Keswick Railway railway clerk parcels by train Beeching closure
Keswick Railway railway clerk parcels by train Beeching closure https://youtu.be/CfhPgZql728 This oral history was recorded for the Voices of Cumbria Millennium Project in 2000 commissioned by Cumbria Archives and was illustrated by Peter Nicholson using various images from various collections in Cumbria, permitted for educational use. Please help this community project by typing a summary […]
Threlkeld Quarry steam train and excavators Photo Gallery
Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum and Vintage Excavator Trust Before the days of hydraulic excavators (leaky incontinent things!) rope excavators were the ingenious and robust diggers, lifters and movers. Perhaps challenge the viewer to work out how a diesel engine, turning in one direction can have clutches, gears and levers that can throw buckets forward, […]
Vintage Excavators at Threlkeld Quarry Cumbria video
Vintage Excavators at Threlkeld Quarry Cumbria video https://youtu.be/X_GRsluJunQ Before the days of hydraulic excavators (leaky incontinent things!) rope excavators were the ingenious and robust diggers, lifters and movers. I challenge the viewer to work out how a diesel engine, turning in one direction can have clutches, gears and levers that can throw buckets forward, back, […]
Keswick to Penrith Railway video
Keswick Railway oral history video In 1944 when this 16 years old applied to work on the Keswick to Penrith railway. The train was the main delivery service with parcels, mail and even live chickens – what a racket! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR1iMXU8PXw Illustrated oral history of Keswick to Penrith railway Cumberland, now Cumbria Oral history of Penrith to Keswick […]
Steam Digger From The Deep video
Steam Digger working at Threlkeld Quarry Cumbria video Video of steam digger working at Threlkeld Quarry Ray Hooley organised volunteers to recover it from the flooded sand quarry where it had been left to rot. Apprentices at Ruston works initially renovated it, then it was unused until transported to the Vintage Excavator Trust at Threlkeld […]
Steel Works rail rolling line in Workington video
Steel Works rail rolling line in Workington video Workington produced steel for 125 years culminating in Corus creating annually enough rail to run from Workington to Istanbul along with 400,000 steel sleepers made in the plant. Daily 1000 tons of steel blooms were delivered from the latest steel works in the North East to Workington […]
Transport Photo Gallery
Transport Gallery Transport used in Cumbria, horse and cart, charabanc, locos, trains, cars trucks Car 1910 Car And Hand Cart In Street Outside Breeches Maker 1910s Car And People 1920s Car By Lake 1920 Car Charabanc Outside Tatters Garage Car Damlier Charabanc Car Damlier Charabanc On Kirkstone Pass Car Fells Car Humber Frnt Left Car […]