This is a dual purpose event being firstly a proposed reunion of retired railwaymen (and women) from the surrouding area, but also involving an exhibition of various items of (mainly local) railwayana and other transport-related items.
There is no admission charge, everyone will be welcome, and refreshments will be available all day.
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RAILWAYANA EXHIBITION |
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A4 Ring binder holds copies of luggage labels, tickets, handbills & L&Y correspondence. Incudes listing and colour photocopies of tickets found in cellar area of Jubilee Rooms during renovation. |
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A4 Ring binder holds photographs of local stations and railway scenes, including quantity of b/w photos of locomotives on Sowerby Bridge MPD, mainly 1950s and early 1960s. |
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56E (Sowerby Bridge) shedplate |
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Cast iron mounted sign "Lancashire & Yorkshire Ry.Co." 21"x 2", origin uncertain but believed to be from either Sowerby Bridge station or a local signal box. |
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Brass L&Y Sowerby Bridge circular pay checks x 4 (numbered 48, 56, 76 & 87) |
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L&Y Sowerby Bridge wagon label |
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Halifax Corporation Tramways cap badge (no.985). |
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"RUSHWORTH of SOWERBY BRIDGE" metal maker's plate from flanging machine, Crewe Locomotive Works. |
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Loose-leaf album of picture postcards, Sowerby Bridge and Triangle Stations, also L&Y Official postcards showing early M&L images, L&Y locomotive studies, and postcards promoting Hardcastle Craggs as a tourism destination via L&Y's Hebden Bridge Station. |
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Map of Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 22" x 15", together with L&Y crest and various illustrations. (Published by Carlton Press 1975) |
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Railway map 1922, showing pre-Grouping railways around Halifax, Keighley and Bradford. |
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Parliamentary Session 1884 map of Halifax High Level and North & South Junction Railways. Scale 6":1 mile. Proposed lines highlighted in pink. |
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Detailed colour study of Aspinall's L&Y 2-4-2T No.1008 |
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Photographic postcards of local stations (x 8) -- Sowerby Bridge (1st station), Sowerby Bridge, Watson Crossing Halt, Triangle, Ripponden and Luddenden Foot. |
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Photographic postcards (x 8) depicting scenes of the Pye Nest Tram Disaster, 15th October, 1907. |
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Postcards of the Pye Nest Tram Disaster, including poems, and showing the funeral of the conductor, Walter Robinson. |
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TICKETS |
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Local railway tickets x 10 -- L&Y and GNR |
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Local railway tickets x 40 -- L&Y, GNR, LMS, LNER, H&O and BR |
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Local railway tickets x 40 -- L&Y, GNR, GCR, LMS, H&O and BR |
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Local railway tickets x 40 -- L&Y, GNR, LMS, LNER, H&O and BR |
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Halifax Corporation Tramways / Passenger Transport Omnibus tickets x 12 |
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PHOTOGRAPHS |
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Panoramic view of Sowerby Bridge MPD, CWS Mill, and westbound express approaching tunnel. |
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Aspinall 2-4-2T 50865 takes water, west end of Sowerby Bridge station, c1955. |
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The Halifax Railfans Club's "South Yorkshireman" excursion to Darlington, 29 September, 1962. |
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Ditto |
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Ditto |
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60022 Mallard stops for water at Sowerby Bridge on 30th September, 1961. This is the Northern Rubber Special annual excursion from Retford to Blackpool Illuminations. |
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L&Y Railmotor emerging from Scar Head Tunnel en route to Rishworth |
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L&Y Railmotor No.1 at Watson Crossing Halt |
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L&Y 0-6-2T No.218 at Triangle Station c1900. |
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L&Y Railmotor at Triangle Station c1909. |
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L&Y Railmotor at Rishworth Station |
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POSTERS |
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Manchester & Leeds Railway, timetable poster dated August, 1841. |
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Manchester & Leeds Railway, timetable poster dated January, 1843. |
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Manchester & Leeds Railway, timetable poster dated November, 1846. |
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L&YR timetable poster, Yorkshire District Branch Lines, July 1885. 32"x 44". Includes details of the Halifax-Stainland and Sowerby Bridge-Rishworth services. |
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LMS Station Timetable for Sowerby Bridge, September 28th 1936 until further notice. |
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British Railways timetable poster Manchester to Sowerby Bridge, Rochdale and Bolton for the |
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period 17th June to 8th September, 1963. 25"x 39". |
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British Railways "DEPARTURE OF TRAINS FROM HALIFAX" poster for the period 5 May 1969 |
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to 3 May 1970. 14"x 9". |
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British Rail "HALIFAX DEPARTURES" poster for the period 4 May 1970 to 2 May 1971. 14"x 9". |
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British Rail "HALIFAX DEPARTURES" poster for the period 5 May 1975 to 2 May 1976. 25"x 39". |
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British Rail "Train Departures from Halifax" poster for the period 14 May 1984 to 12 May 1985. 25"x 39". |
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Rochdale Canal Co.poster, August 1913, "BATHING IN THE CANAL IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED" |
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Rochdale Canal poster, March 1913, "STOPPAGE FOR REPAIRS" |
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HANDBILLS |
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Wesleyan Excursion to Scarborough, from Halifax and Hipperholme, by GNR train, 24 June, 1870. |
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GNR Cheap Day Trip to London, Coronation Day 28th June, 1870, from Halifax (& other towns). |
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Lancashire & Yorkshire, Midland, and South Western Railways Cheap Weekly Excursions to the |
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South of England, July-September 1903, from Todmorden, Hebden Bridge, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, Brighouse, Mirfield, Huddersfield and Dewsbury. |
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LNER Half-day excursion to Cleethorpes from Halifax Old & North Bridge, 9th April, 1928. |
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LNER Half-day excursion to Scarborough from Halifax Old & North Bridge, 10th April, 1928. |
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LNER Express excursions to London (King's Cross), August 1928. |
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LNER Half-day excursion to Holmfield (from Ardsley, Tingley, Morley etc.) on 11th March, 1939, for Yorkshire Rugby Union Cup, Halifax v Morley, at Ovenden Park. |
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LMS Special half-day excursion from Halifax etc. to Blackpool, August 1933. |
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LMS Special half-day excursions (from Leeds Central, Halifax, Sowerby Bridge etc.) to Liverpool & Llandudno (by steamer), July 1939. |
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British Railways Day Excursion tickets (from Leeds Central, Halifax, Sowerby Bridge etc.) to Manchester on Sundays, 27th September 1953 to 13th June 1954. |
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British Railways Special Excursion to Chorley, Bolton, Manchester, Rochdale, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax and Bradford from Blackpool etc, Sunday 10th October, 1954. |
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British Railways Excursions Each Sunday to Bolton, Manchester, Rochdale, Todmorden, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, Bradford, Brighouse, Wakefield and York, from Liverpool Exchange etc.,15th June to 14th September, 1958. |
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ALSO ON DISPLAY WILL BE ITEMS RECOVERED FROM THE BASEMENT AREA OF THE JUBILEE REFRESHMENT ROOMS DURING RENOVATION WORK IN 2009. |
