SR 1939
Football leaflet
Geoffery Barnes
Football leaflet
Geoffery Barnes
Dear CRS, You may possibly be interested in the attached handbill, which was found together with other papers in a 1938 GWR Engines booklet (cover and front page as attached) recently bought from a second-hand bookstall on Cambridge Market. Given that the booklet was apparently in use, as evidenced by dates written alongside loco names and numbers in the booklet's 'Alphabetical Index To Named Engines' (Pages 95 to 106), from August 1938, quite prolifically through the war years and the late Forties, and thereafter intermittently until September 1955, it surely seems remarkable that this SR handbill should have survived without being long-before discarded. The only slight reason for its retention might have been fifteen pencil-written loco names on the reverse, including Pelican and Lady of Lynn - which, according to an entry in the booklet Memorandum, were seen 'on way to Braunton, Devon, 1939 Holiday, August 15th-2nd Sept.' (The day following the end of that holiday being, of course, a most fateful day.)
Regards, Geoffrey Barnes.
Regards, Geoffrey Barnes.
Football Excursion leaflet from Geoffrey Barnes.
From the Geoffrey Barnes Collection.
From the Geoffrey Barnes Collection.
A most interesting letter and attachments for which many thanks indeed to you Geoffrey. I, personally, am just Pre WW2, so it of special interest to me - I was one month old.
Another Test Train
David Tozer
David Tozer
With 37259 leading and with 37610 at the rear the 3Z52 Derby R.T.C. to Exeter Riverside is seen on the 3rd August 2020. Copyright David Tozer.
Many thanks David.