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ON THIs DAY – 25 February
25 February 1962 — The Kentish Venturer Rail Tour June 1962 would see the official completion of Phase 2 of…
ON THIS DAY – 21 FEBRUARY
21 February 1955 — K Class 2‑6‑0 No. 32350 On a dull and snowy 21 February 1955, K Class 2‑6‑0…
ON THIS DAY – 8 February
8 February 1957 — Filming The Railway ChildrenIn early 1957 the BBC began to remake Edith Nesbit’s The Railway Children,…
on this day – 31 January
During the latter part of the 19th century the SER and LCDR were locked in bitter competition with each other…
on this day – 29 january
On 29 January 1949, Joe Kent took this image of WD 2-8-0 78597 at Brighton Shed (75A). Records show that…
on this day – 2 january
Nearly 71 years ago Colin Hogg was at Tenterden Town Station for the last day of passenger services over the…
R.C. Riley
Dick Riley was one of the country’s leading photographers of railways. Born in 1921 he started taking black and white photographs…
J.J. Smith
John J Smith lived in Eastbourne, commuting to London to work for British Railways. His photographs are not just of locomotives…
J.H.W. Kent
Joe Kent was a long-standing Brighton resident, who worked for much of his career as a carpenter employed by the Pullman…
J. Scrace
John Scrace was born in Horsham in 1933 to Charles Henry Victor Scrace and Bessie May Scrace (nee Vallance). His…
H.C. Casserley
Henry Cyril Casserley was born in Clapham South London in June 1903 and married Kathleen Goose in July 1931. In…
C.A.K. Saunders
Unfortunately, we know very little about the Colin Saunder’s collection. At some point the negatives were given to the late…