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The Northern Salvo<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Incorporating \u00a0Weekly Notices, Sectional Appendices, and Northern Weekly Salvo <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Published at Station House, Kents Bank, Lancashire-North-of-the-Sands, LA11 7BB and at 109 Harpers Lane, Bolton BL1 6HU (both Lancashire)<\/strong><\/p>\n

email: paul.salveson@myphone.coop<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Publications website: www.lancashireloominary.co.uk<\/strong><\/p>\n

No. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 321\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 August \u00a0\u00a02024\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Salveson\u2019s half-nakedly political digest of railways, tripe and secessionist nonsense from Up North.<\/p>\n

Post Election Salvo: plenty to be pleased about, but\u2026.<\/strong><\/h5>\n

It was the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci who coined the phrase \u2018optimism of the will, pessimism of the intellect\u2019 and that applies very well to my thoughts following Labour\u2019s landslide victory earlier this month. Optimism?\u00a0 Starmer has got off to a good start, with a clear \u2018re-set\u2019 from the old regime in terms of relationships with devolved governments and the regional mayors. His appointment of Lord Hendy as Rail Minister was an inspired move though Peter is a loss to Network Rail. At the same time, having a strong Lib Dem presence, and four Green MPs, will help provide a \u2018progressive opposition\u2019 to Labour when necessary and hopefully keep them on their toes in terms of green commitments.<\/p>\n

Pessimism? Many people have commented on the heroic assumptions that Starmer and his team have made around growth as the way to fund promised investment, rather than increasing general taxation. I hope Starmer and Reeves are right but I have my doubts. A modest increase in taxation, with the main burden falling on the super-rich, would be politically very easy to do. And why not break the longstanding veto on increasing petrol tax?<\/p>\n

I\u2019m very wary of Starmer\u2019s strapline that this will be \u2018a government of service\u2019. Sounds nice but what does it mean? It sounds very old Labour, top-down politics that \u2018we\u2019ll do it for you\u2019. I\u2019d have been happier with the idea of an \u2018empowering government\u2019 which gives real power to devolved bodies, right down to the grassroots level.<\/p>\n

With that should come a reformed voting system. Just because he odious Farage has made it his \u2018thing\u2019 doesn\u2019t mean to say it\u2019s wrong. Labour was very effective in playing the existing system and got a huge majority with a very low share of the vote. If the Tories re-grouped and played a similar game Labour could lose much of its gains from this year. Labour should use its commanding position to start a real debate on voting reform with a view to getting a bill through in this Parliament. But hey, is that a pg that just flew past the window?<\/p>\n

As for Reform itself, let\u2019s see if they can consolidate their gains. I doubt it, but who knows? To build an effective political party you need strong grassroots organization, even in this digital age. My guess is that Reform will fall apart quite quickly, with Farage being embraced by a Badenoch-led Tory Party. Bear in mind that Reform isn\u2019t a political party as we know it \u2013 it\u2019s essentially a private company owned by Farage with no member accountability.<\/p>\n

Great to see the Greens making the long-awaited breakthrough but they need to do a lot more to establish a stronger presence in the North. They\u2019ve been handed a gift with the Gaza issue but that won\u2019t last. For me, I\u2019d like to see them campaigning for stronger devolution with more accountability for the regional mayors through elected assemblies. The same goes for the Lib Dems \u2013 who also need to show they are not just the party of the affluent South-east and leafier parts of the North. Who will speak for the workers? Absolutely not Farage, and not Galloway either. Interesting times ahead.<\/p>\n

Labour\u2019s rail policies<\/strong><\/h5>\n

So far, a mix of good, and not so good. The appointment of Lord Hendy as Rail Minister was an inspired move; let\u2019s hope he has the freedom to make a real difference and address issues such as rail capacity. The dog\u2019s dinner that has been left by the abrupt cancellation of HS2 beyond Birmingham needs sorting. The southern terminus must be Euston, capacity on the West Coast Main Line south of Crewe, and further north, has to be addressed. The proposal being developed by the Greater Manchester and West Midlands mayors for a de-scoped new line from Birmingham to Manchester makes much sense, and is pretty much what The Salvo<\/em> had been organizing all along (!).<\/p>\n

The best thing the new Government could do for the railways in the short term would be to sort out the current industrial relations problems which are making millions of people\u2019s lives a misery. This is an \u2018English\u2019 problem \u2013 the drivers\u2019 union, ASLEF, has come to agreed settlements in Scotland and Wales as well as Merseyrail, London Overground and with the freight companies. The fault for this damaging dispute dragging on for so long lies firmly at the door of the last Government. As well as settling the pay dispute, it\u2019s about time that Sunday was brought into the working week with a stop put to the huge disruption travellers on Northern in particular are experiencing at weekends.<\/p>\n

Many rail supporters have been disappointed by Rachel Reeves\u2019 announcement that the \u2018Restoring Your Railway\u2019 fund is being scrapped. I share some of that disappointment but let\u2019s get it in perspective. It was a political ploy from the start, with little cash being available. A lot of time was wasted by promoters developing schemes which were unlikely to see the light of day. The best place for local rail re-openings to sit will be with the regional mayors, who should be given more powers and resources, as well as expansion of the governance model to other area (with more democratic accountability).<\/p>\n

Finally, Great British Railways looks like it will emerge in the not too distant future. Let\u2019s hope it has the capacity, skills and powers to make a real difference without stifling either local initiative or for that matter elements of private enterprise, e.g. open access and freight as a whole. It would be good if GBR had a small unit dedicated to innovative ways of supporting local routes, building on the success of Community Rail over the last 30 years but taking it further. More on that in the next Salvo<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Rocket 1830 – 2030<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Plans to mark the 200th<\/sup> anniversary of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway are moving forward, with a series of community consultation events having been held over the last few weeks. The four working group chairs (covering Culture, Community, Visitor Economy, Built Heritage and Railway Ops and infrastructure) have met and there will be a general gathering of all members of the groups in September.<\/p>\n

Good links have been made with Great British Railways and the team organizing the Railway 200 event next year. Initial discussions have<\/p>\n

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The programme for the 1930 celebrations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

taken place with the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Trust with some really exciting ideas taking shape around the original 1830 cutting at Edge Hill (site of the famous \u2018Moorish Arch\u2019). There\u2019s much more being looked at, with a \u2018whole line\u2019 approach being adopted with events at communities all along the original railway. For media enquiries or further information, please contact:\u00a0 Karen Shannon CEO Manchester Histories: karen@manchesterhistories.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Lancashire Witch 2028! (A Boltonist view of history)<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The Bolton and Leigh Railway came first, at least in Lancashire. It opened two years before the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with celebrations kicked off by a gaily-decorated \u2018Lancashire Witch<\/em>\u2019 (as all Lancashire witches are). The line from Liverpool joined up with it, at Kenyon Junction, in 1830 enabling Boltonians (and folk from Leyth, Bent and Bongs) to travel through to Liverpool. A branch extended across Chat Moss into Salford and Manchester.<\/p>\n

Timothy Hackworth\u2019s Sans Pareil<\/em> was one of the first locomotives to be built for the Liverpool and Manchester and featured in the 1829 Rainhill Trials, losing out to Rocket<\/em>. It later transferred to the Bolton and Leigh. \u00a0A replica of the original was built in 1980 and, like the original, is part of the national collection. Bolton foundries built several locomotives for the growing rail network around the UK and abroad though sadly this side of the town\u2019s engineering industry never grew as it might have done, losing out to Vulcan Foundry.<\/p>\n

A group of enthusiasts have got to together to look at ways the 200th<\/sup> anniversary can be celebrated and some preliminary discussions have been held with the council leadership, which were very positive.<\/p>\n

And next year it\u2019s\u2026<\/strong><\/h5>\n

2025 is the 200th<\/sup> anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, which opened \u00a0on September 27th<\/sup> 1825. It wasn\u2019t the first railway by any means but has a very important claim to world significance. It was a public railway, not a private industrial line. It carried passengers and used steam locomotives. Unlike the Bolton and Leigh (another line<\/p>\n

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Richard and Nicky (left and middle) from the Stockton and Darlington etam with Karen Shannon from Rocket 200, in front of Skerne Bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

engineered by George Stephenson) there\u2019s a lot left to see, and travel on. This included the historic Skerne Bridge, completed in 1824 and the world\u2019s oldest railway bridge still in use. On behalf of Rocket 200 we paid a visit to Hopetown a week after it had re-opened in mid-July. The site encompasses the North Road Railway Museum, which has had a major re-vamp, as well as newly-restored facilities including the Goods Shed, Carriage Works and \u2018Wagon Woods\u2019. Darlington Locomotive Works, managed by the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, is now linked to the site by a new footbridge.<\/p>\n

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The re-vamped North Road railway museum, part of the Hopetown rail heritage site<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The works is building Prince of Wales<\/em>, based on an LNER P2 locomotive.<\/p>\n

Our visit was all too brief \u2013 next time we\u2019ll visit Shildon, a short train ride up the line to Bishop Auckland with its gallery of mining art and direct link to the Weardale Railway.<\/p>\n

Station Library joins forces with The Beach Hut Gallery!<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The \u2018fusion\u2019 of Kents Bank Station library and its next-door neighbor, The Beach Hut Gallery, is complete, though we\u2019re all still finding our way. The gallery was formed in 2008, displaying top quality work by local artists. The Station library is of course more recent, having been formed less than a year ago, to develop a unique collection of railway and wider transport-related books and magazines, on a working station.<\/p>\n

From the beginning of July the Gallery and Library has come under a single management, though with a sub-committee to help with the<\/p>\n

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Re-elected MP Tim Farron made an early visit to The Beach Hut Gallery and Station Library, on July 12th<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

library, gallery, publicity and PR and other areas. Four of the trustees of the Library have become directors of the Beach Hut Gallery Ltd \u2013 the co-operative which runs the gallery and new members of the co-operative have been recruited. There\u2019s now a much bigger team of volunteers to help run the gallery, library and book sales.<\/p>\n

The Gallery and Library will continue to run on co-operative principles, on a not-for-profit basis and both will continue to be staffed on a volunteer basis. The Library, in the basement of Station House, will become part of the co-operative which will own the expanding book collection.<\/p>\n

The opening days and times of the Gallery will stay the same (Fridays, Saturday, Sunday and bank holiday Mondays) and the library will also be open at the same time. We could open more frequently but \u00a0this will be dependent on getting volunteers to staff the library as well as the gallery. Might you be interested? Contact Paul if you\u2019d like to discuss what\u2019s involved.<\/p>\n

The gallery will be hosting an exhibition of the work of locally-based artist Ben McLeod. Details to follow but we\u2019re hoping to launch the show with a preview in August. See www.thebeachhutgallery.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Donations still welcome<\/strong><\/h6>\n

We continue to get donations of railway and transport-related books. \u00a0We accept most transport related books that are in good shape, but may sell on some duplicates to raise funds for the library.We also welcome copies of contemporary transport magazines for our Reading Room.<\/p>\n

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Our most recent ‘MIC’ (Mutual Improvement Class’ talk featured Phil Halliwell of Blueworks talking about his rural bus services<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We welcome bound magazines but not loose ones, of which we have a large pile which are free to good homes. Keep an eye out on www.stationlibrary.org.uk<\/a> . If you want to send anything by post our postal address: Station House, Kentsford Road, Kents Bank, Grange-over-Sands LA11 7BB<\/p>\n

Dodgin’ th’trams<\/h5>\n

That’s an old Lancashire saying when you’ve had a bit too much and the walk home was a perilous venture, with all those trams whizzing around. Typical of these ‘gondolas of the people’ is the preserved Boltob Corporation ‘Tramcar 66’. It belongs to the Bolton Tramcar Trust and is in the safe keeping of Blackpool Transport at their Starr Gate depot. It is allowed out a coule of times a year and we were very fortunate to join several other friends, fellow<\/p>\n

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Anyone for The Ainsworth Arms? Displaying the ‘H’ destination (Halliwell) Tramcar 66 edges out of the depot for a trip to Fleetwood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Boltonians and tram enthusiasts for a trip up to Fleetwood and back. We also managed to do a trip up to the newly-opened North Station.<\/p>\n

Railwaymen (and women!) remembered<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The following personal accounts of railway life came out of an oral history class I taught, called \u2018Railwaymen Remember\u2019, for the University of Leeds in 1994. The class members were mostly retired drivers, a few former guards and signalmen and one remarkable lady, Eunice Bickerdyke, of Normanton (below). The stories were put together as \u2018Messroom Gossip\u2019, but were never published. I\u2019m hoping to feature some of the stories in the next few issues of The Salvo. Hope you enjoy them! <\/em><\/p>\n

FRED NORTH<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fred\u2019s was another railway family. His father was a driver at Manningham shed, Bradford. Fred started his footplate career in the late 1930s. He worked at Manningham, Copley Hill, and finally at Holbeck sheds. \u00a0Fred\u2019s dad was the driver of the LMS \u2018Jubilee\u2019 loco 5660 Rooke when it made record performances over the Settle-Carlisle Line.<\/em><\/p>\n

Brothers in Unity<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s always been rivalry between the different railway companies. It\u2019s still there among older railwaymen! We used to call the LMS \u201cLet Me Sleep\u201d! But there was often a nasty edge to it. I can remember drivers on the GN saying about a transferred driver, \u201cDon\u2019t talk to him, he\u2019s a Midland man\u201d. I used to like the GN gauge lamps, and I\u2019d<\/p>\n

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The Railwaymen Remember’ group at Leeds station. Fred North is the tall chap at the beack. Leeds, 1994.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

often try and swap a few cloths for one of them! The rivalry could get serious when promotion was involved. When someone came in from another shed he\u2019d put you back for promotion. It wasn\u2019t his fault, of course. But often these transferred men were treated with hostility.<\/p>\n

I can remember worrying when I transferred to Copley Hill, the GN shed. I was a Midland man, and I\u2019d seen men at Holbeck sent to Coventry by some of the other men. I always challenged this, and I\u2019m glad that I was well received at Copley Hill.<\/p>\n

Many tunnels had their own resident ghost \u2013 often near running water, for special effects. Bramhope was particularly wet \u2013 the ghost must<\/p>\n

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A scene very familiar to Fred – a pair of LMS ‘5X’ Jubilees inside Holbeck shed, 1967<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

have worn a mac all the time! Some tunnels were built on rising gradients, and you\u2019d often start slipping on the wet rails. Sometimes you\u2019d lose all sense of whether you were moving forward, standing still, or going backwards! The only way you\u2019d know was by sticking your shovel out of the cab to touch the tunnel walls.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Art of Locomotive Management<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIn the days of loose-coupled freight, it was easy to end up breaking couplings, or giving violent snatches which could result in the guard at the back of the train being thrown across the van floor and getting badly injured.<\/p>\n

There was one place that was notorious, near Bingley. I was a young driver, and my father advised me the best way to tackle the dip. \u201cKeep the bxxxxxxs going!\u201d he said. He insisted that the best plan was to keep steam on hard after slowing down before Bingley.<\/p>\n

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Liverpool driver Eric James<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I tried it out, and we went storming through Bingley tunnel, only to find the distant was not \u2018off\u2019 for us, but for the slow line. There was a 20mph slack from fast to slow, and we hit the points at something more like double that. Anyway, we held the rails but I was a bit angry with my dad. He repeated his opinion, adding that I must have just been a bit soft to worry about coming off the road. \u201cThere wasn\u2019t any snatch was there?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

A Passed Fireman once took the quickest way into the Holbeck Mess Room \u2013 he ran a locomotive into it! He was on the turntable with a loco and the road off the table was on a rising gradient. He had trouble moving the loco, so he wrenched the regulator fully open. The loco moved all right \u2013 straight into the mess room wall! The main casualty was the mess room cat: it ran off in terror and obviously found a less dangerous abode.<\/p>\n

I was lodging in London, and Kentish Town lodge had closed. I was sent to Ilford, but it was miles away. So I went to a place called the Hampton Castle, near Kings Cross. That was a right doss-house. The staff were ignorant. I got a meal but no spoon \u2013 so I asked for one. They refused, and said I should have asked for it when I ordered my meal! I kicked up a right fuss.<\/p>\n

Perks of the job<\/strong><\/p>\n

There were some perks in working on the footplate. We had jobs to Heysham where you could sample the nettle beer. It was delicious! And at Kentish Town there was a place that sold lemonade \u2013 not ordinary lemonade, but real<\/u> lemonade. You could taste the lemons!<\/p>\n

We used to have a regular express passenger job to Carlisle. We\u2019d always get sandwiches from the dining car lads when we got to Carlisle. One day we arrived and there was no sign of our \u2018treats\u2019. I got up on the tender and \u2018put the bag in\u2019 to take water, and then one of the attendants appeared. \u201cI\u2019m sorry we\u2019ve no sandwiches today\u201d, he said, \u201cthe chef has been busy. But would you accept this?\u201d And he pulled out an enormous pork pie, together with a silver tea service. We split the pie in half and took most of it home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lancastrians: Mills, Mines and Minarets <\/strong><\/h5>\n

I\u2019m still getting invited to do talks on my \u2018Lancastrians\u2019 book. The next is in Darwen for the University of the 3rd<\/sup> Age (U3A). Always a good lot. The book itself isn\u2019t a \u2018conventional\u2019 history and covers different themes of Lancashire history, including sport, culture, politics, industry and religion. It explores the Lancastrians who left for new lives in \"\"America, Canada, Russia and South Africa, as well as the \u2018New Lancastrians\u2019 who have settled in the county since the 14th<\/sup> century. There are about forty \u2018potted biographies\u2019 of men and women who have made important (but often neglected) contributions to Lancashire.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s available, published by the highly-respected publishers Hurst whose catalogue is well worth a look at it. See https:\/\/www.hurstpublishers.com\/catalogues\/spring-summer-2023\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The book is hardback, price \u00a325 (hopefully there will be a paperback out this year). Salvo readers can get a 25% discount by going to the publisher\u2019s website (www.hurstpublishers.com<\/a>) and enter the code LANCASTRIANS25 at checkout.<\/p>\n

New book: The Reporter<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n

The Reporter<\/em> is Rachel Francis\u2019 second novel. She\u2019s getting into her groove very well, with some marvelous evocations of Devon life \u2013 no sentimentality here, though a mourning for perhaps a more rewarding way of life, and a warning against growing commercialization: \u2018the \"\"struggle between those people who invest their lives in a place and those who chase big money.’ The characters are well drawn. The chief male character, Ben, comes from a half-Aboriginal background and gets a job with the Mid-Devon Post<\/em>. Rachel weaves his back story, growing up in a sheep station in the outback, into the novel. The novel is set in a fictional town on the edge of Dartmoor and its surroundings. Is Rachel set to become a 21st<\/sup> century Thomas Hardy?<\/p>\n

Now available price \u00a310 ISBN 9781 399981774. Can be obtained direct from the author rachelzzzyx.com<\/p>\n

Recommendations<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Bob Waterhouse’s collection of his grandfather’s railway writings, Footplate Passenger<\/em>, continues to receive praise from readers. We have<\/p>\n

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Bob Waterhouse and his book<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

copies available at \u00a314.99 in the Station Library. Peter Skellon’s ‘locomotive biography’ of LMS Jubilee ‘Bahamas’ is also available from the Library, either to borrow or buy. It is a substantial, very well produced book which easily justifies the price of \u00a335.<\/p>\n

Salvesons Still in Print (at special prices)<\/strong><\/h5>\n

ALLEN CLARKE: Lancashire\u2019s Romantic Radical<\/em> <\/strong>\u00a35.99 (normally \u00a318.99). A full-length biography of the dialect writer, philosopher, cyclist, socialist and poet<\/p>\n

Moorlands, Memories and Reflections<\/em><\/strong> \u00a315.00 (\u00a321.00). A modern-day reflection on Allen Clarke’s Lancashire classic Moorlands and Memories<\/strong><\/em> (1920)<\/p>\n

Last Train from Blackstock Junction<\/em><\/strong> (published by Platform 5 Books). A collection of short stories about railway life in the North of England. Salvo<\/em> readers can get the book at a specially discounted price, courtesy of Platform 5 Publishing. Go to https:\/\/www.platform5.com\/Catalogue\/New-Titles<\/a>. Enter LAST22 in the promotional code box at the basket<\/strong> and this will reduce the unit price from \u00a312.95 to \u00a310.95.<\/p>\n

The Settle-Carlisle Railway<\/em><\/strong> (published by Crowood \u00a324) \u2013 can do it for Salvo readers at \u00a312. <\/strong>A full-length history of the Settle-Carlisle Raiwlay which puts social history at the forefront of the story.
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See www.lancashireloominary.co.uk<\/a> for full details of the books (ignore the prices shown and use the above \u2013 add total of \u00a33 per order for post and packing in UK)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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