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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 Roundhouse 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 Derby 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, Derbyshire 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 Midland Railway 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.