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That Burrell Gold Medal convertible really is something special! And I'm sure that others will disagree but I feel that Thursford is the best place for it, it's not going to be messed about with or 'tarted up' with new paint thank god!
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Must confess I didnt bother going this year as its the same old same old.
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Still evidence of soot on Victory's footplate, when was she last steamed? Lee
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At least the engines look loved, even the rollers look like someone's given them a once over.
I'd never noticed the odd wheels on that compound roller 11918, are the rears Aveling Barford?? |
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Each to their own.. Jim S |
It is a great place to visit no matter what time of year. I went to one of their Christmas Parties some years ago and spent the whole evening in a corner in deep conversation with Harry Lee and other old steam men. Trouble is, it has changed from the way I remember it in the early 1970s when George would open up the shed about 4pm on Sundays and give a free organ recital in return for a donation to a cancer charity. They were the great days at Thursford.
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I too remember the great days of the 70"s at Thursford.... without doubt the best days and a bit of live steam too.
Jim S |
In my oppinion it is a great shame that the unrestored engines layed around for 30 odd years unsheeted outside before being brought in and given a good clean and polish, just imagine how good they would look if they'd been shedded and kept clean when they finished work.
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It seem a great shame that a few of the engines are not steamable, to me its of the old style museums with exhibits stuffed and mounted. The most inportant thing being they have been saved for all to see and enjoy. |
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Thinking back, my first visit to Thursford would have been in 1973, in those days the museum was in a Nissen hut type of building that was situated 'across the road' going by the location of the phone box, back then the museum had no phone and you could sometimes see George Cushing using the phonebox just outside the gateway, at this time there were about 15-20 engines, predominately Aveling Rollers to the left hand side of the museum, none of which were sheeted. On one occasion the gate opposite was open and it was possible to see either 'Alexandra' or 'unity' in the yard, this was the only time that I have seen a derelict Showmans engine. When the present museum was built in the early 'eighties there was a great investment in tarpaulin and the derelict engines were sheeted.
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Absolutely right Steve, as a young lad I remember seeing many unsheeted engines in the yard, thankfully as you say they were later to be sheeted up although not before soem of the engines became quite a state.
Credit where Credit is due though as George save many from being torched. Jim |
My biding memory of Thursford around 1972 was a huge plougher - possibly an aveling, without a sheet and a tree growing out of it!
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The Burrell roller and Marshall roller ( 78108 ) had a ticket until quite recently. When were the others last steamed ? |
Anyone old enough to remember Harry Bushell at Thursford? He lived in a cottage in Cushing's yard and was an engine driver most of his life. I was very young when I first met him but found him a lovely gentle man who was always kind to me.
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