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
ms@...
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
ms@...
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
ms@...
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
ms@...
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
542
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
graham@...
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...
Does anyone know the whereabouts and condition of the locomotive called 'Invicta' 0-4-0 ex Canterbury & Whitstable Railway please ? Graham Wild...
Graham H Wild
graham@...
Dec 11, 2004 12:00 pm
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As far as I know it's in what's now called the Museum of Canterbury <http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/museum/AM16104.html> which is/was recently closed for...
Matthew Searle
ms@...
Dec 11, 2004 12:21 pm
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Hi Graham The1830-built 0-4-0 Invicta was withdrawn from service in 1838. It was then preserved by the SER at Ashford Works from where it made outings to the...
Matthew, Just received the following information :- "The replica Invicta is in The Goods Shed (appropriately enough) - a farmer's market and organic foodfest...
Graham H Wild
graham@...
Dec 18, 2004 11:25 am
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Hi again Graham I forwarded your findings to members of the SER group and received the ... R.Moger ... -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by...
At the end of the article 'The Colliery Railways at Blackwell and Huthwaite' by P Stevenson, the then editor wrote: "Since it has proved impossible to include...
Sorry to come via this route Graham as I've managed to lose your email. Could you or anyone else help Dr Matthew Frost m.w.frost@... who wrote: Can you...
Hi Steve and Matthew ... contacts of the chap who gave the talk last Friday on Trent Junction? The PWI lot are interested in having him do the talk following...
Can anybody help with this enquiry, please? I was hoping you may be able to assist me with ... I was hoping you may be able to assist me with ... [Non-text...
Geoffrey Oxley
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Jan 17, 2005 9:42 am
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I few days ago I did a rough measurement of the skewness of the road bridge over the Newport Branch of the Birmingham & Liverpool Junction Canal at Forton (a...
... The skew bridge at Monkhide carrying a minor road over the Herefordshire & Gloucestershire Canal is often described as being the most skew canal bridge in...
editor@...
Jan 19, 2005 10:48 am
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Blast you - you beat me to it. This bridge is reputed to be the most skewed skew bridge in the country. It is easily accessible off the A4103 - OS 1:50000...
... Thanks for the information. I see there a plan of it on page 45 of 'The Hereford & Gloucester Canal' by David Bick (Oakwood Press, 1994) and a photograph...
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