Ox Mountain Railway

..Pics taken with my first digital camera purchased 15 years ago! It's a bit like an Instamatic - two focus settings, camera or video, simples (like me).

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I'm still box brownie - but don't put yourself down, they look excellent images to me. You just seem to lack a little consistency especially when you post on other threads ;).
 
The old Yorkshire saying " W'ar than a pig in a ginnel" at least I can still knock my knees together!

They can be swines can pigs. I can still remember ending upside down in a swill bin. It was castration time for the piglets - I was holding them whilst the gaffer had his trusty razor blade and a can of udder cream.

Trouble was, the sty door wasn't bolted. Out shot the sow to see why her offspring were squealing - then saw me and flipped me over. Good job the swill had been emptied into the boiling pans!

Pigswill! Those were the days,!

You lucky bas*ard at least you got the chance to cop a mouthful, Only benefit we got from pigswill was a chance to huddle round in the boiling vats in the middle of Winter.
 
I did. I can still remember the smell of the sacks of wool at the mills at Stanningley Bottom when I used to walk past there as a youngster on the way to get the 65 bus to school.

To go up Richard Shaw Lane? Our Primary School was at Half Mile Lane end of Stanningley. Do you remember the Farsley Flyer - was it F & T Kitchen's that ran Farsley Omnibus?
 
No, I was getting the bus into the centre of Leeds to go to Leeds Central High School.

The Farsley Flyer was operated by Wallace Arnold, who amazingly transformed themselves into a major car dealer in due course. Their buses could barely get up the hill through Farsley from Rodley and Calverley.
 
No, I was getting the bus into the centre of Leeds to go to Leeds Central High School.

The Farsley Flyer was operated by Wallace Arnold, who amazingly transformed themselves into a major car dealer in due course. Their buses could barely get up the hill through Farsley from Rodley and Calverley.

Ah right - Kitchen's just came into my mind - it's amazing how something prompts memories (accurate or otherwise!).
 
Small world. My father and his family come from Hunslett and I had a great-grandfather that was a foundryman. The same as his father, at the mid 18th century start of the industrial revolution.. My grandfather was killed in Bolivia when working for Clayton's as a boilermaker.

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Changed days.
 
Here's another slightly more informative historic advert for Clayton's.

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I think that part of Leeds/Hunslett has been built over but they lived in The Tulip, Beza, and Riley street complex that was adjacent to Claytons works. One of my Uncles was even given Clayton as one of his spare monikers.

When I worked in Leeds in 78/79 I think part of Clayton's was still there and I think there is an old heritage railway that was gifted from of the old Clayton complex and is still there.

My Grandfather helped install the 9 million gallon water tank in Calcutta.

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Hard life but I think it still stands as a testament to the engineering and craftsmanship.

PS Trammayo - there's a lot more of Yorkshire tyke in than you might think;).
 
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Could the railway be the Middleton Light Railway?

Interesting about the company name being given to your uncle. My wife used to work for T. W. Williamson's, an old-established paint maker in Ripon. They had the custom of paying £25 to any worker who christened a child Williamson as one of their names.
 
Could the railway be the Middleton Light Railway?

Interesting about the company name being given to your uncle. My wife used to work for T. W. Williamson's, an old-established paint maker in Ripon. They had the custom of paying £25 to any worker who christened a child Williamson as one of their names.

...and that was when £25 was a significant sum.
 
My mothers family were millwrights from Skipton and I think one of the late 19th century buildings, the Old Foundry, is still standing and is used as collective antique emporium that seem to be popular nowdadays.

Does that mean I can play cricket for Yorkshire? ;).
 
Cricky, listen to you lot reminiscing. I never lived there but visited often after my old man moved to Hough End in the late 60s, somewhere off Swinnow Lane. He later moved over Fartown way in the early 70's. I wandered all round those places you mentioned, and plenty more of the district.
 
Here's another slightly more informative historic advert for Clayton's.

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I think that part of Leeds/Hunslett has been built over but they lived in The Tulip, Beza, and Riley street complex that was adjacent to Claytons works. One of my Uncles was even given Clayton as one of his spare monikers.

When I worked in Leeds in 78/79 I think part of Clayton's was still there and I think there is an old heritage railway that was gifted from of the old Clayton complex and is still there.

My Grandfather helped install the 9 million gallon water tank in Calcutta.

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Hard life but I think it still stands as a testament to the engineering and craftsmanship.

PS Trammayo - there's a lot more of Yorkshire tyke in than you might think;).

I'm proud to be a Yorkshireman. Yorkshire gave so much to the world.
I'm a Leeds Loiner and always will be.
Could the railway be the Middleton Light Railway?

Those are intertesting memories GNB and, in some ways, similar to mine. My paternal granfather worked for Greenwood & Batleys, whilst his father was a forgemaster at Monkbridge Forge. My father was an electrical engineer.

QUOTE/Interesting about the company name being given to your uncle. My wife used to work for T. W. Williamson's, an old-established paint maker in Ripon. They had the custom of paying £25 to any worker who christened a child Williamson as one of their names.

Had a tour of Williamsons old place in 1970 - we were wanting paint for a trolleybus we were restoring back to its' 1948 condition. They were extremely helpful. I think the offices are flats now?

Cricky, listen to you lot reminiscing. I never lived there but visited often after my old man moved to Hough End in the late 60s, somewhere off Swinnow Lane. He later moved over Fartown way in the early 70's. I wandered all round those places you mentioned, and plenty more of the district.

Familiar territory and some distinct memories!

Reached double figures, did we? :whew:
Wet

High twenties - now in the high teens! And yes, Wet - and more wet!
 
I'm proud to be a Yorkshireman. !

My Great great Grandfather was too. A man of foresight..... he figured that by the time I came around, Leeds wouldn't be big enough for both you and me, so he jumped ship to New Zealand. I have a namesake still living there.
 
Managed to test run a loco on Wednesday and yesterday after repairs (haven't a clue how it got smashed up!).... Wed....
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and yesterday .....
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I had to make a new cut bar for the tender and make some new mountings .... the old one was the wrong way round and fractured as I tried to alter the angle after removing it. Hadn't quite got enough length in the brass rod but at least it's better than before. I used St.St. split pins and bits of plastic tube for the mounts ...

As it was .....
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.... and as it is now ......
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I've had to glue things back, make a new handrail mounting, make a new exhaust for the generator - just need to make a step for the front now ....
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Maybe I'll do that today and run a full train (any excuse:)).
 
So, with the loco and tender repaired, I ran a train on Friday. Had to check for encroaching plant life so no more bits and pieces would be torn off the loco but all went OK.

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So at least I managed to run something. I'd like to acquire a couple of SPC liveried items in the future just to make a small 'authentic' consist!
 
Getting ready for another show this weekend. Don't get much opportunity to take a pic and, when I do, they are not much good. I have started building a simple blacksmith's shop. It's compressed in depth as everything is in the trailer.

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Its made from foam board and timber.

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The roof is corrugated paper on flat card - bought as a pack of A4 sheets in different colours. All primed with rattle can red oxide.

The reason for building one is quite simple - my finger slipped and I ended up with sound unit! Managed to fit , and an 8 ohm speaker in the roof....
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Now I need to make a hearth with a hood and flue pipe, an anvil and stithy, quenching trough, mechanical hammer, swaging blocks, and all manner of hand tools. Might even make a radial arm drill.

Oh - I must make a blacksmith or two!
 
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