Archive for: October 2010

37906 & 37901 Irwell Vale Thursday 3rd July 2008 2G74 1630 Rawtenstall-Bury Bolton Street East Lancashire Railway Summer Diesel Extravaganza

Had a fun day yday chasing after these fellas with some friends, gorgeous little creatures and the first time any of us have seen them. Well that may not be strictly true as I think I may have seen them in Scotland. This one is bang side on but there’s …

Photography: mikekellyphotography.co.uk

East Lancashire Paper Mill, Rectory Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester

A counter-attraction in Lancaster, Lancashire, UK, to the royal wedding in London, with a range of anti-cuts organisatons participating. The message being conveyed is that the lavish show in London distracts from UK public service cuts that could be alleviated by re-prioritisation of government financing. The event features street theatre …

These enormous traction engines used to work in pairs to plough fields. One at each end of the field, attached to a plough, ‘driven’ by a ploughman who would keep the blades of the plough at the correct depth. One of the engines would pull one way, the other engine …

Former Lancashire United Transport half cab single- decker MTJ84 turns into the station yard with a late afternoon service from Brough.

Britain is a far more litigious country than it used to be thanks to the public spirited efforts of such establishments as Forster Dean.

Chassis: Guy Motors Arab IV Body: Northern Counties Reg: 574 TD Body Type: H41/32R Fleet No: 110 Taken: North West Museum of Road Transport Date: 24th April 2011

Memorial to Lincolnshire’s wartime airfields alongside the former Lincoln to Chesterfield Railway.