
CLUB NEWS RAIL FAIR After twenty years of organising the Rail Fair, Phil Stanbridge no longer wishes to carry on with this task and he is looking for someone to take over from him. He is prepared to help and guide that person during the takeover period. Anyone interested should please to Phil as soon as possible so that planning for the 2010 Fair can go ahead. Our thanks go to Phil for his worthy work over these twenty years. COLLECTION AT DECEMBER'S MEETING Below is a copy of an email received from Colin Boocock who was our guest speaker at the December Club Night Meeting. Dear Friends May I thank you for your generous giving in the "Railway Children" moneybox at the meeting I addressed this week on "1000 eggs on a bicycle"? You put £90.07 in the moneybox, which is an all-time record ! Many thanks indeed. I am passing the money on to the charity this week. Colin Boocock Our thanks go to all those who contributed to the collection. THE RAILWAY BOOKSHOP See the 'Links' page for details of Chris's Bookshop (including his new website) if you would like to get in touch with him between meetings. ALUMINIUM Chris Smith and Steve Warren are pleased to accept aluminium cans to speed up the restoration of the Severn Valley's GW 2-8-0 2857. CLUB NIGHT REPORTS If you would be willing to write a report of a Club Night presentation to appear on the Society's website - just one a year if you like - please speak to Mark Ratcliffe. The amount of detail in the report depends on you - see previous reports on this site (through a link on the Meetings page) for a flavour of what has been done in the past! MAGAZINE ARTICLES Does anyone have a copy of the March 2009 edition of 'Steam Days' they could loan to a recent speaker at BRS. Please telephone Rodger Smith on 01283-550915 if you can help. A recent copy of 'Rail' featured a four-page article on the Burton - Leicester line. The current 'Bylines' has a 12-page article on the Worthington Brewery System. 'Railway Bylines' for April 2009 features a 12-page article on Samuel Allsopp's brewery railway system with lots of pictures and a very good map. The April 2009 'Railway Modeller' features two items connected with Society members - Mark Ratcliffe and a six-page article on Ashbourne Midland, and David Wright and an item on painting the back scene. BRS 2008 PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION RESULTS The judging of the annual Photographic Competition by members took place on Wednesday 15th October. The event was attended by nearly 50 members and the numbers were no doubt influenced by the provision of a subsidised pie and peas supper. [Thanks to Mark Broughton and his assistant Linda, the pies were delicious as usual.] Luckily, with so many people attending, the event was moved into the main hall which was a far more suitable venue. The Committee changed the rules for judging this year in that members who submitted an entry were not allowed to vote. As usual there were four classes of entries to be judged: (A) Prints; (B) Digital Prints; (C) Novelty Section; and, (D) Transparencies. Each entry had to be awarded a score from a low of 1 to a high of 9. The results of the scoring are as follows. However, sharp-eyed members who attended will notice that the scores of the winning entries have changed from those given out on the night. Our scorer for the evening, John Tuffs, had been kept very busy (he could have even missed out on the pie and peas) and being conscientious he later scrutinised his Excel spreadsheet and found a minor glitch. Once it was rectified, the revised counts fortunately did not change any of the results. CLASS A: Winner John Marsh (147 points) - a picture of a Class 37 locomotive at Crewe diesel depot. CLASS B: Winner Mark Ratcliffe (186 points) - a Q6 on a North Yorkshire Moors Railway freight train at Newton Dale. Mark also took second place and Dave Hook third. CLASS C: Winner Peter Wardle (146 points) - with the mail drop at Quorn. CLASS D: Winner Andy Colson (179 points) - a train hauled by a GWR pannier tank crossing the Dee Bridge at Llangollen. Andy also took the second and third places. The overall winner with the highest number of points was Mark Ratcliffe who receives the Peter Clamp Trophy for the next year. During the count and after the results were announced, Mark Ratcliffe showed slides of the local area that he had recently acquired. This rounded off a most enjoyable evening and thanks go to all the members who submitted entries, to the winners, to John, to Mark and Linda for the food, and to all those who contributed to the organisation and those who attended. GRAHAM COXON SCRAPBOOKS The Society now has in its possession the Graham Coxon Scrapbooks. These contain articles pertaining to railway interest with many items being of local interest, there are three volumes altogether. BRS 2007 PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION RESULTS The winners of the BRS Photographic Competition as judged by members on 18th October were as follows: Section A (Colour Prints) Chris Worley (360 points) with a shot of 41241 hauling two coaches on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. Section B (Digital Prints) Mark Ratcliffe (455 points) with B1 61306 on the Nene Valley Railway with a spectacular smoke effect. This photograph was also judged to be the overall winner of the competition. Section C (Happy Snapper) Dave Hook (380 points) whose entry was entitled: "The chap doesn't seem to be having much fun." - getting drenched by the water column. Section D (Slides) Peter Kenyon (445 points) with a shot of 71000 Duke of Gloucester. We congratulate the winners and thank all those who entered the competition. Thanks also go to John Tuffs for organising the event and to Dave Hook who spent most of the evening entering the scores into a laptop prior to announcing the results. Whilst this was happening members enjoyed a substantial meal of Pie & Peas prepared by Mark Broughton - well up to his usual excellent standard. The collating of the scores took some time, but members were kept entertained by Mark Ratcliffe with the screening of 70 slides. The first 14 were a mixed bag of pre-Colour Rail Slides by CCQ & ADC which Mark obtained from a recent visit to the Mid Hants Railway. These slides featured scenes from all over the country and included some rare colour shots of pre-nationalisation steam. Next came half a dozen local scenes of industrial locos at work at Tutbury Plaster Works & Bagworth Colliery. The second magazine was dedicated to bygone scenes in Derbyshire with just an occasional excursion over the border. Steam locomotives were the main subject matter, but a few diesel locomotives and a couple of DMUs were screened. Those present voted the evening a great success - especially the pie & peas - so if you didn't come this time the meal is already booked for 15th October 2008 - see you there! Finally thanks to John Marsh who once again volunteered to engrave the trophies for the winning entrants. PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS The Society has several photographic albums mainly of scenes in and around Burton with a few covering a wider area and some devoted to loco portraits. First the Eric Edwards Collection Eric is a local man who travelled all over the country photographing trains, but also took a considerable number in Burton. Eric is unfortunately now blind and the Society purchased his collection of 17 albums from him. These are kept at the Club and can be readily accessed on Club Evenings should members or visitors so desire. Requests should be made to the Club night organiser Mark Ratcliffe. They are titled: * The Burton Area * Burton Mainly Jubilees & Scots * Derby Shed & Works * Early Diesels At Derby * LMS Classes 40024 - 54398 * GW Classes Vale of Rheidol No.7 - 3814 * GW Classes 3824 - 6023 * GW Steam Around The Country * SR Classes Vol. 1 A1X - Lord Nelson * SR Classes Vol. 2 Lord Nelson - USA Tanks. * LNER Classes A4 / A3 / A! / A2 * LNER Classes A2 - D49 * LNER Classes D49 - A8 * Mixed Bag GW / SR / LNER * Around The Country Featuring LMS & BR Standards * BR Standards & Irish Locos * Crewe / Shrewsbury & Snow Hill The Tom Heavyside Album This features 50 photographs taken at Cadley Hill Colliery by this well-known photographer. Other Albums at Club H.Q. Twenty-three volumes of diesel photographs plus a few electrics are also available at the Club H.Q. These photos are 7" x 5" in size, many taken around Burton and are generally stored in albums according to classes. The photographic quality of these is mixed and some are quite poor, but they form a record in many cases of the recent past. Other Albums The Society holds the following albums which contain many first class shots with some in colour and some rare shots eg. 92220 Evening Star on 17B Burton Shed. * The 17B Albums (2 Volumes) * Burton Brewery System (2 Volumes) * A North Staffs Album With Reference To The Burton Area. These albums are looked after by Committee Member John Tuffs and a special request is required in order to view them. They are usually made available to members at least twice a year. > Books of Local and Wider Interest Owned by the Society

CLUB NEWS

RAIL FAIR

After twenty years of organising the Rail Fair, Phil Stanbridge no longer wishes to carry on with this task and he is looking for someone to take over from him. He is prepared to help and guide that person during the takeover period. Anyone interested should please to Phil as soon as possible so that planning for the 2010 Fair can go ahead.

Our thanks go to Phil for his worthy work over these twenty years.

COLLECTION AT DECEMBER'S MEETING

Below is a copy of an email received from Colin Boocock who was our guest speaker at the December Club Night Meeting.

Dear Friends

May I thank you for your generous giving in the "Railway Children" moneybox at
the meeting I addressed this week on "1000 eggs on a bicycle"? You put
£90.07 in the moneybox, which is an all-time record !

Many thanks indeed. I am passing the money on to the charity this week.

Colin Boocock

Our thanks go to all those who contributed to the collection.

THE RAILWAY BOOKSHOP

See the 'Links' page for details of Chris's Bookshop (including his new website) if you would like to get in touch with him between meetings.

ALUMINIUM

Chris Smith and Steve Warren are pleased to accept aluminium cans to speed up the restoration of the Severn Valley's GW 2-8-0 2857.

CLUB NIGHT REPORTS

If you would be willing to write a report of a Club Night presentation to appear on the Society's website - just one a year if you like - please speak to Mark Ratcliffe. The amount of detail in the report depends on you - see previous reports on this site (through a link on the Meetings page) for a flavour of what has been done in the past!

MAGAZINE ARTICLES

Does anyone have a copy of the March 2009 edition of 'Steam Days' they could loan to a recent speaker at BRS. Please telephone Rodger Smith on 01283-550915 if you can help.

A recent copy of 'Rail' featured a four-page article on the Burton - Leicester line.

The current 'Bylines' has a 12-page article on the Worthington Brewery System.

'Railway Bylines' for April 2009 features a 12-page article on Samuel Allsopp's brewery railway system with lots of pictures and a very good map. The April 2009 'Railway Modeller' features two items connected with Society members - Mark Ratcliffe and a six-page article on Ashbourne Midland, and David Wright and an item on painting the back scene.

BRS 2008 PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION RESULTS

The judging of the annual Photographic Competition by members took place on Wednesday 15th October. The event was attended by nearly 50 members and the numbers were no doubt influenced by the provision of a subsidised pie and peas supper. [Thanks to Mark Broughton and his assistant Linda, the pies were delicious as usual.] Luckily, with so many people attending, the event was moved into the main hall which was a far more suitable venue.

The Committee changed the rules for judging this year in that members who submitted an entry were not allowed to vote. As usual there were four classes of entries to be judged: (A) Prints; (B) Digital Prints; (C) Novelty Section; and, (D) Transparencies. Each entry had to be awarded a score from a low of 1 to a high of 9.

The results of the scoring are as follows. However, sharp-eyed members who attended will notice that the scores of the winning entries have changed from those given out on the night. Our scorer for the evening, John Tuffs, had been kept very busy (he could have even missed out on the pie and peas) and being conscientious he later scrutinised his Excel spreadsheet and found a minor glitch. Once it was rectified, the revised counts fortunately did not change any of the results.

CLASS A: Winner John Marsh (147 points) - a picture of a Class 37 locomotive at Crewe diesel depot.

CLASS B: Winner Mark Ratcliffe (186 points) - a Q6 on a North Yorkshire Moors Railway freight train at Newton Dale. Mark also took second place and Dave Hook third.

CLASS C: Winner Peter Wardle (146 points) - with the mail drop at Quorn.

CLASS D: Winner Andy Colson (179 points) - a train hauled by a GWR pannier tank crossing the Dee Bridge at Llangollen. Andy also took the second and third places.

The overall winner with the highest number of points was Mark Ratcliffe who receives the Peter Clamp Trophy for the next year.

During the count and after the results were announced, Mark Ratcliffe showed slides of the local area that he had recently acquired. This rounded off a most enjoyable evening and thanks go to all the members who submitted entries, to the winners, to John, to Mark and Linda for the food, and to all those who contributed to the organisation and those who attended.

GRAHAM COXON SCRAPBOOKS

The Society now has in its possession the Graham Coxon Scrapbooks. These contain articles pertaining to railway interest with many items being of local interest, there are three volumes altogether.

BRS 2007 PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION RESULTS

The winners of the BRS Photographic Competition as judged by members on 18th October were as follows:

Section A (Colour Prints) Chris Worley (360 points) with a shot of 41241 hauling two coaches on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway.

Section B (Digital Prints) Mark Ratcliffe (455 points) with B1 61306 on the Nene Valley Railway with a spectacular smoke effect. This photograph was also judged to be the overall winner of the competition.

Section C (Happy Snapper) Dave Hook (380 points) whose entry was entitled: "The chap doesn't seem to be having much fun." - getting drenched by the water column.

Section D (Slides) Peter Kenyon (445 points) with a shot of 71000 Duke of Gloucester.

We congratulate the winners and thank all those who entered the competition.

Thanks also go to John Tuffs for organising the event and to Dave Hook who spent most of the evening entering the scores into a laptop prior to announcing the results. Whilst this was happening members enjoyed a substantial meal of Pie & Peas prepared by Mark Broughton - well up to his usual excellent standard. The collating of the scores took some time, but members were kept entertained by Mark Ratcliffe with the screening of 70 slides. The first 14 were a mixed bag of pre-Colour Rail Slides by CCQ & ADC which Mark obtained from a recent visit to the Mid Hants Railway. These slides featured scenes from all over the country and included some rare colour shots of pre-nationalisation steam. Next came half a dozen local scenes of industrial locos at work at Tutbury Plaster Works & Bagworth Colliery. The second magazine was dedicated to bygone scenes in Derbyshire with just an occasional excursion over the border. Steam locomotives were the main subject matter, but a few diesel locomotives and a couple of DMUs were screened.

Those present voted the evening a great success - especially the pie & peas - so if you didn't come this time the meal is already booked for 15th October 2008 - see you there!

Finally thanks to John Marsh who once again volunteered to engrave the trophies for the winning entrants.

PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS

The Society has several photographic albums mainly of scenes in and around Burton with a few covering a wider area and some devoted to loco portraits.

First the Eric Edwards Collection

Eric is a local man who travelled all over the country photographing trains, but also took a considerable number in Burton. Eric is unfortunately now blind and the Society purchased his collection of 17 albums from him. These are kept at the Club and can be readily accessed on Club Evenings should members or visitors so desire. Requests should be made to the Club night organiser Mark Ratcliffe. They are titled:

* The Burton Area
* Burton Mainly Jubilees & Scots
* Derby Shed & Works
* Early Diesels At Derby
* LMS Classes 40024 - 54398
* GW Classes Vale of Rheidol No.7 - 3814
* GW Classes 3824 - 6023
* GW Steam Around The Country
* SR Classes Vol. 1 A1X - Lord Nelson
* SR Classes Vol. 2 Lord Nelson - USA Tanks.
* LNER Classes A4 / A3 / A! / A2
* LNER Classes A2 - D49
* LNER Classes D49 - A8
* Mixed Bag GW / SR / LNER
* Around The Country Featuring LMS & BR Standards
* BR Standards & Irish Locos
* Crewe / Shrewsbury & Snow Hill

The Tom Heavyside Album

This features 50 photographs taken at Cadley Hill Colliery by this well-known photographer.

Other Albums at Club H.Q.

Twenty-three volumes of diesel photographs plus a few electrics are also available at the Club H.Q. These photos are 7" x 5" in size, many taken around Burton and are generally stored in albums according to classes. The photographic quality of these is mixed and some are quite poor, but they form a record in many cases of the recent past.

Other Albums

The Society holds the following albums which contain many first class shots with some in colour and some rare shots eg. 92220 Evening Star on 17B Burton Shed.

* The 17B Albums (2 Volumes)
* Burton Brewery System (2 Volumes)
* A North Staffs Album With Reference To The Burton Area.

These albums are looked after by Committee Member John Tuffs and a special request is required in order to view them. They are usually made available to members at least twice a year.

> Books of Local and Wider Interest Owned by the Society