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Cumbria steam gathering 2010

Good day out at Flookburgh , one or two missing engines but and a damp arena but events continued no the less thumbsup
The Merlin and Griffin aero engines looked and sounded great too.

Dave

We were camped very close to the Aero engines, and when they were demonstating, you could feel the caravan floor vibrating.
Awesome engines.

I am sure Hercules on here will be posting some pics of the road run.
They should all be dried out by now.

Regards
John

John,

Many thanks for these super photos.

In particular thank you for photographing the models as well, too often we get super pictures of the full size engines but the models seem to be forgotten.

Edward.

Oh just wonderful. Those pictures bring it all back - roast hog, scrumpy, steel band, helicopter flights, stalls selling everything, steam fairground, Gipsy Rose Lee, craft, model and Lakeland produce tents, steam organs, threshing and sawing, innovative contraptions attached to stationary engines, tractions engines of every description, road vehicles of every type. Wasn't it nice to go back to your caravan have a cup of tea and chew the fat with the neighbours. Then - off again.

Sorry I have renamed the folder that my pics were in on photo bucket. Can i put them back on or will I have to re-post them?

John

the aveling showmans dont look right to me was it a big roller at some point???

glen

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Originally Posted by steamboy (Post 123076)

the aveling showmans dont look right to me was it a big roller at some point???

glen

It was indeed , an R15 convertable , tho' in a sorry state , and possibly with a broken front end . It looks kosher until you get up closeer , and see the bits that aren't there , and start to work out which piece was copied from which make .

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Originally Posted by weidner (Post 123086)

If you were referring to the photo of A & P "Roller Conversion" 8601 Reg. OT 4239 ALBION, it used to be a fine 10 Ton BSD class Compound Roller which I remember well from its many rally appearances, and it was always well turned out.

Perhaps you are mistaking it for A & P "Roller Conversion" 6091 Reg. AY 9526 DUCHESS, this used to be a 15 Ton RC15 class Compound Roller, and has been to Flookburgh previously but not this year.

Ooops , you are quite right , another Shaveling and Shporter .

Yes , I was thinking of Duchess , though the same remarks certainly apply .

was duchess a roller i thought she was a road loco and used to have a capsten winch and work for admiralty

I do not think so , but I may have got the wrong end of a stick , entirely . Are you perhaps thinking of Samson , an ex Chatham Dockyard engine which was converted by the showman Charles Presland , and now lives in Lincolnshire .

This is A&P Samson at Paisley sale in 1980:

http://i534.photobucket.com/albums/e...0/80-24034.jpg

Does anyone know what has happened to Samson? I have not seen or heard of it since it was owned by Tom Varley at Gisburn, a very long time ago. The TE Register shows it's location as Skegness in Lincolnshire.

Will it show up at Haddenham for the Paisley re-union?? Anyone know what will be there? I guess Emporer won't be for one. Never comes out of Hollycombe.

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Originally Posted by weidner (Post 126909)

This was Duchess, Stuart (Elsa) may have posted this on old sight. AFAIK it was a midlands engine and never a RL. From what I remember of old site, I think (Substitute rumour gossip) that the front rolls & Headstock plus scarifier were still about somewhere.

http://www.tractiontalkforum.com/pic...pictureid=1752

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Originally Posted by YYS4BOB (Post 127034)

Will it show up at Haddenham for the Paisley re-union?? Anyone know what will be there? I guess Emporer won't be for one. Never comes out of Hollycombe.

Never moves there either! Must be something to do with that flange..

Was Duchess the cut about R15 which used to appear at Lincoln , the last time just as a boiler and motion ?

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Originally Posted by weidner (Post 127104)

Was Duchess the cut about R15 which used to appear at Lincoln , the last time just as a boiler and motion ?

This image is from Steam Scenes last year at GDSF
http://www.steamscenes.org.uk/pictur...9_DSC_4835.jpg
Was for sale recently
http://www.tractiontalkforum.com/sho...261#post116261