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LMS spanner, not from KC but example of those used
Heavy steel spanner, 32.5cm long, measurment inside head 2.5cm. Embossed 'LMS' (London Midland & Scottish Railway and number 3/4 just below head. Not from KC station site, but an example of the spanners which would have been used on the line through King's Cliffe.
(KCH004327)
Men & boys with burnt-out rlwy truck in stn yard, far lt Ralph Dicks, far rt Pappy Smith
Photo showing three men and two boys standing alongside a burnt-out railway truck at King's Cliffe Station yard. Date estimated as c1925. Man far rt, believed George 'Pappy' Smith; boy, lt, believed Ralph Dicks whose father was signalman.
(KCH004071)
Rail track fixing 'chair', cast iron, from KC station site
One half of a cast-iron 'chair' used to fix railway track to sleepers, from King's Cliffe railway station site. Corroded.
(KCH004079)
Railway bridge construction gang c1870s, believed KC or nearby
Photo of a construction gang at work on what appears to be the start of a bridge structure on a railway embankment. Location and date unknown, but presumed to be part of the railway line between Yarwell junction and Seaton via King's Cliffe. No supporting information, but believed to have come from a King's Cliffe family ...
(KCH004113)
Railway bridge, believed Moncktons Sidings, in build (1880-81) or later repair
Photo believed to show men at work on a railway bridge on Moncktons Sidings, near Fineshade. Location uncertain and also activity: are they building or repairing the bridge? Sidings opened 1881.
(KCH004072)
Signalman J H Dicks inside box, c1920 (news cutting, also photo 523)
John Henry Dicks at work in the King's Cliffe signalbox. Photo dated to about 1920.
(KCH000510)
Station, canopied platforms & train c1923
King's Cliffe LNWR railway station with canopied platforms, steam train pulling in from west, passengers waiting. Title 'King's Cliffe Station' in small red print on front. Reverse: H H Markham, Publisher, Oundle. 'Phototyped in Berlin'. Pencilled notes: rly opened 1.11.1879; closed passengers 6.6.1966, goods 3.6.1968. Suggested date c1923.
(KCH000085)
Station, view along old trackbed with up-platform bldgs, c1973
Poor quality picture showing track-bed between platforms after track had been lifted. Up-platform buildings in derelict condition.
(KCH003430)
Stationmaster and staff at the station c1879
King's Cliffe Stationmaster and staff posed on the up platform of the station, labourers on the rail-bed. The rail-bed appears clean, as though newly-laid. Believed to be as early as 1879 when the railway station opened. Photo shows railway employees including the Stationmaster, possibly Mr John Humphries, the first Stationmaster at King's Cliffe.
(KCH001450)
The Railway comes to Cliffe (JB essay pts 1 & 2, added photo, header & larger type)
Essay by Canon John Bryan entitled 'The Railway comes to King's Cliffe', also including short mentions of other village matters in 1860s and 1870s. Railway opened for passenger trains in 1879, closed for passengers in June 1966 and to freight two years later. Written by Canon John Bryan in 1997. Photo ...
(KCH002965)
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