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 This fairly complex piece of shuttering was part of the construction of the culvert under the Kilton viaduct. We’ve had quite a few images of the construction of the culvert, but none showing it at such an advanced stage! The whole project obviously attracted considerable interest as this image (taken from a postcard and possibly by T. C. Booth) is only one of several produced during this major construction. Image courtesy of Eileen Hicks.  Taken from a beautiful presentation photograph triptych of 1984, this shows the donor of this collection of images; John Hill. Image courtesy of John Hill.  The centre image from the triptych, this shows the team line-up as at the 4th April 1984.  A brief potted history of the revival and present ( as of 1984) line-up of the Loftus Sword Dance Team.  Taken by Caters Photographic of Birmingham, Loftus Sword Dancers at Birmingham TV Studios in 1970. They are: musicians: John Waite, Maurice Brignall. Old woman: Stephen Galilee. Sword Dancers: Keith Galilee, Harry Cuthbert, Sid Robson, Colin Galilee, John Hill, Eric Lancaster.  An unknown date; but believed to be about 1984/1985 and they took a Gold too! Posing proudly with their trophy: Image courtesy of John Hill.  A classic view taken by the Arlington Studio of William E. Grier in Loftus; a striking profile pose of Arthur Marshall, musician with The Loftus Sword Dancers, taken either during a practice or at a performance at the School. A request from John Grier Thompson: “I am Bill Grier’s grandson – my mother was a photographer in the Arlington Studio too. Are there any more photographs by my Granddad, or any paperwork with his studio logo on it?”
 How it all started! At the back: Mr. H Norminton and Mr. W Heseltine. At the front: Arthur Marshall (musician), Ronnie Knight, Ken Johnson, Harry Joplin, John Hill, Hilton George, Eric Tyreman. Image courtesy of John Hill (photograph originally copyright Northern Echo).  A series of photographs showing Lumpsey Mine, in this one we can see the man bending at the front has put the ’sprag’ (a heavy rod) into the wheel of the tub to stop it moving, the sprags were very heavy. Many of the horse leaders had serious accidents throwing the sprag into the wheel of the moving tub, if they didn’t get it right then it often came back onto their legs. We have to remember that the mines were not level they had to follow the seam of ironstone up hill and down dale.  How much ironstone can one filler get into a tub? By the look of that tub quite a lot if you know how to load it. Simon Chapman updated the Archive with: “Note that the guy in the background appears to be using a hand-operated rotary drill, a so-called ratchet. The props are deliberately cut to a bit of a point at the base so that if weight started to come on the working place this weaker part of the prop would start to ‘bunch-up’ and therefore give a visual warning.” Update courtesy of Simon Chapman. |
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