To commemorate the 50th anniversary this year of Stoke Loco Shed 5D closing in 1967 this is a short video of photographs taken by ex-Stoke driver Bob Hart during the last years of the shed.
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@kevmorrison63234 жыл бұрын
I went to this great friendly steam MPD in 1966 aged 14, and asked the shed foreman if I could have a walk around. He said yes but watch out that you don't trip over the coal on shed floor. And come and see me before you go. The drivers even let me board a couple of footplates on that day, and we had a good old chat. Such happy days when Britain was still Britain !
@andrewsutton8715 ай бұрын
My farther was a stoke driver and used to take me to the round house when he fetched his wages. Also remember riding on a tank engine in the yard. Also Blaster Bayes knocking down the coaling stage.
@davidtaylor1376 жыл бұрын
Such great memories of my youth come flooding back. My Dad's pottery factory was close to the entrance to Stoke shed and from the factory windows I could trainspot the locos crossing the viaduct at the south end of Stoke Station. Two of my stepmother's brothers were drivers based at Stoke. Long live The Knotty!
@mrsbear486 жыл бұрын
R Really nostalgic for me! We used to travel from Derby on the North Staffs to Crewe, or disembarked at Stoke. Fabulous place, so atmospheric! Thank you.
@Knappist6 жыл бұрын
Great photos memories from my childhood in the potteries. Many thanks Paul Knapper
@keithratcliffe55762 жыл бұрын
I lived in Macclesfield in those days and to get to Crewe we went to Stoke then changed to go through Alsager to go trainspotting. Stoke was never a glamour shed with spectacular engines but you could always see interesting stuff there. Thanks for this post.
@TonyWilliampianoman2 жыл бұрын
Yes, great images of long gone locomotive "friends". As a child our house backed onto Jubilee Sidings, Heaton Norris, Stockport. Had a ride in a new diesel shunter that replaced the 0-6-0 steamers as a friend, Hughie Arden, was a foreman there. I then became a compositor-Linotype operator and of course a busy pianist, and in the blink of an eyelid all were gone.
@KenG1ITV6 жыл бұрын
Thanks to both Bob and Garry. A sad but enlightening look back to my youth, so plased to have been around in the real days of Steam. Extremely well presented video.
@barryknapper6 жыл бұрын
Cheers Ken. Best regards, Barry
@philipholt91124 жыл бұрын
Hi my name is Phil I did 50yrs on the footplate i started at Edgeley shed on the 4th of April 1961 as a fireman and some times we went to Stoke shed I finished my time out at 9A as a driver Regard Phil.
@barryknapper4 жыл бұрын
Hi Phil. Thanks for the info. Bob says he may have seen you but can't remember your face. Cheers Barry
@lauriecooper81944 жыл бұрын
Wonderful photos Barry, & gorgeous music to accompany them.
@barryknapper4 жыл бұрын
Cheers Laurie.
@JR-SCOOT6 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed seeing these images. Thanks for posting.
@mrsp39924 жыл бұрын
Nice photographs, and thanks for posting. I believe I bought the front number plate of 48151 from a bloke at Stoke station! Sold for a big profit about twenty years latter.....
@bassman4115 жыл бұрын
Happy memories of bunking the shed on a Sunday.
@paulknapper36334 жыл бұрын
Great photos Barry some great memories many thanks Paul Knapper, don’t know if we are related 👍
@barryknapper4 жыл бұрын
Cheers Paul. No, I don't either. I'm from Kidsgrove originally. Cheers
@altfishmike57025 жыл бұрын
I once went round the depot, must have been in the year it closed. I have a recollection of crossing some running tracks to a roundhouse on the other side of the tracks. The roundhouse was empty.
@johnfellows28676 жыл бұрын
Amazing photo's and many happy memories of my hometown shed, but what a dump it was at the end ! I believe Blaster Bates had the job of demolishing the coaling tower !
@michaelatkinson85836 жыл бұрын
Love the music!
@MartinMiller17 жыл бұрын
Most enjoyable!
@GuitarKeith4 жыл бұрын
Really good and the music is so great. Who is playing??
@brucetharpe7624 жыл бұрын
4:05
@howardsix97084 жыл бұрын
Barry, did you go to STHS ??
@barryknapper4 жыл бұрын
Hi Howard. The fact that I don't know what STHS means probably answers your question :-) What does it mean?
@howardsix97084 жыл бұрын
@@barryknapper Thanks Barry - It was Stanfield Tech ( Moorland road, then High Lane ) in the 60's. Much success, cheers, H.
@barryknapper4 жыл бұрын
@@howardsix9708 Aaah. No I went to Longton and then Stoke Techs, also in the sixties. :-) Cheers.
@TrainsBoatsPlanes5 жыл бұрын
Great photos. I've subscribed to your channel and would appreciate same. Thank you.