Steaming 1966 Vol.10 No.2

The Journar of the

atlonaI ra tion Engine Club

NATIONAL TRACTION ENGINE CLUB

OFFJCh'RS FOR 1966

President :

Revo. PHILIP WRIGHT, M.B.E., Hon.C.F., Rox well Vicarngt:, Nt:a1 Chelmsford~ Essex. Tel.: Roxwcll 644.

Vice-President :

ARTHUR NAPPER, EsQ, Chairman.

ANTHONY HEAL, EsQ., Baylins Farm, Knotty Green, Hcaco:.:sfid<l.

Vice-Chairman and Edi1or :

.T. CRAWLEY, EsQ., Field House, Turvey, Bedford.

General Secrelarv :

E. A. FILLMORE, EsQ., 34 Northwick Park Road, Harrow, Middx.

Membership Secretary (including ,ies and badges) :

J. R. B0NSBR, EsQ., 6 Rokeby Gardens. Woodford Green, E~sex.

Treasurer·

H. ORR-EWING, EsQ., 8 Robert Close, Randolph Avenue, London, W.9

TECHNICAL SERVICES AND SPARES SECTION

RRIAN ORAM, EsQ., Bourne House, St. Mary Bourne, Andover, Hants. (Tel.: St. Mary Bourne 260).

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

S. 0. HARRISON.

P. HEGINBOTHAM.

MEMBERS OF THE N.T.E.C.

CLUB NOTES

To start these brief notes of activities within the club, we would like to make an appeal for assistance in connection with the administralion. For some time lhe cernlinued growth of nie oh1b ha:s thrown a heavy b~udeo on the existing omc,ers. at!d l,o t·eli-eve some of the sl.rain, we require ass/s'hmct: on lhe acc-ountancy side. \Vo~1·Ma member ple-ase volunteer 1.0 assist'? Lt is preferable that be :si10uld be: a .quaHfi,ed accountant, or a person \t•ilh a working knowl.cdgc of themp and Hve within a re-asc:mabk:distance of Lon_do·n, Nol m,o,re 1lum an hour or so a month would be involved ; vohmtccrs pica-se conlacl the General s~crc:t:ary. Whilst appealing for assisurnce \ve_wollld also like lo hc.a-r from any member who is conllilc-otedwiH1 !I.heworld ,of adv~rrrfsing ns there <lrn a m1mber orf 11.J1ing.swith whiic:hwe need assistance and professional advice.

As members an:i probably aware, the club general committee has a number of standing sub-committees to deal with various sides of its activities. One of these is the rally sub-committee under the chairmanship of Mr. P'. G. C. Barber. For some time they have felt a need to take the initiative to endeavour to rc,gulari.sc a.nd control 1.he great increase in traction engine rnllies and other events ,al whkh 01t.1rengines appear throughout the country. With t.h.e suppo,rt of the main committee a successful Conference of :RaHy Organisers wa& held rn London in Maw-eh. at which th,e various :problems and dmkultie.~ which 'face the. organisers -.vere discuss-eel. Th.e oppo-rhmily was also taken of submitting ·the Code of PrncHce for Rallues. Particularly grnllfyjng was the st1pporrl given lo t.h[s meeting \Vilh 41 de.legat.es. 111.rpre,scnting 23. clubs arid organising bodies a.Bending. Some members ma11 have seen reports of the Confetence in the, Press:.

It is now two years since th~ idea of a. "Transport Trust" was first mooted. Nt>w Ute Transcort Tms·t as an established bodyt and Lhis club suppoltfs the general principles underlying ils foundation and ifs aims, aod to Lhis end, your clulb h~s become an affiliated rnch-.ber. Our vice-chairman, Mr. John Craw'lcy 1 is aJ~o vice~chairrnan of the Tn1sl an~ Mr. J, R. Bonser is a com• mittcc member, so the traction engine movement is well represented.

A li:s.t of members of the dub is •e:111dos·BdwHh this issue of Stcnminf?, This gives the. names and a<ldresse-s of ,ncmbcrs as they were a shorl while back : same verv recent nicmbc.-s may not find their name on lhe 1isl but they ,viii be indudcd the next time· it is -print,ed.

In this dav and age we are accustomed to a continual stream of new Rog,islation. Most of it passes us by., bnl. occa.stonany a particular Acl or Statutory Regu!alion may ii'raclvertenLl.yor irnintentionally affect our bobby. ln order to aci as~ sort of wattreh~dogon proposedlegislation. what is known as tb.e }Ustorac Vehicle Ch1.b's Joint Committee has been formed. This commilt~e consis·is .of tepres-entalives from, seven orgnnisa.ti.ons. all of whioh ·arc concerned witl1. th(} prese.rvation and r1.1nning of vet,tmrn a.nd vintage vehicles that use, 01· com1ldll.1se, 1·oads (vehicles using rails are exclud-ed). Our chairman, Mr. Anlhoriy Heal, has been elected chairman of i.his Joint 7Commillee, so we. ,can rest assured lhat maners allrect.irngmembers oT lh,-isdub will ·be ful'ly considered.

In August, 19.65, rum,ours: a111drepor~ su~gested Hrnt the Ministry of A_gricuhure, J.1s'[n~riesand Food i.vere conlempfating amendments· to RegulaHons concerning safotv 01, auiculh1fal lr~crors by fittin~ frames. R.epre•senta.lions \ve.re made to, the ~•tinist:ry,;as :'11 re,suU of whh,-:h,a draft of the '· Pr-oposals for ReJ?ul~·tionson Safety Frames and Safety Ga.bs for Tractors: 0 was sent to the d.ub for co:mrnent in January of lhtts year. Whilst it would appear: that ,\·/.altru ·traction engine,s and ste·arn tracto,rs were not intended ta be included in the ReJmlation,· Hm chih has requested spe,cjfic exclusipn of steam vehicles ·in lho definitions. The Minister has powar Lo grant certificates ,of exemption fron-. the regull'lt.ior1s. S1.1bsequently,we. ht-1vc:r,cceivcd wri.tten conffrmatiorn lhal oiir fntarp-rciatioo of !the intention is correct.

INSURANCE NOTES

In dealin_g with the problem of lnsurance on Steam Engines there is no m:ccssily to go into 1he _question of Road Rjsks .requirl!d Ul"lder lhc Road Traffic Acls as these are familiar lo anyone using more conventional V(;hicle:s. However, there are two importanl differences willt which Steam Vuhiclc Owners should be familiar.

Firstly, whereas it is comparatively simple for an amateur to maintain a Motor Car in sound mechanical order by regular visits to a garage, it is not by any means easy with an obsolete Steam Engine.

Secondly, Boilers on Road Vehicles are subject to the Boiler Explosion Acts of 1882 and 1890. This givt:s rise to another complication bec:ause1 such are lht': i11Ll'i1.;al:icsuf nwdcrn lnsurnncc prn.ctic,., that on lmrnr:rncc Company able to issue Road Tnmc Act cover cannot, under the same Policy, prnvidc Third Part)' Doiler Explosion ln!iLLrance which is an essential part of the R.T.A. cover. Thi~ is illo_gic,,l bu\, nevertheless trne.

The special Insurance arrangements for Members of lhe Club are designed to minimise the inconvcniem.-e ,of hl'l ing to have this separate Boiler Explosion Third! Parly ,covcr1 and lh.ey pvovide 0conomically. all Lile Insurance n,ecessary to put Steam Vehicles on the road. We must. howcvl!r, face: the [t1cl llmt when (Some 15 years ago) these- lnsi1ranccs were first arranged lhc majorily of Ownc,rs were tbcmsch'es ,coropctcm Engineers with expedence of Steam E.ngines, and Rallies, wHh which we arc ,a1nlliar now, \\rt!N! fow ~111d.very far between. 'foda)' there are a great number o( enthusiasts with no previous c.xperi.ci,cc of. Steam Bngim:s, trnel Rallies get more numerous every y~ar.

nearing all these factor~ in mind H Is most imporlanl lo se.c thnl the nhlig~tions of the As.c.urcd a.re adequately met, tor unless they arc, the Insurunce becomes void and the protecti<HI iL purports to give i$ worlhless. One hears a lot about Conditions being inser(cd in JlolLci,osor lnsurancc Ccrtificales in writing so small that it can hardly be read. Any such criticism cannot be levelled at the Lloyds' Third Pnrly Boiler Exp!os,9n Certificate~ the writing is bold and clear, an<l amongst oullcr lhings H ~ays lhal:

"The Assured shall and will at all times exercise reasonable care in seeing that the boilers or apparatus insured are substantial and sound ant! in proper order and fit for tllc purpose for which they al'e used &nclthat all reasonable safeguards and precautions against accidents an~ provided and used."

]t is unnecessary. _pureJy from an Jnsurnncc point of view for an Bngine or its Doiler to be surveyed by a. qualified Engineer b.eforc cover is issu~d) but from a <:<1mmon-scnscpoint ot view it is necessary., or nL lea!Jl desir~ble. It is, therefore. s11rprising lo see that o[' the 470 odd Engines insured \l.nd~r lhc Clubfs cheme for prjvatc uso and Rallies. only evenly avail themselves or the special Boiler lnspection Service. No doubt some; have othor arrnngemants but, even. so, the proporUon is enough to caur;e the Organisers o( Rallle~ some anxiety.

Presumably Owners who subscribe to the Club suppo:rt ils ideaJs. One or these is to maintain and strengthen the p(cstigc that this l10bby has won for itself ,ove,r th~ years. lt is one of lr.e fundamental precepts ot: the National Traction Engine Club arnd its AHUinied Clubs th.\l no a.voidable risks should be iaken when Engines take parl in Rallies open to the Public. H.t 1hl.'ttefoto, any Owner wishes ro attend a RaUy with his Engine it is essential Lhat a omrenl Boiler Inspection CerLifi.cate should be held. One can imagine lhc c.:011wotion that would bo c:wstd if a st!rious accident occurred and it. was found that, due to gross carelessness or 11e~ligl}nceon the part of the Owner in the maintenance of his En,gine, the Insurn.nce was useless. Inevitably the movement would suffer and, incidentally, it might. caui,,c suffering to a lot of innocent people. Very many Charities have b1mcfited rrom thest: Rallies, and it ,vouhl be a terrihlr. mistake to take a chance whcrJ, for lhe expcnclitme of a few pounds, compkte protection for the Owner can be obtained.

In lhe coming s~ason 11 1s hoped that a mo.-e: Comprehensive. Insurance wm be available lo Members to ,give them protection in the event o.f total loss or .serious ac-oidcntaldamage lo valuable Engines. Also :a sep,aratePolicy is being dra,wn up to cover the speci:al liabilities which aua.cn. to RaHy Organisers.

Both. lhese Schemes sh.ould help Owners and Org;rnisors bu~ it is impossible to c.'laggetato lhe importance: iof individu~I Owners:taking sens,bJ.eprecautions to see that the pr:oteolicn they get from Insurance is n,otm1mfied by breaking the fundamental condition that lhei:.r Engines arc properly maintained in solliOd condi tuo.n.

SUBSCRIPTIONS

If any of your fellow members complain that they have not received their copy of Stewning, suggest that perhaps Lhis is because they have overlooked paying their subscription.

This can be paid to or queried with the Membership Secretary:

J. R. BONSER, ESQ., 6 RoKEHY GARDF.NS, WOODFORD GREEN, ESSEX.

TECHNICAL AND SPARES

SECTION

Would members having spares available for disposal please send details as these may well be instrumental in savmg a derelict engine which might otherwise be cut up.

Any member requiring technical assistance or advice should write to MICHAEL TttEXTON, 43 PERRY's LANE, WROUGHTON, SWINDON, WILTS., enclosing a 5 /- postal order or cheque which will be refunded if help cannot be given.

The late Jack Fensom with some of his many Rt1lly Trophies.

Death of Jack Fensom

Steam engine enthusiasts lost one of their best loved and respected members with (he passing of Jack Fcnsom on Sunday, 6th March, 1966. Jack, who was born in 1898, was a partner in the firm of J. C. Fensom & Son who have heen involved with engines since the firm was founded by Jack's grandfather in 1875.

Prior to the First World \Var Jack was employed on the firm's farm. After he came out of the army in 1920 he took over the timber hauling side of the business with which he continued right up until his death.

Jack had been in poor health for some time, and had been strugglin 6 to combat an illness which was slowly causing him to lose the use of his legs. Despite this. he still found time lo help anyone wr.o was in need of advice. Nothing was ever too much trouble for him.

\V,::,have indeed lost an irreplaceable friend, and our sympathy goes out to his wife, two sons and sister in their sad loss. ,

AREA NEWS

BEDFORDSHIRE

Looking back over th~ f 965-66 winter season, I am struck by the speed with which the time seems to have passed in comparison with what was the case a year or two ago. T think this is due to the quickening pattern of social events in the steam worid in general and in the Northern Home Counties in particular. The r,t!gular Bedford Steam Engine Preservation Society meetings at the " King's Arms," Bedford, on the first Monday in the month, have been well supporte<l an<l visitors are always sure o( a warm welcome.

We have been fortunate on a number of occasions at the "King's Arms•· to see some very good slide shows given by Mr. Tom Paisley of Holywell, near St. Ives, Hunts. He has some very clear slides of contemporary engines. He has also got some excellent slides of old engine prints an<l photographs gleaned from numerous sources and has evidently gone to great pains to find out all the information he gives us as he describes the slides he shows.

During the winter Alec Tbbotl, well known for the help and encouragement he has given to a number of local engine owners, myself included, joined the ranks of the ploughing engine owners. He has obtained a Fowlt:r Dll Ploughing Engine No. 15336, built in 1919 for the Ministry of Munition~. The engine, which is the Righthand and has 2 speed rope gear, was acquired from Jim Bennie of Holcot, Northants. It was registered No. DO1927 in 1921 to Messrs. Dcnnis's of Kirton, near Boston, Lines., who used it till about 1947. It was then sold at auction with its sister engine to Ron Deaner of Chattcris. He sold it about 1956 or 1957 to Jim Bennie, who has used it for mole-draining and dredging, and has attended a number of rallies with it. The left hand engine is believe<l to be in Lancashire.

After a trial steam-up Alec and P'ete Coulson drove the engine to its present quarters at Clapham, Beds., on 29th December) 1965, The weather was unhelpful and it rained, hailed and snowed, and the 23 mile journey was completed in the dark.

Having dispos-ed of the ploughing engine Jim Bennie then searched for an agricultural engine. This he found in a Foster of about 1934 at Messrs. Crawford's of Frithville. They had bought it from Dawson's of Bicker at their sale. The engine, which is a 7 n.h.p. single cylinder, has a very sound boiler as one might expect of an engine of such late date, but it requires lagging and a new set of tubes, which are with the. engine) fitting. Unfortunate1y I have not the Works No. or Reg. No. but I win report these at the next opportunity.

Besides showing us his slides, Mr. Paisley has also been adding to his engine collection which I understand now numbers twenly-eight; in addition there are two portables and two stationary. Among the recent additions h'.ls been the Aveling & Porter Showman's Engine "Samson", which is now receiving attention at Stan Burgess's yard at Haddenham, Carobs.

The latest arrivals at Holywell are the two Burrell ploughing engines which have .spent many years in the open at Messrs. Edwards' yard in Swindon and as a result are somewhat "moth eaten". D.P.

THE CHILTERNS

The fifth Annual General Meeting was held on Friday, 10th December, at Brazil's yard in Plantation Road, Amersham, and attended by some Wty members. The balance sheet for the year 1964-65 was accepted without dissent. The existing chairman and committee were unanimously re-elected with the exception of Mr. D. A. Cooper who had expressed a wish to retire. Mr. K. W. Vaughan of High Wycombe was elected as hon. treasurer in his place. The chairman expressed the club's and the committee's gratitude to Mr. Cooper for all the work he had done as hon. treasurer during the last three years.

The Annual General Meeting was followed by a film show in which the chairman showed a twenty-minute colour film of the 1965 Chartridge Rally. Messrs. Jack Barn<len and Jim Cox (guests) showed four sound films lasting forty minutes of the 1965 Woodbridge Park Rally, the progress of Jack

WHITSUNDAY& MONDAY· 29,th& 30t:h May

WhartQn':s:11 King George VI" from that rally to the Crystal Pa~~ce, thrnugh lhe City of London, the: 1964 Woburn Parrk Rally and the 1964 Wh.rtc Walth.am Steam Fair. All the films were excellent and greally acclaim.~d. 0111sJww for the members and guests to instieCL during the intervals ,vere sev~ral beautifu1 little fairground mode'fs. n~ese were i~luminatc~ and an mollon wit·h ~pproprfate sound effects. They were made b11 Mr. George Meager of Northchurch, near Berkhamsted.

A visit to Mr. C. H. Hart's St. Albans Organ Museum was arranged on 29th Januarv and well attended. The coach took 27 people from Amersham, 2 from Chcsham and n from Berkhamstcd. A further 22 travelled by car, makiriig 64 in all. A mo,st inlere~ling and 1;",ntcrlainingthree hours were spent in the museum inspec.tin_qand listening lo recitals on tlrn exhibits. The visit to the museum was fol1iowed by a meal in the "Peahen" Hotel wHh Mr. Hart as rthe club's guest,

During the auH.1mlil of 1965 the Buckinghamshire Council's Aveling Roller was at work on Trine Hill. This is a piston valve compound of 8 tons, No,. U-804 (Reg. No. PJl7833). and driven by our member Mr. R. Bunce.

The steam .eng_jncwhich dlrove some. of the ma.c"hinery in Thos. Wright's Sa.wmm at Chesham has now been t:tken out of use. lt was a Marshall single cvtinder horizontal engine with the gm 1ernor acting on an expansion valve on the back of the main slide valve. P'ower is now provided by an electric motor. Mr. C. Rowan of Little Marlow has acquired a Burrell "Gold Medal" Tractor. This is No. 3191 "Furious", which was new to the W.D. as a crane tractor and was subsequently used in showland bv Whittles.

Mr. C. Edmunds' Burrell Showman's Engine No. 2879 "Princess Royal" has now been completely rebuilt, including new' firebox, smokebox, tubes ana tube plate, new rubber tvrcs to the front wheels, new chimney and top. Tt has also been fitted with a flywheel brake, new hind wheel brakes, new eccentrics and link pins. It is intended to operate the engine in eonjunc.tion with Messrs. Pettigrovc's Steam Galloping Horses, their centre engine <lriving the ride and the Burrell driving li,:i:htsand the organ.

Mr. Jim Sarney's Burrell Singte Crank Compound Traction Engine has also been cornoletelv rebuilt, inclu<ling the building up of the gearing. The paintwork i.s now absolutely second to none.

It was with verv c;reat re~ret that the dub learned of the death of Mr. J. T. Fcnsom. Jack had attended several of the Chartridge rallies with some of his engines ana was himself a member of the Chiltern Ch.ib. He had been known by some of our ol<ler members for many years, especially those who were connected with timber hauling. He will be sadly missed by att, and the Chiltern C1ub tender their deepest sympathy to Mrs. Fensom and the family.

C.L.E.

COTSWOLDS

More than the nsmil a.ctivitv has taken olace in this ::ire!l since the last area notes. Neville Mel!mish .at Chinnine: Norton has sol<l his two Avdinl? rollers. The Aveline: _&:P,ur!er Tvpe AD Comoound No. 14-083, 8 tanner, ex~Glouccstershire Cmmtv Council, has gone to Nottinghams'hire, and the more recent Aveling narford 6 ton Single has gone to the Banbury area.

_ Al Wro,1e:hton, near Swindon. Michael The:don has been strdnving down his BurreU Tractor No. 3626, prim to sc11di11!gthe-cmrine to James & Crocker·ell at Durrfogton for firebox re.pairs, "[n s-.,•indon ii.self M,essrs.Edwards have· again been working on their fina Burre11 Snowman's Eagine n Ki't'cbeneTn. Ahh_ough,I have lilol'seen recent orogress, I hear it is ooming on wctl, and sh.ould be really somelhing when finished. These same peop1e have obtained :aforthe.r fiv,e rolle(s i:r,omDevonshire C~unty Cmmci'f! three Avclin,g & Porter and 1wo Marshal-I engines. They have afso sold' :;.cwerr-a1mo:re fro1u their ralh.er derelict ieolil.ectionof tractions, A Fow]er 6 n.h.p. Crnnpound Engine, sp,rung :aft with. lh,ree.speeds; has 2one to South Wales. The number of this engine is nol kn,own,but il would be afmosl ceril.ainly tn l'he 8000 sorres. which wo11ldmean it dates frem about 1898 or 18-99. 1t came to Bdwarus eJC-Briggs & Rk:lkards of Fawford, Glos., who purchased it from George Taylor of Redbcn1:rne-,Herts., for tree-pul1ing work.

STEAMING

Secondly another fowler, S. o. I I 814, ,6 n.h.p., prung fore and aft. has gone lo Glyn S. John of Porthcriwl, in South Wales. This engine cnmc from Burbage Whur, near Marlborough, in W,ttshire.

Thirdly yet another Fowler, S.C. No. 11554, 6 n.h.p .. sprur)g art, has gone to R. Jackson of l<ilcot, Newent. Glos., as companion lo his Garrell 7 n.h.p. . . No. 33442. This Fowler is ex- '. & .if. Smith of Pencombc, Brom.yard. a11dwns new lo somebody Al :13romsbcr"row.when it was called "Enterprise'\ It has a Fowler pattern half cab. -

All th~se three en.eincs still show traces of their original black fi'owler livery, and none o( them appear to have been painted at all after leaving the works.

Mr. J. P. Vines of Hardwickc ha sold his late lypc Marshall 8 ton S.C. P.V. Roller No. 82389 to someone near B1·idgewatcr, Somerset. an<l ha acquired a large Compo,1nd Aveling S.V. from Devonshire. This is No. 8601, which has a home.mada ihird speed I

Al Slrncpscombo, Bert Canion with his able 11ssisurntGordon Jones have nearly completed renovation of the 1931 Burrell .Road Locomoth 1c o. 40911 ., Dorothy". This i a 5 n.h.o. 3 sc<.:c.;dcnt?ine, [leg. o. OV9252. ome repairs 10 rhe canopy are still recrnirecl, otherwise. only camptolion of the linin12and replH.ccmentof :soro• of the fiWnia.i;1•,cmain. Al ·o al Sheepf;;combo now is my own 1911n·ellNo. 3917 11 Triumoh ''. The above menlioncd learn arc tackling some heflv overhaul work of the second h~ft and cliffercntial for me in parl return fot a et of rubbers suitable for No. 4093.

At mv home nt Whiteshill work conlint1e on the Fowler S.C. No. ~230. The maior job lately has been machininl! the Dorl faces of tnc cylinder with a porlal>lc machine kindly lonned by Mr. 'Middleton. With some care a surpri:.ingl'Ygood resulLseems io have been achieved, but it has not yet been tested under steam. [ hope lhc n.e,rforma.ncc will be improvcd~it should bo, of course, as you will no doubt hear in the ne'-1 issue!

The Foster Sin2lc was-sold after the Ross Rally 1-astyear to Stephen Phif p of Pclcrchurch, Hcrcfordshit'c, wl!o steamed the cnttine home from Ross.

Last but not least I have rccent1v ottrchascd Fowler Class A9 Roa<l Loco• motive No. I S3n (Reg, o. Fr! 526) from nrian Oram of St. Mary Bourne. This engine is ex-Charles R. Claridec of Ex~fcr. 1 hope to steam all tbc way home via Marlborough ancf Swindon over the Easler holiday. The engine seems in excellent basic condition but a muurun down on lho surface-lbut we hope lo have ~reat ftrn it1 rcmcdvin~ thfll. It shoold make a suncrb engine without my having to do a:,y major work on it.

R.C.J.W.

OEVON

With the depressingly wet \\ionternow once 1no1·cbehind us, various cneines (and their owners!) are aµai,11-emerging frotn their dormant state, and the usual seasonal "dc-mothbullinf! •• and refurbishing aclivHies can be found going on in various quiet cor"ers of lhc county.

One or two engines have been rriat st,cameJ, for th1c:fkst 'lime in year:aiin sever-al inslances. and it is cncoura_gi,,g lo hear that Mr. Kenneth Stenner has rnadl! good progress in this dircc•ion in pulling the only surviving si11~lc cvlinder Ransomes traction le(I in the West Country (No. 15[27. Rc_g. No. TA'E935) into sound workina order again aClcr n long. period of dereliction J~t West T-litLin E. Devon. AUho1JJg.h H lo·t of work r~rnains to be completed. it is honed u,at rcoairs and re~semblv wilt be surficicnlly enough advanced to enable the engine lo lnkc part in Che Devon Rally i11June, along wifh several other newcomers:Lha.t arc currently being WOl'ked,on.

Another' engine ·to steam agailfl nfler a l,of!t! idlene.55is an 8 ton $.C. Fowler Roller, No. 18279 (Reg. No. CV 1503)1which has been purchased bv Mr, D. Phillips of Doccombc. Morctonhamos1c~d. toecthcr with a 10 ton S.C. Burrell Roller No. 3987 (Reg. o. AF9294). Mr. Phillips has some fairly extensive rcstor.a1ion work i111front of him. as both engines havo stood dis\lsed and unprotcclcd from the elcmurnts for a conshlcrable lime. but, at- in many similar inslancts, one must not always judge an engine from its outward rusty appcaranc-~, and in both these cast.:S sou11d bvil..:11\ pruvid~ lhe ba is of a chaUeng.:iwell. worlb attempting,

Speoiat Terms .for Club Afembers

I

MARINER

Cylinder

Lub 1ricat 1ors

A drop every moments not once a week protects the machinery and makes it run sweet !

BEFOREthe next Rally, be It Woburn or Warrington, be advised and have the Cylinder Lubr~.cator and its terminal Check Valve RECONDITION EDfor as Iiltle as £3.

Post them to the makers: WM.COULTHARD & CO.LTD.~DURRANHILL,CARLISLE

GEORGETHURLOW & SONS

'Phone: STOWMARKET 3185 (3 lines)

Solicit enquiries for items they can supply for Steam Engines, amongst same are :BOILER TIJBBS

CHIMNEYS wrrn OR WI'IHOUT BRASS OR COPPER TOPS

INJECTORS, GAUGES. ETC.

PACKINGS PAINTS SUCTION HOSE

ENGINE AND CYLINDER OILS

All enquiries will receive prompt and careful attention

Ttie Fowler wns suc~essfulty tdnl steamed soo,, Mler delivery and proved herself a :;mooth running and fast litUc. machine, and should ~ventuaUy make an Mlracti\,c example of a Fowler- roller, now quito rare in Devon.

The Burrell requires more ez.:tensive repairs and will bo slorcd until the Fowler is completed,

News is to band of the disposal or a further three roUers from Din,gks, understood lo be an 8 ton Avclirng, a late Lypc Mar.shall No. 88166 (Reg. No. DCV5), and another 10 ton S.C. Burrell No. 4060 (Reg. No. RLS549)-no doubt our Cornish contributor •· C.P.G." knows more about these.

Mr. K. Doney of Ufraconibe has now taken over the ownership compfotely of Mar$hall 10 ton converted traction 1 o. 53351 (Reg. No. Y9936)i now as a roller, and intends, lo take it back to North Dcwon shortly, from1 Exeter; where it ba.s been stored fo,r some ti-rne.

ince the. lasl area notes, all the eleven ex-Devon County Council steam- rollers disposed o! by lender last October have been retrieved from their widely scJ:1tlered parkiog :p[aces around tbc comny by lbcir new owacrs, bul it appears that no more than five or six a.re dcstinc<l to enjoy a more leisurely existence in the hands of prcscrvationi~I , four al least being taken by Messrs. Edwa.rds of Swfr1doa, most li~cly for bre~k,ing up, and two or three others have gone into less honourable bands. One owner, who was success( ul in getting one of the. better LO ton Avcling~. has planned to convert this fine engnne in10 a sort! of trncLio111engine by fitting up sted wheels in place of the front rolls. This sort o( mallrca.lmenl is to be dcpJored and one sincerely hopes that common sense and historical dignity wilt ptevn.il. -

Of Lhe four engines that Edwards' acquired, L11u.toubtedEythe mos,t rn·tcrcst- ing was the old Mnrsbalf JO ton compound, O.H./S.V., No. 35978 (Reg. No. TA2432), built as a convertible in 1902, and similar in most respects lo No. 53351 already mentioned.

It appears lhal No. 35978 was Ille oldesl Marshall roller surviving in the south of England, for as far as is kllown no others of this ,age are known 10 the writer. Thu it,,nginestill cetainedl gov~rn.o.t-s,and sported a. fine brass capped chimney, full width cab and was al o cntoresling in that tlle offside rear wheel had been specially narrowed by the Devon C.C. for trench work; ~nd oven after several years of abandonment in an isolated North, Devon lane; the paintwork, and in particular ·the lining out on lbe wheels, boiler and tender was slill remarkably good. Although robbed of some items of brass- work and needing ro-u.1bin,g, it seems a pity that sufficient enthusiasm was not forthcoming from engine ownei-s in U1e North Devon area to pre-vcn.t ibis rather historical roller leaving the county, artd one hopes that perhaps it ma.y not be loo late yeL for our Witltshi_rcfricuas lo come to the rescue.I

Other ro:Ucts to be traced arc the old 10 ton S.C. Avcljng No. 4932 (Reg. No. FX6932) which has gone to a farmer at Ashwater after a long timo al Holswo.rthy depot, 12 ton S.C. Aveling No. 8 I,16 (Reg, No. TA2415) is also in this area, and 10 Lon S.C. Avcling No. 7'64] (Reg. No. PX6996) has gone to a Mr. J. Snell and E. Sims of Newton Abbot and thus returns to the diSlricL in which she worked in Devon C.C. ownership. A 10 ton S.C. Aveli't1g No. 7095 (J~eg. No. TA266l.), which has stood beside lhc :mad at Ycoforcll, Crediton, for -two years or more, has been taken over by a Mr. Sharland, from Thorverton, neac Exeter, who bas been carrying out various repairs at the site pri.or lo remol\ling the engine from its 1alher isolated position. Finally, Mr. Derry Thompson of Dorchestc:t\ was successful in getting: ·the very fine 12 ton S.C. Avcling No. 8394 (Reg. No. FX7034), brought it back lo an assured. future in i.LS naLive Dorset on October 18th last, and roHcd a farm toad way wi'lh il the ncxl day J-a_ftcr which the engine was pul away for the winter,

Whilsl in North Devon in late December, it was noted that work was conlirn.uing slowly on the old S.C. Marshall 'traction No·. 48341 (Reg. No. TAl488) that formerly worked the sawmill at Ide, near Exeter-~ unril March; l963. It is now owned by a Mr. Curtiss, who is an agricultural contractor oC M,o,nkleigh~ nen,· nidefortJ, who has TCbuill the tender and footplate, carried out certain boiler and tube.plate repairs, and is currently re-lubing, a[t<:r which a new smokcbox wiH be fitU:d. A sccond]rnnd canopy has been

TEAMING

obtained, which will be a. new feature for the engine, as she was not fitt,ed with one previously. On the same occasion, Devon C.C. Aveling Compound Roller No. 11047 (Reg. No. Tl'IS.54) was observed in~idc the Ilideford Repair Depot, with newly painted canopy, whilst on the other side of the River Tnw. Marshall Compmrnd Roller No. 85106 (Reg. No. DV4005) and Avcling Compound Cot1vertible No. 7838 tReg. No. TA2436) w~re keeping company in a landing on lhe Bathstaplo-Brainton road. .Bolh portaMes in Chapplcton Sawmills stm work frc.quently, thcso being a very big Robey Compound No. 37871 nnd a S.C. Marshall Ove.ri.ype latiorrnry No. 88105~ with charactorist,c circular firebox. •

Barnstaple C0rporalion's 11 lOfl Ruston Proctor Compound Roller No. 48359 (Reg. No. TA2894) was seen al wo,rk in owden Lane, Barnstaple, on Oclohcr 20th lasl. ils bntsswork shining magnificently in lhc weak wintc-r sunshine, due no cloubl to the efforts {>'r its enthusiastic driver. Mr. Charlie Han fordl

Further south, a well-kept 12 ton Aveling Single, No. 9402 (Reg. No. TA2440) 1 owned by Devon C.C., has been in use for several months on a large road improvement job on 832!6 between Exbournc and Jacobsto,vc. On one occasion duri11g a p:irttcularly icy cold day in Jarmary, mosl o'C 1he -chaps on the job appeared to be crammed 01110 ihc footplate in s.carch of warmth, with the back end of the engine enveloped in a large rnrpaulin to keop out lhu icy wind !

'The town of Tivcrton staged big .charler cclebtations througholl't the third week of October, 1965, to mark the 350th anniversary of the town being granted borough ~tatust and nn the ff nal day. Saturday the 23rd, l\'l'O steam engines arrived 10 join in Lhc pagenn11. 0 Tivcrlon through the ages)•.

One was the 1904 Foden 5 10n Wagon No. 848 ,(Reg. No. D04894), which was transported from Birmingham specially (or Che occasion by Mr. R. G. Snodin and appeared leuered in the name, of Starkey, Knight & Ford, the well-known Tiverton brewers, and this wagon in fact incorporates various pa, ls of fiodcn No. 17-12 which was at one, time owned by this brewery. No. 848 was originaJl)1 in the ownership of Stanbury & Sons of Landkey, Barns1aplc, :md was regisl.crcd T396 before being sold lo Gloucestershire along with No. 1742 irn later ~,ears. Mr. Snod[n acquired tile remains of both engines in l 961 and the Midland! Rolling and Haulage Company have since made a splendid job of rebuilding No. 848, which aroused nostalgic memories amongst older townsfolk dt1ring lhc aftcrnoon·s procession! a~ this steam wagon was undoubtedly 1he first sc.en in Tiverlon streets for mnny yenrs.

A.G.C.

EIRE

On Monday, 27th December, 1965. a Rally was held in Stradbnlly, Co. Laois~ and the following engines were present in steam:

flansomcs Sims & J!;)llerics Compound Traction Engine No. 4303:\, owned by H. Condell of Stradbally, Laois.

HurrreU S.C. Traction El)gine No. 3296, o:<-H. Condoll, and now owned by Ronald Bromley of Abbeyleix.

Ransomes Sims & JcrTeri-csCompound Traction Engine No. 42032, owned by Mr. O 1Gorman of A·thy.

Ransomc.s Sims & IeCJeries S.C. Traclion Engine No. 43014, owned by Colonel J<idd o'f Stradballyi Laois.

Aveling & Port-er S.C. Piston Valve Steam Roller No. 10617, o,W1ied by Transpo,rt Museum Society, DubHn. under care o( Stan1ey Mnson.

Mann Steam Can, ex-I. Louth of Slane, Co. Meath, nnd now owned by Colonel Kidd, not in steam as it has yet lo be restored.

The Rally was a groat success and il is i1'ilcnded to l1olct .another Rully on the 17th March, 1966.

Colonel Kidd 'has also bought for preservation the Ransome Read & Jefferies S.C. Traction Engine No. 5137. ex-Wancnstown Ag.ricultural College, Co.Meath, probably the oldest engine in lrcland.

Antrim C.C., Northern Ireland, recently had for sale Avcling & Porter Compound S1cam T'rac1or No. 9405 (Rei;. No. 1A2500) on rnbber~ and in P.M.O., nlso Fowler 8 Ion Compound Steam Roller No. U96S.

STEAMING

Built 13th May, 1907.

6 n.lz.p. S.C.C. No. 1599 "S(.'oft" being towed to Harwich for shipment to South Africa.

STEAMING

~fhc track,r was bought by Mr. G. Fleck of Glcngonnlcy, Co. Amrimt and the roller hy Mr. J. Wasson of llelfasl.

0 The P.ride of chc Shannon", the .Fowler Showman's. Engine which bas been lying derelict on the Market Square, nallina, Co. Ma.yo, has been b01.1ghl for preservation by Mr. A. Redburn of p·ondors End, Enfield, Middlesex. The previous owner, a Mr. McM11hon who died rcce11Uy 1 stcadf:asnt)'rofuscrll to seU il to anybody, and il lay dc1·eliclfor the last 12 to 15 ye!lrs stripped of cverytning even one o:t: the pistons was taken, until nothing bnL lhe shcU 1·emained.

HERTFORDSIDRB

The activities of the HertfoL'dshir,c Stearn Pl'eservation Society are another facL011:that has helped speed the pa sage of winter gloom in this area.

The re,gulnr monthly meetings held nl lh • •• Red Lion" in J~cdbourn. on the th1rd Wednesday in lhe 111u1ul1 seem to 1rnvo soulcd down to nn ncc<.·rted pattern. Every aspect of the club's activilies is discussed freely so Chat a.II the members who anend arc kcpl Iolly in the picture. This free discussion ~lso r;ivcs an op1.ming Lo some of om: members whose dry wit acJ,ds much rco the prooecding.s.

In addition to, th\?.s~meetings. there have been 'l\\iO very successful film shows al the Redboum village hall, wbca. members have shown films of our past rallie and oLher steam activities. Two well-supported sooial c,•eni.ngs have also been l1cld a1. the- Polters R~,- Hotel during Lhe winter. AL the end. ,of March a fourteen pagu ncwsicucr was published and it [s hopad to continue this as soon as sufficient articles arc subrniUed.

Dudng rthe winter several. members have acquired engines dcspfte their increasing scarcity. Bill Colebrook, a Hfolong admirer of ploughing ,engines, bas become the proud owner of Fowler AA PJ,oughing Engine No. 1J880, buiU in 1913 (Reg. No. NO37 i), New lo Lord l<.ay]eigb, this engine was illustmlcd 011 rhe cover o( Model Engineer in November. 1964, when in W. Kechng,'s owner:shi.p.

Bill bought the engtne from H. Squirrel of Hitcbam, West Sufiolk, its then own.er, aad with the help of fellow member Mik.e Goodman steamed iL 75 miles home LO Gt. Wymondiey, lncidentall)', Mike tells me he has bought a 6/7 furrow .Fowler anti-balanc~ plough from Mr .H. J, Rhodes of Caxton, Cambs., ln Sep·tember or October lasl year, b:ut he has yeL to gel it home from Sien.ford.

Wflller Li.Illesof Hitchin has bought a compound piston valve Robey TriTandem Roller No. 45655, built 1930 (Reg. No. VL.2773), from Messrs. '.'.':::~s·::~:-!h.'''.!arri~ci l .t<I. of Vi'oolmcr Green, near Knebworlh, Herrts., for whom he works. He has bt:c11fortuiraatc enough to buy a simnlar machine for spares. As ,be was. the Wirksworlh Company's boilcJ•s,milh when. Lhey had a great many steam vehicles, we look fonvard hopefully lo seeing rhis roller perform in steam.

Ornham Smith of Enfield has bought in. conjunction with Roy Swain of Puckeridge a 12 ton Aveling & t'orlc.:11'1·0Jler. The work~s uuuiber of rhis single. cylinder 1·01lc::ris 12442 and its regislralion .number MY102. it was purchased new in h.111e,1929, by \Villesden nnd District Counci.l, who ltsed il until the end ,of 1958. '[t was then sold to n farmer jn Enl'ield who does not seem to have used it ~nd who finally disposed of it io Graham ai1d Roy c,n.rlythis year.

111esc latest additions mean that the Hertfordshire Steam Preservation Sociely now have al least 54 engines owned by members. The paid-up membership has just passed two hundred. D.P.

LANCASHIRE

ACie1· Lhc Rally in September, all rhe ic11gincshave retu1'11od(rom Lheir temporary t·esid~nce al Mr. G. Adamson's farm to thaii: winter qnarlcrs for further aucntion in preparaLion for the 1966 rally season. Most of our members ltaVI) been spmiding their leisure hours with dctergems and warcr removing., from Lhcir engines~ the unwanted coat of mud.

Thought ii is of Huie i::onsolnti,on, we <:an boast Uml our first event was, in all probability, the muddiesl rail)' in the hislory of traction engine rallies.

• WoburnPark RALLY

at Woburn Abbey

The Home of Their Grace the Duke and Duchess of Bedford

* Saturday, 30th July Sunday, 31 sf July Gates open 10.30 a.m.

·GRAND PARA DE

Commences 2 p.m. on each day

Engines in steam regard(ess of weather conditions LICENSEDBAR REFRESHMENTSAVAILABLE Rally Secretary : JOHN CRAWLEY, FIELD HOUSE, TURVEY, BEDFORD

STEAMING

It is reported that Mr. Torn Alberts had his Garrett "Hilda'' and the Savage centre engine in steam <luring the festive season, offering entertainment and warmth to visitors to his New Year's Day Marcnghi Organ Recital.

The recent engine acquisitions by club members have been a Wallis & Stecvens 6 ton Roller No. 7773, ex-Ritumenous Surfacing of Manchester, which is bt!ing restored by a consortium of enthusiasts from Bury. Another member, Mr. Kelly of Adlington, has located a Sentinel, ex-Paul Brothers, No. 9003, Type S.A., an<l is now en~aged, with the experienced assistance of Mr. Wedgewood in its re-building. This vehide. is lo be named "Samantha". Mr. P. Frou<l has located and purchased a 1932 Fowler Roller, ex-J. Higginson Ltd. of Irlam. This engine was used from new by this road rolling contractor until pensioned otr in 1962. On inspection, the ~.11gi171ewas in excellent boiler and mechanical condition. The engine was low-noaclod to its new address and steamed prior to the commencement of resloration. The Star purchase. at least in size. was made hv club member Mr. R. P. Starw1> with the Fowler Showman's Engine No. I 5652 "Repulse", ex-the late Mr. J. Fensom of St. Albans. On de.Jiverv, this engine was steamed into the Ma~hull repair shop (a large farm barn), where it has heen dismantled and the boiler despalche<l for a new fire box and tubes. Wnilc this work is being carried out bv Jones Brothers Ltd., of P'rcston, who have promised a March delivery, r,eplaiing of the belly l.ank>and tcndet is being carried out The f(IIJ restorntiion, acconJing lo our ,critical pa~h anal11.sis,shot1,ld mean tlutl lhis engine will be at the Haydock Park Rally.

At lhe Annual Ci~ncral Meelin~, which was held on the 6lh March. il -was .with regrc·£ ihal the committee learned a,hal M,r. 1. D. vi,r. Russell, the chtb secret~irv, ,,vas compelled, lo olTe.rIris resignatio,; ~Juelo his inunjnent dcpartme from Lancashire lo a new appointmc:nt to be taken up illl LomJon. Douglas Russell. ,,,nowas one of t.he-foundi:?r members of the c1't1b,taking o,ffic-eat lhe very flirsl meeting. 'has been' a p·erpetua.l source of inspitacion Co us aU1 and his departure will lbe fell lhroughoru1 the whole club. The meeting elected Mr. P. 'Kelly, as the new secretary and we al! wish him every :success in his new appointm1en1. Mr-. T. Alberts. a.nother fou,ndcll'nwmbcr, engine ,ownerrand a verv acllive parUcioanl in all northern e;vents,.was e~ec.tedour fi.rst president Mr. r. Goddard has d0Gided lo carry on \viih his noble. task of treasurer. Mr. P. Startup ,vas elected Lc:,ithe- 11e\v,lv,c,·c:rn.ledappointment of prq;s qfficer in order to rehrievesome or lhe: work rro,m Lhc Secretary. The ,committee, namely Mr. \V. Filler, Mr. J. Mercer, M-r. D. Farrington, Mr. A. Hill. M:r. J<. Redfern and Mr. D. Goddard, were- assigned lo cot1Htrne in o1[Tiice until after the rally.

Ciuh meetings have concinued on the iirsi ;:;;u,1Jay iu ~ad1 uiu11(ii ai. tl,c Courts Hotel, T.cigh.

N. STAFFS. AND CHESHIRE

UnrestoreJ and little known engines continue to turn up, the latest being an AveHng & P'oriter pislon vah 1e compound roller ex-Newc.:a:.He-um.icr-·Lymc U.D.C. 1 number .a'l p,rcs·eni unknown, which has stood fo·r many y~ars in a Potteries scrapyard, and h.i!-sjus~ been bought for prus·ci-va.tion'by club member Derck Wood o.[ B-ramhalt

Following a 1ip from a sales representative a journey wa.smade to a small nursery in Cumbc-rland in search of a. Robey fract.ion ,cngh1c, to find it had been so'M to a.n enthusiast in Scotland. Perh.aps we sha·u have details from our northern friends.

With assistance from the R.L.S. a late Marshall portable has been located and bought by Mr. Jackson of Congleton to be used for soil sterilising. The writer's own Ruston & r'roctor 8 h.n. Portable Engine No. 52074 has been engaged on simnar duties, whifst its sisfe1·engine, the Jl:uston & P.roclor 6 h.p. Portable No. 2901·1 has left Drayc:olt and gone to a new Imme in Leie.ester~ sh.ire, leaving Us ex-owner B, Nicholis,on more time to work on his MarshaU No. 780,8'5(Reg. No. B9624) u Lindy Lou''. Built 1Q'24, .a1:1donly' used 0111 gn,e farm sine~ :1:1ew,·01is Ma1rshall is very fine mechafili,ca!lynnd will soon be lmmaculalc in appearance, and will be turning oul thi.s se.:ison wit11 :a '25 ft. cx-Slho-wman'.sliving wngon. Engine owners are realising tha.t ral!.ics and

steam parties arc more enjoyable when the whole family takes part, anJ we now have eight or nine living vans touring.

Burrell S11ecial Sc,cnic Road Locomotive No. 4000 "Ex Mayor It is being assemibled ready for its first outing to M•e]to:n Mowbray, after having canopy height restored to original, ~md mbber tyrac; vulca·nis,ed on.

Four club engines will take rart in the Whitsuntide Congleton Carnival, whilst Burrell No. 3~09 "Rajah" will drive lights and organ at Endon Well Dressing Fair over Whitsun.

Ten engines will be in the Biddulph (Staffs.) Carnival on 18th June.

The first full scale rally of J966 will b-e held in that stron~hold of sl~am Crewe, on 4th and 5th June, on the King George V playing fields.

On 16th and 17th July the maior Midland RalJy-The Festival of Steamwill be held at Belfamour Park, RugeJey. Staffs.

Club nights continue on the first Friday of the month at The Crown Hotel, Chesterton, Staffs,, with several visits to steam plant planned for the summer months.

The cbib has faken oul a persona.I accident insurance policy which covers all memb.ers wbj1s·tworki111r;on, or trav,elling on, engines, which will provide quite considerable fi11an<.:ialaid in case of injury.

Fowler No. 15771 (Reg. No. CT8346) has now reached the home of its new owner Bob Lee al Audlem following a long trip, partly under its own steam, from the Eastern Counties. J.P.S.

NORTH YORKSHIRE

Apart from a few engines changing hands within the county, there has been no movement of "new" engines either into, or out of North Yorkshire, since last Sp1dni.

En_gines which have changed hands include Jack Connor's Garrett Tractor No. 33295 which has gone to L. C. Byass O·t M.al'kct WeighH>n,owner of Po.ster $howrnan 1 s No. 14632 "Success''. L C. 8yass' llurrell S.C.C. with balanced crank No. J.918', which has gone to a i1ew enthusiast, a dentist at Skipton. L. MeyneH's Fowler S.C. No. I 2170i foHowi111gthe- d:ecease of its owner last su1nmer1 has gone to a new enthusiast at, Brandsby~ John Machin, a farmer~s :son. A. Go·sney of Uawl'ry has sold bis Garrell Showmant~ Tractor No. 33459, ex-Sam Breedon, to another new enthusiast, a Mr. J. C. Tennent, a farmer up in the Pennines, between Leyburn and Askrigg.

Ted Meadowcroft. last year's winner of the Dacre I,acy Cup for his Fowler Showman's conversion of No. 14948, is still engaged with the renovation of the Marshall and Ransomes' S.C. engines, mentioned in these notes a year ago, and is currently occuoicd with minor boiler repairs, and the fittinR of so)id rubber tyres to the old Fowler 2 Speed Road Locomotive No. 9381 of W. Chilvers from Selby.

Jack Conner of Charleston, near Bridlington, one of the Steve Neville gang of long distance engine operators. and well known at northern rallies for his Fowler-hauled road train of caravan, fuel trailer, out-of •steam. Garrett, Land Rover, etc., has fitted a very ingenious fourth speed gear to bis Fowler Road Locomotive No. 15462. This comprises an extra pair of gears and selector fork fitted on the low gear end of crankshaft and second shaft, and the old engine now flies along almost at the rate of one puff per telegraph pole! Speed only being limited by the steersman's arm approaching peak revs. Jack must also have the "World's Fastest Steam Roller", as his Fowler Compound No. 14321, which is a spring mounted roller, has also had an extra gear fitted in the same position, and presented an awe inspiring sight when first seen thundering up the road to the Pickering Rally field as though it was a runaway.

A very successful Rally, in spite of almost continuous rainfall, was held for the first time at Masham, amongst the Pennine Hills, and has resulted in a whole new area being opened up to engine enthusiasts. A club has been f ormcd, which has met once a month for the purpose of a lecture or film show to keep interest going in winter, and it is intended to make the Rally an annual event.

STEAMING

The Pitkl?dng Rally for 1.965 'i.\1i1s the usual highly successful and wcU~ organised cv,ont which cntlrnsiasls ail over the Norlhc:ni1 counties htwc come lo expect. and must surely ra,nk as one of 'the b~si in lhc country for both spectators and competitors. Also. with ~rn entry cac'I) yct1r of 8lmost fi[ty engines and a:s many vintage cars and rnotor-cycfos,. it must be OJ1C of the largest in the country. Ao all,'active point for visitors is that this rally drnws foam a very lame ar,ea~many engililes, trnvdlin_g ov~r scvetHY miles, and smne {rom ScotfalJ"ld, and a l:argc pro'p-orlfon nf the engines 'f)re.~ent.are not seen anvwherc else, throughout the ieat.

Pot: those with a tnsl.e for the II o'l!d time'' rallies of i-,vclve ,,ear:s oir so ngo the rally pul on by the Nortth of 1En~1'.andStearn Traction Engir1<eClub is n most inspirin~ cv~nt. There is a strnnt spirit of comoctition and evenr event in the: rinl! Is run wi:th an exciting wil'I to wi11. All enp.ine.~take part as often as· pos~ible. no time is losl between events· i111tht:: nrt~, and! there is even flat racin, for shO\\•mci:i''s enl]!.ines! The:v arc not allowed Lu Jicl away wiu'h an afLernoon'.s gentle ierH:,niting, as .1l _ O'lhcr n1lli(:s ! In 1hc teporf o:f this raHy al Burlllcyun the Ant11m1111 of 1965 iss11eof S1<1mni11,t:,lharc is n short descri·ption or Fowler No. H758 now having a dis.c ffvwheel,. b:ut whal is noil. mcinlli'oni.:d h, U1at lhis is a very early type of F()\\1for nywheel incorrpontin_g a 3r~ SOci!d gea-r. fL 'IS almost Clat insnca<lof the customwry bell sha,:rn of a Fowler, and lhc µear pinion- slides ()il splines cul 1n'lo the irnn boss of the wheel ilself, instead or 011 lhe crankshaft as in the later <.lt:.'!ii!11. The inrnin ,u1'81'-''backof this desi,1?:r1is: that the drive is taken throu1:?h 1T1cli1vw'heeikev, flt"td lhc cons.I.antjurinJ? whe111on the road, ccmrpared wilh bell wcnk, made il diITTc:111'l lo kcc.p the kev tiithL Also splines ·cut in cast it"on must have had a hi!ilh rate of wc1H". Jt'l'thou.gh la,lcr desicrns had steel centres boltedl int,0 the OV\..ihe..-:1.as'on 'lhe ()c; b.h.n. Fostors. This flywheel was· purchased f:rom T~d Mearlowcr:<.1f1who originallv iiltended to, use it when converlin1r. his: Fowler W.D. 1cni:ti,rn;to showman's lypt.:. llul lie SL1bscqucnflv mana~ed lo !otatc :ii brand new crankshn.[t ot Lhc modern lype, and then had ~earing aod bell rtywhct?lsoociaJ1ymade.

Accot,.rnts of ralli.es in Slaamh,c: and oth~r nin11crs.<lud,11!'drn past vca1rhave in~lmlcd a, mentiorn of a number of small oil enghu~s or 1 " spilbang ;, engines being prese111l,and from th~ da:\ 1-l.ong interest shown by the specH\lors ir1 three of these cndnes a,t Pkker-in~. iL is obvious th:tl (hev are a useful atLraclion at a r~_llv, and it is: lo he honed they will be ,encouraicd in the fo1c1re. After a.JI,tlley are, eq1uallly.as oM ft~ most steamers aiid conlempornrY with tthem" bein2 :used for all maimer of smal'l power aDoliq.1.llionswh~Jrc steam e11gin1esdid noa compclc. Owine: t.o lhc ravages of the: scrn·p man ~Jl~)' fl<'w f!111iffC\':~<·Arft\ :wrl lhcv well rcp1av more Urn11a casual gfance. bcea1.1s,cof 1.ht:differenl wavs in which the v.-viorn; types perform the functions or carburettor ignition, inlet arsul exhaust. They make an eN~dlont a<liuncl to the Mod~I En,grnoering lent. P.O.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE

The first important event of the: wiirnt.cr season was 1he Annual Genotra'I Meeting, which wa.s held! at th,o Wilsfc Hail Hotel, Wadworth, near Doncaster. on Wednesday, 1lfh Octobe1r. when a good number of members a-ttend~d.

At the first meelim; of the nev.,,committee, the RaUv Commlllce :k.1rthe I966 Wilsie Hall Rally ,vhicll takes place cln the 21st/22nd May was elected an:d have since _got d:own lo business. As a la.~e number of organ owners have expressed tJ-1eirdesire to attend 1h.e Wilsic Rallv this year, il is hoped to have an Organi Concours. One of the or~ans which hopes to aHend is ·m.e one purd1ased bv 'Mr.. Dowlma.n of Slool.hby, Lnncs., from the President of the Fair Organ Pres·ervation So~ict-y,Mr. A. Middlct:on <if PJ,Mstey-,Deribysltite. an:d tbis bas now been mounted cm a new Bedford (}ba.sstsand ,vUJ b-e 1naking its fi_rsl irally debw. This: 89 kev Mareng:M is: regarded by rnany people tq lb-e.one o:f the :finest organs iin thQ ,country,. The monthly meetings,which are held at t'he Hil!LTop T-lotel~Conisboro.uJ?;h, oontl.m.leto be popuhlr, :uut 01, 28th O<:!ol,cr a selection of colo111rslides: by' _Mr. J. Wilkinson a:nd Mr. ,a. K. Bairgh were· shown, which depicted. c:111gines and or,gans at the ·1:965rallies and steam fairs. A fu:ilulie event wUI be the

PAINTE,D ENGINES

J. H. Russell

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There are also interesting facts and information about the driving and maint;_\aningof a traction engine in England today, and a complete specification of each .machine depicted. 55s.

Brush up on your Steam Ploughing

SAGA OF THE STEAM PLOUGH

Harold Bonnett

" One can almost hear the staccato exhaust beats of the pulling engine and sense the delicious ~roma of hot oil blended with the tang of newly turned soil." Engineering. "A delight to read." The Railway Review. ·" A valuable contribution to the history of agricultural machinery." Irish Titnes. Illustrated. 42r.

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am1u1al:film show prcscnlC!d by two of our members, Mr. A. D. Lea:ther antl Mr. Hague, ·which, will be the 1965 Wilsic Rally in ool,our and sound. and a. talk by Mr. W. J. H:ugn:cs, :which as always lookedfonvard to.

One of O•Urnew m,cm.bcll'.S,Mr. P. W. Barlow of Retford, has purchased the Garren Showman•~ Tractor No. 33987 and a Fostei: Sin•gJe Cylinder iNo. l44l8, and we look forw~rd t0 seeing his chnirgcs·ifl action 11t the rally.

Mr. S. Breedon and Mr. J. IPcniEer of Shemcld have purchased the exDerbyshire County (.;o,u:ncil Roller No. I 0029, .and are now b:u:sy geUing it in ,o'rder. Thfs Is a compound piston valve engine, and work,~d in, the Dronlield-Che.st.erfield-Staveley area all its )ife-.

Mr. G. BeUison of Cresswell has a·tso been hard at work on his Fowler Showma:n·s !Engine No. 1:5117 (Reg, No. NWX.7801 ) lilting a :new smoke box. and carrying out repail'S to, 'the roc;,f, etc., ·which lo,g_ctherwith 0H1.erjobs Sllch as a new dynamo bracket, t.o n:plact the 11:psweptone which was :formerly fitted, should make- this fine· engune. really loolk good fol' next yaair.

After two years' p,aticnt work. Mr. M. Burr of Killatnal'sh is· nearing, the complct.io,n of th~ overhaul on his Fosler No. 2775, and ho,pes t,o i:tUend the J966 ·wiIsic Hall RaUy.

M:r. A. Fearnlcy is also, making progress witlh 1he Fowler Heavy Haulage Engine No.. 122.26 (Reg. No. HL930), and h:as filled a new smoke box and chimney, ovc:rtitaule.d the mniirm workf filled! the origina.l 'belly ianks, and ·when ,1,.;umpli:::t.ed111his lllSiualhigh standard~ will be one of lhu finest oxamptes of a. F,o,wlcr B.6 in p:rescrvacion.

Wallis & Steevens· No. 7774 (Reg. No. CT608 [.} Cl Thrasher" took part in lhe Ciow.nc Gala, 1owing decorated lraHer iill ihe procession rmmd the streets and laler giving ri,dts lo the chi!d:r,en in ihc park~ andl aroused much interest its lhe onty steam driven vehidc. G;K.13.

THAMES VALLEY

The highli'gh't of c.nginc a.ctivi.Lym this area during the last quart.er has bee11 'the p,i1i.rof Fowler plo1.1gbengin~i. at work. dredging the 4½ :acre. lake al The Vynne, n.caT Basingstoke.

These engines are Class K.7 Compounds Nos .. 1469,4/5 (Registered Nos, MAS 128/9). They were new on [ 5th Fcbl'Uar,y, i9l 8, lO Samuel Jackson & Sons of Wis.taston, Cheshire, and early l 964 lhoy were purchas.ed iby th.e present owners C0:nslructio111& E~cavafion (1fetttrnha.ll) Ltdl., Staffs.

The lake was complete1y silted up and mud! to an ·average depth of S ft. has been removed.

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wa.s,a case of reliving fom,.er days to see engines really at work. For yo11.rnger members this was their first chance to s~e engj.nes doing a commercial job .of work. a j,ob of wo.rk for wltich st~am i:; :smt:suprernc.

On;e. o[ th.e most remarkable demons1.ra:·tionsof tb.e po'Wer of steam is tha.L Jine machine owned by Harry Lee. We saw Lhe steam yachts at Sh:ouesb11:ooke Pail'k in 1964 and it was \'Vilh eag,erness that we looked for.vardl to their v.isit LO St. Oites· Fair, Oxford, in. Sept.ember. • .Harry bad some long journ,eys lo gel to Oxford andl then a:n to Lin,colo, but. we am plca:s~d to say lhe yachts. did well. "Columbia" and ,.,Sha.rnrock.1 ' were 1:iding to cnp,acily. WHhoul doulbt the star attract.ions: a,t this fair were the steam yachts and the golden ga.llopers owned by our members: Harry Le,e and James Noyce.

R. Hawthorne's Fowler No. 15653 " Renown" is now back home after having. had a new firebox fiucd. fack. Wharton, bmr added to liis n~cl of engines lby acquiring a roller bu.ilt in rather 1musuaal circumstances in 190:5. At that time Fowle 0 r's erecting shops were on strike and AUe.ns of Oxford were in need of a new roller so they sent to Fowler's for :a set o( parts. Boj)er, cylinders. morion, sbafls:, ·gearingand r,ollsl etc., were delivered to Cowley. The :roller was assembled and fitted with an Allen' scarifier numbered 4. She carries a fine brass: shie'ld on her beadstoct as did other ro·llcrs in Allen's ncct. Her fleet number is 81. Member Roy Green has ptir<:hased Marshall 8 ton Rollc.r No. 74450) riew on 23rd May. 1921, to Rmhin R.D.C. 1 bei'l:1,giakcn over in 1,930 by Denbigh-

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Jennings' RurtcN No. 3887 •·Prince of Woles '' i11 Fnmlc ml.1rlrnt field when pulling dc>wn tJ,~ Whale Scenic ort <1 Srmclay moming ill September after Frame Show Week some lime iu the lllte thfrtie,-;,

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shire C.C. who so]dl it in 1963. Cor:npound engine o( 4¾ in. H.P. and 8 in. L.J>. X 9 in. stroke (the same as Marshall 5 ton trnctor) with s'lide valve .and Stephenson link motiori. She js :fiUcd wilirl a flywheel brake and Pickering governors (parl of her work was be.It dritving a stone cniSlrnr for making chips for roads). -

Membc:r A. D. Hall bas recently purcha:sed Fowler Geucral iPu;r,poseEngine No. 74591 Class. A.4, sin,f;°le cylinder, from G<:1ode:yof Twyford. Sl~e was :new on 21st October, t896, to !Eddis·on & De Ma.Los of Dorchester, Dorset. By 1921 she was No. 10 in the Oxtard Steam Plough Company fleet au Cowley, _Oxford, and was rcgis:tere~ 8W4506. I.n 1940 she went to G. D. Lucas, Threshing Contractor. of Shinfi:eld. Reading. and by nn;s she was in Coodcy's yard at Twyford. She needs a fair amornnt o( wot'k but itt is good to know thi~•veteran o[ oveJ 50 years' work is in presenrati(Ht R..H, WALES AND BORDER.

COUNTIES

A considerable amount of engine activity has taken place in these parts since these notes were last published.

Several engines have obtaine<l new owners an<l these are listed below.

The Mountain Ash U.D.C. have sold their 12½ton Compound Aveling & ·!PorterRollo.r No. 9347 (Reg. No._ L89'53) to· Messrs. Robert WyJiln & Sons. Jl:-!aulageContractors, of Newport, !Vf-0!1.This rorler dc.si::rv~sspecial numtion. S;!i for 43 years of her hfo she w.a,~1rt 111:tccharge of ii.he,same man, Mr. Arthur Haymai, 1 wino retired from the service of U1c emrnciE on 1thesame day as the ro,ller. Il is good to know !hat she ha-s gone 'lo a good home, though rather sad that sucli a. fine machine. capable of working for many :yca:rs ag,ain has now ceased to do so !

Another lbaulagc contrn-ctorJ Mr. Giyn S. John of Taffs ·well, near Cardiff, has bought Crom Messrs. R. Edwards of Swindon a Fowler 7 n.h,P., Si111gle Cylinder Sprung Traction No. 'l 1814 (RBg. No. M0291'0). This engine has come lrom the gravel pit a't Fairfv:r<l :a11daµa, t from l,ei.ng devoid of Jutting~. bearing brasses, etc., ,s in go0d general conciiuio111,Work has start~d on 1.hu restoration of this engine which is bcirig kept under covet" at Llantwil Major, Glam.

A Mr. llatcs, Esta.le Engtneer on iho Hirwaun fodustrial Estate; near Aberdare, has also ·bougM a Fowler from Messrs.Edwards, this one !being from Lhe $windo•n yard, and is a 5 11.h.p. 3 speed sprung engine. The Reg. No. o'f ·che e:nginc is BDD688, but the maker's m11nber, etc. remain unknown at the time of writing.

The third er:gine to come fro!!!. M~~Sr'l. Frlw::ir<l~ is yet ~nnther Fowler~ this o.ne has gone to R. Jackson of Kikot, Glos., who also owns a 7 n.h.p. Garrett Single.

The .removal of th'i:; 1uJ1gim;from Fairfordl was quit.c something to remember. as to put a. 7 n.h.p. traction on a low~loacler with a 12 rt. bed presented a fow snags to,pnt it v.ery mildly! Thrs was ev(?ntuaUy ac:cornplmshedby jacking up the e111g111eunder the ftrclbox. and removing the complete percb bracket and front axle, and pushing tln: lot. ba,ck under the boiler barrel until 1.he front and back wheels: touched and then lowcr1._nsthe jacks aud a.nowing the perch. to take the weight once more. The engine was. then. conveyed in t.hjs rather precarious state of balance to Kikol and lh.e reverse procedure adopted to unload once more.

The last engine to be mentio,oed in re[aUon to changes. of ownershijp :iis Ransomes, Sims & JeITerics No. 31136 (Rog. No. D?vl3048). This engine, -a 7 n.11.p.:Single, has been purchased by the writer from Lord Mostyn oi· Mos1tyn Hall. Flintshire, lbrou_gh !he generosity of our member Mr. 'r. Gregory or Rbosesrno:r, Flint. 1 w:as.inforn:ved that this engine was for sale and n. few days later I journ.eycd north lo iuS;pec:t it at M,oslyn Hall.

The engine, on inspection, was found to be in quite fantastic condition~, and was put1c:hasedwith as liHt.e delay as possible. New at lhc Royal Show at DaTHnglon in 19201 she was deUvered to Mostyn station •Oflt the 2bl October, 1·920t and driven to Lhe haH on ·the same da1,. During the whol:e of iis working 'Hfo the: ·eRgfoe trav•e1ledbut n very few times on ·the road as fhe gear:ing, wheel slrakes, -e~c-nre lil:e nc.,v. n.s main job was to drive a,

large rack-feed saw-bench on the estate sawmill and to winch in timber to the yard from the road.

This Ransome.~has come tnto my possession _complete in aH respcctsj wi.th all tools, lamps, tub!! expander, joint rings, 10 gallons cy·~inder oil, spares lists, hand'book, e1c. 1 etc. After g,ctttng·he.r home wHb the heip of Messrs. Robt. Wy1rn. s'he wns steamed 'to her new standing, and work is in progress on he1rrcs,toraHon. This: engine, loo., had only o:ne man in charge of her all her life~ and the ,excellentc:at·ehe took of he.r is mosLap-parent in the first class mechanical order wrucl, she still enjoys.

The handful of steam rollers still at work in Wales still soldier on well, in the face of considerable competition from all shies.

Both the Rhond<la B.C. Aveling Barford's AH365 and AH412 have been at work recently on road improvements.

The Radnor C.C. P.V. Aveling Single has been given a new chimney and is hard at work daily on major roadworks in the county.

Messrs. Corfield of Abermule have a steam roller at work near Llangurig, Mont. Probably this is their Ruston Proctor 12 ton Single Cylinder, but I am unable to confinn this.

A very enjoyable though rather wet day was spent just after Christmas on the 10 ton Marshall Single No. 77017 (Reg. No. MB3604). This roller is -C>W:llledby Lloyd-Jones !Bros. of Lln.nfoir D.C., Rn!hin,, and was \v.orkfog on major roadworks uear Cerl'ig:-y-duidion. Denbighshire, nnd Hikeall their other taokle :is very well nrnin:la.ined a.11dI for orio look forward to seeing her at work for many years to come.

In spite of adv~rlising in Steaming and the R.L.S. Journal, the sale of my Wallis "Advance'' No. 8112, I am forced to make some comment on this as to date I have not received one single enquiry about this roller. As mentioned previously, I only bought her lo save her from destruction, ~hinting thnt .,1irely-;qorneo,ne.in the country wo11ld give her a go0d home. She is in diiriveaway order~ and being the la:s~ \Varns. built for the home market with 25 -years ot woddng le[t 10ft in her, surely someone wrn take he1r o:f Jny hands, as I haven't the time to look after three engines. J.J.

WARWICKSHIRE

Regular monthly meetings of the Warwickshire Steam Rngfne Society have been held throughout the wint,er. Members' films were shown at the October meeting and in November the Rev. E. R. Boston gave a talk on his experiences of organising traction engine rallies followed by films illustrating some of tbe points made,

December brought a change of meeting place from Hockley Heath to the lounge bar of the "Cavalier Inn," Smitl1 Street, \Varwick. British Transport Commission films on Snow Clearing, the new Victoria Line and the Elizabethan Express have been shown, together with members' films of traction engine journeys on the Isle of Wight and in the Banbury area.

The Sentinel Wagon was the subject of two excellent talks given by Mr. P. N. Gates at the February and March meetings, the talk being divided due. to the wealth of information and illustrations Mr. Gates has on this subject. Starting with AHcy & McLe11an's tflrst w~gon he traced me development of it.he chassis, boiler and engine, i!IUJlslrntingea.eh stage with di:rgrams and photograph~. P'articularly irupres,;ive was u,ewide :range .of bodies burnt by Sentinels onto thei'r standard nmgc of chassi.sfo suit ·Urn varying needs of their customers. •

The first outdoor meeting of the year took place in February when approxi- ma·te:ly,lo members visited the Lcarn~ngton Spa Corpo:rat[on sewage p1.1111ping t'ltation. Hero a final steamill'ilgof the Woruhington-Simpson double triple~ e~pansion in line reciprocating steam pump had been :arranged. This engine was built in 1917 and bears the name "The Bennett". It is fitted with Corliss valve gear without dash pots and is capable of pumping five million gallons per day. Steam was obtained from a John Thompson water tube boiler which was fired with rubbish from the nearby corpol'ation deslructor depot. The engine has now been superseded by electrically driven pumps.

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Also seen al the pumping station was a Relliss & Morcom vertical compound, lotally enclosed high speed sclf-lubricat.ingsteam engine, coupled to a. 14 polo 3 phase allernator for driving ·t1rnJPU1'111pi11g.s,ration mixiliaries. Clive ~indsey has now comp,l,c.redthe restoration, of the lasl remaining steam roller lbelongi111gro hi.s undc Who is a rollin,g contractor. This. is a1, Ave ling & Poder No. If 520, and i& a 10 ton type E wilh a singh: cylinder and piston valves. Built 'in 1926 foit Acton Coul)ci!, it ,vas ori;inally pafoled in ihe: maker's gre,i;n 'b~1l later painted brnwn by the council, As: it was buill for towa work it has no p.ump or wa.ler lift but is fitted with t.wo irnjectors.

In 1.948the roller wa·s sold by Aero,n Coll111cilLOCliYe's uncl1c 1 who used it for only two )'<!:a.rs.after which it stood al his d:epoL be1we:en Kenilworth and Coventry, H was in. At1U1rnr1,1964, that Clive, Lhcrnaged t5, rirsl took an interest in the roUcr.. He!ped by Marti'n Shepherd and accasi.onal[y by other schooJ friends, serious restornHon work. started the following wicrt-er. The fro.n:t roU was removed so that boiler could be relubed, The moticrn, was taken down and the bearings renewed, aft.er which the side rolls were removed in order lo scrape off the old painl prior to repainting in brown with red and black. lining. ]L as hoped that the rolli:r will attend rallies lhis year and it is to be cnlcred for Kenilworth Carnival, T.H.C.

WEST OF ENGLAND

Although most of om ,engines l)a.ve had a long r~sl during the wintc.r we have had sever.al opporLUijlities of seeing them an.d many olhcrs in a.cliort through the medium of !ilms sho-w:nd'tiring the social evenings. In Dcoember, at .R,cdmth,Mr. Deacon 0£ Wadebrid,ge·showed films of the great Steam F:af.r at Shottesbrook. Park arid of T.B. Rallies al Umberleiglt ,n111dStamfo,,~1,and Mr. Ken Yeung of St. Agnes s110wcdfilms of lo9al rallies in Cornwall w.hi<::h cna~led us to see our.setivesas others see us. In fannairy, Mr. G. R. Gillbard of Callington entertained us wilb films taken by him al th.e Royal Sh.ow all Sio.neleigh Park, at the R,oyal ComwaU Slllow near Wadebridge, and at a Agricultural Show in ParJs, as well as some· taken d.urjng a lo,1n· in Germany which included visits to a traclor fa,etor~. The machfne.ry and tcacto.r exhibits: a.I the: snows- made a very C<(.Jlourfuldjspla:y. Whal a: p'ity it is that ·cofour ph,ot-ography was not developed early enough i•o C'<lipiure for us the sccne.'i al Lhe large shows of half a cenrnry ago;, when instead of tr~ctors our steam engines would: have taken pride of place witth their resplendent p-ainting ancl linif1g·and gUstening ~rass and cop:pe,r.filln:ngs. And how jateresting it wo,uld be u·we could l1ear again the agents o[ the various makers explaining the special dctaU!s of lhe.ir firms' prnciucts and why Ibey were bene.r l.han their rivals. l wonder, for instance. how Marshall's men jus.tifted. fthei.r ~ngine.s' stiff regulators, OIi:' BurreU-s and AveHngs th.e posicion of some o( their almost ina:coess.ib1emud-holes? In .Febnaar;,\ a large room at, Portlhtowan Hotel was, filled 10 capa.c:ilyby members of th.e West of England S.E. Society and friends to .see the fam0.us and hil~rto:us film u The Jron Maiden u. This ..film is, perhaps. even more interesting locailly now that the "srar 11 (Fowl.er No. 15651, fo11merly knQwnas° Kitchene.1:") ns resident in CormvaH, A 1t R.edrnlh, in March, Mr, Edwards of Zelah showed f11'mshe h.ad taken al various motor-cycle evcnrs w·here fast machines w~re ridden through almost impossiblie obstacles co:ntrasting wilh the slow and :s·taleiymovements of s'tearn.engines: at .local rallies. Following M.r. Edwards' filrns.was one. by Mr. R, Wood in which we saw various a,gricutural activit[es performed by aa ,old but \rJeH~ .restored MarshaU tractor and modern traeto.r.s a.nd machinery, also some good pi,ctures 10£ the big McLaren pJougbing engirne, whi.ch, by U1e way, is :now compleli;}with winding drum. -Thi.s filnn also included some very ffoe scenes taken durlng the lasl journey of a sleam-haaled i,rafo1oad of enlhus.iasts on t.be Wenford Bridge br.ancn railway in mid-Cornwall. The looomo-tiYe involved was No. 1369 1 now preserved al Tolnes. Mr. Wood~s fllirn was shl:)wn a :Few days ea.di.er at a Cornish T.ra-e::tio,nP.re:s:el'valionClub meeting at Bodmin where ilt was enj'oyed by 'a la.rge gafheri11,g. At that meeting we saw al.soa :film of ilongleat and Cheddar,n.nd allhough no steam engines were in view; the 'beautiful scenery and interesting comment.~ry added to the ,enjoyment of the evening. Al aEI th.e social e.,1eoir.1gs:suitable accomp,anLimant

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was provided by record and tape which included some very realistic railway recordings. There were ample opportunities for discussions and the refreshment inevitably included Cornish pasties .

.Sornemore engines have been bought for preservation in CornwaU. Mr. H. Powell bought a 12 ton Marshall Single Piston Valve Roll.er No. 88166 (Reg. NQ. ])CVS); and it arrived on a low-loader at Pool, Uedruthr early i111 February. It is in nice cond!iti1Q11and has bcc.n steamed sevenl times sir1ce iit came West from Stoke limslain<l. Also from Messrs. Dingles, Mr. J. Warren of Carn Brea viliage~ has bought an 8 ton Avelirig & Po,rter Roller, b!lt at the time or wdt1'ng lhese notes it had not been ricHvered. From the same :Source, Mr. H. James oI Ncw,quay,. who o_wns Mnrsh"'TI No. 34022 " 1 Lil1Ile Audrey'\ has ptffchascd a "Burrell Roll,,erNo .. 4060, and I am told l.hal this ha:s already been deliv•erod. SLil'll a110Lhc1!,"roHer, due to, :arrive n.l Wadebridge ,my day, is ·•Mendip, Starr", A.. & P. No. 8432 (Reg. No, NM244), ::i 5 lmi: compound built in 19 1 [4. and formerly owned by Mr. R. Durdgo of Temple Cloud, Somerset Mr. 8L1rdgewrote. an ar,Lictc concerning this engine in the .Jamrnry,. 1963 i'sslaeo·( Steaming. "M"endip Srnr" wassupplied new t.e the p.rcse1HDuke oJ Bcdfordts father. This is: the second ro·n1cr b.011ght by Mr. J. Dea.con oJ Wadcbridge w'ilhin a few months, the other bei.ng Wallis & Sleevens Adva«1ce No. 7905 1{Reg. No. OT319J) which. was :new no Okehamp·ton. R.D.C. and later own,ed by Devon Co,11ntyCouncil .

.From Stoke-b.y•Clarean Suffolk a very impre.1tsiveengine arrived in Cornwa.nl by transporter lat,e in 1965. This is Ransomes, Sims & Jcll'erics No. 380-88 (&e·g,.No. 6883), 8: n.h.p. ,c:ompotmcl,sprung a(t 0.11 coil springs and with balanced crankshaCt Mr. J. W. Coad of Sweet.shouse,l~odrnin, is the new owne:r,. and his engine is muscraled en page '30 ,of Anthony Beaurno:nfs booklet 1"rac1ion Eng.inc f'icu,,-e.-:, 11 Enter.prise11 wHI auract special no·ficc when shown un Jmblic as she .is the only engin,e of this fam01rs ma.ke in the West apart from lhe 6 11.h.p.sing,1,cin Nollh. Devon.

Now .a news hem which co·uld appropriale't:y appear in: 011eof the "glos.~y•11 magazines. 0 Lord Nelson •~has J,eflPensi[va t11 Cornwall to take up re.~idence with, Lo.r.d ~ncl Lad}' Montagu at Beaulieu Abbey. Jt was intended to :steam "Lord Nelson ! the l,7·0millJ.s'to Beaulieu,, and Mr. Corin gave tthe engine am:lrcrew a greaL :send:~otIwith organ playing .and te'tevision cameras prescn1t, but aft.er a few miles H .was decided to use a low-loader instead. We are very sorry l.o have lost this fine enganc from Co.rmvan, but it is good lo know that she ·wilJ be on view at Beaulieu where the rna.ny thousands of visuic)rs to the famous Motor Musei.m1 wall be able 10 see her. C.P.G.

WORCESTERSHIRE

On Satt1rday,.30th Oolober, t965., the: Evesham (Wares.) Round Tabler,& put on an llistorkal parade 1hr<ntgh the streets of the town. The parade of :ffoaits, tableau.x 1 foot parties and motc>.ris:cdunJts, depicted IJ.5 .represenla.liv<: .sce1r1esconnected with tl10 days of Simon de Montfort .and transport sirncc then. There were sevcm1l vinurge and v.c:toran cars, and also M.r. 1. A. Crablree's Foden Tractor No. 1.3784 ~rnd Fosler Wellinglo111Tractor 'No. 146,08. Mr. P. C. Lambe pf Bromsgrove bro'll,ghlal,ong Ms 5 n.h,p. Little Oem Traction Engine made by Fosle;r's in J926. Mr. Arthur He.rbert also 'brought .his WaNis & Slccwens Simplicity Rolkr ·• Susie i> and Mr. T. G. Hunt his Marcnghi 0.rg.an which played during Ute evening ,on the Crown M,eado,w. All H1esewere jntccmingledl with pc1my-farlhing cycles and many o·f the earliest motor .cycles, farm earls of ail Lypes, gypsy cara.vans and every· ty[)O: of transport.

To come more up to date now. Burr.ell Showman's Engine "Majestic" No. 3890 (R.eg. No. CR6(i45)., 1 n.h.p., ex-J. JI. Herbcrl of Sou.Lham.ptonbut m.o:re recenUly- Mr. T. G. HmH of Oltlbnry 1 after many ye.mrs,o,f stand.ing idle was steamed from there io Halesowcn on Sunday, 6th Feb.1tuary,by Roy M'lllward who recently a.cquired lhe engine fro·tn.Mr. Hunt. Also in store al the foundry is an id:ent.icalshowman's engine which -used to boopcrated by the fate Pat Co!li-ns, No. 39IO "WaLL and See nj a. 7 n.h,p. 1 new to Crowther and Johnson oi Leae•dsin July, 1921, a.nd painted yellow then. I can :remember (his engine wcH when she used to come with Collins' fairs: to Worcester. •

"Majestic'' was warked by Mr. Herbc:rl or Sornhan1pton until the end of 1939, when she was laken olT the road presumably bccnusc o·f lhe <;mtbreak of war. Th.en i,1 1946 ihc cngin.e was used 0.gain, but only tar a month or two when she agarn lay id'le u11ti'I 1954 when she \\vas dr:iven by u Bmy,, MHls to (ho foundry at Oldbu:ry. A considerable amount of w,or'k over lhc. pasl six mo:nt'hs has be<!:ndone on her by lhe M.illward Bros. who have nwo very enthusiastic helpers in Roger Mins ot PelsaU aml Graham Snurl of Hayley Green. The engine requires fairly ,extensive worik doint t,o put iter in good order, bul Roberl Millward's Ruston Procl,or Traclof No~ 52607 (Reg. No. HP'2201) is also lJ!ndergoing, v,ery heavy tepairs and must claim priority. The Mmward Bros. say, how~vcr., (hat a good Hme Tias been had ,vi·th .. Majestic.,. since February and she- !has been !111steam m<)st week..ends.

Mr.. Robert Millward paiid a visit for ·me lo Messrs, lambe.'s yard at Bromsgr,ove on 7th Maroh this year and the jcrnrney proved most successful as there were na fewer Hurn :scv~uc111.tim:sLh",)J'e.Th~Y wern Avaling & P,ortcr Piston Vnh•e Compound Converlible: 8 tol'I RoUe:r No. 11251 (Re~. No. PE36'17),vhich, when I last saw her,, was owned by Mr. P. Neale of Grnfton Ffyford, near Woreesler 1 in September; H)o5.. Thjs roner is filled with a winch and! 011100 belonged to Lhe Surrey County Council and stm be.ars :their n:rn1c and No. 52. Ths·re are also two 0ther almost identical to.Hen; there, both Aveling, &. Porter Sirfglcs, ex-Bamford! & B\iershed. The first is No•. 4747 {Reg. No. NX37i) and the other is No. S 199 (Reg. No. NX369), The fo1arl.h -engine is a Garrett 5 ton Tractor No. ll 193.!Re~. No. BJ1659), bum in 1913. The fifth a11d:sixth are portable e~incs. the firs'tbeint! a Humphries (Pe.rshore. W,orc.,;.)Sing.le Cvlinder No. 1642 and the other a 2 n.h o. Marshall Sing.le Cylinder No. )6382. The seventh engine is1 of course. Mr. Fred Lambe's bcaulifl.,Hv restored .5 n.h.p. Fosler Comoound "Lillie Gem'' Type Agricultural lEngfnc which Walter Gabriel drovf! in u The A:rc:hers,. radlio programme. There are also two verv inti.ire:;ti!ig FoJcn-bunt tra.ile:rs and a Hum.phl'ies threshing box fat the y,a.rd.

After leaving lhe 1.ambc's vard Mr. Millward went on ro Reddutch for me irnd saw Arthur Herbcrl~s Wa11is& Sleevtms "SimpHcily '' R.oHer fi Susie 11 111c1uionedbefor,e an the Hvesham Hi"t.orrcal 1'rnnsoort Parade. Mr. Herber:t i:11closely related to 1be Haivcv fami!v, lhc amusement calerers of Reddit<ih, He has comr>tetely restored thi~ )iule m,lle:r which 1 believe came from Mr. Neville Melhui~h of Chipnin~ Norton. l-'rrr· 1hos.ewho are not ifa:mtliar with this t.yoe of ro'ller tl is of the single cvlim!er h•ne wJth sWdc '11.a]vcand the loconioti,,c Lvoe.boHer is inclined! at f\ll'i an~Jo of about 45 deuce.-;;. lt is a sin>1:tesnced enP.ine ar11dthe di:fferen-tial f!'.l?aris mmrnt.ed behinn the ,crank:;f;tift. The. =~~1 b~:'ii!:::~::~ ~~---=~!2dc~ !}!!s!de cf the b~i!,r ~nrl one sl-cns on to lhe footolrille from the rear (in a similar way to the Wa11is 1 ' Advance" roUers). Mr. Herbert. al!e-r ov.eriurnline: it, has p,ainted it green and lined it ;,,uftha sim~.tecream 11ne ffe 1na:shken 11 ,C::usic u t-o,se:vcmi :c;teaim events alrc~dy, ·which include the Market Bosworlh Rally a.111d R.edditch Carnival as well as F.:vosfrnm.and hnne~ lo t::i.'ke her to me 13.irmincham Scknce Mus·ettm.Rally in Mav lhis· vear. \Ve wo,1ld nl1 like· 1·0comDllment 'Mr. Herbert on the excellent iob he has made of restoration and wish him many e:njovab'te rum; in l.he future.

On Sunday, 6fh March, T heard thai, two Fowler ploughing; engines •wer,a drcdgi111g· nt the Co'ventrv Corporalion Waicrworks al F:lrenShiUn,Worcs .. so 1 strai'l?htaway went ,wer Uierc to see. Sure eno1i1!':hthey were there both :in steam but damped down being a St1ntlav. One enfine was o,n a small hill nea·r the p11m,pin,;:;station nnd the smaller one several hu111dredyards aiw.ay by the River Avon. ft woukl apn-ear lhal thcv were dredging lagoons, Owing tc Hte torrential rain we Tr,ave,,ad lhese engines were taken a:way t•odlay, 11th Mareh; as: 'tlhey c,crnldnot proceed w.ilh their work in such condilfon:i but wm be back in June or Juh, tc) finish the job. The ma.ker1 s numbe1.·plates had been removed bnL cif\ere~isttatiori m1mbers \Vere MA.5128and 5129 and lhe 1ail.ter was named ,. Htkl!a 11 • Mr. H. T. Brown, o.f CortstrncUon and Excavatiion (Tettenhall) Ltd., 9 Snow Hill. \Volverhampton, lhe owner, tells ma ttaey are 12 n.h.p., Nos. 14694/5. ·which were rlrcdgirtf! lhere last year. He has a pair o.f: Hi n.h.t>. Powlen; al 13my St. Edmtr,f'ldsand i·t is his inlentioi1 to have a 16 n ..h.p. e11gine to pllll ·the loaded scoop out and a 12 n.h.p. to,

Traction Engine RALLY

Saturday, 11th June

,Brettenham Park

Suffoll<

(5 miles north east of Lavenham)

2 p.m. Gates open 12 o'clock

Admission 2/6 Cars 2/6

Children under 14, 1/- Motor Cycles 1/6

All proceeds go to the rebuilding of the Parish Church

pull it back \Vhen work is resumed at Slrcr11shamh1te,rin the. year. Meanwhile uhe l2 11.h.p.pair have ,g,one to Cadburys l.tfl. o.f Bournvi11.e to do a jo'b. T have 1:101 heard :un.ythin,g:about Mr. Srmmonds of Leigh Sir1ton, Worcs. and h'is cx-C0ventry Co1rpe1-alion No. E Aveling; Roller or abotl't Mrr. Limb of Ro.msley. Wore$. and his Ransome Tractor. but Urn old Ruston roUer still lies al l3ransfo·rdl.near Worcester. and is gets.in~more and more derelict. Every weck-m1c;l al HarlJebury has ~ecn wor,k progres.si:n,gon -one engine or anoth~r. Mr. Enic Middleto111'sBur-rc:11~howman"s EnJ,tinc u Winston Churchill '1 st:rnds at the moment wilhout any wheells on her as they h~"\'C been serrntaway to have new rubber h 1 rcs moulded on them. Mr. 'Oavid W:atke;rhas recovered. from his accicfo1)twhich put him out of action during all those months last summer iust \.vhen he could have carried on in fine weather with the complete restoration of his 6 n.h.l). Burrell Showman's Engine No. 3~47"'f 1riirac:cssMarina .._ However, witth lhe hc'lip<rf one or two friends whey include -Mr. foe Pc~H:e:onaC WvWe Gre~u. A'uUunO.1lit.lfidu,1,~w brake ·ri'ms ha"e been flHe~I.also the dynamo. and 1·1o·w a ci01nplete new canooy. Mr!<~ Walker hers-cUf was ,m ()r'! tor, of the· ca,nonv last week-end wcrlikir,g, ort th.e scaling rings ;J.1rom1dthe chimnev and the slide ihal lcls nnwnntted steam ouat above the footplate and motion area1 r am re-'lubin~ mv own Bur:rcn S.C.C. No. 2147 (Reir. No. BT.4716) la.dy nurrell '', new in 1898, ·with the very much appr-eciatcd help of Mr. Norman Wheeler or Craven Arms who ·comesaU the way t.o help m:e.

The Fowl~r Ag,rkullnr.a! Traction E11~i11e"Pride of Hanky C_,1s1le H No. 1,1699(Reg. No. Al39028t new at the W-orc~slcr Stfow in 1904 and owned by Mr. Neville Melhuish. is still at Harlleb1.1rv. n is good Lo see the old en,2i'111e still in good order and at home in her original county. J .L.T .

SENTINEL PHOTOGRAPHS WANTED

5 Minett Avenue, Rush wick, Worcester. 7th November, 1965.

Dear Mr. Crawley,

As a member of the R.LS. you will know that l am preparing for the R.LS. circulating rota a fifth portfolio on Sentinel wagons.

As the other four now out this last two years on rola were "DG '' models, " S" models, Sentinel tractors and Sentinel portable engines, I thought I would prepare one on the last remaining 91 Sentinels in this country. This will include a photograph and a hislory of each wagon.

To put it mildly, it was wishful thinking when the R.L.S. committee in giving my project its public. blessing, sptH::ificdwherever possible that the photogrnphs should be ·' workang " ones f

However, when I have a photograph of each one l shall complete the album and Iet Michael Salmon have itt~and hope lhat m~mhers may be able to replace l"al.ly photographs with work.fog.ones.

Can you thi:rcfoJ'IChelp the R.L ..S. and myse:lt by finding room for the enclosed Jist in the nexl Steaming Ior me ns lherc are a large number of people who arc mc.•1:ubcnof bolh tb.e N.T.E.C. and the R.L.S.

Yours sincerely, Joe THOMAS.

List of Photographs still wanted for R.L.S. portfolio on last 91 remaining Sentinel wagons

Wagon. No. Model R,eg. No. !,asr Known Owner·s Name and Address

[479 Standard 1488 Standard 5407 Super 5509 Super 6725 Super 6887 Super 8009 DG4 8122 DG4 8821 S6 8827 S4

S4

S4 9032 S4 9075 S4

S4

AW3379

AW3407

FA1803

PDl701

KA5574

DL5478

UT5845

OF5783

BRF200

UJ2225

TJ564l

AKR471

US5430

BEV467

FJ9904

YS9380

DYY134

Rrown Baylcy's Steel Co. Ltd., Sheffield. Rt·own Bayley1s Steel Co. Lt<l., Sheffield. Mr. Winkfield, Blekhlcy.

Mr. Taylor, Albany Farm, Forrest Road, Newport, 1.0.W.

D. Cooper, "Nulwood,'' Ballinger Road, South Heath, Gt. Missenden, Bucks.

Mr. Taylor, Albany Farm, Forri:st Road. Newport, 1.0.W.

W. & C. Ulossop, Tarring Contractors, Hipperho)me, Halifax.

Robert Bridson, Tarring Contractors, Neston, Wirral, Cheshire.

A.R.C. Motors Ltd., Mansfield Road, near Nottingham.

K. Gosden, Freshwater, 1.O.W.

Alan Williamson, Endon, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs.

Believed to be Jack Wakefield, Hetton-]e-Hole, Co. Durham.

Jim Hutchens, A31 Cafe, Tricketts Cross, Ferndown. Dorset.

A. Fearnley, Casileford, Yorks.

F. Rivers, Aldermaston. Sold to him by Jim ·warren of Carn Brea.

Allcountics Eng. Co. Ltd., Gainsford, Co. Durham. (G.P.O. say gone away.)

T. Wan.I, Norlh Cheshire Motors, John Street, Warrington.

R. M. WooHey, Bucknell, Salop. Tar Sprayer No. 11. Exported to U.S. Naval Yard, Philadelphia, for experiments in steam.

16 Lowley Crescent, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia.

The Hon. Secretary, The National Traction Engine Club.

Dear Sir,

Pleas~ find enclosed my application to join. [L is being forwarded to you by my friend and member o( ycrn, club, M Ii. Derry Thompson. For :seven years now [ have l,i;:cn collccling cngi11C.'-;rnd have been fo1rll10ate in being able 'lo save i\ few r ram the scrnp merchanls. My engines nrc not in n restored condition a yet, but ·evcral run quite well and I am now cmbal'king on my firsl restoration erForL

My engines arc a follows: McL"lrcn Traction Engine 2 speed 8 n.h.p. No. 1231, Fowler Trac1ion l!nginc 3 spc~d 7 n.h.p. sprung onginc o. 12263 or 2 (hn,·o yc1 to :tscertain) vdine & P<'lrter <;tc::im Roller No. 14012. Sentinel Wagon No. 5638, Foden team Wagon, three portables. and am now in thci process of ncgoliatirlg for n small l:owlcr Steam Rolle,. /\s you cnn appreciate. I have l!ll}' work cut oul ro.-many )'<?:us ahead in restoring the c engi11cs. About fifteen oLhcr people in N.S.W. arc keen enthusia ts and are acquiring engines. A number have already been pre- served, but lhe neare l 1rnc1ion engine 10 S)1dney are about 200 mile..«-away (in 1thc whcal b1::l1)uml the transport co Is arc ycry high even when tho Railway" nnpMtmcnt reduce the charJ?Cby 50 per cent which they do for enthusiasts colic-Cling engines for pr-cservalion. \Ve have many difficullics in .S.W. which arc yet- lo be overcome (<lld you know that we arc not anowed to rnn traction engines on the road ,). but our main problem i lack of contact with people o{ our own kind. Quite frankly the only snippets of information that we got rue through the Model EmJineer. \Ve know nothing o( lhc techniques of rcstor.ition nnd 1 reel there must be m:my lrick and short ems which would lu~lp to make a helter job i11 a ~hu1lca Lime, We natumlly hove learnt n lot from oxporioncc, lua I'm sure wo could learn a lot more. Mr. 111ompson has shown us many things and given us much " food for 1ho11ght" during hi. short stays ;n these parts (he is third engineer on the "S.S. Bendigo"'). He has shown us many slides picturing restorucl engines, and rrorn these and the books about trt\ction engines we can gel some idea or the perfection that is required} but n1>ne of us have ever seen an engine with paint on it let alone one that's restored properly.

Anyway we are all the time pushing forward, and through your magazim; Slcwnitr,: and the contact I hope we will have with your club we will benefit. Jn return, I would be most happy to contribute what information, etc. whicn 1 have and which_will come forward from time to lime. I have enclosed a Jisl of engine.~ which may be of interest lo your records department. I know of many more, but lhe numbers were nol in the obvious phtccs. Perhaps membct could help in supplying infomu1tion H~ to where makers st:imped thcit· numbers other than in the norrnnJ plnces. This would help trcmendnusly as when looking at ~ngines I am usually in a hurry because we hove to travel long distances to see anything. 1 have done up to 800 miles in one week-end, and when )10U find an engine with its number plate missing you just haven't got lime lo scrapo off t in. layers of caked oil, wheat dust, mud, rust, etc.

1 am in the midst of forming a group which will cater for all steam engine enthusiasts (not including railway people). It will be caUecl the "N.S.W. Steam Engine Preservation Society,. and will not exclusively cater for traction engine enthusiasts as there ore not enough of Lhem. We 3re considering the pos ·ibility of holding our first rally in about six months' time an<.1are at the moment negotiating for a permanent rally site on the outskirts or ydney. Again, 1 know nothing about the holding of a rally, l'lnd although J've picked up a !ol from the Model l-:11gi11eerl'm sure thi;:rc's a lot more organisation in it than meets the eye.

Looking forward to my first copy of Steaming,

Yours faithfully, WARWICK TuRNBR.

No. 12319 ,0213 8782 11024 10537 11958 10340 11479 16615 14012 10161 12153 10101 12539 9247

No. 2522 No. 2239 3169 4090 2071 No. 46458 46460 37710 36756 42129 44128 42688 38894 46246 39(7)787 43974 37214 46189 39615 47156 46321 41958 38082

Type

D.C.C.

D.C.C.

D.C.C.

D.C.C.

D.C.C. D.C.C.

D.C.C.

D.C.C.

D.C.C. D.C.C.

D.C.C.

D.C.C.

D.C.C.

STEAMING

AvcJing& Porter

Owner and Place

Type s.c.

Type

s.c.c.

D.C.C. ?

s.c.c.

Roller Roller Convertible Ro1ler

Roller

Roller

Roller Tractor

Roller

Roller Roller

Roller

Roller Tandem Roller Truck Portable

Bob McLeod, Cowrn, N.S.W. Preserved. Oriel Park, Brisbane, Qld. In park.

Bathurst, N.S.W. In park. lnverell Council, N.S.W. Derelict, Gaulbun, N.S.W. Preserved. Newcastle Council, N.S.W. Scrapped. Hobarl Council, Tas. 'l Griffith Council, N.S.W. ?

Stan. Hazelman, Rucha, Vic. Preserved. W. Turner, Pymble, N.S.W. Preserved. D. Hulton, B. Marchant, P'yrnble, N.S.W. Preserved.

E. M. Baldwin, Castle Hill, N.S.W. Preserved. E. M. Baldwin. Castle Hill, N.S.W. Preserved. E. M. Baldwin~ Castle Hill, N.S.W. Preserved. Museum of Applied Arts and Science, Sydney. Preserved.

Barrows

Owner and Place

E. M. lla)<lwin, Castle Hill, N.S.W. P'reserved.

Burrell

T.B. T.E. T.E. T.E.

TJ'Pf! ei.c.c.

D.C.C. s.c.

s.c.

D.C.C. s.c.

D.C.C. s.c. s.c. s.c.

s.c.

s.c. s.c.

D.C.C. s.c. s.c.

Owner and Place

Bathurst, N.S.W. Wagga Wagga, N.S.W. Public Worh D~pt., Derby, Tas. Queensland. Built 1894.

Clayton & Shuttleworth

Owner and Place

A. Price, Sydney, N.S.W. Preserved. E. M. Ha)dwin, Castle Hill, N.S.W. Preserved. L. Kinsella, Young, N.S.W. P'rcserved. ChaIT Mill, The Rock, N.S.W. nlainey, N .S.W. Trnnkey Cre,ek, N.S.W. Griffiths, N.S.,¥. Don. Collins, Moss Vale, N.S.W. Preserved. Lyndhurst, N.S.W. Scrapped. Hill End, N.S.W. W. Turner, Forbes, N.S.W. Preserved. Forbes, N.S.W. Lyndhurst, N.S.W. Lyndhurst, N.S.W. lnvereUt N.S.W. Orange, N.S.W. Corawindra, N.S.W. Corawindra, N.S.W.

Type

Foden

Owner w1d l'lace Walla Walla, N.S.W. Forbes, N.S.W. Preserved. nenalla. Grela, Vic.

Foster

Type

Owner and Place

Gulgong (N.S.W.) Folk Museum.

E. M. Ualdwin, Castle Hill, N.S.W. Preserved.

Fowler

Type

D.C.C. D.C.C.

Convertible Roller Roller Roller

T.E. Roller Roller

T.E. T.E. T.E. T.F, T.E.

T.E. T.E.

Owner and Place

Il. McLeod, Cowra, N.S.W. Preserved.

B. Marchant, Mudgee, N.S.W. Pr~t:rved.

Parkes, N.S.W.

13i"'iwa, N.S.W. Ueing used for spares. D. Collins, Moss Vale, N.S.W. Preserved. A. H. Oliver, Howcl11 .S.W. P'rescrved. E.>. Wagga. Believed pre.served in Vic.

Hang a low I N .S.W. Mittagong, N.S.W. To be preserved. Mittagong, N.S.W. To be preserved. Vic.

Allora, Qld.

Ex Hurstville Council, N.S.W. Scrapped. Griffiths, N.S.W. Moama, Vic. Elmore, Vic.

Ray Neives, Griffiths, N.S.W. Preserved. Cowra, N.S.W.

Ganmain, N.S.W.

Ganmain, N.S.W. Believed now preserved in Vic.

Ganett

Type

Type

Portable Portable P'ortable

Oumer ond Place

Tingha, N.S.W.

Codwalloder, Brisbane, Qld. Preserved. E. M. Baldwin, Castle Hi11, N.S.W. P'reserved.

Mann

Truck

Owner and Place

Codwallodcr, Brisbane, Qld. Preserved.

Marshall

T.E.

D.C.C.

P'ortable Portable Portable Portable

T,E. T.E. T.E. T.E. T.E. T.E. T.E. T.E. T.E.

Portable T.E. Stationary Engine Portable Portable Portable Portable Portable Portable Portable Portable Portable Portable Portable

Owner and Place

R. Proctor, Launceston, Tas. Preserved. Tas.

Cukairs, N.S.W. Ncwbridge, N.S.W. Believed preserved. Spring Hill, N.S.W. Trunkey Creek, N.S.W. Eucha, Vic. Preserved. Paddy Griffiths, Greta, Vic. Ardel-ethon, N.S.W. To be preserved. Bathllrst, N.S.W. Parkes, N.S.W. Being scrapped. Cowra, N.S.W. Preserved. Cowra, N.S.W. Believed now preserved in Vic. Tom Binns, Brisbane, Qld. Preserved. Codwallo<ler, Brisbane, Qld. Preserved. Tnvcrell, N.S.W. Tingha, N.S.W. Inverell, N.S'.W. Working. Conowindra, N.S.W. Working. Kinsella, Young, N.S.W. Preserved. Kinsella, Young, N.S.W. Preserved. Wellington, N.S.W. Dapto, N.S.W.

E. M. Baldwin, Castle Hill, N.S.W. Preserved.

McLaren

Owner and Place Horefield, N.S.W. Working. Uronquintz, N.S.W. W. Turner, Pymble, N.S.W. Preserved. Museum of Appli,e<lArts and Sciences, Sydney. Ex Olainey, N.S.W. Believed preserved Vic, Elmore.

Running steam, N.S.W. Preserved? Corrington Falls, N.S.W. Uronqunitz, N.S.W.

Robey

Owner and Place Forrest Reefs, N.S.W. Henty, N.S.W. To he preserved. Lucknow, N.S.W.

Spring Hill, N,S,W. Tingha, N.S.W. Tingha, N.S.W. Tingha, N.S.W. Tingha, N.S,W. Tingha, N .S.W. Tingha, N.S.W. Tingha, N.S.W. Corowindrn, N.S.W. Working. E. M. Baldwin, Castle.!Hill, N.S.W. Preserved. Tingha, N.S.W. W. Turner, Inverell. To be preserved

Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies

Owner and Place

Griffiths, N.S.W. Stan Hazclman, Eucha, Vic. Preserved. Bathurst, N.S.\V. Working. Parkes, N.S.W. Spring Terrace, N.S.W. D11bbo, N.S.W, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney.

Ruston Proctor

Owner and Place

Wogga, N.S.W. To be preserved. Griffiths, N.S.\V. Griffiths, N.S.W. 1-fazelman, Eucha, Vic. Preserved. Collins. Moss Vale, N.S.W. Preserved. Working. The Rock, N.S.W. Mudgcc, N.S.W. May be preserved. Lucknow, N.S.W. Kelso, N.S.W. Conowindra, N.S.W. Semi-preserved. Parkes, N.S.W. To be preserved. Grenfell, N.S.W. Greofoll, N.S.W.

Ruston Hornsby

Owner and Place

Pleasant Hills, N.S.W. Mr. !Hewer, Elmore. HeHc.vc.:dpn:s-t:1 vcu. Ed. Griffiths. Elmore. Believed preserved. Hill En<l, N.S.W. Lucknow, N.S.W. Oingonia. Gulgong (N.S.W.) Folk Museum. Kinsella, Young, N.S.W. Preserved.

Sentinel

Owner and Place W. Turner, Pymble, N.S,W. Preserved.

Yorkshire Steam Wagon

Adelaide, S.A. Semi-preserved.

STAMFORD

TractionEngineandOrgan RALLY AT Grange Farm Ryhall

St,amford

ON THE 25th and 26th Iune

ORGANS AND SlIOWMAN'S ENGINES

WILL BE WORKING ON BOTH DAYS

Rally SecretarJ: JOHN CRAWLEY, FIELD HOUSE, TURVEY, BEDFORD

Dear Editor,

LETTERS TO THE EDJTOR

Sparkbrook, Birmingham.

I cannot claim long service al the Stc::1m Plow \Vorks, so would hardly vent.ure to ral~ myself a foll-blown "old Fowler''. .D~rnkin the l920's, however. l did work for about a year in a very junior capacity in John Fowler & Co.'s !London offices, which in those days were al 114 Cannon Streclfirst floor, 01;icr lhe Midland Bank. M·r. Alfred Fowler was in regular attend• ance Lherc; lhe 'London Marutgt:r \vas Mr. B, G'i Pe1ly1 and the General Office was run with quieL ellliciency by t.hat kindliest of Chief Cforks, Mr. W. H. (" Rill ") Noble.

At the time when I was with them, Fowler 1s used to fit some of their steam 1oile1:i fu~ l,u-wniy~.-•~. Th~si.: hrtJ. a tar-tank which was saddle-shaped to sit 011 top o.f U,e 'boiTer, coming down at the sides 1·0 ah0.ut the levd of the lohgJludinal conlre-line of the boiler: ihe object being, of cou:rs~, to mWze thc:J:wast~ heat from the boilier to keep lbe Lu rncltcd. So far as. I can rec:o!lijc:t, tlhcse rollers were buih alrnost exclusively for a subsidiary finn1 the Fowler Tar-Spra:ying Company. whose offices were in Vi.ci.~ria SlrcclJ Lo11do11.S.W. I : I don't thin~ l11cy \Vere ,g.encraHyspeaking .sold elscwb.ere.

One day during :rnvlime ,vith them. Fow!er~s received a lcllter from a :fit-m whos·e n:,-imeafter all these ~,ears esca.pcs me, though I am p'retty sun~ it wasn't one of the wel!~~nown steam roll~·r makers. This firm po.i'rHed out that although Powler's held a oatcnl fo'I' a tar-tank partially surrounding the boiler. they too held a patent for the same thing-. and that their patent was taken out at an cardier date than Fowler's, which wou1l.clrender Fowler's pate.mlinvalid.. So Lhe pa.ten·1experts were called in and bci'lTtpa,t,;;tHscarefolly slutlicd. which hruughl l.o ~ighl the sl1r11risir1;2.fact that whoreas Fowler's patent was for a tar-lank "orr top of, and partially surrounding the boilc,r 1 \ the other fi rrn 's was for a 11:~r-tan.k " ,md,muuah, and µarliaUy :narrounding the boiler". Tb[s being so, the two patents were both legally valid, and so long as Fowler's tar-tanks didn't go below the 1eve1 of the c,cntre•iine of the boiler, and the other firm's didn't come above it, there was no infringement of each. other ·pa.lent rights!

My Rreai-uncle, the In.le W. H. Bar~.clough, wh.o \vas a n,irminghani paient agent or g1·eat exoeri.ence, ahvays t1scd to say that if, for example, you have two nru(s holtcd to~ether., -you should be. careful to describe t.hem in the J')atcnt •mc,cification as secured by nuts and! bolts Qr other s11i1,ib!e mmm.~••. Because (he used lo saiv) if vou leave out the words "other suit~h'le means". vour specification OilllY cover~ a boHed-t,ogether job ; and if someone else makes rhe same thinig, bu1t riveted :insl~l'l.«Iof· boh.'£cd,there wmild be rio infri11ge.me111t of your 'Datcrnt and you wnuld have n.0 redress agiilinst him. Others ha, 1c sine~. told me that ~\.sthe Pnt~nt Law now stands, this is no longer cnll.ircly true. He that as it may, the principle is cleat, and I have o.ften \vondercd how il came abuul Lind tl11.! eal'lie-r of the two pa.Lenis <:amc to be worded for a tar-tank " undern:cat~ :md partially surrounding the boiler 1 \ when so obviously the wording " \ilholly or partiaHy surr01rnding the boiler" would have safeguarded t.hc holder of the patent against all contingencies.

Yours sincerely,

NORMAN GARDINER.

" Belgrave," Llandrindod Wells. Radnor. 23rd November, 1%:'i.

Dear Sir,

T Wi:lS interc:Sll!d 10 see: the pholop;impli on page 128 of i 1,011r Atitliml1 i.&S'th!. This pictm·e has not bc,i;:.npublished in reccnit.years to my k11owlcdg,e, but is quill.e well know11 0111arnJ near lhe i'sland. The site is a.t Priory C'ornr.r<>neof the highest points of the island-and the.re is a sheer drop of some

500 ft. to the Chesil Beach seen in the background. The main road winds down this cliff and at times is completely lost to view from the footplate of an engine, leaving the driver to hope he will not end up in the sea. My Fowler has a special mark on the water gauge which was put there as a guide for the descent of this road without either primin~ or dropping the plug. Unfortunately there was no " hook of words" with it and it was some time after I took over driving the engine that 1 realised what the mark was for.

The nurrell shown in the pictur~ is one nf those operated by the. Rath & Portland Stone fitms. The stone is loaded on one of the verv crnde and heavy trolleys which were quite standard for stone h;"ttdage by engines on the island. Two such trolleys carrying up to 40 tons of black stone was the usual load.

The crane was a hand-operated one of the tvpe used all over the island. Tt was used to transfer the stone to th.c "Merchant's Railwav" (so called to distinguish it from the " Admiralty Railway") which took it down lo the harbour. The horses form tl1e motive power of a "train " on the level section of this railway. A few var<ls further on thev w011kl be detached and the trams allowed to go down the self-acting incline by gravity.

Bath & Portland Stone firms' Burre11s worked the stone from t11c quarries to the railway, b11t Barnes' Fowlcrs used to go down the hill to their depot at the station. I enclose a r,hotograph of my own Fowler No. t 53 l 9 on arrival at the bottom of the hill with two load~ C1f stone, ana also one of another Fowler going hack uo with empty trucks. This continue<l until 1931 when the road was tarred and tbe engines could no longer grip on it, so they were replace<l by Sentinel DG6 wagons.

Yours sincerely, W, MICHAEL SALMON.

6 0 rcha rd Close, Ockbrook, Nr. Derby.

Dear Sir,

As a member of the N.T.E.C. J am writing to tel1 you of a new society in the Midlands known as "The Midlands Miniature Traction Engine Society". Our Secretary is Mrs. F.. Shcmclds, of 30 Browning Road, Ra)derton, Newark, Notts.

We cater for all sizes from 1 in. to 7 in. scale models and have forty members at the present time.

Anyone living in the Midlands, owning or building a model traction or portable engine and wishing to join us, is invited to write to the Secretary.

Yours faithfully, J. ADAMS.

42 Via P'JsoJa, Novi Ligure, Italy.

Dear Sir,

1 have a copy of Floyd Clymer's "Steam Traction Engines" lo sell or exchange for material or pictures dealing with Portable Steam Engines.

Do you knmv of any English Portable Engines on one axle (two wheds) only?

Hope to hear. Thank you in advance.

PIERO ROMAGNANO.

THE LATE CHARLES MATTHEWS

The death of Qur member Charles Matthews of York County occurred on Wcdnes<lay, 16th March, at York Central Hospital, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada.

The late Charles Mallh.ews, wcll-k.n.owncoutractor ~rnd house tt}over, had for many years rhe interesuing·hobby of collecting items of Cairndiana,and his ouLStand1ngcollection of thousands of itoms significant to thLS,country''& hfsCory las.t yea,· -was acquired by the p1·ovince:of Ont.ar.io for the newly e.~tab!ished Centennial Centre of Soi<emcoand T«?chnollogy. The famous Matthews Collection contained vintage farm implements. slcam en•gines,loc~mo:t.ives,sewing macbiri1es,fire engines, bicycles, buggies; a complete blaoksmilh shop and htmd1redsof interesting i'tcms, Mr. Matthews slarted co1leccing ,1:, u ]1vliu)' l,,1c~ i11 J9l0 1t11.J in recent }tears was ably as~i"h.:J by hi:i two sons Chai•les H. and Roeer.

Charles Malthews, who was in his mid-seventies,. was born in England and came lo Canada in 1907. He worked wilh his father in the contracting and house moving business in Toronto and when he first went into business for himself he used horses but was among the first to use power equipmo111, He was one or the earliest owners of lurrd-lyred chain drive trucks and among the first to own a steam shovel in Toronto.

He was ~niHt;icd in I <}10Bn<I ~hor!l)1 .art,crwa.rds moved lo ta111gstalfwhe•rc: he has re~ided ever: sinca and his bt'isi11essactivities took him over a wide nron of lhe pro, 1 incc. He was nn expcrl in his line of work and has. moved some of the largest buildings ever moved in this part of Canada.

The MaLLhewsCol.lectiol!1whkh: will be a parl o.r 0ntairto·s Centenn.i~l :pmjecl, will Eorevc.rbe a rmemoria.lto his lifo and tmtiring efforts in pursuing his hobby. .Experts in Canada ~nd other l.amls have. had high prnise fo.r lhc collection. -ra1tfd as one of l.hc greatest in North America in the line of agricullural and allied equipment.

Mr. Matthews died on 16th March after a few hours illness although he had been hospitalised several weeks ago with a heart condition. On the day of his passing, however, he had been up and about as usual and his death ea.me as a great shock to famil')' snd Mends.

Wrt. offer ,our sincere sympalhy lo Mrs. Matfl1ews :a11dsons Charles and Roger.

ROY AL WARRANT

011 31st u;ecember the lmutm, Gaiatre published, in a,ccordanc-ewllh timcho,nourcd custel'll1,a suppIDcmentcontaining lists of "T,:adesmcn pcrmillcd ·fo style themselves 'By A-opololmeot to fler Maiesty The Qu<J:en'(~nd l-0 other mcm'bcu-sof tho Royal Farnil~~} and entitling them to disp1'ay the Royal A!'mS bull not lo fly lhe Royal Soan·da.rd~•. The lists .run to 16 1>ages.:and il is perhaps nol surprising Lhal in 1966 (hey contain the name of only one firm hcildiniga RQyal Warrant a~ "Steam Tractor M:irnufact.urers.,,\ F.odc.11s,LttL re.ce~ved ai, Appofn·Cr:nen·Lfrom His Majcsly King George V1 and the.y still retain it.

Although Fodcns are the. onl1y concern holcli111g a wiuranl for steam vehides, scvorat honcu11c.d11amc.s,wern known lo st-eam enthusiasts, are: to be: .fqund in the lists o( Royal W.:unrnt ho.lde.:rs. Ifansomes. Sims & Je-lfcrnecs, H m~rnufaelme:rs of A&rricuh.umland Horlkullurnij machine-ry'"-and Alfred Dodman r$..Co-., Engineers of Kin.r;.sLynn are, ft.part from Fodc111s,the only 6urviving tracUon e.nginc manuf~clu:ren who hold Roya! Warirants in 1966. Olhe:r familiar names of o,ld established firms. included in the lists, are: Ocnni·s. Bros. o:f Guildford. 1'.•ler:rv-.veather & Son!: Ltd. of London, John W1ild'.erof Rt'i'H.ling,Murkelt Bros. of Kfr1gs Lynn, and Housc:rnan and Thompson Ltd., "spcciaHsfs in walc·r lre-almenL~a.nd de.scalenls H. The 'JaUe-r,who have lon1t supprlr-lcd t,hfs dub by adverlisin& re~ularly 111 .;uu,miug .and bave helped many other clubs by l::iking s-pacc:in r:.Uy programmes, rcrhap;., de.,i;En·ve a .special warrant of appoinimenl to the National Tr~ctio:n 'Engine Club.

BOOK REVIEWS

" MODFL RNGINl::cR;' published by The Model Aeronautical Press, l 3 /3.S Bridge Street, Hemd Hempstead, Herts.

Tbe Model E11gine-er,whi<.:h is p11blishcd on the 1st and I 5rh of ,each month, price 2s. 6d has undergone consid(:r1blc changes for the b-ctLcr. The publication has been sold by Percival Marshall's to the MQdt:l Acronaufical Press Limited, and Martin Evans, who for a number of years has be-er! associated ,yilh the Model Engineer in its old form has now taken over as Editor. \.Vhilsl it musl be appreciated that lhc. ,\I/ode/ E11pi11cermusu cater .for all interests I am ·assured by Martin Evans that he intends to give his readers .whal they ir-0quire, so if YC?Uare: a~ready ,a reader and you w,0nld like to sec more arUcl.es on Tra~tio,i Erngi111cswrite le h.im at Lhc abovo m:ldrcss. 1f i111the p~st you have _given up the Model E,rffr:eer., 1 would recommend i'l to ym1 in jl"i m:w fom1 as I am quote sure ihat the prop·rictors and the new E.dlitor intend to go ifrom strnrrglh lo :strength 9ve:r the years which. they can only do, if !hey have the sueporl of a ]Mgc ntu'mhcr of readers .

.. A HUNDRED YEARS or- ROA() ROLL!;RS,'~ published for Aveling Harford Limite<l by the Oakwood Press Limited, Lingficld, Surrey. Price 18s. 75 pp.

This publ'ic·aaion s.tarrls by giving details of the Steam lRolters made by Avcling. & Porter from the year 1865. Details are given of the first petrol roJler .whicb appeared in ·1:904and tthe subsequent development from pelrol to diesel along with additions no 1the ra.ngc of Steamers. The standard] ,of illustrations rs .good~. and if lhere is any criltcism 10 be lev,cllcd against iC it must be: that il is a shame that there a.re n.a statistics gi\-1e.-n ()f tthe bui:ldins dates and numbeir.s, tog,el:het \'11hh the <1uan1iey o,f C/;lChlype o( roller built. Alt,o,gelher a most reasonable publi'ca1fon ·Eor thet price and ccan be highly recommended to a·II our readers.

" PAINTF.D ENGINES," by J. H. Russell. Puhlishcd by George Allen & Unwin Limited. Price 55s. 94 pp.

This book is a uew venture in Traction Engine publicuions, The a.uthor, who is a professional photographer. J1as photogrnptu::cl some sixteen nssorl~d traction engines in colour which are reproduced as .separate pliaces. Set against ,each p!atc aro derails- ef the· engine concerm:.d, a ta.ble of dimensions and a blade and white must1raliori1 of lhe engine, i:n many c.ase-s ·prior to preservation. lf there is any- criticism Lo !be 1evolled against this publica.lion ii is that. the coloured prints do v:uy from volume to, volume. but lhe sta:11dard is extremely ,good and _it.make." a pleasant change to have coloured mu:stratio111:swhich seem Lo bring to life the engines depic1·ed. Mr. Russell is to be commended for lbe ,qualit,y of his coloured photographs wbich are rc~Hy superb and also the pnblishers for inlroducing; this work inl•o aa 11nknowr1 mar~eL L :am sure rhe_y will be amp1y re-warded.

" Ilioscov:e SHows ANr> THEIR ENGINES,'' by Arthur Fay. Published by The Oakw(\,od Press in their "Locomolion Papers" series. P'rice 9s. 6d. 36 pp. 17 illustratiot1s.

A most interesting publication produced on good paper and \veil illustrated. Many details of lhe early bioseope shows are dc.'icribcd in such a way that it is easy to recapture the atmosphere of these early shows.

Without doubt one of the most refreshing hooks T have read for a long while, and the only criticism is that I wish it had many more pages as I was sorry to come to the end.

FOR SALE AND WANTED

\1/antc<l.--.s~cldle for a 1921 JO ton P.V. Aveling Roller.-H. Lander, " Belle Vue," St. .Minver, Wadebridge, Cornwall. Tel.: Trebetherick 2351.

For Hire.-·Luw-loader, JO ton capacity. Enquiries invited.-John Weston, 0akclorc House, Sil:oncgafe, Vv'adhurst, Sussex.

For .Sale.-Burrell Roller, 8 lon, n.c.C., 2 Speed, No. 4067. Recently re-tubed. New in April, 1927. £325.-L Cole, 3 Lawnswood Gardens, Leeds 16.

For Sate.-Dynamo, 110 amp., 110 volt, in good order, also quantity of New Solid R1Jbbe:r Tyres, various sizes.-D. Eastwood, "Four Winds," Goodhurst, I<enl.

For Sale.-Postcard si1.c r,hotographs are available of the illustrnlions on pages 9, 10, ft, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, l8, 19, 20, 2[. 22, 36, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 82 of the Winter issue. Price ls. 3d. each, minimum quantity half-dp2e11. or 40s. per complete set.-From J. Crawley, Field House, Turvey, Bedford.

For Sa1e.~Reproduction. o-f Te1~1:1c,c O.rn•:o pain1i11g•showini:t the· rcst-ore<l FJvinl? Scotsman, No. 4472., c,·ossin_glhc Forth Bridge. Size 25 in. X 20 in. Suitable for framing. Price £.l 2s. Ocl!.,iricludin~ 1:)-0s'tage.rnd packing. Fmm Tlu.e Curntor, Historical Museum, Tiriangle Place, Claphnm; London, S.W,4.

Wa.ntocl.-Two steam plough ropes of ¾ in. diameter and about 500 yards lonr. for Fowler 12 n.h..p. engines.-W. H. Tame, 85 Wantage Road, Wallingford, Berks.

Steam Plough Club.-Anyone interested in a .small club to so~cialisc in Ploughing Engine matters should write to Harold Bonnett, 3 Ridge Side, Haw Lane, Bfe<llow Ridge, Nr. High Wycombe, Ducks.

Wanted.-Good secon<lhand 3 Jaw Self-Ccntering Lathe Chuck, about 5 in. <liame(er.-N. C. Bradish. "Sutherlamls," The Green, Pittow, Salisbury, Wilts.

Wanted.-" Sentinel " historian compilin~ history of this well-known steam wagon manufactur•er wishes to purchase or borrow any literature about these wagons. Your prices paid.-J. L. Thomas, 5 Minett Avenue, Rushwick, near Worcester.

For Sale.-WaHis & Stccvcns 8 ton "Advance ,, Roller No. 8112. New March, J939. Filled with water baHasf wheels, Wallis ipatont scarifier, ex• cclle:nt firebox, new tubes! complete sol of new gearing 1 rolls ra-plE1tied,painted in .grny prilna.t. In drive-away- order and cqmplele in a-ll respects. Can be seen in sl-eam ai. any 'lime by appointment For further parti.culars write to r. .Jones, ,• .Fowler," 55 Meadvale Road, .St. Mellons, Card:iIT:.

Fm~ Salc.-Offors ara Invited for 0111· excellent Burrell Tra-etie1r1Engine "DapJme 11 , 7 n.h.p. double cr:u1k ·c6mpounul 1 No. 4Q49, built 1926, Rear aNll.'.lmounted on springs. Recently re-tubed. If possi'ble, ·pi.ease vfew by appoh100,e111.--C. & G, Bartrnpt, " Greys/' "Ford 'Ernd, CheJm.sford. T,et :· Pleshoy 2J9.

For Sale.-Saga of the Steam Plough. Autogrnphed copies still available from author. Send 42s. only to: :Harold_ llonnetrt, 3 Ridge Side, Haw Lane, Bledlow Ridge, near High Wycombe, Bucks.

For Sale.-Avcling & Porter 8 ton Compound Roller No. 12074,·huilt 1929. Rc,qufrcs some firebox repairs.-Haroid Ronnctt, 3 Ridge Side, Haw Lane, Blcdlow Ridge, near High Wycombe, Ducks.

F,or Sale.~Set of four coloured prints, size 9J in. X 5~}:in.. plus 8 2 in. be:1·dcr. These have be-en spetiall)' :printed for frAming wiLh special atten.Lion to lhc colour· ncc~1racy. The enginr.!Sdap,ct~d arc: F('>wlc.rShowm:au·s En:gnno u Khchener" (fhc Iron Maiden), Fowler Single Cylindcir PfoL1l;hin& Eriginu al work, Tl'L0rnycrofl Steam Lorry, and Marshall TrncliO:rt Engine at w<lrk on the dn1m. Each set supptied in crwelope with cardboard sliltener. Price 15s. (post paid).-From J. Crawley, Field House, Turv,ey, Bedford.

For Salt:.-Fowler Traction Engine and Steam Roller Spares Catalogue. Size 15 in. X 1 l in. Contains 27 large illustrations of engines and parts. Very good condition. Otfers.-Box t, "Steaming," Field House, Turvey, B•edford.

For Sale.-Small Merryweather Steam Fire Pump on Hand Cart. Excellent condition. £60 or nearest offcr.-R. C. J. Willcox, Plain House, Whiteshill, Stroud, Glos.

For Sale.-Four wheel flat trailer, artillery type wheels on solid rubbers. Needs new floor otherwise sound. Look well behind traction. £25.-R. C. J. Willcox, Plain House, Whiteshill, Stroud, Glos.

W.antcd.-An,y spares suitable for Fowler Class i\9 Road Loc,omoli\1e No. l537L In paniculnr Fowler governor assembly complete, cap for '3rd shaCit end, Jlywhecl hub cap, sl.eeirsman·s seal, flywheel brnk.e assemMy. co1rmcl Fnwler paLLern angle cross mcmbets fot canopy (widuh ,;i,ppro~. 6 ft 2 in. o:r sligl\llY ove1· would do).-R. C. J. Wi'llcox, Plain B0uso 1 )1/hiileshm, Stroud, Glos .

.For Sale.-SeL of two oolourcd prints, size 4!- in. X 3½ jn,, plus a 1t in. border~ lfoster Showman~sTractor r111dCla·1 1t1011Tracli'on B111gi~c.Price 5s. 6d. (including postagc:),.-J. Crawley~, Field House, Turvey, Ucdford.

Wari1cd.-:J"o buy or loan, Burrell s:.C.C. brass: cylinder plate "Btirr.cH Patenl Engine ".-F.t 11risco11.32 ~L Charles' Road 1 13rcntwood, Bssa·:<.

For Sa.le.-Puinted Englues, J. RllSS·CJI,57s. 6d.; Bloscope Shows and their Engine:,·, I 0s.; .ti;Jiow11um'.\'En 1gines, 6s. 6dl.; Garretts of Leiston, 43s. 9d. All post paid.-G. R. l-lawthorn~, l 9 Oridlo Path, Woodcote, Rea<ling.

Wanted.-Namcplate "Fowler" with " Leeds'' inset in centre. Exchange or cash for faithful re·production.-G. R. Hawthorne, 19 Bridle Path, Woo<l~ cote, Reading. •

For Salc,-"Worlci's Fair 1 ' from 195i to J965 (2.9 copi-0s missing). /\pproxima1e1y L:530copies confa!ning Engine News and Notes, Rally Reports, etc. Most useful for anyone compiling Enginl! :Listli cl.c. Off 1crs.-J. Crawley, Field Rous~, Turvey, Bedford.

For Salc.-Two ·Fowler Ploughing Engines. Nos. 12136/7; o.n.c 4-:Purrow Plmlgh ; one Van; two· Watercarts; 1.wo Heuck:e Sneam Ploughing Engines, built 1911 and 1928, by Hcnckc of Gtnerslcbrm, Germany. These are all leo.atcd in Germany at Rcgcnsbu:rg .and are avaiD1tblc Cor sale at a !ow prite t'or ·preserva.lion.~Dclails from ·n1c Secretary, The Naliom1! Traction Engine Club, 34 Northwick P'ark Road, Harrow, Middx, Wanted.-Chimncy and base casting an<l brass top for Marshall 7 ton "S '' type Road RolJer.-J. T. Beeby, Wymcswold Road, Rcmpstone, Loughborough.

Wanled.-Complete _brake baimd gear to fit Foste.r 8 rth,p, ,SilH~leCyHmler 'fraction iBngine No. 2775 (1903). Parts from 6 or 7 n.h.p. ,engine wo-uld be suitahle.-M. A. B-urr! 10 Woodside Av£:niucl _Killamalf:Sh,Nr. fihefficld.

For Salc.-Wallis & Steevens Steam Roller in working order. Reg. No. HO6281. Chassis No. 7790, Weight unladen 6 tons approx. Inspection by appointment (Td. No. T11nhri<l8eWells 2n121). Offer~ in writing to reach me by noon on 17th May, 1966.-W. Pickering, M.I.C.E., Borough Surveyor, Town Hall, Tunbridge Welts.

DIARY OF EVENTS

Approved by The Na1ional Traction Enxine Club. May tBrighlon Run-Historic Commercial Vehicle Club. r .tnvc Clapham 9 a.m.

14/ 15 Thaxted, Essex. 16

J 5 Birmingham Science Museum Rally. 30 21 / 22 Wilsic Hall, Wadsworth, Doncaster. 19

21 /22 *Farming Fair, Maidstone, Kent 26

28 Umberleigh, llarnstap,le, Devon. 7

28 •Congleton (Che:shife)Carnival and Engine P'arndc. 14

28/29/'J0 MeHon Mowbra)r St~m Fair and Engine· RaHy. 46

2°9/JO 8ea.ulieua 1 Southampto,n. 21

29 /30 Great Wymondley. Hitchin 1 Hcrt'S. 34

2..9/30 Reves-by (Carringlon Park). Boston. Lines.. 17 .29/30 Stanford !Park, Rugby. 8

30 Elham, Canlerbury, Kent. 5 30 Woodton, Hungay, Suffolk. 13 30 Madlcy, near Hereford. 32

30 *Newbury (Berks.) Canal Fair and EngiHc Parade. 20 June 4 Cllancller~s Ford, IEas!lleigh, Hants. 39 4/ 5 tCrewe Engine and• Car Rally. 14 I l Ilrettenham Park, Stowmarkel, Suffolk. 22 1f/12 North Hykeham, Lincoln. 12 18 Andover, Hants. 23 18 ,;.:Huntingdon Agl'icultural Show (l-Jinchinghrookc Park). 21 l 8 *Btddulnh (Stone.on-Trent) Carnival and Engine Parade. 14 25 / 26 Tring Park, Herts. 1 25 /26 Stamford, Lines. (RyhaH Gran~e). 21 July 2/3 Rcmnstone. Lou~hborough, Leics.

9 Horsh.am, Sussex. 9 9 / rn Gringlcv, Bawtrev, Donc:1~ter. 1, 9 I lO Bovingdon, Hcrts. 34 16 / 17 J\noleford, Ahinedo'1, Berk<:.

16/ 17 Bellamo11r Hall. Rugdey, StafTs. 14

16/ 17 tHavdock P::i.rk R~~cc-ou:rne,Newton-le-Willows, 1.~ncs. 4t

16/l 7 Masham. Rioon. Yorks. • 42 Altered to 9/10 Ash Cross. T~nnton. Somerset. 18 16/ 17 tSudbury, Suffolk. 44

23·124 Ely, Cambridgeshir-c. 40 23/24 Kegworth, Derby. 10

30 /31 Woburn Rally. 21 Aug. 6 tWoodcote, Reading. 29 6 /7 Pickering, Yorkshire. 28

20 Sinnc;: Barton. Redruth, Cornwall. 6 20/2 l Market Bosworth, Hinckle}', Leics. 33

27 *E~hnrn ancl Thorne, S11rrev A 0 riculturaf Show. 17 2~ /?9 Lorudeat House, Warminster, Wilts. 38 28 /29 Harewoo<i House, Leeds. 15 2R/29 .Rressingh::tmHall, Diss, Norfolk. l3 29 Church Strctton, Salon. 3 29 *Hurst, R.eading Af.!ricultural Show. 20 28/29 Garldesd.en Row, Hemel Hemnstead, H~rts. 34 Sept. 17 *Newbun,, Berks. Agricultural Show, 20 17 / 18 Ingatestone, F.ssex. 4 24 Southampton, Hants.

NOTES

Every effort is made tf'I ensure th~ accnracv of these dates, but no resnonsihilitv can be accented bv the N.T.E.C. for alterations. Rallies varv consiclcrnhlv in size and scof)e ; details of anv particular event can be ohtained fro""\ the ort'~.nising secrctnry with whom a11 correspondence should be conducted. The official can be ascertained by reference to the key to the number appearing after each event.

ORGANISERS OF EVENTS

+ Agriculwral Shows at which no rally events a.s such are: prov'ided, but 1hc engines will be in steam as static exhibrits with allTI occasional parade. Carnivals arc similar.

t Events catering for all forms of veteran and vintage transport of which traction engines form a part.

1. Mr. P. N. D. Port.er. Rye House, White Hill. CHE.SHAM,Bm~ks.

2. Mr. G. Hawkins~ Fiederick House, St. lsscy 1 WAOED1UDCE,Corrtwan.

3. Mr. D. W. Smith, 44 Sandford Avenue, CHURCHS-r1.urrroN,S:tiop.

4. Mr. A. W. Cornelius, 84 Dovedale Averu.1e, Clayhallj TLPORD, ii-;sex.

5. Mr. A. G. Thompson, "Avalon," Elham, CANTERBURY, Kent.

6. Mr. M. J. P<:arc~, 31 Trevu Ro:ad, CAMlllORNE.,Cornwall.

7. Mr. H. C. Stenner, JubHee House, South Mo'lton Road,, UMBERLF.IGH. Devon.

8. Mrs. K. Middleton, The Cottage, Poplar Lane, Holcot, NORTHAMPTON.

9, Mr. H. E. Dudeney, 2 Hurst Avenue, HORSHAM, Sussex.

10. Mr. N. S. Brown, 30 Borrowell, Kegworth, DERBY.

1I. Mr. \V, G. R. Weeks, 11 Mitchell Avenue, Jesrnon<l, NEWCASTI.F.-CPONTYNE 2.

12. Mr. H. L.. Spitndley, 23 Westwood Drive. Swanpool, LtNCOl.N.

13. Mir. C. R. Knights.," Rosslea/' Wi'lciemess L~ne·, HARLes:-mN,Norfolk.

14. Mr S. L. Wedgwood, Holcombe ffin1s,e. l'iJ Congle·ton Road, Uiddulph, S'I'OKE-oN~TRENT, Staffs.

I 5. Mr. N. Boyes. 93 Woodside Road, 'Wyke:, 81.ti\t.W'Olm, Yorkshjr1::.

16. Mr. A. Baynes, 1 So1.1lfivie,v 1 Radwi:ntcr. SA!Pf'RON WAt..Dr::N., Essex.

17. Mr. R. Jermey, M,ount P!leasa.nl House~ Frithville:, BOsl'ON, Uncs,

18. Mr, J. Ha;rding, IOI Wembdon Roa.d, B'RIDGWATEl.l 1 ,Somerset

19. Mr. J. J. Dangerfield., Wit.sfo }fall Hotel. Wadworth, 'DONCASTn.t\. Yorks.

20. Mr. G. R. Ha\,Hh.orne. 19 Bddle P'ath. \.VcH:,,dcote-,READING, 1Jc1·ks.

21. Mr . .T. Crawley, Field House. Turvey, BEDFORD.

22. Hon. C. Buckmaster, Rvece Hall. Brcttenham, IrswrcH, Suffolk.

23. Mr. G. Howell, 5 The Crescent. ANDOVER. Hants.

24. Mr. T. B. Paisley. Manor Farm, Hoivwell, Ht1NTINGOON, 7...5. Mr. J. T. 8eebv. Wvrneswold Road. Remos.lone. Lou.mmonouc.tt,Leics.

26. Miss E. Hinde, Oakwoad House. Oakw<:>odRoad. 'MAIDSTONE, Kent.

27. Mr. A. Bloom. 8-l!lessinf!hamHall. Di~~. NQrfolk.

28. Mr. M. D. Thnckray.., ,,, Uo"i,onda."Cast1e Howard Drive, MALTON, Y.,orks.

29. Mr. G. Rogers," Pcn-y-Ohe:nt" Beech Lan:e. Wood<:o'lo, Rl;.i\lDINO, Berks.

30. Ml'. N. W. Berte11:sh1J1w.Birminl!ham Mu:sellilmof Science and lndushy, Newhall Street, BlllMINGHAM 3.

31. Mr. W. L. Thorpe, "Eastfie.td," Cemetery Road, Ryhitl, WAKEF1.t::Ln, Yorks.

32. Mr. S. PhilP, "Wcllhrook/' Peterchurch, HP.RTir-ORD.

33. Mr. R. A. Lees, 14 St Catherine's Avenue, Markel Bosworth, NuNr:.ATON, Warwickshire.

34. Mr. J. J. Maves, 23 Nunnery Lane, LurnN, Reels.

35. Mr. F. B. Broughton, "Pantiles," Gringlcy-on-the-Hill, DONCASTER. Yorks.

36. Mr. K. J. Fidgcn, c/o Louis Newmark Ltd., 101 Dell Street, Rr:.taATE, Surrey.

37. Mr. M. Bennett, 4i Norlhcroft Gardens. Emdefield Green, RGHAM, Surrey.

38. Mr. P. G. Barber, c/o Jam~s & Crockerell Ltd., Durrington, SAttSDURY, Wilts.

39. Mr. E, ]ones, 7 Queen's Road. Clrnndler!s Bord~ EASTLEIOl'il 1 Haots.

40. Mi. R. A. Brown, 54 Hnll Str,ect Solrantfl,CAMBRIDGE.

41. Mr. l D. W. Ru:;si;II, 4~ MelHnr. I ,ane. Maghul1. LIVERPOOL

42. M-r, A. Nunn, 6 Weslholme Road. Masham. RWON, Yorks.

43. M:r. A. Napper., Bridf;!:eFarm, A_ppll}ford, ;\111NQIX>N. Berks.

44. Mr . .B. .Bourn. B.urch Rot,se, tong Ro:idl, Dcdha.m, CotcHEStrCl.t.; Ess,c:c

45. Mr. M. Girling, 101 Windcrmcrc Avenue, SotJTHAMl'TON.

46. Mr. S. Simpson, 287 Hum berstone La.ne. LEICJ:::STr.R.

Wallis &. Steevens to n.h.p. 3 sp,eed Compound Road Engine Nb. 2644 "General Buller". Whether he is 'nursing· a boiler of an Otean liner, or a Power Station, for a living, or tending a traction engine for a hobby: •