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Chasewater Railway Museum – May Additions 1

Posted on May 7, 2015 by | Leave a comment

Chasewater Railway Museum

May Additions – 1

William Roberts, Station Brewery, Brownhills.

(and a number of pubs!)

Peter Hucker, brother of our man Godfrey, and his wife have recently given the Chasewater Railway Museum a part of a mug with William Roberts’ Station Brewery information painted on it. Sadly it is incomplete but the most interesting part of it is there. It was found some years ago behind the, as it was then, Hussey Arms.

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It adds to our other few relics of William Roberts, namely 2 teaspoons, given by Marion Harrison

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and some bottles, which have been with us for some time.

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The trade mark on the mug can also be seen on the window of the ‘Shoulder of Mutton’ public house in Church Road, Brownhills.

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For much more information about William Roberts go to:

The estate we’re in

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Chasewater Railway Museum – Some more April donations.

Posted on April 30, 2015 by | Leave a comment

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Some more April donations.

We were given these items over the weekend By Graham Wilkes, and, except for the badge, local stuff.DSCF0186

The badge is a NUR Orpington Branch, dated summer 1989.

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This is a train staff ticket for the Littleworth Railway giving authorisation to travel from Wimblebury Junction to Cooper’s Lodge Junction.

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The prices vary from 10d to 1/3d, these days approximately 4p to 6p.

The last ticket is interesting in that it is a ‘Forces Leave’ single from Brindley Heath.  This station was situated between Hednesford and Rugeley at the bottom of the notorious ‘Kitbag Hill’, so called because the first job new recruits arriving for training had to do was to lug their kitbags up a fairly steep and long hill.

The photograph below was taken by a long-time friend of Chasewater Railway, the late Roger Shenton.

Brindley Heath Station 2

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Chasewater Railway Museum – New items added during April 2015

Posted on April 29, 2015 by | Leave a comment

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The latest items added to the Chasewater Railway Museum’s Collection were purchased over the weekend.

The first one is a reversible Carriage Destination Board, Walsall and Rugeley.

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As can be seen, this is painted white with black lettering and is made of wood.

The other item is a cast iron Wagon Plate, black with white lettering.

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Chasewater Railway Museum, Bagnall Worksplate

Posted on February 20, 2015 by | Leave a comment

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Bagnall Worksplate

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Recently acquired in auction for the Chasewater Railway Museum is a cast brass locomotive worksplate Bagnall 3160 of 1959. The worksplate was carried by a standard gauge 0-6-0 diesel mechanical delivered to Mobil Oil Co.Ltd., Coryton, Essex and later at Tunnel Portland Cement, Pitstone and Ketton Works, Rutland.

3160-1959 Kevin Lane Bagnall 3160-1959  Photo by Kevin Lane

https://www.flickr.com/photos/28083135@N06/4796022806/

The loco was scrapped about 2004 at Thompson’s, Middlesbrough but several parts were saved for the Bagnall 0-6-0 DM 3119 at Chasewater, these being major components such as the engine, gearbox and fluid coupling. As is often the case the demise of one loco can lead to a prolonged life for another.

Bagnall-0-6-0-DM-3119_webBagnall 3119-1956 at Chasewater Railway 2004

http://www.freefoto.com/browse/24-51-0/Chasewater-Railway

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Lions and Wheels (British Railways’ lion emblems, 1949-1964)

Posted on February 19, 2015 by | Leave a comment

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318Photo of BR Coat of Arms from the Chasewater Railway Museum Collection

lions and wheels (British Railways’ lion emblems, 1949-1964).

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Chasewater Railway Museum News, Miners’ ‘Get Together’

Posted on February 18, 2015 by | Leave a comment

Chasewater Railway Museum News

Miners’ ‘Get Together’

 

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Three items given to the Museum by Barry Lycett, commemorating 40 years of the  miners’ “Get Together”.

Commemorative Folder

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Also, two tokens in the form of key rings (the Museum was given two so that both sides could be shown in the display cabinet, see above), these items were given to all who attended the ‘Get Together’.

As can be seen in the acknowledgments, Chasewater Railway made a donation to the raffle/auction prizes, I believe in the form of two family tickets for the Railway

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Commemorating the 40th Annual miners’ “Get Together”, started at West Cannock No.5 Colliery in 1974

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Two items which have been around for a while!

Posted on January 28, 2015 by | Leave a comment

Two items which have been around for a while!

Aldridge rly map

This first one is a map of the London Midland & Scottish Railway from Aldridge to Brownhills, via Walsall Wood, showing the chamge to a single line in 1934.  Somehow it had evaded the camera for some time, after being donated to the museum!

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This Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns worksplate has also been with us for some time, since purchased by our curator.  It was very nicely painted by Jason Busby.

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Who would have believed it?? – A very unusual occurence

Posted on December 24, 2014 by | Leave a comment

Who would have believed it??

A very unusual occurrence

A sight very rarely seen in railway circles – Barry Bull dropping a slice of cake.  A very tasty piece of gateau by the look of it – the look on Barry’s face says it all!!

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Cake cropped

Good splat, eh??

We all know how clean Barry keeps the floor in the museum but we believe that he resisted the temptation to carry on with his snack – although it was replaced on the plate!!

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Barry not only wiped the floor, but even polished it with his knees!!

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Chasewater Railway Museum, Another couple of items of interest, An NCB Belt and a Walsall Steam Railway Booklet

Posted on December 15, 2014 by | Leave a comment

Chasewater Railway Museum,

Another couple of items of interest

The first item is a welcome addition to our collection of mining memorobelia, a leather belt with the initials ‘NCB’ stamped on it.

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This was kindly donated by Rob Duffill.

The second item is a booklet about the Walsall Steam Raiway, which was found in a collection of old magazines given to the museum by Clive Smith, a long-time friend of the museum.

This was very coincidental as only about three weeks ago, our man Godfrey had found a couple of references to this railway an an old narrow gauge magazine!

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From the booklet:

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A couple of interesting links:

http://walsallsteamrailway.webs.com/

The following link was about a show in the Arboretum:

http://chasewaterstuff.wordpress.com/2010/06/28/a-bit-from-the-scrapbook/

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The Latest Museum Arrivals , Including a Local Colliery Wagon Plate

Posted on December 3, 2014 by | Leave a comment

The Latest Museum Arrivals – Including a Local Colliery Wagon Plate

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This Cannock & Rugeley Colliery wagion plate is not the most common item ever seen in the museum – in fact, no-one we have asked has ever seen one!  This obviously makes it a bit special.  Unfortunately, it has a crack (repaired) through the right-hand bolt hole – I wonder how that happened?!

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This next item, a book for the library, has come along at a good time – as we have recently seen the return of the horse-drawn parcels van.

It should be pointed out that the horses in this book used to pull carts, vans, etc. unlike the Chasewater Railway Museum version, which seems to prefer to ride in them!

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The final item was a raffle prize at the recent Gerald Reece talk about Brownhills, and shows Brownhills High Street in the early 1900s, won by one of the museum staff.  If you’ve seen the photo on Brownhills Bob’s site, the bald headed bloke on the back row, right-hand side!

http://brownhillsbob.com/2014/11/30/happy-talk/

 

 

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