Recent content by saltleyloco

Hi sykarost, Got your name right this time, no I think it was fair to say the tea was quite good and hot and in the winter we sometimes were given hot roast chestnuts straight from the shovel, not all drivers did it but there were a few who did & yes you were right you only put pennies under...

Hi Skyroast sorry you were not able to post the lists, but I understand your reasoning just a pity that I knew so many drivers and firemen from the 50s and 60s, I suppose there are not many of them around now, one nickname I remember well was a fireman that worked a lot with Bert Emery was...

Hi Skyroast would it be possible of you to put up that list of drivers for all to have a look at. that is if you have not already put it on the forum. Best regards saltleyloco.

Thank you Lower Quadrent for letting me know of the new picture that will be arriving later I will look forward to seeing it, I let my brother know that you had posted the first picture of our dad in fact the first picture we have ever seen of our father on the footplate, we only ever had...

I would like to say a big thank you to Lower Quadrant for the information and the fantastic photo of my old dad, One thing you did not mention was that he could be a stubborn old bugger in his ways more so as he got older but one thing he really enjoyed was driving steam engines, in fact he...

I would like to know if anyone out there can remember the 40s 50s and 60s, I used to go to the shed to meet my dad coming off shift and look round the sheds, he even used to pick me up at bromford bridge and take me on the footplate to manchester ( bacon and egg on the shovel )and back, it is a...