St. Albans Corporation steam roller No.3 - a return visit 26th May
 

Sold by St. Albans Corporation in 1958 for £25.00, their surviving 1913 10 ton Aveling & Porter steam road roller will be making a return to the City on Tuesday 26th May. This will be part of the lead up to the following weekend’s (May 30/31st) Steam and Country Show at Oaklands (Smallford site) organised by Herts Steam Club Ltd

The roller will visit the Museum of St. Albans, Hatfield Road car park from 1.00 pm to 3.00 pm (http://www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/Si...m-of-St-Albans). Later it will steam along St. Peter’s Street and then Victoria Street, pausing briefly for photographs at 96, Victoria Street (which was the Corporation yard where the roller was based until 1930), followed by the Grimston Road depot adjacent to the City railway station (the surviving building, now offices, were previously the prison prior to being taken over by the City and adapted as their new depot in 1930).

Appropriate dignitaries from St. Albans District Council have been invited to attend, including the Mayor of St. Albans and those responsible for Museums, Leisure, Transport and Roads.

The City Engineer and Surveyor was responsible for the purchase of the roller in 1913; the original details are available courtesy of the Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies resources at Hertford where the St. Albans documents now reside, and this information can be made available to interested parties to expand the story if required.

All TT readers and other welcome to come along!

Sandy Ross

Sorry to be a bit dense, but which roller is this one please?

Aveling & Porter no 8064 reg NK1102

St. Albans - alive to the sound of steam rollers
 

Tomorrow we welcome Chris Griffiths and ex St. Albans Corporation No. 3 (Aveling 8064). But today it was the turn of YA1177 and friends - how will Steve be able to keep in touch with TT readers now that he has moved to Oaklands and is living in his caravan? He is surrounded by the Vickery family Aveling & Porters, but the products from Basingstoke were also seen tramping around St. Albans.

On Thursday (28th) Clayton & Shuttleworth 48154 will be steaming through St. Albans en route to Oaklands.

Malc. :cool:

Eight or so engines have already steamed through St Albans to Oaklands College on the bank holiday Monday. There will be 30 full size & 25 miniatures in attendance. The new rally field is looking very gpod with the grass mown. YA1177 is in residence.

Tim

St. Albans in steam
 

Thanks to Chris Griffiths and Kevin Flint who braved the traffic last Tuesday to take Aveling No. 8064 back to it's old haunts in St. Albans. It is 50 years since the roller last graced the streets. This weekend it will be the star exhibit at the St. Albans Steam and Country Show at Oaklands (Smallford site) Hatfield Road, St. Albans.

I am now back home with sore feet !!
Thanks to all who attended, we had a great rally on the new site