Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Contents: Adderley Street Gas Works by John Horne, p. 3; Burnhope Colliery & Village: Part Two by Colin E. Mountford, p. 11; More Kentish Paper Railway notes by Ian Pope, p. 25; Follow-up: TID Class Tugs at Portsmouth in the 1960s from Dave Russell, p. 33; J. J. Cordes & Co.: Nail Manufacturers 1835-1961 by Malcolm Johnson, p. 39; Heavens Light Our Guide: Portsmouth Trolleybuses by Juan E. de Rose, p. 55
Article Snippets
From 'Adderley Street Gas Works': Two narrow boats, that nearest the bank being lettered B.S.A. on the side of the rear cabin, are moored beneath the coke shute and a telpher car is about to tip its load. It is likely that the coke is destined for the foundry at the Birmingham Small Arms plant. We are looking south and the big brick building is the 1909 retort house; the corrugated-iron shack at the right keeps the weather off the Babcock boilers. The cast-iron sectional tank at the right holds cyanogen liquor awaiting a boat, but probably not the bathtub-like boat seen here. The private footbridge linked the gas works to the coke plant in the east yard, out of sight to the left.
From 'Portsmouth Trolleybuses': Another of the 1936 Cravens bodied batch was 273 (RV9124), captured amid the hustle and bustle of London Road, North End. The 1959 series Vauxhall Cresta, which would have cost its owner just Ã
From 'Portsmouth Trolleybuses': Another of the 1936 Cravens bodied batch was 273 (RV9124), captured amid the hustle and bustle of London Road, North End. The 1959 series Vauxhall Cresta, which would have cost its owner just Ã