John Oliver & Carriage 456

John sanding a frame section of 456

Coal Staiths of the River Tyne - Side

Another excellent film telling a story of working-class industrial Tyneside of the recent past has been released by Side.

A worker on Derwent Staiths in 1973, from the film
(photo copyright Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, Side)

Read about & watch  Coal Staiths of the River Tyne 

Monday 2/2

Eric cutting tubes to length .....

Sunday 1/2

Neil repairing the feed to the lathe which Jim commonly uses

Saturday 31/1

These photos were taken during the TR strategy day at Hopetown today:

Tom remarking on the height of his table's spaghetti tower
compared with that of Peter & Richard
(photo courtesy of Angela Pickering)

Thursday 29/1

Steve taking newly-delivered Matterson jacks .....

Wednesday 18/1

Martin & Alex working on a base for cranks to connect the ground frame to No,13 point at MH,
under Brian's guidance
(photo courtesy of Dave Dixon)

Tuesday 27/1 - a very rainy day

Richard working on both of 49's safety valves

Monday 26/1

The photos below are courtesy of Peter Weightman:

Richard and Jim discussing repairs to safety valve faces