I have had the following query passed to me, as yet I have not had the time to investigate myself :- Can you help, please: Some years ago St Chads church on...
This seems a little excessive. Surely the pew could find a good home via local advertising or e-bay? I will forward the question to a church history group who...
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... From: eric simpson [mailto:eric.simpson@...] Sent: 09 October 2006 10:43 To: David Thornhill; John Raby; Alan Marshall; Bettina Lange; ...
Map 150 in Cook'e GWR Atlas (1947) shows the site of Low Water Pier station on an old alignment in Cardiff Railway territory in the south west corner of...
Is there not a published history of Cardiff Docks? It may be published by Merton Priory Press. Peter King 49, Stourbridge Road, Hagley, Stourbridge West...
The pier is described on p.108 of Edgar Chappell's "History of the Port of Cardiff" (1939, reprinted 1994). Authorised in the Bute Docks Act 1866 for ...
Thanks Stephen, very helpful. Ralph ... The pier is described on p.108 of Edgar Chappell's "History of the Port of Cardiff" (1939, reprinted 1994). Authorised...
The pier is mentioned in Mountford's Cardiff Railway. On page 24 it states '..a low water pier for passenger ships plying across the Bristol Channel opened...
Thanks Roger I now have all the information I required; its length is a bonus. Ralph ... The pier is mentioned in Mountford's Cardiff Railway. On page 24 it...
Just one extra bit of information. The 1885 Cardiff map available on the old map website -http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ - clearly shows the pier, but also...
Is anyone in a position to lay hands on a copy of the LNWR (Additional Powers) Act 1872? I'd like to know if it contains anything for the protection of the...
Peter, I happened to be visiting The National Archives yesterday, so I looked up the Act (35 & 36 Vic. c. 87), which authorised, inter alia, construction of ...
I see in today's Guardian that Rex has died. I don't recall having read of this elsewhere. I take it that the society is aware. [Non-text portions of this...
Peter, Yes, the Society was strongly represented at his funeral and Gordon Biddle is writing an obituary for the March Journal. But thanks anyway. Grahame...
Grahame Boyes
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Nov 14, 2006 10:18 am
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Hello everyone! I'm a former railway worker with 20 years' service in railway operating, resigned in '98 and absolutely love railway history, most especially ...
Hi Helena, Welcome indeed... Come join us! Am forwarding your letter on to as many members of our organisation that are on email, and would ask if I could...
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Nov 22, 2006 9:57 pm
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Thanks Mike for the welcome! Perhaps I can write a short piece for the newsletter about women working on the railways? Oh I forgot to say my book is on special...
Ah, so Gordon Biddle is still alive then. I was a contributor to his book The Oxford Companion to British Railway History and haven't heard anything of him...
Sadly, Philip Bagwell has died. There is an obituary in the current Journal of Transport History. Grahame Boyes ... From: railwaycanal@yahoogroups.com...
Grahame Boyes
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Apologies for this one. Biker guy is now banned. This is a problem with having an open group, if this problem persists then I shall close the group so that all...
... It always will persist because you never know when it's going to happen. I wouldn't imagine that making it a closed list will entail any extra work at all....
A question with an unusual origin: I've been contacted by someone who's researching the history of a house (in Cornwall) in the fabric of which have been found...
Matthew Searle
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Matthew, The Times Digital Archive (the on-line Times) doesn't help. The only railway items that came up for a keyword search on 'Birkenhead' + 'Liverpool' + ...
Grahame Boyes
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Dec 4, 2006 4:28 pm
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http://www.opsi.gov.uk/chron-tables/local/index.htm is a useful site as it lists all Acts of Parliament (that got through!) including railways. Ian Jolly +44...
I would suggest that you look at the Journal of the House of Commons, which is likely to be available in a good reference library. Some earlier volumes are...
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