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Glynn Waite was born at Cromford in 1943. Over the years he has researched the history of railway operations in the area – and the Midland Railway in general – in considerable detail. Glynn had made contributions to many railway publications and was the editor of the Midland Railway Society's Journal from 1996 to 2006. In recent times he has written a number of publications about Rowsley and in 2007 the well-researched work Charles Burling : Railway Signalman of Cromford. Glynn is a member of the Arkwright Society’s Steering Committee that has been overseeing the renovation of the Downside building at Cromford Station. All profits from the book’s sale will be donated to that project. The book extends to 80 pages (including covers) and contains 124 illustrations and 17 tables. It comprises 12 chapters, each covering a chronological period in the station’s history. These are: Historical Background In addition, there are 8 appendices, as under: A – The Construction of the Line : Willersley Tunnel Accidents Copies of the book may also be obtained from the author - Glynn Waite, 113 Green Oak Road, Totley, Sheffield. S17 4FS. Email Glynn.Waite (at) btinternet.com |
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Glynn Waite was born at Cromford in 1943. Over the years he has researched the history of railway operations in the area – and the Midland Railway in general – in considerable detail. Glynn had made contributions to many railway publications. He was the co-author of Rowsley : A Rural Railway Centre, the editor of Rowsley Railway Miscellany (see below) and the editor of the Midland Railway Society's Journal from 1996 to 2006. Charles Burling – a career railway man – joined the Midland Railway as a porter at Elsecar & Hoyland station, near Barnsley, in 1900. He came to Cromford as a signalman in 1911 and lived in the village for the rest of his life. After working in several other signal boxes in the district, he became a signalman at Matlock Bath in 1938 and retired from that position in 1947. During certain periods of his life, Charles recorded details of his career and the local railway scene in notebooks. The publication is primarily based on information contained in two of these books. His railway career is covered in some detail, as is the local railway scene – and to a lesser degree, the national one – from 1912 to 1917. This has been supplemented by notes and appendices which are the result of research into some of the events recorded in the notebooks. The publication contains 68 pages and includes almost 100 illustrations. The main text comprises 3 sections:- There are 19 appendices, as under:- Copies of the book may also be obtained from the author - Glynn Waite, 113 Green Oak Road, Totley, Sheffield. S17 4FS. Email Glynn.Waite (at) btinternet.com |
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The Midland Railway Steam Motor Carriages : ISBN 978-0-9537486-6-2
Rowsley - A Rural Railway Centre : ISBN 0-9537486-2-6|
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Glynn Waite and Laurence Knighton were both born locally and have studied the development of railways in the Rowsley area over many years - in fact, Glynn was the Chief Clerk at the engine shed when it closed in 1966.
They have used material from their extensive archives to produce this 128-page detailed history of railways in the Rowsley and Darley Dale area from their origins in the 1840s to the present day. The book contains 250 illustrations, many of which have not been previously published.
Details of staff, train services and other features that do not fit easily into a chronological account of the area, are contained in 23 appendices. One of these deals with special trains and special passengers, which were regular features 100 years ago when Royal Trains brought King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra to Rowsley en route to Chatsworth for the famous house parties.
That, however, was the 'glamour' side of Rowsley, for until the mid-60s there was also a large engine shed and marshalling yard. The book tells how the rural peace was disturbed by the coming of the railway in 1849 and how, from the 1870s, it became by far the biggest employer in the area. At its peak just after the Second World War there were approximately 550 staff based at Rowsley. It also shows how quickly this dedicated workforce was disbanded and the railway closed down. In recent years part of the line has re-opened and there are plans for extensions. But one thing is certain - we will never again see the concentration of activities and labour that were so common on the railways of yesteryear, and which are described in some detail in the book.
See above for information on the Rowsley Association
Copies of the book may also be obtained from the author - Glynn Waite, 113 Green Oak Road, Totley, Sheffield. S17 4FS.
Email Glynn.Waite (at) btinternet.com
Hassop - A Chronology of Railway History : ISBN 0-9537486-5-0
by Laurence Knighton (Midland Railway Society).
Published 2004 - 44 pages, illustrated, maps.
A4 - Softback : £6.50 from bookstores, £7.50 (mail order).
Hassop station was situated 153 miles 65 chains from St. Pancras on the Derby to Manchester main line between Bakewell and Great Longstone. It was the station for Baslow and one of the three stations for Chatsworth, the home of the Duke of Devonshire, the others being Rowsley and Bakewell.
The Hassop station Inn, which was situated adjacent to the station entrance was constructed by the Chatsworth Estate. Probably because of these factors, the passenger station was one of the large and imposing structures on the line rather than the cottage type to be seen at neighbouring Great Longstone station.
It was always 'a busy place' as far as goods traffic was concerned, with spar and stone traffic forwarded and coal traffic received. Cattle and cattle cake were important traffics as well as grain and raw cotton / yarn associated with Calver Mill.
Hardly a dwelling could be seen from the station. Hassop itself being a hamlet rather than a village, with the result that passenger traffic was not buoyant and the rather minimal service of trains was withdrawn from 17th August, 1942.
Samuel Waite Johnson's Locomotive Aesthetic Beauty
- An Appreciation : ISBN 0-9357486-4-0
by Jack Braithwaite (Midland Railway Society).
Published 2004 - 20 pages, illustrated.
A4 - Softback : £3.50 from bookstores, £4.50 (mail order)
The author has spent much of his life studying the locomotives of Samuel Waite Johnson and, in particular, their aesthetic attributes. His interest has extended way beyond that of most railway historians, for he has kept meticulous records of what others have said about Johnson and his locomotives, both from contemporary and modern sources. He has therefore been able to analyse this information in forming his own views and preferences.
Jack was elected President of the Midland Railway Society in 2001. This publication is based on the address he delivered to members of the Society at the end of his term of office.
Midland Railway Sketches : ISBN 0-9537486-0-8
by Edward Bradbury aka "Strephon" (Midland Railway Society).
Published 1999 - 64 pages, illustrated.
A5 - Softback : £5.95 now £3.00 from bookstores, £4.00 (mail order).
Midland Railway Sketches has been produced on behalf of the Midland Railway Society in a considerably enhanced form and was originally published in 1876 by 'Strephon'. It is a collection of his Sketches which first appeared in local newspapers.
Strephon was the pen name of Edward Bradbury, who is usually regarded as a typical Victorian journalist and very much of the dilettante set.
He was born in Derby in December 1853 and When Bradbury left school, he entered the service of the Midland Railway, where he enjoyed privileged facilities, and devoted his leisure hours to writing articles for the local press under the pseudonym Strephon, often on railway-related subjects.
These articles were published in the Derbyshire Times and the Sheffield Daily Telegraph. Certain sketches were also published nationally in London Society, Cassell's Magazine and The Magazine of Art, while many appeared later in book compilations, often in an expanded format.
Bradbury's first book, published in November 1876 by Bemrose of Derby, was Midland Railway Sketches and this forms the basis of this publication. The original had 52 pages with a paper cover and was priced at 6d. The chapter on 'Through the Peak on the Engine of the Express' appeared in Pilgrimages in the Peak in 1879 and All About Derbyshire in 1884. The contemporary press reports are from In the Derbyshire Highlands, which was published in 1881. The illustrations in this new publication did not appear in the original sketches and have been carefully selected to enhance this revised edition.
Contents:
About 'Strephon'
Preface
I. The Midland Railway at Derby
II. Over The Settle and Carlisle Line
III. On The Engine of the Midland Midnight Express
IV. Through The Peak On The Engine Of The Express
V. Contemporary Press Reports.
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