Excellent, but rather sad, film about the demise of the Whitby to Scarborough railway filmed between 1965 and 1968…
http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/sentimental-journey-whitby-scarborough?destination=search/apachesolr_search/middlesbrough?page=1&filters=type:yfa_film%20bs_cck_field_videola_video:1&highlight=middlesbrough&mode=quick&solrsort=score%20desc,%20sis_cck_field_film_id%20asc&highlight=middlesbrough
2014-02-19 Shildon, a set on Flickr.
This week sees the last opportunity in the foreseeable future to see all six preserved A4 Pacifics together. They are at Shildon until Sunday. I went on Wednesday and took a few photos. I had the privilege of standing on the footplate of 60008 Dwight D Eisenhower which will be returning to the US soon. I must also say thanks to Northern Rail for anticipating demand and putting extra stock on the Saltburn to Bishop Auckland route.
With Ann, planes and trains…
From Ann, of course…
Railway station…
The Scarborough train…
R645 Requires power controller and track…
A really beautiful book that Ann bought for me…
Beverley to Doncaster
Doncaster to Darlington
Darlington to Thornaby
Doncaster to Beverley…
Darlington to Doncaster…
Thornaby to Darlington…
She arrived by train, not parachute, on this occasion…
For 6d in 1969…
The well known ghost sign on the approach to Hull railway station…
Snapped from the train.
Taken from train…
Having been unused and neglected since 2007 Hammersmith Palais was finally demolished yesterday. A Reggae All-nighter there was the subject of this Clash song (here performed in the film Rude Boy)…
The demolition also saw the loss of this ghost sign, pictured from the underground station by Caroline Derry …
With thanks to Sam Roberts’ Ghost Signs Blog.
Postscript – If someone had operated a pirate radio station from the minibus Ann drove on the Hammersmith flyover in 2005, I could have covered most of my categories in one blog post!
Rockin' Brian 