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THE BARROW HILL ENGINE SHED SOCIETY MAGAZINE Summer 2019 Price £2.50 Issue 60 Half Cab Purchase Completed! See page 4 Rail Ale 2019 review & what’s coming up See pages 14-16 MORE photos and stories INSIDE... A day in the life of 41708 See pages 25-27 Notice of Annual General Another successful Meeting See page 5 restoration from the volunteer team See page 35 Above: LNER 8217 awaits its moment of glory as star of the show during Rail Ale 2019. Below: The magnificent Everly Pregnant Brothers headlining Saturday night at Rail Ale 2019. Photos: Stuart Bradbury OpeningOpening Shot...Shot... Photo: Andy Stephenson CONTENTS Chairman’s Notes 4 Gift Aid 6 Roundhouse News 7 - DRS locomotive moves - Site improvements - Clowne & District Motor Club rally visit - Coaling stage garden - Chesterfield Art Club visit - Barrow Hill used for innovative prototype testing Roundhouse Events 14 - Rail Ale 2019 - Symphony in the Shed - Roundhouse Science Day - Still to come... Money Matters 17 Shop News 18 Dave Darwin Remembers 23 Historical Corner 28 The Barrow Hill Crossword 34 Volunteers’ Report 36 And Finally... 39 FRONT COVER: 41708 basks in the sunshine on the Garden road From the Manager shortly before the announcement confirming its Welcome to the Barrow purchase by the Roundhouse. Hill Roundhouse Summer Photo: Mervyn Allcock Newsletter. 2019 has been a fantastic year so far HAVE YOU GOT A MEMORY with great progress being made again in OF BARROW HILL IN all areas and some fantastic times had by all. STEAM OR DIESEL DAYS? The commercial business continues Do you have photographs of to be strong, which keeps the roof the depot which we could use in above our heads. We are in discussions future issues of the Newsletter? Please get in touch with Alexa Stott with a number of new customers who by post: Barrow Hill Roundhouse, would bring a continued increase in the Campbell Drive, Barrow Hill, professional look of the site as well as Chesterfield, Derbyshire S43 2PR. the required investment and cash flow Or email: [email protected] to keep all areas of the site afloat. This commercial income in turn enables the museum side to flourish and, as I design print web signs have said before and I make no excuse 2 The calm before the storm. All set up and ready to go for Rail Ale 2019. Photo: Stuart Bradbury for repeating myself, the museum it open and flourishing over the last 30 experience and interpretation is the years. We are at the very beginning of best it has ever been. The increase in the planning stage but hope to attract visitor numbers is testimony to that. some interesting and relevant exhibits With Alexa managing the shop with and people. You’ll hear more of this in her fantastic band of shop volunteers due course. and Vicky and her café team, we have 2020 also marks the 20th year of the also seen a great improvement in Rail Ale beer and music festival and appearance and efficiency of our front again there are plans afoot to celebrate of house experience. this event and make it the best yet. Now on to next year… So there are exciting times ahead and 2020 will see the 150th anniversary of I hope many of you, even those who the opening of the Roundhouse by the aren’t able to get to the Roundhouse as Midland Railway in August 1870. It is a frequently as you would like, will start landmark we should certainly celebrate to make plans to join in next year’s and we are planning to do so in August celebrations. 2020! Cheers! It is not only a landmark for the building but also for all of us and the Mervyn Allcock, General Manager contribution we have all made to keep August 2019 3 CHAIRMAN’S NOTES I announced in the last Newsletter that we had a contract to purchase 1880 Half Cab 41708 on behalf of Barrow Hill Engine Shed Society. The purchase of the 139-year-old veteran was completed on 5th June 2019. Graham Mimms of the 1708 In order to legally complete the sale, Locomotive Trust (left) and Mark there was an asset purchase agreement Robinson, Chairman of BHESS, signed with the 1708 Locomotive shake hands on the deal to sell Preservation Trust Limited along with a 41708 to the Roundhouse. Deed of Release which ensured that all Photo: Mervyn Allcock claims were discharged and ownership identity to 41708 when the locomotive passed to Barrow Hill. passed into the ownership of British Now that the purchase of 1F 47108 Railways in 1948. By the time it arrived at has been completed, Barrow Hill’s first Barrow Hill in 1947 only 72 of the original objective will be to have the locomotive 185 locomotives remained in service. fully assessed by industry specialists with By 1961 there were 11 class members a view to returning it to steam as soon and the last five, including 41708, were as possible in order to restore this key withdrawn in September 1965. The class important historical asset. We will be only lasted as long as this because the seeking grants and undertaking fund raising Midland Railway had signed a contract activities for the restoration which we in 1866 to provide shunting engines aim to begin by 2020 which marks the to Staveley Works for 100 years. This 150th Birthday of the Roundhouse. The prevented disposal until 1966. remarkable story of the Roundhouse 41708 is the only Class 1F to have been has produced another chapter and our preserved. It spent the early years of its intention is to fully record all the stages in ‘retirement’ at Worth Valley Railway and the process in order to produce a historical the Midland Railway Centre, Butterley, testimony. We will also provide regular then at the Swanage Railway and other updates on the Roundhouse website. locations including the Forest of Dean. The Class 1F locomotive was designed When the Roundhouse re-opened its by Samuel Johnson, Chief Mechanical doors to the public in July 1998, 41708 Engineer of the Midland Railway from was the star of the show, emerging from 1873 to 1903. Used for hauling freight, the shed to give visitors brake van rides shunting and limited branch line passenger up and down the yard. work, 185 of the class were built in Derby. The locomotive made several visits This particular locomotive was built in between 1998 and 2002 and returned 1880, numbered 1418. It was rebuilt to its home shed on a permanent basis about 20 years later and re-numbered in 2004 where it has remained on 1708. It underwent another change of display ever since. It is one of only two 4 locomotives which worked at Barrow Hill Railway Terrace houses in the Roundhouse which have been preserved. The other car park. In May we had the World War Barrow Hill survivor is a diesel shunting One Peace Event with plenty of things engine, Class 10 D4092, which is also at for the children including Edwardian toys, Barrow Hill. This planned restoration is games and dressing up, medal making and one of the last two pieces of the jigsaw for peg soldier or doll painting. the 1960s recreation of the Roundhouse, In writing this I realise that there are so the other piece being the restoration of many more events to report: Chesterfield the Coaling Stage. Symphony Orchestra, Science Fun Days, We have had an incredible array of Mini Professors... Merv and I will provide activities at the Roundhouse since the last a full review of the year at the Annual Newsletter and I summarise just a few here. General Meeting (AGM) to which all Again, we hosted “the most atmospheric Members are invited on Tuesday 8th beer and music festival of the year”. There October 2019. Lunch will be provided were over 350 beers and for music lovers from 12.00noon and the AGM will start there was a fabulous range of live music at 1.00pm. I look forward to seeing you including the very popular Everly Pregnant there to celebrate a very successful year. Brothers! We once again carried out a Mark Robinson, Chairman number of archaeology digs on the West NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Barrow Hill Engine Shed Society will be held at Barrow Hill Roundhouse on Tuesday 8th October 2019 at 1.00pm for the following purposes: 1. Opening and welcome by the Chairman (Professor Mark Robinson). 2. Minutes of the 2018 Annual General Meeting held on 27th September 2018. 3. To receive the company’s financial statements for the year ended 31st December 2018, including the Trustees Report and the report of the Independent Examiner. 4. To elect trustees. The trustee retiring by rotation is Robin Oxborough and he has indicated his willingness to be reappointed. To ratify the appointment of Clive Jarrad as trustee. 5. Any Other Business that may be transacted at an Annual General Meeting. Informal Business 1. Report of the Company Secretary (Mervyn Allcock). 2. Report of the Membership Secretary (Martyn Brailsford). 3. General discussion led by the Chairman. By order of the Trustees, Mervyn Allcock, Company Secretary, 13th August 2019 Registered office: Barrow Hill Roundhouse Railway Centre, Campbell Drive, Barrow Hill, Staveley, Chesterfield, S43 2PR Proxies: A member of the company entitled to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting may appoint a proxy to attend, vote (not on a show of hands) and speak instead of him or her. The form of proxy must be in accordance with the company’s Articles of Association and deposited at the company’s registered office at least 48 hours before the date and time of the Annual General Meeting.
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