THE BARROW HILL ENGINE SHED SOCIETY MAGAZINE Winter 2018 Price £2.50 Issue 58 A Right Royal Visit See pages 8-9 and centre

MORE photos and stories INSIDE... Social Evenings 2019 See page 18-23 Celebrating with Pudsey New!!! The More awards for and Children in Need Crossword See page 38 the Roundhouse See pages 10-11 See page 9 OpeningOpening Shot...Shot...

Incy Wincy spider climbed up the tender side... Photo: Russ Parrish

Time for a team photo at the end of a fantastic night raising money for Children in Need. Photo: BBC

Below: Meeting Pudsey Photo: Alexa Stott Darren Ward, Head of Drivers at EMT arranged for this photograph to be taken and entitled it “Barrow Hill CONTENTS Heroes”. He added “I like having Barrow Hill as an EMT depot! Here’s just a few of the heroes that made the magic happen every night during Resignalling.” Photo: Richard Gennis Chairman’s Notes 4 Heritage Lottery Fund Update 6 Roundhouse News 8 - HRH The Duke of Gloucester Pays a Visit - Heritage Engineering Award Honour from IMechE - Children in Need - EMT Servicing Comes to a Successful Conclusion - East Midlands Trains Awards - A New Awards Cabinet Roundhouse Events 15 - Garden & Wildlife Friendly Fun Day - Halloween - First World War Commemorations - Christmas Science Fun Day - Rail Ale 2019 - 2019 Social Evenings Dave Darwin Remembers 24 The Collections Team 28 Historical Corner 30 Volunteers’ Report 34 Money Matters 36 And Finally... 38

FRONT COVER: The year continued with an BBC Children in Need and a number Amidst all the glamour of Royal visits and From the Manager archaeological dig of Long Row (to be of awards including the Institution of engineering accolades, a reminder of the Welcome... continued in 2019), science and wildlife Mechanical Engineers’ Engineering Roundhouse’s more usual operation as Class 20 events, a commemoration of the First Heritage award; more of this later too. 20132 “Barrow Hill Depot” stands proudly in the What a fantastic year 2018 has World War, Halloween and, to finish autumn sunshine. been! I really do think it has been The Roundhouse and the depot site this amazing year, our Christmas event, Photo: Mervyn Allcock the best yet. are now very well positioned to grow more of which later. We re-opened our doors to the public and prosper. As always I would like to HAVE YOU GOT A MEMORY And it hasn’t just been the museum thank everyone who has helped and OF BARROW HILL IN in March after the winter break and immediately, thanks to the Heritage that has had a great year. On the played their part; your contribution has STEAM OR DIESEL DAYS? Lottery Fund (HLF) investment in the commercial side preparation of the site been invaluable. began in April to accommodate the Do you have photographs of the site, saw an increase in visitor numbers Maybe 2019 will be a quieter year than East Midlands Trains’ servicing contract depot which we could use in future at the weekends. We also saw a large 2018…or maybe it won’t…either way issues of the Newsletter? which was due to start at the end of increase in the number of families here’s to 2019 and another good year Please get in touch with Alexa Stott July. The works were finished on time starting to visit us which is exactly what for Barrow Hill. by post: Barrow Hill Roundhouse, the HLF funding was intended to do. and the servicing was delivered to East Campbell Drive, Barrow Hill, Midlands Trains’ and Network Rail’s I’ll finish by wishing you all a very Chesterfield, S43 2PR. In May thousands joined us for the Rail Merry Christmas and a Happy New Ale festival and the month was topped complete satisfaction. Or email: [email protected] Year. off by the return of Jools Holland for There have been many other highlights the most incredible concert with Marc including a royal visit from HRH The Mervyn Allcock, General Manager web signs Almond. design print Duke of Gloucester, hosting this year’s December 2018 2 3 CHAIRMAN’S NOTES It is a pleasure to report that for helping Bob with this great effort. Midland Railways’ red and cream – “blood yet again we have more brilliant The unveiling of the plaque was made and custard”. evidence of successes and events to by Mervyn and the Past President of the Russ Parrish has indicated his decision report in this Newsletter. IMechE John Wood who is the Chairman to retire as a Trustee due to his work of the IMechE Engineering Heritage A charity is dependent on its members commitments. and volunteers and I am reassured by Awards Committee. The commendation the enthusiasm shown by both. A great on the plaque reads: The Members accepted his resignation and thanked him for his contribution to example of this was the Annual General Britian’s only surviving operational the Council of Management. Clive Jarrad Meeting. railway roundhouse. Built by the North has agreed to become a Trustee and in 1870 it operated I was aware that the number of members An atmospheric Barrow Hill we welcome Clive and look forward to continuously until 1991. Restored by attending the last few AGMs had dwindled as the mist recedes in the working with him. sunshine of a November day. BHESS in 1998 it forms the centrepiece of so the Trustees took the decision to Photo: Dale Holford trial holding the AGM during the week. a modern rail maintenance facility linking Thanks to all Trustees, members, volunteers and staff for all your hard word work this Attendance was noticeably higher than Arthur’s father, Arthur Slack Green, Britain’s industrial heritage with today’s year. Have a fantastic Christmas and New at previous AGMs and attendees made worked at Barrow Hill and obviously commercial railway. Year. I am sure that I will have more brilliant positive comments about the new passed his love of Barrow Hill Both of these plaques are now in our endeavours to report in 2019. arrangements and the interaction with Roundhouse on to his son. new awards cabinet which was created in the Trustees. keeping with its location and painted in Mark Robinson Importantly the AGM also confirmed Chairman As a result it has been agreed that the the decision of the Board to purchase AGM will continue to be held on a mid- the Half Cab 41708. I am very pleased to week date with lunch for those attending. report that this purchase is proceeding The finances were brought right up to well with the assistance of our legal team date with the last two years’ accounts Wake Smith. being approved. The AGM included a In October we have had the honour presentation showing the year in pictures of a Royal visit by HRH The Duke of narrated by Mervyn, which we will also Gloucester. He was very impressed with continue in the future. what had been achieved and how well we In other news announced at the AGM, we were looking after the Roundhouse and are extremely grateful to Barbara Green achieving a sustainable future. This visit for her generous bequest in her will to was recorded by the presentation of a BHESS. The AGM agreed that this legacy plaque. should be allocated to the specific action In November we were selected by the of rebuilding the Coaling Stage. Institution of Mechanical Engineers This means that any funding proposal for (IMechE) to receive their Engineering this project will be able to indicate that Heritage Award. BHESS member we can provide matched funding and Bob Nash started the application and Barbara’s husband, Arthur Green, will be completed it with the support of a A visit by the North East Derbyshire Industrial Archaeological acknowledged on the building. number of other members: thank you Society on 31st October, arranged by Clive Jarrad. Photo: Dale Holford 4 5 From snow crystals to brass bands and the Three Kings with a few funny hats HLF UPDATE thrown in for good measure - a great way to end the year. The end of 2018 has seen the Photo: Glynn Wilton return of our Learning & Access Officer, Grace Escott Tebbutt after a year off on maternity leave. We’d like to say thank you to our maternity cover Officer – Sally Toon – who has done a fabulous job continuing Grace’s work this year lights was an interesting challenge but and has continued to help grow our by Saturday the site was looking very family audiences. festive. Once again, we had the Explorer Dome with an immersive show and Sally has now gone to a new job with experience based around winter and Hull Museums and we wish her well in festivities from around the world. We also The funding for the Heritage Lottery Fund that new role. Grace will be working part welcomed back the Science Boffin who time on her return and is sharing the post “Moving Forward” project will end in thrilled visitors with his humorous science October 2019. We hope that the year will with Laura Alston who we would like to demonstrations. For the craftier children, welcome to the Roundhouse. ensure that the Roundhouse is established there were several craft activities to take as a visitor attraction with more successful Grace and Laura’s first event was our part in, including making elf masks and events attracting more family visitors to annual Christmas activity day – this modelling Christmas characters in the the site. Feedback so far has been great, year with a focus on science after the Learning Room. with many people visiting from near success of our Science Day earlier in the The day was incredibly popular and a and far who never knew Barrow Hill year. Decorating “Butler Henderson” fantastic ending to the year. Thank you to Roundhouse existed. and Midland Compound 1000 with fairy all our volunteers and helpers at events Thank you to everyone who has supported over the past year – you have helped us this project and helped in any way. We still make them such a success. The series need your help and if anyone else would like of family events has proved extremely to help out in the coming year, please get successful but we will take lessons from in touch with our Volunteer Co-ordinator this year and hope to be even more Sandra Crawley. Happy Christmas and a successful next year. great New Year, see you in 2019! We are planning to continue to promote Glynn Wilton, HLF Project Manager school visits in 2019 and Grace and Laura will be reviewing our learning offer to Grace Escott Tebutt & Laura Alston, Learning ensure that it is attractive to both primary & Access Officers and secondary schools. We will hold a number of similar events to 2018, making regular diary dates for visitors such as Easter, Halloween and Christmas, as these have been particularly popular with our family audiences. We will also be taking advantage of the British Science Week which is held in March. The archaeology dig will continue in the summer of 2019, encouraging the community to learn about the heritage of the site and Barrow Hill village.

6 7 HEADLINE NEWS & NEWSLINES HRH THE DUKE OF meantime, we were introduced to more was all over. Thank yous and goodbyes were GLOUCESTER PAYS A VISIT members of the Lord-Lieutenant’s team, said and the Royal cavalcade moved on to representatives of the Royal Household its next appointment at . Back in the summer a slightly mysterious and what felt like most of the Derbyshire email dropped into Mervyn’s inbox. “This constabulary. The planning got underway HERITAGE ENGINEERING is the office of the Lord-Lieutenant of and ‘hold the date but we can’t tell you why’ AWARD HONOUR FROM Derbyshire and we’d like to come and emails were sent to several individuals. visit the Roundhouse.” The visit was duly IMECHE arranged and William Tucker, the Lord- Finally the big day – 10th October – dawned. Amidst all the excitement of the Royal Our new Derbyshire flag fluttered from our Lieutenant, and the Clerk to the Lieutenancy, visit, we were already planning for another new flagpole by the entrance, both of which David Wheatcroft, were welcomed to the HRH The Duke of Gloucester operates the important date in the Roundhouse’s had been donated to the Roundhouse by our site a couple of weeks later. turntable under the guidance of Mervyn. history. Around the same time as the Patron His Grace The Duke of Devonshire Photo: Eve Hopkinson Having been shown round and introduced to mark the occasion, and the sun shone in mysterious Lord-Lieutenant’s email was to some of the team, the Lord-Lieutenant a glorious blue sky, a perfect autumn day to of the Collections Team, Dave Darwin, received, another email dropped into asked, with a beaming smile, “Would you be welcome the Royal party. Glynn Wilton, Sally Toon and Dale Holford Mervyn’s inbox from the Institution interested in hosting a visit by a member before heading over to the commercial part of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) of the Royal Family?” Needless to say, the On his arrival His Royal Highness was of the site where he met Harry Needle, advising that the Roundhouse was to be answer was yes please! introduced to the Trustees of BHESS by Managing Director of HNRC, and some of awarded with the Institution’s prestigious the Lord-Lieutenant. It was then down Of course, the visit had to be kept top his team. Mervyn then escorted His Royal Engineering Heritage Award. Barrow Hill to Mervyn to show him around the Highness back into the Roundhouse where member Bob Nash must take much of secret for quite a while afterwards until Roundhouse and introduce members of the he was shown – and operated himself – the the credit for submitting the Roundhouse it could be officially announced. In the team including Don Cambridge on behalf turntable before being introduced to three for consideration to receive the award of the weekend volunteers Frank Rowley, and he was one of those present on 8th Jim Windle and John Woodland. Back in the November when the plaque was unveiled café area, it was time to meet some of our by John Wood, Past President of the other guests representing many of those Institute of Mechanical Engineers and organisations and companies who have Chairman of the Engineering Heritage supported the Roundhouse over the years. Awards Committee before an invited Lunch was then served by Bill and Ellen audience of IMechE members and Barrow who put on the most marvellous spread of Hill representatives. food – even feeding the security team who told us this was a real treat for them as they are usually not thought about on such occasions. His Royal Highness confessed that his wife had put him on a strict diet but that as she wasn’t here to see, he could perhaps manage a second piece of cake!

The final act of the visit was for Mervyn to invite His Royal Highness to unveil a plaque HRH The Duke of Gloucester and Mervyn Allcock unveil the plaque commissioned to specially commissioned in honour of his commemorate the Royal Visit. visit. This was duly done to a round of loud Photo: Eve Hopkinson applause. And then, in the blink of an eye, it John Wood and Mervyn Allcock unveil another plaque! Photo: Alexa Stott 8 9 HEADLINE NEWS & NEWSLINES continued... The Engineering Heritage Awards were CHILDREN IN NEED The big day itself was 16th November best Children in Need that BBC Yorkshire has instigated in 1984 to recognise pioneering although set up started a day earlier as the done for a very long time, so thank you for engineering artefacts, locations, collections It really has been a busy few months at lighting and sound crews moved in with helping to make it thus. We have also had a lot and landmarks. To date 124 awards have the Roundhouse. Not just royalty and a their miles of cabling and mixing desks. We of really great feedback from the ‘central’ team, been presented, the Roundhouse was the nationally recognised award presentation even had a proper Outside Broadcasting who loved the location and the way it was 123rd recipient. The Roundhouse joins an but then the BBC decided they wanted a truck, not to mention a dedicated satellite used – so that’s fantastic. illustrious group including Concorde, the slice of the action too. This was another van! And so Barrow Hill Roundhouse was Many people would panic at thought of Thames Barrier, SS Great Britain and the event that was several months in the transformed into one of the Children in what we wanted to do - everyone at Jaguar E-Type in receiving an Engineering planning with recces by not only the BBC Need 2018 studios, broadcasting to the Barrow Hill was so calm, professional and Heritage Award. This award acknowledges but also the Children in Need charity North of and the Midlands. which gave this novel venue a big ‘Pudsey helpful and nothing was too much trouble. the continuing importance of the site Our first broadcast of the day was at to the national railway network and is thumbs up’. lunchtime with Amy Garcia from BBC Please would you pass on our sincere testament to the many years of hard work Look North getting everyone in the thanks to your team there, and also your by the Barrow Hill team. spirit as Pudsey arrived on “The Pudsey wonderful volunteers, everyone worked Express” as our Class 03 shunter had tirelessly in the background – we just Needless to say, we are incredibly proud been renamed specially for the occasion. couldn’t have done it without them and we to have received this prestigious award Later in the day, in time for Look North’s are hugely grateful. and our thanks have been passed on to evening programme, popular BBC the IMechE Engineering Heritage Awards weatherman Owain Wyn Evans joined EMT SERVICING COMES TO A Committee. Amy and our guests from charities across SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION Yorkshire and the Midlands who have Children in Need presenters Owain Wyn benefited from Children in Need funding. The East Midlands Trains’ servicing contract Evans and Amy Garcia with Pudsey. Much fun was had learning a Bollywood was completed safely and successfully on Inset: the view from the Outside dance – which kept us all warm as well! Sunday 8th October with the last Meridian Broadcast unit. Then it was time to join in the national set leaving in the early hours of Monday Photos: Alexa Stott Children in Need programme on BBC morning as Derby station re-opened for One as the Roundhouse featured in three business. live broadcasts. Training continued in Bollywood dancing with encouragement All smiles on the last night of successful from the live house band, Sheffield-based servicing and on-time dispatch of EMT trains “The Groovy Cats”, whilst the total from Barrow Hill depot. Photo: Alexa Stott money raised was projected onto the Roundhouse’s social media wall, with Amy and Owain taking it in turns to teeter precariously on the steps next to it. All in all it was a wonderful day and night and this is what the BBC team had to say after the programme had aired… Thank you so much for all your help and support on Friday and indeed in the run up to it. The whole team loved working there and the feeling back at base is that it’s been the

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It wasn’t all hard work - the servicing team enjoyed several early morning BBQs in between dispatching trains. Photo: Mervyn Allcock

Over the course of the 79-day contract on Wednesday 28th November, they all there were usually at least 2 HSTs sets came back! This time it was to celebrate and 1 Meridian set on shed overnight their Great Service Awards, hosted Preparing for the EMT Great Service Awards. every night. We have lost count of the by Managing Director Jake Kelly. The Photo: Mervyn Allcock number of trains that came in, the number awards acknowledge the extraordinary of litres of fuel pumped and the number contributions of several individuals and of windscreens washed but there is one teams in East Midlands Trains. This year there was a special award – significant number that we are very proud for Best Collaboration – and this was of and that is ZERO delay minutes and presented to Barrow Hill depot “for ZERO issues. exhibiting the true meaning of one team EMT and Network Rail were very happy through excellent teamwork, dedication indeed with the Barrow Hill team’s and enthusiasm whilst servicing our fleet performance and delivery of all the at a temporary depot as part of the Derby required services. Resignalling Project”. And the project has left a very important A NEW AWARDS CABINET legacy for Barrow Hill. We now have a full range of important facilities - fuel, water For those of you who haven’t visited the and CET (Controlled Emission Toilet) – Roundhouse in the last few weeks, there is which we have no doubt will be in regular a new addition to the Café – a beautifully use over the coming years. hand produced awards cabinet, painted in blood and custard of course. EAST MIDLANDS TRAINS AWARDS As you can imagine, after reading the above, there is plenty to go in it! I wonder Well actually that wasn’t the end of EMT’s how long it will be before we need an presence at Barrow Hill in 2018 because extension!

12 13 HEADLINE NEWS & NEWSLINES continued... EVENTS GARDEN & WILDLIFE FRIENDLY FUN DAY On Saturday 25th August we held our last event of the summer holidays. Visitors enjoyed displays and presentations from local wildlife charities including the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, East Midlands Butterfly Conservation, Mid Derbyshire Badger Group and Derbyshire Amphibian & Reptile Group. Professional wildlife photographer Michael Leech gave a fascinating talk on the secrets of wildlife film making and also ran a workshop on his experiences of living and communicating with gorillas!

Possibly one of the most unusual examples of rolling stock to arrive at the Roundhouse! With HNRC 20314 leading and 20901 at the rear, the pair brought in a set of new underground S stock in August 2018. The Class 20s were removed for maintenance and replaced with another pair, 20132 and 20311, on the trailing end and GBRf 66724 leading south. It was a tight squeeze getting onto the site past the first hand rail post on the road bridge due to slightly wider bogie frames on the S stock.. Photos: Phil Hodgkiss

HALLOWEEN Peckett 2000 made a brief visit to the Roundhouse on the weekend of 27th and 28th October before returning On Saturday 27th October there were to Beamish for Santa Train duties. definitely some spooky goings on at Photos: Mervyn Allcock the Roundhouse! Ghosts, ghouls and witches were to be found in abundance, along with plenty of blood and vampire teeth, cobwebs and giant spiders as volunteers and visitors alike got into the spirit of Halloween. We also had a special not quite so spooky visitor for the weekend as Peckett 2000 made a brief visit to the Roundhouse as part of the celebrations of its owner Peter Kennan’s 60th birthday.

14 15 EVENTS continued... As Peter pointed out it was also Peckett FIRST WORLD WAR 2000’s 75th birthday in 2017 so it was COMMEMORATIONS really a double-celebration following the completion of the ’s 10-year The weekends of 20th/21st October and overhaul earlier this year. 3rd/4th November saw the culmination of our commemoration of the contribution of All photos: Russ Parrish unless otherwise local Barrow Hill and Whittington men and stated women to the First World War in a series of displays around the Roundhouse. We were also joined by a team from the Derby Record Office who brought some of their precious First World War archive materials including photographs, drawings and poems. Visitors were encouraged to share their This evocative sight greeted visitors as they family memories and connections with the arrived at the Roundhouse for the First Record Office. World War event. Photo: Mervyn Allcock CHRISTMAS SCIENCE FUN DAY sparkled on the Roundhouse floor was a really great way to end 2018. As the HLF team has already mentioned, we finished the year in true Barrow Hill fashion RAIL ALE 2019 with a fantastic Christmas event attended by many local families and a few from further Hot off the presses…tickets for Rail Ale afield too – as the Roundhouse had once 2019 will go on sale on 1st January 2019. again featured on the BBC programme “Flog Prices and details of next year’s event will It” the previous evening. be publicised on the Barrow Hill website as well as the festival’s own website www. The sound of Ireland Colliery Chesterfield railalefestival.com. brass band playing Christmas tunes while the fairy lights twinkled on the Midland So make sure you get the dates in your Compound and “Butler Henderson” and shiny new 2019 diaries: 16th, 17th and 18th children laughed and played and glitter May 2019!

16 17 EVENTS continued... 2019 SOCIAL EVENINGS 21ST MARCH - RHYS JONES WHEN I SHOUT DIESEL GET READY Once again Paul Beardsley has been TO RUN FOR IT working furiously hard behind the scenes A photographic journey from Waterloo to to bring another great series of speakers Penzance by steam covering both Southern to Barrow Hill for our 2019 Social Evenings and Western routes. – thank you Paul. The presentations are held in the 18TH APRIL - TED HANCOCK THE RAILWAY PHOTOGRAPHS OF Roundhouse lecture theatre commencing Above: A4 60009 “Union of South Africa”, a Roundhouse visitor on several occasions, wasn’t able to call at 19.30 and finishing between 21.45 and KEN BOULTER Ken Boulter was an optician who lived in this time as she headed away from Chesterfield via the Old Road to York on a rail tour on 21st October. 22.00. Doors open at 19.00. Photo: Mervyn Allcock at Crosspool in Sheffield. He was a Presentations are held on the 3rd Thursday prolific photographer of the railway scene Below: 37057 waits patiently for a driver on the road bridge. of every month unless otherwise stated. around Sheffield and further afield in the Photo: Phil Hodgkiss Hot and cold drinks are available from the steam era between 1937 and 1961. café before 19.30 and during the interval. Admission is £2.00 for members and £3.00 9TH MAY* GEOFF GRIFFITHS for non-members. GEOFF GRIFFITHS...MY LIFE ON THE RAILWAY 17TH JANUARY - DAVE DARWIN, A selection of pictures from the late 1970s MY TIME ON STEAM 1955-1967 through to present day operations and Another suitably illustrated evening of will contain some of the pictures taken tales and reminiscences from Dave’s long whilst working on the railway between journey on the railway. 1975 and 2010.

21ST FEBRUARY - STEVE ARMITAGE 20TH JUNE - PETER SKELTON THE GREAT RAILWAY TIME MACHINE MONOCHROME TO FUJICHROME PRESENTS: THE GLORY OF YORK A wide range of images from BR steam A digital presentation of images from days through to the modern era. Victorian times to the end of BR steam, featuring some of the finest digitally 18TH JULY - ANDY BARCLAY restored b/w and colour images available PETER FOX COLLECTION - PART 6 and including over 100 classes of Andy returns to show more images from . Steve is an archive restorer the late Peter Fox Collection. A general for organisations such as the A1 and P2 mix of images from the sixties onwards. Locomotive Trusts and also well-known 15TH AUGUST - ERIC MOY photographers such as Gavin Morrison and MICK FOWLER’S RAILWAY TRAVELS Peter Townend to name but two. Equally The late Mick Fowler was a well-known talented but lesser known individuals such photographer from Doncaster who travelled as Les Hanson, Arthur Haymes, Cecil Blay, far and wide in pursuit of his transport Arthur Hall and many, many more have interests. His collection is now in the hands contributed. of Eric Moy who has made available a selection of images from the late 50s and 60s.

18 continued on page 23... Picture This. . . HRH The Duke of Gloucester operates the Barrow Hill turntable on 9th October 2018. Photo: Eve Hopkinson EVENTS continued... 19TH SEPTEMBER - GB PRODUCTIONS 21ST NOVEMBER - LES NIXON STEAMING THROUGH BRITAIN – 30TH RAILWAYS OF SCOTLAND ANNIVERSARY PROGRAMME An extensive tour of Scotland visiting many Graham Briggs and the team make another parts of the country with images from the welcome return to Barrow Hill to present 70s, 80s and 90s. a DVD show of preserved steam at work throughout Britain, both on the main line 19TH DECEMBER and at many of the country’s heritage CHRISTMAS SOCIAL railways. Wait and see!

17TH OCTOBER - PHIL LOCKWOOD & *Note: second Thursday of the month. ENID VINCENT DIVERTED! WAKEFIELD TO The Roundhouse is now closed VIA HUDDERSFIELD, BARNSLEY AND to the public until Saturday 2nd CASTLEFORD March 2019. Mainly freight between 1975 and 2017. Includes Bombardier and Marcroft, Healey Don’t forget to keep an eye on Mills Yard, Dewsbury Cement and Stone the Barrow Hill website and Terminals, Heaton Lodge before on our Facebook and Twitter remodelling, loco hauled Trans Pennine pages for detailed and up-to- services, the area south of Leeds and date information on all our semaphores at Goose Hill Junction and forthcoming events. Castleford.

We had a visit from a tractor society on 7th October - they made a very unusual and entertaining line up in the Barrow Hill car park and attracted many comments from visitors. Photo: Alexa Stott

Memories of a Royal visit. Photos: Eve Hopkinson 23 DAVE DARWIN REMEMBERS... Travelling shunters were based at Bolsover to be very careful handling the locos and and accommodated in the now long-closed the fireman had to keep full boiler pressure . Wagons for Glapwell Old up both for hauling and for brake power. Operating the Doe Lea Branch and New Pit and Ramcroft were picked up I remember in one with particularly here. The shunter assisted the train guard Following on from the interest readers task; very much a strong arm job. poor, wet and slimy rail head conditions, showed in his article about the Doe to dispose of the empty wagons in the The Ivatts were nicknamed “Wells Fargo’s”, my driver applied a little too much brake Lea branch in the last Newsletter, Dave colliery and pick up the loaded ones. An a much nicer name than some places called and we slipped into the , which has written a little more about its empty wagon train would consist of up to them. Saltley called them “Doodlebugs” promptly disintegrated! When on the connections with Barrow Hill. 50 wagons and at Bolsover Colliery with and the only preserved example – 43108 carpet for this misdemeanour, he told the its short length sidings – the longest only Operations on the Doe Lea Branch were – is called “The Black Pig”, not a very nice boss “The block was old and decrepit; it holding 15 wagons - the train would have carried out solely by Barrow Hill based name for a decent all-purpose locomotive. wanted replacing.” The boss replied “The to be put in four roads. train crews and locomotives. For many stop block is there to indicate the end of The mainstay of operations on the branch years the Derby 4F 0-6-0s and the 3F 0-6- With the driver out of sight of any hand the line, not to stop you!” was Seymour Junction Sidings, where most 0s were the staple power, until the latter signals from the guard or shunter and no empty wagons for the collieries were With the coming of the diesel age, we had days of steam when the Ivatt 4MT 2-6-0s radios in those days to give instructions, stabled. Because of the limited loading the brand new Clayton Paxman Class 17. replaced the 4Fs. movements were controlled by a loud up to Barrow Hill, excess loaded wagons The central cab gave excellent visibility sounding gong rung by the guard until the The Ivatt locos had become surplus to were also stabled here ready to be worked but the locos proved to be very unreliable. train loco was in sight of the shunter. requirements following the closure by forward by a tripper which ran between They only lasted 18 months at Barrow Beeching in the early 1960s of the Midland Barrow Hill and Seymour, bringing empty When the empties had been disposed of, Hill before they were sent north, where and Great Northern lines. With their wagons down and taking loaded trains the departing loaded wagons had to be they fared no better. The English Electric tender cabs, they made tender running – up. An 8F 2-8-0 was used on this service marshalled from another group of short Type One (Class 20) replaced them and of which much was done on the branch and could take 45 16-tonne wagons in sidings. Again up to 50 wagons would they were a far better loco. We worked – much better for the crews in adverse preference to a 4F whose maximum load be gathered together from three or them single loco at that time so going weather conditions. The rocking fire grate was 35 wagons. four sidings. This was a time-consuming bonnet first was like being back on a steam and drop door hopper ash pan also found operation: the whole process would take loco. Of course they were always double Seymour Junction was open 24 hours 6 favour with the loco’s firemen, who had to over an hour. manned. keep the firebox clear of ash and clinker days a week in the winter months but in Some collieries like Markham and By the mid 1970s the MGR (Pit to Power when in the busy winter months the the summer, when coal traffic was light, the Glapwell New Pit had longer sidings to Station Service) had taken hold. The single locomotives would be in service nearly 24 branch only worked from 0600 to 2200. accommodate 50-wagon trains but on wagon loads were on the way out and the hours before going back on shed. Manned The traffic inspectors at Seymour and the steep gradients and poor rail head trippers were phased out with them. The by three sets of enginemen, there would Bolsover with the signallers at Markham, conditions which seemed to prevail in Class 47 (slow speed fitted) worked the be a fresh crew change over nearly every Bolsover and Glapwell regulated the colliery yards, thanks to the slurry water first MGRs. In 1977 the more powerful 8 hours. The new crew would be ferried movement of the trippers as the six dripping from the washed coal in the Class 56s arrived, followed later by the out from Barrow Hill in the shed’s minibus locomotives used on the branch were wagons, it was no easy job for the train Class 58s which worked until the branch to where ever the change over was due to known. They carried target numbers on a crew getting the wagons in. More than one was closed. take place, either at Seymour Junction or board on the front of the locomotive. A attempt was not unusual. Sometimes a one of the collieries. timetable was in operation but could soon It was often said by Barrow Hill men that push was required from the colliery’s own be put in jeopardy by the late running of if you could work trains on the Doe Lea The sand boxes on the locos – a lot of loco. Branch, you could go anywhere. You were sand was used by these busy locos – could a trip on the mainly single line railway. Even though these colliery trippers did not either blasting uphill or braking heavily be filled with a supply at Seymour but on This was often caused by poor rail head cover many route miles, much coal could down, no in between! the high frame of the Ivatt it was no easy conditions on the heavily graded line. be burned slipping and sliding. Drivers had

24 25 FIRE RISK! and thereby getting compensation from the It is now part of the National Collection there are the continental-type buffers with railway company. owned by the hand rails below for the shunter to hold It seems a long time now since the long and can of course be seen on display here when going between vehicles to couple hot summer of 2018! The dry spell The fire risk signs are still in use on today’s at Barrow Hill. up. On the end of the vehicle there are reminded me of the 1950s when summers railways in certain locations. Market Rasen different types of lamp bracket, one being were always like this, steam locos were on the Lincoln-Barnetby line is one such The remainder of the class went to for continental-type tail lights, dual brake the normal motive power and fire risk was place. Scotland where they carried the names of pipes, air vacuum and securing brackets ever present. However, at that time railway characters from Sir Walter Scott’s poems STEAM LOCOMOTIVES CARRYING along the sole bar. and novels. embankments and side land were NAMES IN MEMORY OF THE FIRST kept tidy, grass was kept short and the Paul Ramsden of Rampart Engineering WORLD WAR 1914-18 Another LNER class of locomotive, the undergrowth not allowed to grow. This knows this wagon well from his time with 0-6-0 J36 built in 1888 for the Scottish work was done by the plate layers, using In 1920 the (later the Carriage & Wagon Department at North British Railway also has a link hand tools, scythes and sickles. There were to become part of the & North Dover. It was one of six specially built with the First World War. Some were no strimmers around in those days! Eastern Railway) was building a 4-4-0 at Darlington for the Cross Channel rail requisitioned by the ROD (Railway passenger locomotive. A total of 35 were services by train ferry. They were used Some of the particularly high fire risk areas Operating Department) and sent to France built and all were named. The first two to carry spare parts for BR wagons on were marked with special lineside signs. to help with the war effort. The railways were named after directors of the company the Continent with defective running gear, These were erected at the commencement played a large part in the war, moving men so the Class were known as Directors. such as buffers, springs, etc., and likewise to and termination of these zones. Both signs and materials. Like the soldiers, many of bring parts from the Continent for wagons were in the form of a yellow disc, about The next three carried royal names: “Prince the locomotives did not return to British wanting spares from over there. Paul 2 feet in diameter, the commencement of Wales, “Prince Albert” and “Princess soil. However, some of those that did recalls that sometimes there would just be sign depicting the silhouette of a conifer Mary”. The following six locomotives were were named after English and French a coupling in the wagon on arrival at Dover and the termination sign a vertical black named in memory of the Great War, now generals and famous battlegrounds: “Byng”, for swapping on a continental wagon with a band. These were usually where Forestry known as the First World War: “Mons”, “Somme”, “Mons” “Gough”, “Horne”, defective one. Commission woods adjoined the railway “Zeebrugge”, “Somme”, “Jutland”, “Ypres” “Joffre” and “Allenby”. The exception and drivers had to take extra care not to and “Marne”. was a loco named “Maude” for a civilian This explains the reason for the securing work their loco harder than was needed Sadly, none of these survived into lady called Marguerite Maude McArthur. eyes on the wagon; they were for the sea so as not to emit sparks from the exhaust. preservation. Only the first one “Butler Because of her fluent knowledge of the crossing. The wagon could be attached to The fireman too had to be aware of the Henderson” survived into preservation. French and German languages, she worked passenger trains, which explained the Pass- risk, not using the pricker on his fire and in the War Office as a translator. Sadly she Goods Timing Switch in French. So this is allowing the fire to get too thin. Cinders died of pneumonia at the age of 26 in 1919 no ordinary wagon after all! falling from the loco ashpan was an ever- but her memory lives on today as 65243 present risk but not having the damper “Maude”, the one member of the class that doors open too wide diminished this. has survived into preservation. Locos had baffles in their smoke boxes to NO ORDINARY WAGON keep sparks down and these and the locos’ firebox brick arches had to be kept in good Many of the locomotives and items of order by the shed staff. rolling stock on display at Barrow Hill have played a part in railway history. The The railway companies were liable for any ordinary looking long wheelbase 27-tonne damage caused by locos setting fire to land wagon B733221 looks just like any other adjoining the railway. It was not unknown wagon but on closer inspection it is clear for some unscrupulous farmers with a that it is not. First you may notice an poor crop of corn near the railway to inscription in French (see photo right) on watch for a train going by and then set fire “Butler Henderson” gets into the festive spirit during the Christmas event on 8th December. the brake rate change over switch. Then Photo: Mervyn Allcock to it, claiming the loco had caused the fire Photo: Alexa Stott 26 27 THE COLLECTIONS TEAM STRANGE REQUESTS AND Mervyn’s former head teacher also paid THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN us a visit. He was in search of period THE NIGHT costumes for use in a play he was producing entitled “The Ghost Train” “Why do you want to save that? written by , aka Private It’s just a load of ‘tat’!” my mum Godfrey the medic with the weak bladder used to say. Well one man’s tat is of Dads Army fame. He wrote the play in another man’s treasure, historic relic 1923 and it was first published in 1927. or a memory jogger of former days. The play eventually went global after It has been a time of strange requests and being made famous in a film adaptation events for the Collections Team. in 1941 starring Arthur Askey (“Hello Playmates”). First came Halloween with the Archives full of scary things and moving models including From the Handling Collection we were able to loan the head teacher a station a slimmed down Don Cambridge seen here Then we found Pudsey Bear deposited as in the Education Room. master’s overcoat and cap, and a porter’s left luggage for collection on a later date. uniform including jacket, worsted trousers and waistcoat. To complete the stage effects there was a 1920s railway lamp with flickering battery light.

What a shame we could not supply the This was followed by a visit by the North requested battery bicycle lamp from the East Derbyshire Industrial Archaeological same period. Society organised by Clive Jarrad. We were Another satisfied customer! asked to “dig out” the strange and obscure from the Barrow Hill Collection to provide Archives a “load of tat” never let it be said! members with a mind stretching task to Graham Holland identify, date and describe old artefacts no Collections Team longer in the current railway vocabulary. One such item is this Void Gauge.

28 29 HISTORICAL CORNER NO. 49 EARLY ROPE HAULAGE rules of the competition as it was not a The incline engines continued in use until construction of vertical shafts where the RAILWAYS steam locomotive as specified! 1844 and they were subsequently sold ore was hauled up to the surface using by auction in 1847 to a silver mine in these ropes. The method of wire rope When the London & Railway Before railway locomotives Russia. By this time steam locomotives manufacture was based on the established were invented, the methods for first opened in 1835 steam locomotives of sufficient power had evolved and practice for hemp ropes. This employed propelling trains on the early were employed in part, but only as trains were able to be hauled direct into an arrangement called a “rope walk” railways were very limited. far south as Camden station, which is Euston station. Departing trains had where the threads were twisted by hand. 2 miles short of the Euston terminal. Within underground mine workings to be “banked” by another locomotive The manual method of wire rope making This final section was opened on 14th human power was the only option, unless pushing from the rear. This necessitated was subsequently improved upon by October 1837 but the incline of 1:85 the cramped conditions permitted the use a change in the Act of Parliament, which Englishmen Andrew Smith and Robert was considered to be too arduous for of ponies for haulage. On surface railways excluded the use of steam locomotives Newall, who formed the partnership of locomotives and consequently rope draft horses could be used or, in the case due to protests from local land owners Smith & Newall, with the intention of haulage combined with the trains of the Railway in Nottinghamshire who objected to the smoke from the using the new wire ropes for the rigging descending under gravity was the only when it opened in 1819, bullocks were locomotives. The cavern at Camden of sailing ships. In production, a rail option. employed as the motive power. was declared a 2 listed structure mounted trolley would travel the length of The invention of steam power offered The tarred hemp rope was 4,080 yards in 1990. At the present time, no public the required rope, automatically twisting the prospect of stationary engines being (3,731m) long and a system of pulleys access is possible to the cavern but it is the separate threads as it went. and counterweights (sunk vertically hoped in the future that it could be used employed to haul wagons or carriages, In Chatham Dockyard in Kent, there is into deep brick-lined shafts) kept it taut. as an entertainment venue. either by hemp ropes or wrought iron a building referred to as “The Ropery”, Stationary steam winding engines of 60 chains attached to winding mechanisms. The limitations of woven hemp ropes which still contains some original hemp horsepower were built by Maudsley Sons The & High Peak Railway in were soon made apparent as they rope making equipment on the Smith & & Field of London and installed in a vast Derbyshire opened in 1830 and it was quickly became worn out. They could Newall principle, which was established brick built cavern, dug under the main line by these means that the wagons could also break unexpectedly with disastrous by the Royal Navy to supply ropes for at Camden. Here the locomotives were be hauled on steep inclines which were consequences. As the wear was age- their sailing ships. The building is open detached and the trains were shunted by beyond the ability of animal power. In the related, the date of manufacture of the to the public and the machinery can be horses and attached to the ropes for their same year the Liverpool & Manchester rope could be identified by a coloured demonstrated in use. It is well worth descent into the Euston terminus. Railway carried out tests during the thread twisted into the strands; the a visit. In London, the construction of Rainhill Trials to solve the problem of The northbound return journey was chosen colour being an indicator of the the Blackwall Railway in the East Docks traction. As is well known it was the steam again achieved by rope haulage as far as date of production. Wrought iron chains district was not constrained by steep locomotive “Rocket” built by George Camden, where steam traction took over. were then tried but all the pulley wheels gradients; however, it was conceived as Stephenson which claimed victory, but this The cavern still exists today, although had to be replaced (due to a need to a cable hauled railway owing to the fear was by no means the assured conclusion now bereft of its stationary engines. mesh with the chain links) and the great that flying sparks from steam locomotives in the beginning. One of the other There is also a subterranean access weight of the chains themselves required might set fire to the sails of ships at the competitors was the “Cycloped”, built tunnel adjacent, dating from when the the use of more powerful (and therefore adjacent anchorages. by Thomas Shaw Brandreth of Liverpool, horses were led from the stables to their expensive) steam engines. The wire rope making workshops of which basically comprised of a treadmill shunting duties. It can be imagined that The first wire ropes were invented Smith & Newall were established at attached to the axles of the wheels. A such operations could be fraught with in Germany, principally by William Blackwall and this was convenient for horse was harnessed to the treadmill and danger for the passengers and indeed Albert. Access to the silver mines of serving both the needs for supplying ships’ thus forward motion was achieved. This there was an accident on the opening day. the Harz Mountains necessitated the rigging and the adjacent railway. Today, the contraception was disqualified under the

30 31 HISTORICAL CORNER NO. 49 continued... route of the Blackwall Railway is partly The rope haulage operations were Sheep Pasture Incline was deemed to be the foot of the incline. The study validated absorbed in the Docklands Light Railway. “counter balanced”, in that the rope is in beyond repair and the winding equipment how the tension in the rope could be an endless loop, serving both descending was converted to electric power. British adjusted by sliding the pulley wheel (now The Cromford & High Peak Railway in and ascending tracks. Loaded wagons are Railways were confident of the continued sadly missing) and how the pit itself was Derbyshire operated from 29th May descending and the empty wagons are traffic on the line, which came principally constructed. The side walls of the pit are 1830 and the incline planes employed ascending, therefore the weight of one from the local limestone quarries, which of brick construction and the track is stationary winding engines, using wrought loaded wagon going down could haul two were expected to continue in production supported on baulk timbers, which strut iron chains for wagon haulage. Elsewhere empty ones coming up. So gravity is of until 1970 but it was not to be. The across the walls. The conclusion of the on the line, horses were employed on assistance and the winding engine is only last quarry had closed by 1966 and the investigation was that the pit did not date the level sections at first and steam needed to control the momentum and for fate of the line was sealed, being closed from the opening of the line in 1830. The locomotives were introduced from 1840. braking. completely on 1st April 1967. probability is that it was built circa 1856 The exception was on the Whaley Bridge onwards when the change from chains to incline, which retained chain haulage until On the Cromford & High Peak Railway It is rare indeed for historic railway wire ropes occurred. closure of that section of the line on 9th wagons were lashed onto the haulage sites to be investigated by professional April 1952. The other incline planes were rope by means of long chains that were archaeologists. Thankfully, in 2008 One of the winding engines still survives progressively converted to wire rope manually plaited around the wire rope and Derbyshire County Council was able to in its original building at Middleton Top usage from 1856. then secured in place by leather straps instruct the Archaeological Research Unit and it can be viewed in operation on open and buckles. The men who carried out this of the University of Sheffield to instigate days. This is achieved by compressed air A total of seven inclines were then task were officially called “Hangers On”. a study of one of the rope worked rather than steam power but it is still very in regular operation. There had been mechanisms which survives today. This is impressive to watch at close quarters. frequent breakages of chains since not This obviously required some manual on the Cromford & High Peak Railway long after the opening of the line in dexterity but on some occasions the Vignoles at Middleton, where the location of the 1830 and in 1831 there were five more wagons could break free with spectacular return pulley wheel pit was discovered at breakages in a single week. The original results. The most notable incident chains on the Hopton Inclines (there occurred on 1st March 1888, with a Another day and another commercial move, were two inclines in close proximity) brake van carrying boxes of gunpowder this time of a pair of HNRC Class 20s. were worn out by 1860 and new chains destined for a local quarry. The van was Photo: Alexa Stott were provided. In 1877, both inclines were descending the Sheep Pasture incline reconstructed to ease the gradient and a when it suddenly broke free. At the lower single incline created. end of the incline was the and adjacent to that was the This improvement allowed steam Midland Railway line. The wagon was later locomotives to be used here for the first estimated to be running at 120mph, flying time and the chains were permanently over the canal and the Midland’s tracks to removed. It is of interest that thereafter land in the field beyond on its descent. A the Hopton Incline at 1:14 was the Midland train was due to be passing but steepest in the UK to be worked by fortunately it was halted in time and no conventional steam locomotives. Of all lives were lost. the Cromford & High Peak Railway rope worked inclines Bunsell was the steepest As late as September 1957 the Middleton at 1:7 but this section was abandoned in Incline received a new wire rope. At the 1899. same time the stationary engine on the

32 33 VOLUNTEERS’ REPORT I thought I had better make sure the facilities and friendliness of all the the grilling that was left over from the A new cabinet has been installed in the I got an article in this edition of volunteers on the night so a very big East Midland Trains’ walkways. If we need café to display all the awards that have the Newsletter or you would all be thank you to those who assisted on the any more, it will have to be bought and it been bestowed on the Roundhouse in thinking I had dropped off the face evening. is very expensive! the past few years. The cabinet was made of the earth! off site but the volunteers put it up. I hope that all our new volunteers have Quite a few weekends the lads have Thank you to you all for your patience settled in to the Barrow Hill way and helped Jamie Williams with his rebuild of We also have had to purchase a new whilst I have had to deal with a very are enjoying your time with us. We look his Class 02 as there are a lot of jobs to mobile compressor as our last one difficult time this last six months or so forward to working with you next year do on it. decided it had done enough work. Well with several personal issues, which I when we reopen in March. done you old and trusty servant. will not bore anyone with the details of. We have finished the overhaul of the Suffice to say it has not made things easy I would like to take this opportunity to Signal Box stove that was donated by The big job now is to protect the this year. wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Derby Museum and it is now ready to water system that was installed for a Happy New Year! go into the Signal Box. It will never to East Midland Trains and guard it against Reports back from the various events be used “in anger”, just as an “as was” frost so it’s a race against the weather. that have taken place this last quarter Sandy Crawley Volunteer Co-ordinator exhibit. We will probably put a false Hopefully we will win although we have have shown that you volunteers have flue on it: we don’t want the Signal Box had one valve split in early November. done a tremendous job in your support burning down as many a box went that Don Cambridge of the different activities that have taken Since our last report the way! place at Barrow Hill during these last few volunteers have been busy finishing months, with fantastic feedback coming off the paintwork on Harry, one of in not just from those putting on the the Roundhouse shunters. events but also from the public who have All that remains is to source some attended. You are all really promoting decals and the engine can be moved Barrow Hill in a very positive way. out ready for the next project. This will You’ve all done a great job in your be the Southern Railway GUV van that various roles helping customers at will eventually become our Permanent weekends in the shop, in the café, Way van. A start has already been made school visits whether at weekends or by removing all the rubbish that has during the week, as well as the stalwart accumulated in the van over the years. engineering teams who beaver away in We have also had a few events to the background every weekend. prepare for, including Halloween Many thanks must also go to Paul and Children in Need. This has Beardsley who has put on a fantastic involved shunting to clear space in the social events calendar for all members to Roundhouse and boarding over the attend and enjoy. rail flange gaps in the roads around the turntable. The Children in Need event on 16th November was fantastic and all those We – or rather Frank, our intrepid Harry the Shunter looking very smart in its new blue livery who attended as members of the carpenter – have completed the job of following its comprehensive overhaul by the weekend volunteers. public had a great night and enjoyed putting air grilles in the pit boards with Photo: Alexa Stott

34 35 MONEY MATTERS Well, I’ve just about settled into the Roundhouse and turntable, building I am pleased to report that the Charity’s and group-related activities organised by this role as the Charity’s Treasurer – rates, VAT and the membership and finances continue to be healthy and the Learning & Access Team. although I thought that it would be are sufficient to sustain expected social evening income and expenditure Other expenditure of note during the a temporary post to help out until expenditure. Of note in terms of income (via the sterling work of Paul Beardsley period, and unrelated to the HLF, was someone more able came along. during this period was a very generous and Martyn Brailsford). All of this work a total of £6,365 for monitoring and and welcome bequest of £48,137 from As I mentioned in the previous involves a good number of transactions upgrading the Roundhouse electrics to the will of the late Barbara Green. Mrs Newsletter, I’m also an active member through the books and bank accounts – approved standards and a £2,190 bill Green was the widow of Arthur Green, of the Collections Team each week usually on a daily basis. from the accountants for preparing the who was a very keen supporter of the (well, active when Don Cambridge takes So, to this period’s report and the annual accounts and dealing with VAT and Roundhouse. As advised at the AGM, a break from his “singing”) and I have difficult job of trying not to bore you wages. the Council of Management has decided managed somehow to get involved in (and me) silly with things financial. The that these funds should be dedicated to The overall position regarding the the production and maintenance of the first thing to mention is the annual support expenditure for the proposed HLF grant for the “Moving Forward” Society’s Museum Accreditation and “Report of the Trustees and Unaudited rebuilding of the Coaling Stage and they project is that to date we have received charity documents. OK, I hear you; I’ve Financial Statements for the Year Ended only got myself to blame! have been set aside for that purpose. £980,500 (84%) of the total £1,170,600 31st December 2017”. awarded. A cash flow forecast has been Other income during the period included The first thing I should point out to This fine document was submitted to provided to our HLF Grant Officer £1,750 in Top Link sponsorship thanks to those not already aware is that unlike my Companies House and the Charity reiterating the Charity’s plans for the the generosity of Harry Needle Railroad very able predecessor, Nigel Atkinson, Commission ahead of the end September remainder of the project. This has been Company and Pindari Ltd. Membership my role as Treasurer doesn’t include 2018 and end October 2018 deadlines accepted and as a result we are now subscriptions and social evenings responsibility for the Charity’s trading respectively. The balance sheet shows ready to submit the next payment accounted for an excellent £2,624 and subsidiary, Barrow Hill Limited (BHL). total funds carried forward at the request. the Charity received donations totalling BHL looks after the transactions for 2017 year end of just over £1.2 million. £1,300, of which £400 came from the Following the comments in the previous various commercial activities at the site £754,000 of this is total is in the form generous support of the Branch Line Newsletter, the eagle-eyed among you including those relating to the shop, of restricted funds - reserved for Society. A VAT reclaim of £5,036 was also may have spotted that we now have a the café, major events (such as Rail specific purposes, currently mainly Ale), rental income from tenants and very welcome! new display case in what was the lobby HLF-related along with some grants. (outside the “Foreman’s Office”). The operational undertakings – to name but And now here’s the bad news. This leaves an unrestricted fund balance more good news is that we haven’t been a few. Those activities are dealt with Unfortunately we also had to spend of just under £452,000, which compares billed for it (…yet) but substantial funds elsewhere in the Newsletter. some money during the period. Yes, I very favourably with the £315,300 (received as a result of a successful grant know, that’s sad, but a large part of this The financial activity that comes under unrestricted balance carried forward at submission) have been set aside for the expenditure related to £60,500 (net of my treasurer role relates purely to the end of 2016. cost! Finally, our application for a second VAT) on HLF-related activities. And now the Charity (BHESS). Much of this at Please let me know if you would like a online bank account for contingency here’s the good news. We should be the moment covers expenditure and copy of the annual accounts; otherwise purposes has at long last been accepted able to reclaim 88% of this back from income for the delivery phase of the they are available on both the Companies and we are in the process of setting it up the HLF. A large part of this expenditure “Moving Forward” Project supported House and Charity Commission websites after some prodding. I don’t know, you’d covered wages for the HLF-supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), under the name of the Barrow Hill think a bank wouldn’t lose interest... staff, some final invoices relating to which continues until the end of 2019. Engine Shed Society Limited, company repair and restoration work on the Paul Millington I also cover non-HLF elements such as number 03374025 and registered charity Roundhouse and various family, school Treasurer transactions relating to the upkeep of number 1065632.

36 37 AND FINALLY We bring you something new As Mervyn said at the beginning of this Don’t forget YOU can also be part Just send me an email at for a New Year – the Barrow Hill Newsletter, 2018 has been a fantastic of this Newsletter. We welcome [email protected] or drop me a Newsletter Crossword. year and we have covered every special all contributions – big or small – note via the Roundhouse Office. moment in the 2018 Newsletters. photographs, a special memory of bygone As always, it’s just for fun, no prizes. It just remains for me to wish you all a days, your thoughts on articles from We’ll bring you the answers in the next I hope we will be able to bring you more Happy Christmas and Prosperous New other contributors, a review of one of Newsletter along with Crossword #2. fantastic moments, stories and photos in Year. Thank you to “ClayCrossChris” for this our events. 2019. Alexa Stott great new addition to the Newsletter! Editor

38 39 AND FINALLY continued...

Above: The evening sun goes down between 08934 parked on the Load Bank Road and 01515 up on the Loop Siding. Below: 20096 tests out one of the new re-laid sidings. Photos: Phil Hodgkiss

Mervyn came across this photograph on the internet recently. Clearly it was taken at Barrow Hill but that is the sum of what we know about it! We don’t know who the photographer might have been or when it might have been taken. Can any of our readers shed any light on it. We’d love to know more about it so please do get in touch if you can help.

The team from Derbyshire Fire Brigade based at Staveley paid their annual visit to the Roundhouse and brought with them their newly painted turquoise and purple fire engine. This has been It’s good to see a man multi-tasking! done to encourage recruitment of all races, Photo: Russ Parrish religions and gender. Photo: Dale Holford 40 As attempts at camouflage go, it is probably back to the drawing board for HNRC shunter 09106, spotted here attempting to hide at the very top of the Springwell branch! Photo: Phil Hodgkiss