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Originally Posted by hertfordshire boy
Any programme details on Garrett 32936?
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Further to my last post, this is the information I have on the engine. hope it helps.
32936 1916 Single Cylinder Traction Engine, Reg. No: ER 603, 7nhp, 10 tons, “FELSTED BELLE”
History;
1916 - Built on Wednesday 13 December and supplied to Christopher W. Blewett, Cornish Hall End, Great Yeldham, Essex where she was registered NO 6955.
1917 - Commandeered by the War Department for WW1 and sent to France returning to Blewetts when she was re-registered.
1942 - Bought in January by Arthur Baldock Limited, Haverhill, Suffolk working for them until 1948.
1954 - Sold to Arthur Clarke, Felsted, Essex who named her.
1963 - Part exchanged with Bob Pumfrey for a Fowler Showman’s Locomotive.
1967 - Owned by David J. Nourse, Toft, Cambridgeshire.
2005 - Sold to the present owner at Wymondham, Norfolk.