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Grandads and Snorters. The latter at Skipton Sheds. Now one a stalwart on the K.W.V.R. Trainspotter speak.My favourite was 40586 or something which arrived in KLY.every Sat. morning on its way to Costa D`ell Geriatrica.A pre-compound but obviously a real work-horse.Have even been on it.Always remember being thrown out of the cab of a "Streak"at York Station whilst it was moving . Could have ended up in Newcastle!
I credit my great General Knowledge re-the plethora of quiz shows on the `box to my Train-spotting days a/ Because of all the namers and b/ we could "roam" all over.Finally,the intense competitiveness of"copping"
I have just seen in our photos section the picture of 'Britannia' class 'John of Gaunt' (who is my Great x19 Grandfather!). Britannias (50 odd of them ) were the last big class of steam locos and were built in the early 50's as an attempt to standardise loco design through the regions . I do not know if any ever came through Keighley , or were used by our region. I have seen 'Oliver Cromwell' at Bressingham Gardens (Near Diss) and he looks magnificent
The other Holbeck 'Scots', or those that were regulars through Keighley were:
Royal Scots Fusilier
Seaforth Highlander
Royal Engineer
Sherwood Forrester
Cameronian
Scots Guardsman
The Green Howards
The Duke of Wellington's Reg.(West Riding)
Whilst Jubilee's were:
Alberta
New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
Western Australia
Tasmania
Newfoundland
Gwalior
Barbados
Cyprus
Gibraltar
Raleigh
Drake
Hardy
Bellerophon
That's how we learned about the 'Commonwealth' and our history, not forgetting geography!
Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 1959 to 1966
Dave, interesting to compare the list you have with the ones underlined in the ABC of LMS locos that I saw in 1945. I too credit the train spotting for my life long interest in Geography and History.
Latterly, Clans were put on the 11:01 Service to Carlisle. There was always a collective groan when the same "Namer"appeared at Kly Station and for that matter any engine we had seen before.One reason why we all"roamed" in our quest to "cop"numbers.