Old Bluebell Photos - when?

[chrisjo]

These are my earliest railway photos. Is there anything here that could help me pin down the year when they were taken? Scanned and enhanced to the best of my ability from some desperately poor Kodak Instamatic prints. Obviously I know roughly how old I must have been when I was in the scouts, but I'd like to pin them down if I can. I don't imagine that children can just wander about like this now - I remember strolling in and out of York Leeman Road sheds when I was even younger than this!

 

[Mcr Warrior]

'Fenchurch' didn't arrive on the Bluebell before Spring 1964, so if all the photos were taken at the same time, it very likely wouldn't have been before then. And '3217' didn't have that number plate until the following year (1965). So, not the very earliest years of the Bluebell. Can anyone else help narrow down the timeframe?

 

[chrisjo]

That's very helpful @Mcr Warrior. The photos were all taken on the same day. In summer 1965 I was 13, so it fits, but I was probably a scout for a few years after that as well.

 

[30907]

Can't be certain, but I visited the Bluebell in summer 1966 or 67 and travelled on/ photographed the same selection of rolling stock.

 

[robert thomas]

These are my earliest railway photos. Is there anything here that could help me pin down the year when they were taken? Scanned and enhanced to the best of my ability from some desperately poor Kodak Instamatic prints. Obviously I know roughly how old I must have been when I was in the scouts, but I'd like to pin them down if I can. I don't imagine that children can just wander about like this now - I remember strolling in and out of York Leeman Road sheds when I was even younger than this!

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I have a photograph of the Dukedog taken on 29th May 1965. It had a very shiny brand new brass numberplate that had yet to be painted so your photo must have been taken after this.

 

[chrisjo]

I have a photograph of the Dukedog taken on 29th May 1965. It had a very shiny barand new brass numberplate that had yet to be painted so your photo must have been taken after this.

Thank you @robert thomas