is the Shropshire Union Canal, its predecessors and successors. I've done quite a lot of work on minutes and other sources up to...
British Canal Shareholders Database Project A database has been designed in Microsoft Access which will be a powerful tool once the data has been entered. The...
Derrick Hunt
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Nov 5, 2004 10:17 pm
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If anyone has constructive advice on the following, could they please reply direct to Patricia Eaton <patricia@...> I'm away for a few...
Matthew Searle
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Nov 16, 2004 1:58 pm
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I dunno whether it's the engine on its own or whether it's got a train ?? Thursday 25 November - Duchess of Sutherland Visiting Mansfield in connection with...
Has anyone been in touch with Arthur Barnett? He seems to have had a special interest in the Peak Forest Tramway. However Brian Slater told me he could be in...
... The matter has been passed to those who may be able to take effective action in this matter. I understand that the local planners are now looking into...
Please contact Neil direct if interested. Steve ... From: Neil Dinnen To: croydontramlink@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 10:53 AM Subject:...
Glad to hear that this issue is now being addressed. In reply to Ralph's query re Arthur Barnett, he is waiting for a place in a warden assisted property but...
... Actually I'd already done that myself; haven't heard from him, though. I understand from Gerald Leach that he has stirred up the Inland Waterways...
Matthew Searle
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Nov 24, 2004 12:52 pm
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Who actually wrote the canal article in Rees' Cyclopaedia? Also, it was published in book form in 1819, but when was the canal article first published...
The canal section was first published in 1806. There's a table given in the 1972 partial reprint which sets this out. I don't know that the authorship has ever...
Matthew Searle
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Nov 30, 2004 10:48 am
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I've just thought to look up Rees in the new Dictionary of National Biography, which tells us 'Rees had considerable assistance from about 100 contributors,...
Matthew Searle
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Nov 30, 2004 5:44 pm
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Dear Peter, It was John Farey who wrote the canal article in Rees' Cyclopaedia. I owe this information to a chance remark made to Hugh Torrens. I have a copy...
A.Padfield@...
Nov 30, 2004 10:57 pm
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What is special about December 1934 in respect of Railway fares and/or tickets ? A friend of mine is asking me but as I was very young at the time (about 5...
Graham H Wild
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Dec 1, 2004 2:34 pm
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On Wednesday, December 01, 2004 2:27 PM [GMT], ... You might get a better response if you ask this question on uk.railway Bob...
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