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RD11822. As well as the famous 15 inch gauge Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway at New Romney in Kent, there is also a large and impressive model railway exhibition above the café at New Romney Station which is well worth a visit.
Amongst the locos 'on shed' are a couple of Motorail Simplexes, an LNER A4 Pacific, Captain Howey's rail mounted Rolls Royce and a pair of RH&DR Pacifics - WINSTON CHURCHILL and DR. SYN. All running on H0 / 00 16.5mm gauge track!
Monday, 10th August, 2015. Copyright © Ron Fisher.
Constructed during the 1920s and opened on 16 July 1927, the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway was the dream of millionaire racing drivers Captain J.E.P. Howey and Count Louis Zborowski. Zborowski had constructed a railway at Higham Park, his home at Bridge, Kent, and agreed to donate the rolling stock and infrastructure to the project. Zborowski however was killed in a motor racing accident at Monza before the Romney Marsh site was chosen, and Howey continued the project alone.
The locomotives were designed by engineer Henry Greenly who worked with Captain J E P Howey. Greenly also served as the railway's first Chief Engineer.
Mountain Class 'Hercules' hauled the inaugural train from Hythe to New Romney with guests including the mayors of the two towns, and General Sir Ivor Maxse. Howey was not happy with just 8 miles (13 km) from New Romney to Hythe and he extended 5 1⁄2 miles (9 km) from New Romney to Dungeness. This section was originally double track, but is now single due to damage during World War II, when the line was taken over by the military. A miniature armoured train was used on the line. After the war the line re-opened between Hythe and New Romney in 1946, with the singled New Romney to Dungeness section reopened on 28 March 1947 by Laurel and Hardy.
As well as being a tourist attraction, this railway is a public service for the small towns and villages between Hythe and Dungeness and is under contract to the local council to transport children to and from The Marsh Academy in New Romney. The railway is expanding its role as part of the public transport network: Warren Halt re-opened in 2009 to provide a transport link to the Romney Marsh Visitor Centre, and discussions with local councils are taking place about the possible expansion of Burmarsh Road and the provision of a new station at the gravel pits in West Hythe, in connection with both the proposed extensive new housing construction and the need to provide alternative transport to the A259 coast road.
All ten original locomotives remain in service, covering thousands of miles each year. The fleet, already one of the largest of any 15-inch (380 mm) railway in Britain, was expanded in 1976 with German-built locomotive no.11 'Black Prince' (formerly 'Fleißiges Lieschen' = 'Busy Lizzie'). The RH&DR is still the only user of the 4-8-2 "Mountain" locomotive in the UK, with No. 6 'Samson' and No. 5 'Hercules' in regular service. Two diesels, No. 12 'John Southland'(- later renamed J B Snell in May 2014) and No. 14 (Nameless - later 'Captain Howey'), were constructed in the 1980s.
The line carries 100,000 passengers each year.
The railway celebrated its 80th birthday in 2007 with a week of celebrations including reconstructions of scenes on the railway over the previous eight decades
Post marked Belmont on 21st. April, 1907 and addressed to Mr. Stanley Howey, Cathcart, Ontario with the message; "How are you and the school miss making out? How does Clarence and his Mrs. like their new home?We have 26 cows but are only milking 18 just now. We started working on the land yesterday. Don't run around too much nights. Good-bye, J.C.G.".
Mingle Media TV's Red Carpet Report host Ashley Bornancin were invited to come out to cover the Friends of the Saban Community Clinic's 37th Annual Dinner Gala at the Beverly Hilton.
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“House of Lies” costars Don Cheadle and Kristen Bell hosted this year's Friends of the Saban Community Clinic 37th Annual Dinner Gala with a musical performance by The Fray and comedy by Sarah Silverman. The star-studded event honored Showtime Networks Inc. President of Entertainment David Nevins and Friends of the Saban Community Clinic Board Member Eric Siegel. Nevins and Siegel received the Friends Leadership Award and Lenny Somberg Award for their leadership and support of the Clinic’s work in improving health care access for thousands of Los Angeles families each year.
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Saban Community Clinic first opened its doors in 1967 as The Los Angeles Free Clinic. As a Federally Qualified Health Center, Saban Community Clinic serves low-income and uninsured men, women, and children, providing more than 100,000 patient visits each year. Our three health centers, located in the Los Angeles and West Hollywood areas, provide affordable access to quality medical, dental and mental health services. To make a charitable contribution, call (323) 330-1670. For appointments, call (323) 653-1990 or visitwww.sabancommunityclinic.org.
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Steve Howey speaking at the 2023 WonderCon, for "True Lies", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.
Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida
William John Howey was born on January 19, 1876 in Odin, Illinois. At age 16, he began selling insurance and by 1900 began developing land and towns for the railroad in Oklahoma.
Howey perfected his citrus farming and sales program techniques in the Winter Haven, Florida area. In 1914, Howey began buying land in Lake County for $8 to $10 per acre and sold it for $800 to $ 2,000 per acre after it was cleared and planted with 48 citrus trees per acre.
The Florida Land Boom tripled Howey's enterprises. To celebrate the completion of his 20-room, 7,200 square foot Howey Mansion in 1927, he hosted the entire New York Civic Opera Company of 100 artists, drawing a crowd of 15,000 arriving in 4,000 automobiles to the free outdoor performance.
The Mansion was built in Mediterranean Revival style at a cost of $250,000 (in 1926 non-inflated dollars), is presently in private ownership, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Howey ran unsuccessfully as a Republican Candidate for Governor in 1928 and 1932 and though his dreams were never fully realized, he was known as Florida's greatest citrus developer when he died of a heart attack in Umatilla, Florida on June 7, 1938 at the age of 62.
Grace (his wife) died at age 92 on December 18, 1981 and was placed in the third of six vaults in the family mausoleum, a small Georgian marble structure replete with filigree glass doors, and a stained glass window to diffuse the rays of the setting sun, located on the Mansion property.
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RHDR No.9 Winston Churchill approaching the Dungeness Crossing, heading South towards Dungeness Station.
The Yorkshire Engine Company of Sheffield finished the job of building this loco by finally assembling the parts, accrued during a chequered history for two new engines for the
RH&DR. Originally ordered from, and started by, Davey Paxman then continued at New Romney using boilers from Krauss in Munich.
Designed from drawings originated by Greenly, completed by A.L.S Richardson and based on Canadian Pacific practice!
The Canadian style was chosen by Howey as it was felt that the larger cab would give the driver better protection against some of Kent's fine summer weather, than the British styled
locomotives. He was also a fan of and visitor to the Canadian Pacific Railway. When the engine emerged onto the RH&DR in 1931 she came complete with a very 'American' Vanderbilt tender and was named Doctor Syn, after the Dymchurch smuggling-vicar created by Russell Thorndyke.
In 1948, having been renamed Winston Churchill after the war-time Prime Minister, she was sent to an exhibition in Toronto, Canada. At this time she was painted bright red, but in 1962 she received a black coat of paint and a new tender. The original, although stylish was prone to leaking.
As an experiment Winston Churchill was converted to an oil firing loco in 1973, but was rebuilt conventionally in 1979. The experiments were successful, but a rise in the price of oil meant that no savings would be made over coal.
She carries one of a pair of Crosby chime whistles that Howey had bought in Canada, and had impressed Nigel Gresley on a visit to the RH&DR. Howey then presented Gresley with the second whistle which in turn was fitted to the new LNER express Cock o' the North.
She has just undergone (2013) an in-house Major Overhaul, complete with new power cylinders and a brand new tender. Her current colour is bright red, similar to how she looked during the 1970's.
Steve Howey speaking at the 2023 WonderCon, for "True Lies", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.
Located steps away from Manhattan’s West Side Highway with a view of the Hudson River and in the distance the New Jersey waterfront, it is easy to miss this architectural oddity as cars zoom down the highway leaving local foot traffic as the best way to get there. Please visit my Website for more of my work. www.J-RiveraPhotography.com
RD11837. Although the 15 inch gauge Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway is mostly operated by stream locomotives, they do have a couple of main line diesel locomotives. So, for the benefit of the diesel fans, here's a shot of one of them, No.14 CAPTAIN HOWEY, soon after departing from New Romney en route for Dymchurch and Hythe.
Captain Howey was the founder of the RH&DR and, apart from the war years when it requisitioned by the War Department, he ran it from the opening in1927 until his death in 1963. The locomotive that now bears his name is a Bo-Bo diesel-mechanical and it was built in 1989 by TMA Engineering of Erdington in the West Midlands; it has a Perkins six cylinder diesel engine.
Wednesday, 12th August, 2015. Copyright © Ron Fisher.
RHDR No.1 Green Goddess, heading south towards Dungeness Station.
GN outline two-cylinder 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive
Designed by Henry Greenly
Built by Davey Paxman & Co., (15469) in 1925
Overall length: 27' 7"
Weight in working order: 8 ton 10cwt
Driving wheel diameter: 2' 1.5"
Bogie and trailing wheel diameter: 1'
Cylinders: 5.25" x 8.5"
Current Livery: LNER Apple Green
One of two locomotives ordered in 1924 by Count Louis Zborowski, Captain Howey's original partner, and designed by Henry Greenly.
Greenly based them on Nigel Gresley's famous A1 class locomotives of the London & North Eastern Railway, of which the Flying Scotsman is a surviving example. Green Goddess and tender cost £1,250 to build. The name of the locomotive was apparently taken from one of Howey's favourite plays.
She was ready long before the railway, so Howey arranged for her to be tested on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway in Cumbria during 1925. Following this, and while the line was under construction, Howey tried to whet the appetite of the local people by displaying the loco at Binns Garage in New Romney.
She has always been seen sporting a livery of green, and since the war has sported two new high capacity tenders. The second of these now belongs to Northern Chief, the first has been re-united with Green Goddess.
Green Goddess caries a Wilcox chime whistle and George Barlow was her driver for over thirty years from 1947.
She currently runs in an Apple Green livery similar to that of the former Great Northern Railway. Having been built in 1925, the year 2000 saw this fine engine celebrate its 75th birthday.
Now, a new DVD — RH&DR 2006 — which features footage from an exciting year in the history of the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway: the return of the Bug from overhaul, 2006 gala, installation of barriers at crossings and more.
Green Goddess is now back in service following a major overhaul, returning to traffic on Saturday June 13th 2009.
Steve Howey speaking at the 2023 WonderCon, for "True Lies", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.
View west from the open common south of the high point on the Howey to Hundred House lane. Quickly becoming a favourite spot for a quick trip out.
Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway BO-BO 6-cylinder mainline diesel locomotive No. 14 'Captain Howey' passes Lade working a Hythe to Dungeness service
An architectural gem in the Lake County community of Howey-in-the-Hills attests to Ernest Hemingway’s oft-quoted remark “The rich are different.” To wander through the 20 room mansion built in 1925 by the community’s founder, William J. Howey, and stroll over the 15 acres surrounding, brings a nostalgic feeling of how “Once upon a time".
Steve Howey speaking at the 2023 WonderCon, for "True Lies", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.
This stunning Lamborghini Murcielago SV was one of the many cars on display during the 2013 Festivals of Speed Mission Inn event in Howey in the Hills, FL.
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Looking for a new place place for a good, simple, cheap, pasta in the city has been tough. Just as well Julia happened upon a review of Solarino, and off we went!
The antipasto definitely set a high benchmark for what was to come. There was a creamy goats cheese pannacotta that literally melted in our mouths, with a nice velvet mouthfeel and a bit of a tang from the lemon zest. Also fabulous was the little rolls of pancetta with a soft Persian fetta cheese, I think. A light tangy cheese to contrast the salti pancetta. Julia like the arancini deep fried balls of rice were crunchy and light all at the same time. I also liked the sardines with the agro-dolce sweet and sour onions. Heck, I loved everuything on the wooden board, including the wooden board! :)
The radicchio salad was a nice mix of bitter crisp leaves, sweet vincotto, salty peppery Pecorino, finished with a warm nuttiness of hazelnuts. The pear was nice, but I wouldn't miss it.
Then our pastas arrived. The incredible soft pillows of gnocchi were baked with mozzarella and basil, just like a pizza in Napoli! The rich tomato sauce was a hit with everyone and we mopped it up with bread or just scooped the pan clean!
The casareccia also had a similar rich tomato sauce, but this time, there was a hint of fennel from the Sicilian pork sausages and a meatier strings of pork sarsa. The twirls or casareccia with the S-shaped cross-section held the sauce nicely.
Just for good measure, we also got a risotto to compare with our favourite minimalist risotto at Tutto Bene. Solarino's had a nice balance richness from the Tallegio cheese and saltiness from the pancetta but it was perhaps a little on the sweet side, and a little busy with the number of ingredients.
Would we be back? Heck yeah! There were also little pots of tiramisu sitting in the display out the front, along with other yummy looking pastries, that I'd be back for, not to mention the simple delicious pastas!
Solarino
(03) 9663 2636
Shop 7 / 273 Little Collins St
Melbourne VIC 3000
enter from Howey Place, Melbourne.
Reviews:
- Solarino's siren song, Matt Preston, Reviewer, The Age, Epicure, December 15, 2008
- Solarino, by Rita Erlich, De Groots Media, September 2008
Photos:
- Napkins
- Radicchio, Pear, Hazelnut Salad with Pecorino Cheese and vincotto dressing - AUD13.90
- Gnocchi Napoli oven-baked with Mozzarella - AUD18.90
- Risotto of pancetta, leek, Taleggio cheese and pear - AUD19.90
- Casareccia pasta with Sicillian sausage and pork sarsa - AUD19.90
Such was the success of John Southland, that the RH&DR ordered a second and almost identical locomotive five years later.
Delivered in 1989 this locomotive ran without nameplates and was known as 'Number 14', but from 16th June 2001 that all changed when she received the name 'Captain Howey' after the founder of the RH&DR.
Although some people may be surprised that the name of the founding father of the railway has been given to a diesel locomotive rather than a steam engine, it should be remembered that Howey built the railway as a miniature version of a modern mainline.
He was also responsible for many experiments with different forms of motive power on the railway and converted his Rolls Royce into a passenger locomotive which he then proceeded to drive at alarming speeds across the Marsh.
Originally delivered in Union Pacific yellow and grey, 'Number 14' was repainted into the blue and cream livery of Eastbourne Buses
in 1983 to celebrate their 90th anniversary. The loco received a royal blue and silver livery in time for the Millennium and for her naming ceremony.
'Captain Howey' can often be seen hauling the school train during term-time and is also used for other passenger duties throughout the operating season.
Mingle Media TV's Red Carpet Report host Ashley Bornancin were invited to come out to cover the Friends of the Saban Community Clinic's 37th Annual Dinner Gala at the Beverly Hilton.
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“House of Lies” costars Don Cheadle and Kristen Bell hosted this year's Friends of the Saban Community Clinic 37th Annual Dinner Gala with a musical performance by The Fray and comedy by Sarah Silverman. The star-studded event honored Showtime Networks Inc. President of Entertainment David Nevins and Friends of the Saban Community Clinic Board Member Eric Siegel. Nevins and Siegel received the Friends Leadership Award and Lenny Somberg Award for their leadership and support of the Clinic’s work in improving health care access for thousands of Los Angeles families each year.
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RHDR No.1 Green Goddess, heading south , now on the Balloon Loop approaching Dungeness Station.
GN outline two-cylinder 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive
Designed by Henry Greenly
Built by Davey Paxman & Co., (15469) in 1925
Overall length: 27' 7"
Weight in working order: 8 ton 10cwt
Driving wheel diameter: 2' 1.5"
Bogie and trailing wheel diameter: 1'
Cylinders: 5.25" x 8.5"
Current Livery: LNER Apple Green
One of two locomotives ordered in 1924 by Count Louis Zborowski, Captain Howey's original partner, and designed by Henry Greenly.
Greenly based them on Nigel Gresley's famous A1 class locomotives of the London & North Eastern Railway, of which the Flying Scotsman is a surviving example. Green Goddess and tender cost £1,250 to build. The name of the locomotive was apparently taken from one of Howey's favourite plays.
She was ready long before the railway, so Howey arranged for her to be tested on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway in Cumbria during 1925. Following this, and while the line was under construction, Howey tried to whet the appetite of the local people by displaying the loco at Binns Garage in New Romney.
She has always been seen sporting a livery of green, and since the war has sported two new high capacity tenders. The second of these now belongs to Northern Chief, the first has been re-united with Green Goddess.
Green Goddess caries a Wilcox chime whistle and George Barlow was her driver for over thirty years from 1947.
She currently runs in an Apple Green livery similar to that of the former Great Northern Railway. Having been built in 1925, the year 2000 saw this fine engine celebrate its 75th birthday.
Now, a new DVD — RH&DR 2006 — which features footage from an exciting year in the history of the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway: the return of the Bug from overhaul, 2006 gala, installation of barriers at crossings and more.
Green Goddess is now back in service following a major overhaul, returning to traffic on Saturday June 13th 2009.
Brendan Howey Spinning at the Post office Jumps (Aptos, CA) in early 2011.
Shot with one strobe and the sun.
Elinchrom Ranger Quadra with a sports reflector, high camera right just out of frame.
Constructed during the 1920s and opened on 16 July 1927, the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway was the dream of millionaire racing drivers Captain J.E.P. Howey and Count Louis Zborowski. Zborowski had constructed a railway at Higham Park, his home at Bridge, Kent, and agreed to donate the rolling stock and infrastructure to the project. Zborowski however was killed in a motor racing accident at Monza before the Romney Marsh site was chosen, and Howey continued the project alone.
The locomotives were designed by engineer Henry Greenly who worked with Captain J E P Howey. Greenly also served as the railway's first Chief Engineer.
Mountain Class 'Hercules' hauled the inaugural train from Hythe to New Romney with guests including the mayors of the two towns, and General Sir Ivor Maxse. Howey was not happy with just 8 miles (13 km) from New Romney to Hythe and he extended 5 1⁄2 miles (9 km) from New Romney to Dungeness. This section was originally double track, but is now single due to damage during World War II, when the line was taken over by the military. A miniature armoured train was used on the line. After the war the line re-opened between Hythe and New Romney in 1946, with the singled New Romney to Dungeness section reopened on 28 March 1947 by Laurel and Hardy.
As well as being a tourist attraction, this railway is a public service for the small towns and villages between Hythe and Dungeness and is under contract to the local council to transport children to and from The Marsh Academy in New Romney. The railway is expanding its role as part of the public transport network: Warren Halt re-opened in 2009 to provide a transport link to the Romney Marsh Visitor Centre, and discussions with local councils are taking place about the possible expansion of Burmarsh Road and the provision of a new station at the gravel pits in West Hythe, in connection with both the proposed extensive new housing construction and the need to provide alternative transport to the A259 coast road.
All ten original locomotives remain in service, covering thousands of miles each year. The fleet, already one of the largest of any 15-inch (380 mm) railway in Britain, was expanded in 1976 with German-built locomotive no.11 'Black Prince' (formerly 'Fleißiges Lieschen' = 'Busy Lizzie'). The RH&DR is still the only user of the 4-8-2 "Mountain" locomotive in the UK, with No. 6 'Samson' and No. 5 'Hercules' in regular service. Two diesels, No. 12 'John Southland'(- later renamed J B Snell in May 2014) and No. 14 (Nameless - later 'Captain Howey'), were constructed in the 1980s.
The line carries 100,000 passengers each year.
The railway celebrated its 80th birthday in 2007 with a week of celebrations including reconstructions of scenes on the railway over the previous eight decades
RHDR No.8 Hurricane, waiting at Dungeness Station.
GN outline two-cylinder (formerly three-cylinder)
4-6-2 Pacific locomotive
Designed by Henry Greenly
Built by Davey Paxman & Co., (16044) in 1927
Overall length: 27' 7"
Weight in working order: 8 ton 10cwt
Driving wheel diameter: 2' 1.5"
Bogie and trailing wheel diameter: 1'
Cylinders: 5.25" x 8.5"
Current Livery: Caledonian Blue
Delivered on 20th July 1927, Hurricane was identical to Typhoon — a powerful three cylinder locomotive. She at once became Captain Howey's favourite and was fitted with special features such as stainless steel handrails and, in 1934, a high capacity tender modeled on the corridor tenders of the LNER.
She remained three cylinder until the inside motion failed in July 1937. She fell from favour and the Captain had her painted blue and renamed Bluebottle. In this guise she was used to pull the new blue train until the war, during which time she was used extensively by the Army.
After the war she retained her blue livery, found favour with the Captain once again and was renamed Hurricane. In 1950 she received smoke deflectors.
In 1957, Hurricane hauled a Royal train carrying HM the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles and Princess Anne. To commemorate this event, she now carries a plaque on her cab-side.
She carries a chromium-plated whistle similar to those fitted to the streamlined A4 pacifics of the LNER like Mallard. It was a gift of their designer Nigel Gresley to Captain Howey, who had previously presented a Canadian Pacific whistle to the famous engineer.
In August 1994, Hurricane became another RH&DR locomotive to be a victim of an accident with a motor vehicle, this time on a private crossing near Greatstone. After receiving repairs, she continued to see service, until a full overhaul during 1996 —1997. During this she was given a new tender similar to the previous 1934 model.
Hurricane returned for in time to enter service for the 1998 season and became the 1999 timetable cover star.
Following an accident near Dungeness in July 2005, Hurricane has once again undergone a complete and major overhaul, returned to traffic in February 2008.
In May 2008 she travelled all the way to Cumbria, with Typhoon, to spend some time on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway. Click here to see some photos of the trip »
She remains as popular with visitors today as she did with the railways founder.
The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway was built in 1927-28 by model railway engineer Henry Greenly. Originally conceived by the Polish racing driver Louis Zborowski, it was funded by Anglo-Australian landowner J E P Howey, who owned the railway until his death in the 1960s. The line was designed by Greenly to be to 15" gauge but roughly 1:3 scale, and is over 13 miles long.
New Romney station was originally designed as a four-platform terminus, but soon after completion the line was extended southwards and the station had to be largely rebuilt, the track being lowered so that trains could, just, fit under the road.
The Yorkshire Engine Company of Sheffield
finished the job of building this loco by finally assembling the parts, accrued during a
chequered history for two new engines for the
RH&DR. Originally ordered from, and started by,
Davey Paxman then continued at New Romney
using boilers from Krauss in Munich.
Designed from drawings originated by Greenly,
completed by A.L.S Richardson and based on
Canadian Pacific practice!
The Canadian style was chosen by Howey as it
was felt that the larger cab would give the driver
better protection against some of Kent's fine
summer weather, than the British styled
locomotives. He was also a fan of and visitor to
the Canadian Pacific Railway. When the engine
emerged onto the RH&DR in 1931 she came
complete with a very 'American' Vanderbilt tender
and was named Doctor Syn, after the Dymchurch
smuggling-vicar created by Russell Thorndyke.
In 1948, having been renamed Winston Churchill after the war-time Prime Minister, she was sent to
an exhibition in Toronto, Canada. At this time she
was painted bright red, but in 1962 she received a
black coat of paint and a new tender. The original, although stylish was prone to leaking.
As an experiment Winston Churchill was converted
to an oil firing loco in 1973, but was rebuilt
conventionally in 1979. The experiments were successful, but a rise in the price of oil meant
that no savings would be made over coal.
She carries one of a pair of Crosby chime whistles
that Howey had bought in Canada, and had
impressed Nigel Gresley on a visit to the RH&DR.
Howey then presented Gresley with the second
whistle which in turn was fitted to the new LNER
express Cock o' the North.
She has just undergone (2013) an in-house Major
Overhaul, complete with new power cylinders and
a brand new tender. Her current colour is bright
red, similar to how she looked during the 1970's
The KOM League
Flash Report
For week of
May 22—28, 2016
Warning:
This report is far ranging and voluminous so you might wish to read it in small doses. There is some “good” stuff in this edition and if you miss any of it your knowledge of the KOM league will be less than what it could be. On the other hand, if you ignore this report entirely, and concentrate on something else, you’ll probably be using your time more wisely. The report is posted at: www.flickr.com/photos/60428361@N07/26797573400/ Thus, you can go back to it, if needed. You will see the rare photo of a baseball team in short pants. The experiment didn’t last long as Bartlesville manager, Tedd Gullic, put a quick end to the nonsense. His main reason for doing so “The players wouldn’t slide.”
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Has it gone far enough?
It has been a contention that my best thinking is done when I’m mowing the yard or running the roto-killer (correct description) in the garden. Those two machines drown out all noise and no one is about to come around asking if they can help. Thus, you are alone with your thoughts.
One morning this past week I was decked out in my “best” attire. My socks didn’t match, my straw hat made me look as old as I really am and my wife was pointing at me as she uttered to our daughter “There sits the spitting image of your grandmother.” Sure enough, I know that I do look like her but my mother was 98-years-old when she was last spotted on earth.
As I worked in the yard, sans anyone interrupting me, I thought about mother and my earliest years. I came into this world at the end of the Great Depression and two months prior to my birth Hitler was on the march. The war years were lived out with everyone getting by on the basics and no frills. I was always told that when the war ended we’d have more things and could go more places with the lifting of gasoline rationing and most everything else.
Shortly after the conclusion of the war my dad died and what my mother went through was far worse, for her, than either the depression or the war. She worked hard as both mother and father and we made it. But, in making it our family did things a little different than most any of my acquaintances at that time and different from anyone I know in this generation.
One thing I never thought about, until my son-in-law came along, was, how I ate. He told my daughter he never saw a family that ate the meat of every item clear to the bone. I thought everyone did that, no reason to waste good food. Another thing we did, when I was growing up, was use every drop of anything left in a jar such as jelly, catsup, mustard etc., and I still do it.
So, as I mowed and roto-killed this week, the thought kept running through my head that I have about used up every drop in the KOM league catsup bottle and can’t squeeze much more out of the toothpaste tube known as KOM history Writing about the KOM league has now gone on three times longer than it existed.
As you read, scan or ignore this issue of the Flash Report I’d really like to have a frank answer to this question; “Has all the meat been stripped from the bone and is the catsup bottle empty?” I have no desire to bore the readership with redundant stories or other stories that aren’t redundant that might fall into the category as “Boring.”
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In recent weeks mention has been made, in this publication, regarding the 70th Anniversary of the start of the KOM league. Quite by accident I spotted an article, this week, in a June 1996 edition of the Tulsa, Okla. World. I read it with interest and then told my wife that I don’t recall ever seeing that article. I do recall the author of the article being in Pittsburg, Kansas for the first reunion of the KOM league that transpired on the 50th anniversary of its inception.
Reading the Tulsa World story from 1996 it seems as far removed, in time, as 1946 was to 1996 when the KOM leaguers re-gathered for the first time. Most of the fellows quoted by Terrell Lester, the author of the article, became good friends of mine and left the scene far too early. If you were a family member or friend of Goldie Howard, Eldon Yung, Bob Newbill or Al Solenberger you will want to scan this article. The only two guys mentioned in the article, still living, are Don Ervin and Yours truly. Both of us live in Missouri and the constants in my life, as mentioned in that article, are the address and telephone number neither of which has changed since 1994.
Lester’s lead off reference in his two-decade old article stated the attendees at Pittsburg were in their 60s, 70s, and 80s Now, they are in their 80s, 90s or have “crossed over. So I’m turning back the clock two decades and letting Terrell Lester take over. You can either pull up the following URL or read the narrative I cut and pasted
KOM League Reunion Brings Back Memories--June 9, 1996 Tulsa World
www.tulsaworld.com/archives/kom-league-reunion-brings-bac...
Cut and pasted version.—
There were a lot of young baseball players running around Pittsburg, Kan., last weekend.
They were in their 60s, 70s and 80s.
They thought it was 1946. Or 1950. And, for three days, it was.
It was the field of dreams all over again. Back there in Kansas, Toto.
Some 125 or so of them came together to relive the glory days, and the only days, of the KOM League.
From 1946 through 1952, the league operated in towns in Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri, thus the name, KOM.
It was the lowest rung on the professional baseball ladder, Class D. To some, Class D ball was the bush leagues. But for those young men who were being paid the going rate of $150 per month to play in the days following World War II, life was good.
Just how good those days were was brought up over and over again, and undoubtedly even enhanced a little, during the weekend reunion in Pittsburg.
John Hall of Columbia, Mo., pulled together the golden anniversary celebration of the KOM League. And former players, managers and bat boys came from all sections of the country to talk of the games they used to play.
The highlight of the weekend was to have been an old-timers game but the highlight turned out to be a three-day conversation among 125 people who shared a common bond. Frank "Goldie" Howard celebrated an anniversary of his own during the reunion. He turned 83 on Sunday.
As a 33-year-old player-manager in 1946, Howard guided the Chanute (Kan.) Owls to the KOM's initial championship. The Owls were an independent team that year, lacking a major
league working agreement. Most of the players, ranging in age from 17 to 24, were scouted and signed by Howard just before the start of the season on May 31.
Howard graduated from high school in Dustin, Okla. His father sold a hog to raise enough money to send young Howard to Springfield, Mo., to a St. Louis Cardinals tryout camp. Howard was given a contract and played in the Cardinals minor league system until becoming a manager. He now lives in Hollister, Mo.
Bob Newbill was a catcher on the 1949 Independence (Kan.) Yankees team that featured a wild-throwing shortstop by the name of Mickey Mantle.
Late in the season, the Independence first baseman (Ed note: Nick Ananias) was sidelined by injury. Newbill, not overly familiar with the position, was tapped to be the replacement.
"They put me on first base and I couldn't catch, and they had Mantle at short and he couldn't throw," said Newbill, who lives in Windsor, Mo.
Newbill told event organizer Hall: "For a weekend, you helped a bunch of old men forget some aches and pains."
Eldon Yung of Warrensburg, Mo., was the only former player wearing a uniform at a Saturday luncheon.
But it was not a wool uniform worn in the KOM days. It was a modern-day knit uniform -- from the St. Louis Cardinals. Yung, who played first base for the 1950 Miami (Okla.) Blues (Ed note:--Eagles), took part in a Cardinals fantasy camp in 1991. The camp trip was a gift upon Yung's retirement from Central Missouri State University, where he was chairman of the Department of Graphics.
At the fantasy camp, Yung managed a hit off Cardinals Hall-of-Famer Bob Gibson.
Billy Guy Bukkious (sp--Bockius) of Muskogee visited the reunion on Saturday and showed off a collection of more than a dozen official KOM League baseballs.
All of the baseballs were autographed, and one was signed by Pittsburgh Pirates Hall-of-Famer Lloyd Waner.
Bukkious (sp) served as a batboy for the Bartlesville Pirates in 1950 after spending the 1946 and '47 seasons with the Pittsburg Browns as a bat boy.
His parents, Jack and Edythe, operated Jack's Shack in Bartlesville. It was a popular hangout among players. Jack's Shack was perhaps the most mentioned and most fondly remembered
establishment during the reunion.
The most popular individual at the reunion was its organizer and workhorse John Hall.
He received well-deserved salutes and plaudits from all of the 200 who attended a Friday night dinner.
Hall, an 11-year-old bat boy for the 1951 Carthage (Mo.) Cubs, has written a book that serves as the definitive recounting of the KOM League.
Manuscripts of the book, complete with scores of photographs, were the hottest items on display. It will not be ready for publication until late summer, but Hall is taking advance orders.
His address is 1709 Rainwood Place, Columbia, Mo., 65203. His telephone number is (573) 445-8125. (Ed note: When that book was released the following year, in October, the greatest review of it was done by Terrell Lester in a Sunday Edition of the Tulsa World and he gave it a large spread.)
Hall said that 225 people attended a Saturday night dinner from 37 states.
Al Solenberger of Bartlesville arrived in Pittsburg to discover that he was a record-holder.
Hall told Solenberger that he held the record for most hits in the seven-year history of the league.
Solenberger played center field for the Bartlesville Pirates in 1947-48-51, collecting 385 hits.
"I wasn't aware of any record," he said. "That's pretty neat." A native of Springfield, Ohio, Solenberger decided to remain in Bartlesville after his playing days. He later served 11 years as
coach of the Bill Doenges-sponsored Bartlesville American Legion team, leading the 1969 squad to second place in the national tournament.
Solenberger was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as a pitcher. But upon his arrival at his first training camp, he moved to the outfield.
"I could see there were too many pitchers," he said with a laugh. The move was encouraged by Pittsburgh Pirates batting instructor Lloyd Waner.
After moving to the outfield and making the Bartlesville team, Solenberger roomed with outfielder Brandy Davis and pitcher Ron Kline, both of whom wound up in the big leagues.
Solenberger recalled the day that Pittsburgh general manager Branch Rickey telephoned to summon Davis and Kline to a higher classification.
Rickey had to call three times.
Solenberger answered all three times. And hung up twice. Each time Rickey announced himself to the young player, Solenberger, believing the call to be a joke, hung up. On the third attempt, Rickey had his secretary announce him to Solenberger. "Why did you hang up on me, young man?" Rickey inquired.
"Would you believe it was Branch Rickey if you were in my place?" Solenberger said.
Another KOM record-holder attending the reunion was Don Ervin. Playing for the 1952 Miami Eagles, Ervin hit 24 home runs, more than any other player in the league, Hall said.
Players gathered in small pockets with former teammates and talked about the days of skinned (all dirt) infields, and the practice of leaving gloves in the field when teams went in to bat.
They talked of $2 a day meal money and broken down buses. They talked of favorite cafes and not-so-favorite, second-rate hotels. But most of all, they talked about playing baseball in another
time, another era. They talked about being boys of summer. And for a while last weekend, they were again.
Terrell Lester carried this story in the September 29, 1997 edition of the Tulsa World, replete with pictures.
Fond Memories of Minor League Baseball
A major-league book about minor-league baseball has hit a home run.
"Majoring in The Minors" is John G. Hall's epic tome that offers an old-fashioned glimpse of baseball through the eyes of a small-town batboy.
John is the one-time Tulsan who has singularly and fastidiously chronicled the history of the KOM League, a Class D professional league that operated in Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri from 1946 through 1952. He served as the batboy for the Carthage (Mo.) Cubs
in 1951, and now lives in Columbia, Mo. He orchestrated the successful reunion of some 250 former players during the summer in Pittsburg, Kan., and it was there that John
was putting the finishing touches on his book.
The 432-page, soft-cover work is now being shipped to those who ordered early. It is a delicious blend of nostalgic anecdotes, interviews, statistics (the lifeblood of any baseball fan) and
photographs (307 total, ranging from team photos to candid, off-the-field shots). It is a celebration of the life of minor-league baseball.
Jim Morris of Grove received one of the first copies of the book. He was with the Miami (Okla.) Owls in 1947 and pitched a no-hitter against Carthage in the season opener. He calls the book "unbelievable."
"I think it's a remarkable endeavor. It was a real challenge and a tremendous effort. I can't believe how much John put into it," he said.
As for the author himself, John says, "The greatest satisfaction that I have is to know that the book got out while many of the guys are still able to read it."
"Majoring in The Minors" is edited and published by Bob Dellinger and his Oklahoma Bylines Inc. house of Stillwater. It can be ordered through John G. Hall, 1709 Rainwood Place, Columbia, Mo., 65203. Cost is $47.50, which includes shipping and handling. (Ed note: That book is long out of print and now the asking price is around $200 on E-bay.)
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Look what was found-- finally
An old gentleman was asked “Who was the prettiest girl you ever saw?” The sage answer was “The last one who walked past me.” I feel that way about locating former KOM leaguers or learning of their fate. The latest guy found always represents the toughest research task. After 22 years of searching I now know about a former Miami Owls hurler by the name of John Thornton Wolford.
Miami News Record—June 20, 1948
New Hurler Join Owls Saturday -- Accompanied by a new pitcher, big Jim Hansen, who was the first- string- catcher on Miami's KOM league pennant winning baseball team last year, was sent to Chanute Saturday afternoon soon after his return here. The new Owl hurler is John Wolford, 19-year-old Otway, Ohio, youth. A rookie, he is a right hander. The announcement from the Miami Baseball club Saturday also advised that Tommy Tarascio, Owl second baseman, is now on the disabled list. He is suffering from an injured shoulder, it was said.
Wolford’s first appearance at Miami—July 3, 1948
John Wolford, making his first start for the Owls at the local park, started for the Flock but gave way to (Jim) Price in the third after three (Bartlesville) Pirate tallies had ambled across the platter. The hustling (Guerney) Freeman, playing his first game of his baseball career at first base, poled out three of the Owls' six safeties off Pirate hurler (Dave) Elliot. Plenty of fireworks will be on deck for local fans today as Boyd Bartley's loop-leading Ponca City caravan meets Art Priebe's Owls in a holiday twin bill.
Wolford’s second mound appearance—July 4, 1948
MIAMI, OKLA. MONDAY, JULY 5, 1948-- Owls Still Weak At Plate; Lose Pair To Poncans Ponca City's league-leading Dodgers rolled to a double Fourth of July victory over the Owls, yesterday at Fairgrounds park, 8-6 and 4-3, to wind up first half play in the KOM loop—four games out in front. Centerfielder, Joe Beran, clouted two homers in the afternoon tilt to lead Ponca City's- 11-hit attack off three Miami flingers. A four-run rally by the Flock in the seventh frame highlighted by doubles by Tom Tarascio and Warren Liston gave the Owls a temporally 5-5 tie. Each team added a single tally in the eighth frame, but a pair of singles off John Wolford, an intentional pass, and two infield rollers sent across two Ponca runs in the ninth. Ponca hurlers, (Dick) McCoy and John Hall, were nicked for only two bingles by the Owls. (The word “bingles” was often used by sportswriters instead of “singles.”)
Wolford’s obituary
John Thornton Wolford Sr., 83, of Lucasville, passed away surrounded by family and friends,
Monday, June 11, 2012, at SOMC Hospice.
He was born Nov. 9, 1928, in Otway; a son of the late Chester Ray and Helen Thornton Wolford.
John was a retired Shift Captain of the Goodyear Atomic Police Department with 34 years of service, a U.S. Army Korean War veteran, a member of the Lucasville Branch of the Community of Christ, and a 1946 Otway High School graduate. John was a 50-year member of the Lucasville Masonic Lodge 465 and a former Republican Committeeman.
He was an avid sports fan of the Ohio State Buckeyes, Cincinnati Reds, and the Valley Indians. John was honored by the Valley Local Schools as their No. 1 sports fan and was an honorary
member of the Valley Alumni Hall of Fame.
He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Alberta Jane Kennard Wolford who he married Dec. 14, 1956, in Otway; one son John (Sigrid) Wolford Jr. of Lucasville; one daughter Julie (Tim) Mosley of Lucasville; two grandchildren Lauren and Drew Wolford; one sister Mary Ellen LaRue of Largo, Fla; four nieces; one nephew; and his good friend and fellow athletic booster, Ralph Merritt Sr. He was also preceded in death by an infant daughter Amy Ann Wolford; one
brother Chester Ray Wolford. Funeral services will be conducted 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 14, 2012, at Valley High School with Elders Paul Crabtree and Paul Gregory officiating. A Masonic funeral will follow. Friends may call 4:30 to 7:15 p.m. in the gymnasium. Graveside military
services will be conducted 1 p.m. Friday in Scioto Burial Park by the William A. Baker and James Irwin Posts of the American Legion. Arrangements are under the direction of the McKinley Funeral Home in Lucasville.
The epilogue:
After going through the obituary I located the whereabouts of John Wolford Jr.. I placed a call to him and he returned it. It was a busy time of baseball games and graduations and he promised to get back with me in a few days. Thus, there will be another story regarding the former Miami Owls pitcher, in the near future.
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Filling in the blanks on the late James Joseph Ryan—Bartlesville Pirate.
Since the inception of the task to locate former KOM leaguers, I knew that James Ryan of Covington, Kentucky had died in 1958. That was far too soon for a 29-year-old to leave this world. Just eight short years earlier he played the outfield for the Bartlesville, Okla. Pirates and was featured in the famous photo of the Bartlesville Pirates wearing short pants. Shown at this site: www.flickr.com/photos/60428361@N07/26797573400 It is also carried, along with the story in “The KOM League Remembered” page 82, published by Arcadia.
Ryan played with four other Pittsburgh Pirate farm teams during a career that spanned 1949 through 1951
Over the years I’ve carried his place of death as Warren, Pennsylvania but as the following story indicates, it wasn’t where he died.
Warren Times Mirror, Warren PA March 28 1958—
www.newspapers.com/newspage/56699482/ (If you subscribe to this feature you can pull up the front page of that edition and a photo of Ryan and his story is located there. If you don’t subscribe you can go to that site and then scroll down and find the story in OCR format. If patient, you can figure out what it says or as an option you can read the story in the following paragraphs.)
Another attempt was made to bring each of you that front page story. Hopefully, by clicking on the following URL you can avoid the OCR function. Let me know if it works. I took the liberty of changing one thing in the story that I copied for the Flash Report. Ryan went to Mt. Carmel Hospital in Detroit, not St. Carmel.
www.newspapers.com/clip/5287580/warren_times_mirror/
James Joseph Ryan, an engineer at Struthers-Wells Corporation, died about 7 a. m. today in Mt. Carmel Mercy Hospital, Detroit, from injuries received in a taxicab accident there Wednesday. He was 29.
According to the Fatality Squad of Detroit's accident Prevention Bureau, Mr. Ryan was traveling on John R. Street in a Checker taxicab about 2:35 p. m. At the intersection of Seven Mile Road, the right side of the cab was struck, sending the vehicle caroming into the far lane where it was struck by a second car going in to opposite direct on John R. Street.
Doors of the taxi were flung open by the impact and the victim was thrown to the street. Mr. Ryan was rushed to the hospital suffering a fractured pelvis, possible skull fracture and severe internal injuries and bleeding.
Vincent Moxie, a 74-year-old Detroit man who precipitated the accident when he swung onto John R. Street from Seven Mile road, fled the crash scene but his front license plate had been jarred off.
William Harvey of the Fatal Squad said in Detroit today that charges of manslaughter and leaving the scene of the accident are pending against the man. Harvey said the man "almost passed out" this morning when being questioned at the station.
Driver of the second car which stuck the cab as it swung around on the street was Betty Freeman, 28, of Detroit.
No other injury report was immediately available.
Mr. Ryan had been in Detroit on a business and was expected home Wednesday night. Internal injuries were believed to have been the cause of death.
His wife, the former Corrine Culbertson, whom he married Oct. 3, 1953, was at the bedside in Detroit along with the victim's parents who reside in Covington, KY.
The body will arrive in Warren Saturday night. Funeral details are incomplete pending arrival of the family this evening. Peterson funeral Home will announce plans.
James Joseph Ryan was born in Covington, October 19, 1928, and came to Warren six years ago as a DuPont inspector. He was also employed by Pennsylvania Furnace and Iron Company for some time prior to his work as an engineer for Struthers-Wells Corporation.
Mr. Ryan was a graduate of University of Kentucky and the University of Cincinnati, and served with the Paratroopers following World War II. He was a faithful member of Holy Redeemer church; also a member of the American Society of engineers and had been serving as president of Warren Industrial Management Association. He was highly regarded in business and social endeavors.
Besides his wife, who resides at 206 Connecticut Ave. in, Warren, he leaved two children Patricia and Mary Beth, at home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Ryan, Covington, Ky: a brother and two sisters.
Ed comment:
The driver of the car that hit the taxi in which Ryan was riding was Vincent Moxie who was born in Poland in 1884. He came to the United States in 1931 and worked as a carpenter and later with the Ford Motor Company. The Detroit Free Press on March 29, 1958 suggested manslaughter charges were being considered but from my research I could find none were ever filed. Mr. Moxie lived another nine years following the wreck.
Upon his death Joseph Ryan left a wife and two daughters. His wife, Corrine, remarried seven years later. She passed away in June of 2015 and if you care to read her obituary it is found here www.lewisfuneralhomeinc.com/corrine-c-shanshala/
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Closing the Tri-State Miners story—I think.
In the May 8—14, 2016 edition of this publication a photo of the 1953 Tri-State Miners was shared due to the passing of Max W. Buzzard. I’ve used that photo in the past when Ray and Roy Mantle passed away along with the announcement of the death of Johnny Lafalier.
Never did I detail the story of all the players in that photo, although it wouldn’t be difficult to do. In fact, one person who pitched on that team was a 17-year-old recent graduate of Chelsea, OK High school, Ralph Terry.
However, one of the best athletes on that team was Charles Gaylon Enos who is shown on the far left of the second row in this photo.
www.flickr.com/photos/60428361@N07/26797573400
He was born in Joplin, Missouri on August 23, 1920 and attended school there until graduating in 1939. While at Joplin High school he led the Eagles to their first state basketball championship in 1939.
Two things happened to him in 1942. On May 23 he married Shirley Jean Tyler in Carthage, Missouri and then he went off to serve in the U. S. Army where he attained the rank of Master Sergeant. Following the war he went to work for the Tamko Roofing Company. During that era he spent his spare time playing baseball in the summer and basketball in the winter. Most likely he was a better basketball player than he was at baseball.
He played for the Tamko Roofers and later coached them until he was called back into the Army in 1950. After the Korean War Enos continued his employment with Tamko until his retirement. At that time he moved to Denver, Colorado where he died in 1995. He is buried at Rosecrans National Cemetery. This is his Find-A-Grave site: www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=625851... I assume that what is placed on a grave marker is “etched in stone” forever. On many sites he was Gaylon Charles and others it was Charles Gaylon. But, the Rosecrans site shows his grave marker as Charles G., so that settles it for me.
I found an article, on line, that told of a Tamko basketball reunion and I quote it and then place editorial notes when I think they might add to the story. The article was carried in the May 16, 2003 edition of the Joplin Globe. So, here goes. If this is as “clear as mud” you can send me a note to clarify what puzzles you.
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The TAMKO Roofers were an independent basketball team that played for five seasons in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
It was an era in which communities smaller than Joplin fielded teams and recruited talent throughout the region.
The Roofers, formed as an advertising tool for Joplin TAMKO Asphalt Products, probably were the best or among the elite independent or town teams of the era.
The Roofers traveled many miles — in addition to playing in a Joplin YMCA league — and won a high percentage of their games.
The TAMKO roster contained several former college standouts as well as prep stars basically from southwest Missouri. Nearly all were athletes. Their skills weren’t on the decline. At least two members played pro baseball. Another had been drafted by the NBA
There’s little doubt about the Roofers’ biggest win — a one-point decision against the Harlem Globetrotters in Joplin’s Memorial Hall. (Ed note: Game score was 34-33. January 6, 1948. Enos scored five points in that game that got very rough toward the end. This was the “Famous Globetrotter” aggregation. The group coached by Abe Saperstein that included Goose Tatum, Marques Haynes et. al. came to Joplin on February 13 of that year and played their “patsy” opponent, the New York Celtics. The Famous Globetrotter quintet that lost to Joplin was shown in the January 7, 1948 edition of the Joplin Globe as; Belcher, Bowen, Edwards, Johnston and Johnson. The night after losing to Joplin they played in Cassville, Mo and beat them 64-39.)
Keith Adams, Joplin, a member of the Roofers, will present the team for induction into the Joplin Area Sports Hall of Fame on Friday at Twin Hills Golf and Country Club. The event, presented by the Joplin Sports Authority, starts at 7 p.m.
A TAMKO roster handed out at a July 1, 1984, reunion held in Joplin at Cunningham Park and sponsored by Jay and Ethelmae Humphreys contained the following names:
Keith Adams, John Allen, Granvil Boyd, Clarence Brannum, Jack Carrithers, Les Cooper, Fred Daugherty, Bill Davis, Walt Dellbringge, LeRoy Deming, Gaylon Enos, Bert Evans, Bob Fitton, Red Haynes, Rusty Haynes, Charles Hight, George Hosp, Harold Howey, Bill Hurd, Roy Jackson, Bud Kite, Monte Lamb, Loren Olson, Scotty Plumb, Joe Pogue, Bob Rayon, T.G. Reynolds, Shelby Slinker, W.G. Tracy and Smitty Warden. (Ed note: Of that group Loren Olson, T. G. Reynolds and George Hosp played in the KOM league. Olsen pitched for Pittsburg, in 1946, Reynolds pitched for Chanute in 1947 and Hosp played first base for Carthage in 1946. Hosp didn’t play in 1947 but started the 1948 season on the Duluth Dukes roster. He was released before the bus crash the Dukes suffered that year.)
Adams, then a 6-foot-4, 165-pounder, played three seasons with the Roofers. Adams, a 1947 Joplin High School graduate, said Enos and Cooper served as player/coaches.
“I’m convinced Rusty (Haynes) and Gaylon (Enos) could have played pro basketball.” Adams said.
“Rusty was about 6-2 and a tremendous athlete. ... a terrific fast pitch softball player. He and Alton Clay had similar ability in softball.
“Gaylon, who helped Joplin win its first state basketball title in 1939, reminded you of a Bantam Rooster. He seemed cocky but he really wasn’t. He had a deadly two-handed set shot.
“Joe Pogue — we called him ‘Jumping Joe’ — was an excellent player out of Anderson (and Drury).”
Kite, who lives in Carthage, graduated from Rocky Comfort High School in 1948. He was playing with Fairview when his effort nearly beat the Roofers. He joined TAMKO after a visit with Enos.
“I actually was about 6-2 when I was playing with TAMKO,” Kite said with a laugh. “I grew to 6-4 (as a mainstay in fast pitch softball as a pitcher).”
Rusty Haynes and Gaylon Enos left a deep impression on Kite as they did with Adams.
“Rusty probably was the best all-around TAMKO player,” Kite said. “Gaylon was a warrior on the court. He was salty. He could agitate people, too.”
Adams believes during his time with the Roofers that Cooper and Hosp consistently were among the starters with Enos and Rusty Haynes. Good friend Daugherty, one of several Roofers who made education a career, also worked into the lineup.
“That Hosp,” Adams said with another laugh. “I think he’s a Joplin High School graduate. He attended Joplin as a freshman, moved to Seneca for two years and returned to Joplin.”
Adams insisted that Enos hit all 50 free throws in a contest with a player from Hazel Walker’s All-American Redheads. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazel_Walker
The second 25, Adams said, came after a couple of Redheads pulled Enos to midcourt. They wooed him. They ran their fingers through his hair in a futile attempt to fluster him. His opponent, after 25-for-25, hit “only” 23 of 25.
“For an independent team — and there was a lot of those teams around then — we traveled a lot,” Kite said.
Daugherty, a 1946 Joplin High School graduate, also played at Joplin Junior College. He said TAMKO may have averaged three games a week.
“We were serious about it,” Daugherty said. “We’d practice hard for three or four weeks before the season. We were in shape.”
Jack Carrithers wasn’t a TAMKO player or coach. But his appearance in the team photographs was richly deserved, Adams indicated.
Carrithers kept the scorebook. Plus, he was the business manager.
Winning a tournament might mean $100, Adams said. That was a tidy sum in those days. It all added up to a grand party or a chunk when divided.
Carrithers and his wife plan to attend the banquet on Friday night. They live in Conway, Ark.
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The last word:
Once in a while I receive a telephone call from someone who has lost touch due to computer problems. Probably more often than I’d like to think when the contact is lost the person is happy not to have my pestiferous Flash Reports cluttering up their mailbox.
However, I received a call from Aletha Bartley this week telling me her computer got all messed up and she had a new e-mail address. So, if any of you Boyd and Aletha Bartley friends want the new e-mail address, let me know.
Speaking of Aletha, and her late husband, that gives me the opportunity to share a Christmas card sent to me last week. Yep, in 1990 Boyd sent the 100th Anniversary card of Dodger baseball to Bernie Gerl. Gerl, is was one of the members of the 1948 Duluth Dukes who was involved in the worst baseball accident in history. Gerl noted that Boyd Bartley was the manager of a team on which he played during WW II in the Philippines. I told Aletha about that card, and Gerl’s statement, and she said that Boyd was in charge sporting activities for soldiers on R & R.
This is the inscription on the card Bartley sent to Gerl: “Bernie, I was glad to hear from you and I do remember you. It was nice of you to drop me a line. I have worked for the Dodgers since 1943—47 years and am retiring January 1st. I am going fishing. If you do any of that maybe we can get together. Nice to hear from you and good luck.” Boyd Bartley—Dodger scout
One of the nicest things to happen to me was the invitation to attend the 6oth wedding anniversary for Boyd and Aletha in Ft. Worth, Texas. It doesn’t seem possible that has been 13 years ago. Aletha said, in her conversation this week, that she felt deprived that she only had Boyd around until he was almost 93. She admitted that she should be grateful for many wives lost their mates long before they reached that age. They came within a month of celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary.
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Check out my other miniature railway pics on Flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/trainsandstuff/collections/72157625...
This loco was built in 1914 by Bassett Lowke, the only 'Class 60' they ever produced. It was built for Captain Howey (of Romney Hythe & Dymchurch fame) for use on his private Staughton Manor Railway. Early publicity photos show it named 'Gigantic' but it was soon renamed 'John Anthony' on arrivial at its new home. It then went to Eaton Hall for trials before being sold to Ravenglass in 1916 for £400 where it was renamed yet again to 'Colossus'.
In 1919 Hunt and Co. built another loco for Ravenglass closely based on 'Colossus' which was named 'Sir Aubrey Brocklebank'.
In 1927 someone came up with the dubious idea of combining the bottom halves of these two locos (along with a new boiler and mainframe) into one new articulated loco which was named 'River Mite'. Unfortunately this was not a great success and by the late 1930s it was withdrawn from service and dismantled.
The two bottom halves (frames, wheels, cylinders and valve gear) remained at Ravenglass until being sold to Harry Barlow of Southport in 1942. One set was later converted into a 4-4-0. Both chassis sets were advertised for sale in 1969 when Harry Barlow retired and were acquired by Mark Bamford of the JCB family.
I've no idea what happened after that.
Constructed during the 1920s and opened on 16 July 1927, the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway was the dream of millionaire racing drivers Captain J.E.P. Howey and Count Louis Zborowski. Zborowski had constructed a railway at Higham Park, his home at Bridge, Kent, and agreed to donate the rolling stock and infrastructure to the project. Zborowski however was killed in a motor racing accident at Monza before the Romney Marsh site was chosen, and Howey continued the project alone.
The locomotives were designed by engineer Henry Greenly who worked with Captain J E P Howey. Greenly also served as the railway's first Chief Engineer.
Mountain Class 'Hercules' hauled the inaugural train from Hythe to New Romney with guests including the mayors of the two towns, and General Sir Ivor Maxse. Howey was not happy with just 8 miles (13 km) from New Romney to Hythe and he extended 5 1⁄2 miles (9 km) from New Romney to Dungeness. This section was originally double track, but is now single due to damage during World War II, when the line was taken over by the military. A miniature armoured train was used on the line. After the war the line re-opened between Hythe and New Romney in 1946, with the singled New Romney to Dungeness section reopened on 28 March 1947 by Laurel and Hardy.
As well as being a tourist attraction, this railway is a public service for the small towns and villages between Hythe and Dungeness and is under contract to the local council to transport children to and from The Marsh Academy in New Romney. The railway is expanding its role as part of the public transport network: Warren Halt re-opened in 2009 to provide a transport link to the Romney Marsh Visitor Centre, and discussions with local councils are taking place about the possible expansion of Burmarsh Road and the provision of a new station at the gravel pits in West Hythe, in connection with both the proposed extensive new housing construction and the need to provide alternative transport to the A259 coast road.
All ten original locomotives remain in service, covering thousands of miles each year. The fleet, already one of the largest of any 15-inch (380 mm) railway in Britain, was expanded in 1976 with German-built locomotive no.11 'Black Prince' (formerly 'Fleißiges Lieschen' = 'Busy Lizzie'). The RH&DR is still the only user of the 4-8-2 "Mountain" locomotive in the UK, with No. 6 'Samson' and No. 5 'Hercules' in regular service. Two diesels, No. 12 'John Southland'(- later renamed J B Snell in May 2014) and No. 14 (Nameless - later 'Captain Howey'), were constructed in the 1980s.
The line carries 100,000 passengers each year.
The railway celebrated its 80th birthday in 2007 with a week of celebrations including reconstructions of scenes on the railway over the previous eight decades
Fresh from his five goal haul at the 1996 Euros, Newcastle United boss Kevin Keegan splashed £15m on the services of Alan Shearer, an incredible transfer record at the time.
Banging in 28 goals on his debut season, Big Al formed a lethal partnership with Les Ferdinand. Appearing in two unsuccessful FA cup finals in the 1990s, Shearer continued his scoring through managerial changes and a host of injuries.
Big Al would stay at St James Park for a decade, captaining them for a large duration, and in January 2006 he finally surpassed Jackie Milburn's record against Portsmouth at the Gallowgate End. His 206th and final goal for the Magpies came in a 4-1 win against Sunderland.
Newcastle United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. The team compete in the Premier League, the first level of the English football league system, as of the 2023–24 season. Since the formation of the club in 1892, when Newcastle East End absorbed the assets of Newcastle West End to become Newcastle United, the club has played its home matches at St James' Park. Located in the centre of Newcastle, it currently has a capacity of 52,305.
The club has been a member of the Premier League for all but three years of the competition's history, spending 91 seasons in the top flight as of May 2023, and has never dropped below English football's second tier since joining the Football League in 1893. Newcastle have won four League titles, six FA Cups and an FA Charity Shield, as well as the 1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the ninth-highest total of trophies won by an English club. The club's most successful period was between 1904 and 1910, when they won an FA Cup and three of their League titles. Their last major domestic trophy was in 1955. More recently the club have been League or FA Cup runners-up on four occasions in the 1990s. Newcastle were relegated in 2009, and again in 2016. The club won promotion at the first time of asking each time, returning to the Premier League, as Championship winners, in 2010 and 2017. In October 2021, a consortium led by the Public Investment Fund, the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia, became majority owners of Newcastle United.
The team's traditional kit colours are black-and-white striped shirts, black shorts and black or white socks. Their crest has elements of the city coat of arms, which features two grey hippocamps. Before each home game, the team enters the field to "Going Home", with "Blaydon Races" also being sung during games. The 2005 film Goal! featured Newcastle United, and many signings mentioned the influence the film had on them.
The history of Newcastle United Football Club, an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, covers the club's entire history from its formation to the present day. Formed by a merger between Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End to become 'United' in 1892, the club was elected to the Football League, which they entered in 1893.
Newcastle are England's 9th most successful club of all time. They have been English champions four times (in 1905, 1907, 1909, 1927) and FA Cup winners six times (in 1910, 1924, 1932, 1951, 1952, 1955). The club have also won the 1909 Charity Shield, the 1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, and the 2006 Intertoto Cup. Newcastle have reached the League Cup final twice, finishing runners-up in both years ( 1976 and 2023). They have played in England's top league from 1898–1934, 1948–61, 1965–78, 1984–89, 1993–2009, 2010–2016, and 2017–present, playing in the second tier at all other times.
The first record of football being played on Tyneside dates from 3 March 1877 at Elswick Rugby Club. Later that year, Newcastle's first association football club, Tyne Association, was formed. The origins of Newcastle United Football Club itself can be traced back to the formation of a football club by the Stanley Cricket Club of Byker in November 1881. They won their first match 5–0 against Elswick Leather Works 2nd XI. The team was renamed Newcastle East End F.C. in October 1882, to avoid confusion with the cricket club in Stanley, County Durham.
Shortly after this, another Byker side, Rosewood FC, merged with East End to form an even stronger side. Meanwhile, across the city, West End Cricket Club began to take an interest in football and in August 1882, they formed Newcastle West End F.C. West End played their early football on their cricket pitch, but in May 1886, the club moved into St James' Park. The two clubs became rivals in the Northern League. In 1889, Newcastle East End became a professional team, before becoming a limited company the following March.
West End soon became the city's premier club. East End were anxious not to be left behind and lured Tom Watson into becoming the club secretary/manager in the close season of 1888 and from that point, never looked back; Watson made several good signings, especially from Scotland, and the Heaton club went from strength to strength, while West End's fortunes slipped dramatically.
The region's first league competition was formed in 1889 and the FA Cup began to cause interest. Ambitious East End turned professional in 1889, a huge step for a local club, and in March 1890, they made an even more adventurous move by becoming a limited company with capital of 1,000 pounds in ten shilling notes. During the spring of 1892, in a season during which their results were at an all-time low, and in which they had lost to their bitter rivals, East End, five times, West End found themselves in serious trouble. They approached East End with a view to a take over, the directors having decided that the club could no longer continue.
What actually happened was that West End wound up, while some of its players and most of its backroom staff joined East End. East End also took over the lease on St. James' Park in May 1892.
With only one senior club in the city for fans to support, development of the club was much more rapid. Despite being refused entry to the Football League's First Division at the start of the 1892–93 season, they were invited to play in their new Second Division. However, with no big names playing in the Second Division, they turned down the offer and remained in the Northern League, stating "gates would not meet the heavy expenses incurred for travelling". In a bid to start drawing larger crowds, Newcastle East End decided to adopt a new name in recognition of the merger. Suggested names included Newcastle F.C., Newcastle Rangers, Newcastle City and City of Newcastle, but Newcastle United was decided upon on 9 December 1892, to signify the unification of the two teams. The name change was accepted by the Football Association on 22 December, but the club was not legally constituted as Newcastle United Football Club Co. Ltd. until 6 September 1895. At the start of the 1893–94 season, Newcastle United were once again refused entry to the First Division and so joined the Second Division, along with Liverpool and Woolwich Arsenal. They played their first competitive match in the division that September against Woolwich Arsenal, with a score of 2–2.
Turnstile numbers were still low, and the incensed club published a statement claiming "The Newcastle public do not deserve to be catered for as far as professional football is concerned". However, eventually figures picked up by 1895–96, when 14,000 fans watched the team play Bury. That season Frank Watt became secretary of the club, and he was instrumental in promotion to the First Division for the 1898–99 season. However, they lost their first game 4–2 at home to Wolves and finished their first season in thirteenth place.
In 1903–04, the club built up a promising squad of players, and went on to dominate English football for almost a decade, the team known for their "artistic play, combining team-work and quick, short passing". Newcastle started to purchase talented players, especially from Scotland, and soon had a squad to rival all of England. With players like Colin Veitch, Jackie Rutherford, Jimmy Lawrence and Albert Shepherd, Newcastle had a team of international talent. Bill McCracken, Jimmy Howie, Peter McWilliam and Andy Aitken were also household names in their day. Long after his retirement, defender Peter McWilliam said "The Newcastle team of the 1900s would give any modern side a two goal start and beat them, and further more, beat them at a trot".
Newcastle United went on to win the League on three occasions during the 1900s: in 1904–05, 1906–07 and 1908–09. Newcastle reached five FA Cup finals in the years leading up to World War I. In 1904–05, they nearly did the double, losing to Aston Villa in the 1905 FA Cup Final. They were beaten again the following year by Everton in the 1906 FA Cup Final. They reached the final again in 1908 where they lost to Wolves. In 1908 the team suffered a record 9–1 home defeat to local rivals Sunderland in the league but still won that season's league title. They finally won the FA Cup in 1910 when they beat Barnsley in the final. They lost again the following year in the final against Bradford City.
The team returned to the FA Cup final in 1924, in the second final held at the then new Wembley Stadium. They defeated Aston Villa, winning the club's second FA Cup.Three years later they won the First Division championship a fourth time in 1926–27. Record signing & Scottish international centre-forward Hughie Gallacher, one of the most prolific goal scorers in the club's history, captained the championship-winning team. Other key players in this period were Neil Harris, Stan Seymour and Frank Hudspeth. Seymour was to become an influential figure for the next 40 years as player, manager and director.
In 1930, Newcastle United came close to relegation, and at the end of the season Gallacher left the club for Chelsea, and at the same time Andy Cunningham became the club's first team manager. In 1931–32, the club won the FA Cup a third time in the infamous 'Over the Line' final. United won the game 2–1 after scoring a goal following a cross from Jimmy Richardson which appeared to be hit from out of play - over the line. There were no action replays then and the referee allowed the goal, a controversial talking point in FA Cup history.
Newcastle boasted master players like Sam Weaver and Jack Allen, as well as the first player-manager in the top division in Scottish international Andy Cunningham. But at the end of the 1933–34 season, the team were relegated to the Second Division after 32 seasons in the First. Cunningham left as manager and Tom Mather took over. Amazingly in the same season as they fell into the Second Division, United defeated Liverpool 9–2 and Everton 7–3 within the space of a week.
The club found it difficult to adjust to the Second Division and were nearly further relegated in the 1937–38 season, when they were spared on goal averages.
When World War II broke in 1939, Newcastle had a chance to regroup, and in the War period, they brought in Jackie Milburn, Tommy Walker and Bobby Cowell.
Newcastle United won no Wartime League trophies, but Jackie Milburn made his debut in 1943 in a "Stripes vs Blues" match. Milburn's side was losing at half-time 3–0, but following a switch from midfielder to centre forward, he scored 6 goals to help them win the match 9–3. Jackie went on to score 38 goals in the next 3 years of the league's life.
By the time peace was restored in 1945, Seymour was at the forefront of Newcastle's affairs, manager in all but name. He ensured that the Magpies possessed an entertaining eleven full of stars, a mix of home-grown talent like Jackie Milburn, Bobby Cowell and Ernie Taylor, as well as big signings in the shape of George Robledo, Bobby Mitchell, Joe Harvey, Len Shackleton and Frank Brennan.
Newcastle spent the first couple of years post-war in the Second Division. Crowds were extremely high after the return to football, and in 1946 Newcastle recorded the joint-highest victory in English League Football history, defeating Newport County 13–0. Len Shackleton, playing his debut in that match, scored 6 goals in the match, another record for Newcastle United.
Newcastle returned to the First Division in double of the time. Promotion was achieved in 1948 in front of vast crowds. An average of almost 57,000 at every home game saw United's fixtures that year, a national record for years to come. That was just the start of another period of success.
During the Fifties decade United lifted the FA Cup trophy on three occasions within a five-year period. In 1951 they defeated Blackpool 2–0, a year later Arsenal were beaten 1–0 and in 1955 United crushed Manchester City 3–1. The Magpies were known in every corner of the country, and so were their players; 'Wor Jackie' Milburn and Bobby 'Dazzler' Mitchell the pick of a side that was renowned the nation over. Other players of this time were Frank Brennan (like Mitchell a Scot), Ivor Broadis, Len White and Welshman Ivor Allchurch.
Despite having quality players throughout the era, stars like Allchurch, White and George Eastham during the latter years of the decade, United slipped from the First Division in 1961 under the controversial management of ex-Manchester United star, Charlie Mitten. It was a huge blow to the club.
An old war-horse returned to revitalise the Magpies in the shape of Joe Harvey, who had skippered the club to much of their post-war success. He teamed up with Stan Seymour to rebuild United and the Black'n'Whites returned to the elite as Second Division Champions in 1965. United then became very much an unpredictable side, always capable of defeating the best, but never quite realising their huge potential until very recently.
Joe Harvey's side qualified for Europe for the first time in 1968 and stunned everyone the following year by lifting the Inter Cities Fairs Cup; the forerunner of the UEFA Cup. United possessed a solid eleven and Newcastle's tradition of fielding a famous Number 9 at centre-forward since earliest years continued as big Welshman Wyn Davies was prominent along with the likes of Pop Robson, Bobby Moncur and Frank Clark.
In the years that followed European success, manager Harvey brought in a string of talented entertainers who thrilled the Gallowgate crowd. Pleasers like Jimmy Smith, Tony Green and Terry Hibbitt. And especially a new centre-forward by the name of Malcolm Macdonald.
Nicknamed 'Supermac', Macdonald was one of United's greatest hero figures. Brash, arrogant and devastating in front of goal, he led United's attack to Wembley in 1974, against Liverpool in the FA Cup. But the Magpies failed to bring the trophy back to Tyneside, and a complete lack of success in any of the competitions the next season resulted in Joe Harvey being sacked in mid-1975.
Blackburn manager Gordon Lee was appointed to replace Harvey, and despite a mediocre league campaign in 1975–76, led the club to its first League Cup final, which ended in defeat by Manchester City. Despite Macdonald controversially being sold to Arsenal for a cut price deal, the following season saw United's best League campaign for years, and by Christmas the club looked to have an outside chance of winning the title. However, Lee walked out on the club to take over at Everton at the start of 1977, and inexperienced coach Richard Dinnis was put in charge of the team after the players demanded that he be given the job. United's form initially remained quite consistent under Dinnis, and they secured 5th place and a UEFA Cup spot at the end of the season. However, the team totally fell apart the following season, and Dinnis was sacked after a run of ten straight League defeats and a thumping UEFA Cup exit at the hands of French team SC Bastia. Bill McGarry took over as manager, but was powerless to prevent United from being relegated in statistically their worst season ever. The only mercy they had was Leicester City's terrible goal difference preventing United from finishing bottom of the table.
McGarry remained in charge of the club, but only managed two midtable finishes before being sacked in the wake of an uninspiring start to the 1980–81 season, and it was his successor Arthur Cox who steered United back again to the First Division with ex England captain Kevin Keegan leading the attack, having joined the Magpies in a sensational deal in 1982.
The football inspired by Keegan captivated Tyneside and United stormed into the top division in a style only bettered by Kevin's own brand of football when he returned to the club as manager a decade later. Cox had also signed young winger Chris Waddle out of non-league football, as well as young striker Peter Beardsley, Liverpool midfielder Terry McDermott and former Manchester United midfielder David McCreery. The club was rocked however when Cox resigned after the board refused to offer him an improved contract in the aftermath of promotion, and, surprisingly, accepted an offer to take charge of Derby County - who had been relegated from the Second Division.
One of English footballs greatest talents, Paul Gascoigne or 'Gazza', emerged as an exciting 18-year-old midfielder in 1985-86, under Newcastle's next manager Jack Charlton, who left after only one season despite Newcastle achieving a secure mid-table finish on their return to the First Division. His successor was former player Willie McFaul. Newcastle consolidated their place in Division One but then a period of selling their best players (Beardsley to Liverpool, and Waddle and eventually Gascoigne both to Tottenham), rocked the club and led to supporter unrest, as did a share-war for control of the boardroom. The effect of this on the pitch soon proved evident, as McFaul was sacked after a dismal start to the 1988–89 season, and new boss Jim Smith was unable to turn Newcastle around, resulting in them finishing at the foot of the First Division in 1989 and dropping back into the Second Division.
Smith then signed Portsmouth striker Mick Quinn and Newcastle began the 1989–90 season on a high note, beating promotion favourites Leeds United 5–2 on the opening day with Quinn scoring four goals, and Newcastle appeared to be on the path to a revival. However, they missed out on automatic promotion by one place, before enduring a humiliating play-off exit at the hands of local rivals Sunderland. The intensifying boardroom battle soon took its toll on the club, and Smith resigned early in the following season with the side stuck in mid-table. Ossie Ardiles became the club's new manager, and despite being initially being the club's most popular manager since Joe Harvey, Newcastle dropped to the bottom of the Second Division in October 1991. Results failed to improve, despite the acquisition of a new striker in David Kelly and the efforts of promising young players including Steve Howey, Steve Watson and Gavin Peacock, and in February 1992 Ardiles was sacked. Despite being the best-supported side in the division and frequently still managing to pull in crowds of more than 20,000, Newcastle were also millions of pounds in debt and faced with the real prospect of third-tier football for the first time ever. A saviour was needed, and in came new chairman John Hall, who offered the manager's job to Kevin Keegan. Despite having vowed never to enter management following his retirement as a player, Keegan accepted the offer to manage Newcastle. His first task was to deliver Second Division survival.
Kevin Keegan returned as manager in the 1991–92 season, and survived relegation from the Second Division. The club's finances were transformed, with Hall aiming to put Newcastle among Europe's biggest clubs, and signings like Rob Lee and Andy Cole helped Newcastle to promotion the following season, 1992–93, as champions of the new First Division. The finish also secured qualification for the 1993–94 UEFA Cup upon return to the top flight in the 1993–94 Premier League season.
St James' Park was redeveloped during this time into an all-seated stadium with a capacity of 36,000. This increased to 52,000 in the late 1990s, after the rejection of Hall's proposal to build a larger stadium at Castle Leazes.
Keegan stunned fans and critics alike in 1995 when prolific striker Andy Cole was sold to Manchester United in exchange for £6 million and midfielder Keith Gillespie, leaving many to blame the sale to have affected Newcastle's title chances for the 1994–95 season, in which they finished sixth. The club, however, continued to build up a reputation for playing attacking football under Keegan. In the 1995–96 season, high-profile foreign stars David Ginola and Faustino Asprilla, in addition to British players Peter Beardsley and striker Les Ferdinand, guided the team to a second-place finish. During the 1996–97 season, Keegan made one signing, securing the services of England striker Alan Shearer for a then-world record transfer fee of £15 million to produce a shrewd partnership with Les Ferdinand, and claim a 5–0 victory over title rivals Manchester United. whilst remaining in contention to win the league.
With the team having failed to win any trophies under his reign, Keegan resigned as manager on 8 January 1997, saying, "I feel that I have taken the club as far as I can."
Kenny Dalglish replaced Keegan as manager, and maintained the club's good form through to the end of the season, finishing second. In the 1997–98 season, Les Ferdinand and David Ginola both left the club, whilst Alan Shearer broke his ankle in a pre-season friendly, keeping him out for the first half of the season. Dalglish signed Ian Rush, John Barnes, Duncan Ferguson and Stuart Pearce to bolster the squad, and achieved a 3–2 victory over Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League through a Faustino Asprilla hat-trick, but Dalglish's cautious brand of football, as opposed to the attacking style played under Keegan, did not prove successful—the club failed to progress beyond the Champions League group stage, finished 13th in the Premier League, and lost the FA Cup final to Arsenal. Dalglish began the 1998–99 season signing Nolberto Solano and Dietmar Hamann, but was soon dismissed following the club's declining form.
Ruud Gullit replaced him, however the club again finished the league in 13th place and again lost in the FA Cup final, this time to Manchester United F.C. Gullit resigned early in the 1999–2000 season, having fallen out with several senior players, including Alan Shearer and captain Rob Lee. Keith Gillespie later blamed Gullit's arrogance for his failure as manager of the club.
Ex-England manager Bobby Robson was brought in to replace Gullit in September 1999. He ensured Newcastle's survival in the Premiership, but the club remained in the bottom half of the table, finishing 11th in 1999–2000 and 2000–01. Robson, however, built up an exciting young squad, and an unlikely top four challenge emerged in 2001–02 season—Newcastle finished in fourth place.
Playing in the Champions League in 2002–03, Newcastle progressed to the second group stage in unlikely circumstances, beating Italian squad Juventus 1–0 along the way. United finished the 2002–03 season third in the Premier League, but lost their Champions League qualifier and played in the 2003–04 UEFA Cup instead, reaching the semi-final. In 2003–04, Newcastle finished fifth in the Premiership, lower than in previous seasons, and outside of Champions League contention.
Robson was then sacked following a poor start to the 2004–05 season and alleged discontent in the dressing room. In his autobiography, Robson was critical of Shepherd, claiming that while manager he was denied information regarding the players' contracts and transfer negotiations. He had previously publicly criticised the club's highly financed offer for Wayne Rooney, which the club later claimed they could not afford, stating young players were making excessive demands without first proving themselves on the pitch. He also criticised Shepherd and the club's deputy chairman Douglas Hall for their focus on the first team and St James' Park, causing them to neglect less glamorous issues, such as the training ground, youth development and talent scouts.
Graeme Souness replaced Robson and finished the season 14th in the league. Souness' arrival, however, was met with mixed reactions, with many expecting Robson being a hard task to improve upon, despite insisting he was aware of Sir Bobby's admiration and was ready for the role. In the January transfer window, Souness caused controversy in securing an £8 million bid for France international Jean-Alain Boumsong, who had joined Rangers for free just months before, prior to which Sir Bobby had travelled to France to review Boumsong but declined to sign him. The Stevens inquiry in 2007 documented that in this purchase Souness was accused of lack of consistency and was reviewed over the large media speculation the transfer received, but was eventually exonerated from any illegal participations. Going into 2005–06 season, despite signing several new players, including the return of Nolberto Solano from Aston Villa as well as Albert Luque from Deportivo de La Coruña for £10 million, Souness struggled with the opening games. He later blamed the state of the club's training ground for injuries suffered to players. The signing of Michael Owen (for a club record £17 million from Real Madrid) and his strike partnership with Alan Shearer produced goals at the end of 2005, but an injury caused Owen to miss the rest of the season and following a poor start to the new year, Souness was sacked in February 2006. Robbie Elliiot and Shay Given announced regret over his exit in the club's Season Review DVD but acknowledged his seeming favouritism of players and the amounting pressure on him damaged morale, whilst Alan Shearer blamed the injury crisis to first-team players.
Caretaker manager Glenn Roeder was issued the role of temporary first-team manager, seeing his first game against Portsmouth secure Alan Shearer's 201st goal for Newcastle United, becoming the club's all-time highest-scoring player. Roeder guided Newcastle from 15th to seventh place securing 32 league points from a possible 45 by the end of 2005–06, as well as securing a place in the UEFA Intertoto Cup and was given a two-year contract by chairman Freddy Shepherd. His appointment caused controversy, as at the time he did not hold the necessary UEFA Pro Licence to manage in the UEFA leagues and cup tournaments His role, however, was approved by UEFA who acknowledged that Roeder's diagnosis with a brain tumour in 2003 prevented him from developing his career, whilst Chairman Freddy Shepherd also fulfilled UEFA's request that he gain backing from all 19 other Premier League clubs to appoint him as manager. Alan Shearer retired at the end of the 2005–06 season scoring a record 206 goals.
Roeder encountered a difficult 2006–07 season, losing many players to injury, in particular Michael Owen, who had severely damaged his ligaments during the 2006 FIFA World Cup seeing him only play the final two games of the season. Newcastle won the 2006 Intertoto Cup, but a 5–1 exit to Birmingham City in the FA Cup, a round of 16 exit in the UEFA Cup and poor league results seeing a 13th-place finish led Roeder to resign in May 2007.
As the 2007 season drew to a close, St James Holdings Limited, the bid vehicle of billionaire businessman Mike Ashley, was reported to be in the process of buying the club. Ashley successfully acquired Sir John Hall's majority stake in the club in May 2007, leaving many to believe chairman Freddie Shepherd was set to depart after stepping down as chairman, should Ashley acquire more than 50 percent, which would see Shepherd no longer in control of the club and Ashley able to replace the board. Shepherd dismissed all speculation and proceeded to appoint ex-Bolton Wanderers boss Sam Allardyce as Newcastle manager, but eventually met with Mike Ashley and the board on 29 May. On 7 June 2007, Shepherd ended his 11 years with the club after Mike Ashley accepted his bid to buy his shares and in his role as chairman of the board, also having Shepherd advise the remaining shareholders to sell to Ashley. Ashley then announced he would be delisting the club from the London Stock Exchange upon completion of the takeover. The club officially ceased trading on the Stock Exchange as of 8 am on 18 July 2007 at 5p a share. Ashley brought in lawyer Chris Mort as the new club "deputy chairman".
Despite signing and building a seemingly strong squad, Sam Allardyce soon became widely unpopular with fans and players alike, and was surprisingly sacked by Ashley halfway through his first season after underwhelming results and pressure from the fans. Ashley, however, defended his decision to sack Allardyce, stating he made a mistake in not appointing his own choice of manager before the season started.
Kevin Keegan then made a sensational surprise return as manager. His return had an instant impact on club ticket sales as he sat with the fans, Mike Ashley and Chris Mort for the FA Cup replay 4–1 win against Stoke City. Following his return, Keegan had a disappointing first ten games back, with the club not winning a single game until his decision to include strikers Obafemi Martins, Michael Owen and Mark Viduka into a 4–3–3 formation, which saw the club back on goal-scoring and winning form and eventually finishing 12th in 2007–08. In May Keegan met with Mike Ashley and Director of Football Dennis Wise after he had suggested Champions League qualification was out of Newcastle United's reach and expressed dissatisfaction with the board's financial backing. Ashley was battling reports that he had lost hundreds of millions of pounds in a disastrous attempt to rescue bank HBOS. The morning following, after the club's 3–0 defeat to Arsenal, rumours were circulating that Keegan had either been sacked or resigned as Newcastle boss, citing board interference and his lack of control over transfers. Keegan confirmed the reports the same week, and reportedly held unsuccessful resolution talks with Mike Ashley the following week, leading to fan fury and protests around St James' Park, and marring the club's home defeat to Hull City, with fans accusing Ashley and club executives Dennis Wise, Tony Jimenez and Derek Llambias of forcing Keegan out.
Following mass media coverage of Keegan's departure, the club struggled to find a replacement, with the majority of managers showing no interest in the role. Ashley released a statement to the club's fans that in fear of his and his families reputation and safety, he was placing the club for sale. It was then announced that former Nottingham Forest manager Joe Kinnear was appointed temporary manager His appointment, however, saw a backlash from fans, prompting a verbal tirade from Kinnear at the media, who questioned his decision to take the job at such a time. By the end of the year, Ashley took the club off the market claiming he was unable to find a suitable buyer.
In the remainder of 2008–09, Kinnear won four out of 18 matches before stepping down due to reported heart problems. Chris Hughton then took temporary charge before Alan Shearer returned to Newcastle United as manager in April with Iain Dowie as his assistant. After winning only one out of eight games, the club was relegated to the Championship for the first time since 1992. Mike Ashley then re-issued his desire to sell the club once again and issued a £100 million sale price tag.
Prior to the start of the 2009–10 season, Keegan's dispute with the club was resolved after a Premier League Arbitration Panel ruled that he had been misled to believe he had the final word on the club's transfer policy when in fact Director of Football Dennis Wise had been handed such control. The signings of Xisco and Nacho González were ruled to have been made without the manager's approval; with González, Dennis Wise signed him only after viewing him off of YouTube. Wise and Derek Llambias were ruled to have deliberately misled the media to believe Keegan had the final say, which amounted to constructive dismissal. Keegan was awarded £2 million in compensation and re-offered his job as Newcastle United manager under fresh new terms, though in response to the offer, he stated the fans had "had enough" for the time being and declined. He stated in 2013 he would consider a return should Mike Ashley leave the club.
Chris Hughton was appointed full-time manager early in the 2009–10 season. The club dominated the Championship, winning 30 games, drawing 12 and losing only four, scoring a total of 90 goals and finishing top of the league with 102 points, thus re-gaining Premier League status at the first attempt.
Beginning 2010–11, Hughton remained on course to secure survival from relegation with the club's first win at the Emirates over Arsenal, and a memorable 5–1 defeat over Sunderland. However, fury once again was caused by the board, as the club controversially sacked Chris Hughton after a 3–1 defeat to West Bromwich Albion on 6 December 2010. Critics players and fans alike were shocked by Hughton's dismissal, leading to protests prior to the club's game against Liverpool in a bid to thank him for his work and support. Alan Pardew was then announced as being appointed manager on a five-and-a-half-year contract, with the club announcing they wanted a manager with more experience. Pardew stated he had nothing but respect for Chris Hughton and acknowledged the fact that other managers questioned his appointment. He secured his first win on his debut as manager with a 3–1 win over Liverpool On 31 January 2011, Newcastle sold striker Andy Carroll to Liverpool for a club record of £35 million. The sale of a young player at a high value proved controversial for Liverpool, with Alan Shearer ridiculing the price Liverpool paid as well as expressing sorrow at Newcastle for losing Carroll. Carroll himself stated that he did not want to leave the club but was forced out by the club's directors after Liverpool's final offer of £35 million; the board responded that Carroll had previously handed in a transfer request. Pardew said he was disappointed to lose Carroll, but pledged to invest in the club's summer transfer window. The remainder of the season saw Leon Best score a hat-trick on his debut in a 5–0 defeat of West Ham United, a memorable 4–4 comeback against Arsenal, and a 4–1 defeat of Wolverhampton Wanderers, eventually finishing 12th in the league.
Entering 2011–12, Pardew was reportedly denied the £35 million from the sale of Andy Carroll for transfers and told to sell players to raise funds, having claimed he had been assured the finances upon Carroll's departure. Kevin Keegan had previously stated Alan Pardew should not have expected the money following his issues with the board in 2008. The club signed many French-speaking players in the transfer window, including Yohan Cabaye, Mathieu Debuchy, Sylvain Marveaux and Demba Ba. and with impressive results throughout the season, Newcastle finished fifth.
In the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, Newcastle reached the quarter-finals, and in the January transfer window, the French revolution continued into the new year, with Moussa Sissoko and Yoan Gouffran joining the squad. The team, however, had a poor 2012–13 Premier League and finished 16th in the Premier League.
Beginning the 2013–14 season, in a surprise move Joe Kinnear returned to the club as Director of Football, instantly causing fan fury following his outburst that he was "more intelligent" than the fans and critics, as well as mispronouncing various players names during a radio interview. However, he resigned after just eight months on the job following further critique for managing to sign only two players on loan—Loïc Rémy and Luuk de Jong—throughout the season's summer and January transfer windows, as well selling Yohan Cabaye to Paris Saint-Germain for £20 million, considered to be one of the most influential players at the time. Following the lack of transfer activity, Mike Ashley once again faced a fan revolt, with protests being launched at him to sell the club, and entered a dispute with several media titles whom the club banned from Newcastle United media facilities, press conferences and player interviews, declaring stories reported were intensely exaggerated and aimed only to damage Ashley's image further. Throughout the season, the club remained on course to ensure a top half finish, notably defeating Manchester United at Old Trafford for the first time since 1972. Nonetheless, the team struggled for goals following the sale of Cabaye. Further dismay upon the season was caused when Pardew was banned for seven matches and fined £100,000 for an assault on Hull City midfielder David Meyler. The club then encountered a poor run of form, losing eight out of ten games and finishing the season tenth in the league, though the club confirmed Alan Pardew would stay on.
The opening eight games of the 2014–15 season proved disappointing, with the club failing to secure a win. After the dip in form, however, the club had an emphatic resurgence, seeing a five-game unbeaten run whilst also surprising League Cup holders Manchester City with a 2–0 win and progressing to the quarter-finals of the tournament. Pardew, however, resigned from the club on 30 December 2014 following immense pressure from fans calling for his departure, with many posters at games designed with the Sports Direct logo advertising a website demanding his resignation. Pardew admitted in the months leading up to his departure that protests from the fans were affecting his family and was subsequently feeling unhappy at the club. He was replaced by his assistant manager John Carver, though the team subsequently earned just 13 points out of a possible 50, surviving relegation on the final day of the season with a victory over West Ham, Carver was dismissed before the club's pre-season for 2016 began. The club paid tribute to player Jonás Gutiérrez following his successful recovery from testicular cancer to resume his playing career.
Beginning the 2015–16 season, former England F.C. Manager Steve McClaren was appointed manager, signing Georginio Wijnaldum, Aleksandar Mitrovic, Chancel Mbemba, Florian Thauvin, Henri Saivet, Jonjo Shelvey, Andros Townsend and Ivan Toney. McClaren however struggled to produce results winning 6 and drawing 6 out of 28 games, whilst exiting both the FA Cup and League Cup in the Third Round. McClaren was subsequently sacked on 11 March 2016 with critics and former players voicing their favour of the decision. Rafael Benítez was announced as McClaren's successor the same day, signing a three-year deal. Benítez recorded his first victory in 3–0 defeat of Swansea City in the Premier League on 17 April 2016 after 5 games in charge, and maintained an emphatic 5-game unbeaten streak to the end of the season. Newcastle were however relegated from the Premier League along with Aston Villa and Norwich finishing 18th place, 2 points below safety. Betting websites confirmed after the final game that the club's 5–1 defeat of Tottenham Hotspur matched the initial odds of Leicester City's 5000/1 win of the 2015–16 Premier League season.
Starting the 2016-17 season, Rafa Benítez signed 12 new players full-time and also acquired 5 players on loan, whilst 8 players left the club and another 12 on loan. New signings Dwight Gayle and Matt Ritchie proved popular scoring a combined total of 39 goals, finishing among the top goalscorers that season. Despite failing to improve on their dominant success in the 2009/10 championship season, the club remained in contention for the trophy throughout; threatened only by Brighton & Hove Albion Newcastle enjoyed a 3-game winning streak to the final day of the season and lifted the Football League Championship trophy on 8 May 2017 following a 3–0 win over Barnsley. Rafa Benítez denied speculation that he would leave the club following promotion to the Premier League and confirmed his commitment to the club for the foreseeable future. Shortly prior to the season's finish, the club was subject to raids by HMRC following suspicions of tax evasion. Managing Director Lee Charnley was arrested during the raid, but was later released without charge.
Ending the 2017-18 season, the club finished 10th in the Premier League defeating the current champions Chelsea on the final day of the season, the highest finish achieved within 4 years. Beginning the 2018–19 season, Mike Ashley again came under scrutiny following lack of major signings in the summer transfer window, with many fans accusing him of lacking interest in the club following his purchase of troubled retail chain House of Fraser for £90m. Despite the January signing of Miguel Almirón from Atlanta United FC for £21 million surpassing the club's transfer record fee of £16.8 million for Michael Owen in 2005, the club struggled throughout the season with 12 wins, 9 draws and 17 losses seeing a 13th place league table finish, whilst exiting the League Cup at the 2nd round in a 3–1 defeat of Nottingham Forest F.C and a 4th round exit of the FA Cup in a 2–0 defeat to Watford F.C. The season also saw heavy speculation regarding Rafa Benítez remaining at the club following reports he was still in negotiations following the end of the season.
Following fresh reports of Ashley's intention to sell the club, Sheikh Khaled Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Founder and Chairman of The Bin Zayed Group of Companies, a member of the Al Nahyan royal family of Abu Dhabi, confirmed he had agreed terms to purchase the club for £350 million. On 5 June 2019 a company named Monochrome Acquisitions Limited was registered in Nahyan's name, whilst managing director Lee Charnley applied to have four companies linked to Ashley's company St James Holdings Ltd struck off, leaving many to believe the club was on course to be sold. Talks of a takeover however stalled throughout the summer transfer window, whilst Ashley confirmed he had not received an official bid from any prospective buyer.
Benítez rejected a new contract offer and departed the club on 30 June 2019, accepting a move to Chinese Super League side Dalian Yifang in a £12 million deal. Ashley criticised Benítez stating unfair demands were made making it impossible for him to remain as manager. Notable player departures saw Salomón Rondón join Benitez at Dalian Yifang after returning to West Bromwich Albion F.C. from loan, whilst Ayoze Perez joined Leicester City for £30 million and Mohamed Diamé was released by Newcastle upon the expiry of his contract at the end of the 2018–19 season.
BBC Sport reported in July 2019 that Steve Bruce had resigned from his managerial position at Sheffield Wednesday after he earlier admitted that he had held talks with Newcastle United over their managerial vacancy. His appointment was confirmed on 17 July. Sheffield Wednesday however stated there were still outstanding legal issues with Bruce having resigned just 48 hours before, leading a report being filed to the Premier League alleging misconduct in his appointment. Newcastle United denied any wrongdoing and stated they were confident no case could be escalated. Reaction from the fans was mixed, with some feeling Bruce would not achieve the standard set by Benítez, whilst his recent lack of Premier League football and management of rival club Sunderland proved controversial. Bruce later acknowledged Benítez's popularity and stated he hoped the fans would not rush to judgement and give him time to prove himself and manager of Newcastle. Due to visa problems in China, Bruce watched his first match as manager from the stands which saw Newcastle achieve a third-place finish in the pre-season 2019 Premier League Asia Trophy following a 1–0 victory over West Ham United F.C. Bruce quickly made his first transfer, signing Joelinton from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim for £40 million, breaking the club's transfer fee record previously held by Miguel Almirón at £21 million just 6 months before, before signing French international winger Allan Saint-Maximin from OGC Nice on a permanent deal for £16.5 million, Sweden international defender Emil Krafth for £5 million, central midfielder Kyle Scott on a free signing following his departure from Chelsea, and Netherlands international defender Jetro Willems on loan from Frankfurt F.C until the end of the 2019–20 season. Bruce made his final transfer of the pre-season on deadline day by re-signing striker Andy Carroll, who had left the club over 7 years earlier. On 4 February 2020, Steve Bruce's side ended a 14-year drought by reaching the 5th round of the FA Cup they beat League One side Oxford United 2–3 in a replay thanks to a late winner from Allan Saint-Maximin in extra time.
From March 2020, the season was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. On 13 March, following an emergency meeting between the Premier League, The Football Association (FA), the English Football League and the FA Women's Super League, it was unanimously decided to suspend professional football in England. On 19 March, the suspension was extended indefinitely, with a restart date of 17 June announced in late May with all remaining games to be played without crowd attendance.
Newcastle finished the season in 13th place. Defender Danny Rose was an outspoken critic of the decision to continue the season, citing the virus was still in major circulation and accused the FA of having no concern for footballers' health. Karl Darlow has since urged players at the club to get vaccinated following his hospitalisation from complications of Covid, whilst manager Steve Bruce admitted some players had voluntarily declined the vaccination.
The 2020-21 season saw all matches played without crowd attendance until May 2021, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Newcastle failed to improve on the previous season, finishing 12th in the premier league and were knocked out of the FA Cup in the third round added time to Arsenal and exited the EFL Cup in the quarter-finals losing 1–0 to Brentford.
In April 2020, it was widely reported that a consortium consisting of Public Investment Fund, PCP Capital Partners and the Reuben Brothers, was finalising an offer to acquire Newcastle United. The proposed sale prompted concerns and criticism, such as arguments considering it sportwashing of the country's human rights record, as well as ongoing large-scale piracy of sports broadcasts in the region. However the consortium announced its withdrawal from the Newcastle deal on July 30, 2020, after multiple media reports highlighted realm as the staunch violator of human rights, and the WTO ruled that it was behind the piracy campaign using pirate-pay-service beoutQ. "With a deep appreciation for the Newcastle community and the significance of its football club, we have come to the decision to withdraw our interest in acquiring Newcastle United Football Club," the group said in its statement upon withdrawal. The group also stated that the "prolonged process" was a major factor in them pulling out. The collapse of the takeover was met with widespread criticism from Newcastle fans, with Newcastle MP Chi Onwurah accusing the Premier League of treating fans of the club with "contempt" and subsequently wrote to Masters for an explanation. Despite the consortium's withdrawal, disputes over the takeover continued. On 9 September 2020, Newcastle United released a statement claiming that the Premier League had officially rejected the takeover by the consortium and accused Masters and the Premier League board of " acting appropriately in relation to [the takeover]", while stating that the club would be considering any relevant legal action. The Premier League strongly denied this in a statement released the next day, expressing "surprise" and "disappointment" at Newcastle's statement.
On October 7, 2021, the Public Investment Fund, PCP Capital Partners and RB Sports & Media confirmed that they had officially completed the acquisition of Newcastle United. Governor of the investment fund Yasir bin Othman Al-Rumayyan was appointed non-executive chairman, whilst Amanda Staveley and Jamie Reuben were both appointed as directors and each held a 10% shareholding in the club.
The takeover led to widespread speculation that manager Steve Bruce was expected to leave the club. Although not denying the speculation that the club was keen to appoint a new manager, Staveley stated Bruce was to remain for the new owners first game against Tottenham Hotspur; his 1000th match as a football manager. However following Newcastle losing the game 3-2 and alleged discontent among the players, Bruce left the club by mutual consent. Bruce stated his sadness at leaving the club and felt Newcastle fans launched unnecessary verbal abuse at him during his time there. Interim manager Graeme Jones as well as Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta supported Bruce's claims stating the abuse he received was off putting for other managers to take the role.
Eddie Howe was appointed as manager on 8 November 2021. The announcement was made following reports that the club had discussed the role with him the previous week and confirmed following his attendance at the away draw to Brighton & Hove Albion. On 19 November 2021, Newcastle announced that Howe had tested positive for COVID-19 and would miss his first game in charge, which instead forced him to watch his first game as manager from a hotel room as Newcastle drew 3–3 with Brentford on 20 November.
Lee Charnley, who acted as Managing Director under Ashley's ownership, left the club on 19 November 2021 following a six-week handover period. His departure was the final of Mike Ashley's hierarchy, with Staveley stating the club was undergoing a "formal process" to appoint a new figure to replace the role.
Eddie Howe had to wait until 4 December 2021 for his first win as Newcastle manager in a 1–0 win against Burnley, which was also the first win since the takeover happened. Howe then made five signings in the first January transfer window under the new ownership which included a marquee singing in Brazilian midfielder Bruno Guimarães from Olympique Lyonnais. The transfer window and the players that were already there that Howe improved helped Newcastle to go on a 9-game unbeaten run in the Premier League to get them 10 points clear from the relegation zone and increasing the chance of guaranteeing survival. After Newcastle's 1–0 win against Crystal Palace, this was the first time the club had managed to win 6 home games in a row since 2004 when Sir Bobby Robson was in charge. Newcastle finished in 11th place after a run of 12 wins in their final 18 games, and became the first team in Premier League history to avoid relegation after not winning any of the first 14 games they played.
On 30 May 2022, the club announced they had reached an agreement of a compensation fee with Brighton & Hove Albion to appoint Dan Ashworth as the new Sporting Director, the appointment was confirmed on 6 June 2022. On 15 July 2022, the club brought in Darren Eales, from MLS side Atlanta United, as the club's new Chief Executive Officer - acting as a "key member of the club's leadership structure".
Newcastle United was set up as a private company limited by shares on 6 September 1895. However, by the 1930s, ownership of the company was dominated by a small number of individuals: Alderman William McKeag, George and Robert Rutherford, and William Westwood, 1st Baron Westwood. George Stanley Seymour was allocated some shares when he joined the board in 1938.
By the second half of the 20th century, these shareholdings had passed to the next generation: Gordon McKeag, Robert James Rutherford, Stan Seymour Jr. and William Westwood, 2nd Baron Westwood. The Magpie Group led by Sir John Hall built up a large shareholding in the club and then took control in 1992. In 2007, St James Holdings Limited, the bid vehicle of billionaire businessman Mike Ashley, secured control of the club and in 2021, the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, PCP Capital Partners and RB Sports & Media confirmed that they had acquired ownership of the club.
RD11816. Captain J.E.P. Howey, the founder of the famous 15 inch gauge Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway in Kent, South East England, also had an interest in motor cars. Indeed, he was a millionaire racing driver, so it isn't surprising that he had a Rolls Royce.
What is surprising, is that the Rolls Royce was converted to run on rails - and 15 inch gauge rails at that! Sadly, the vehicle no longer exists, but this is a model of it on display in the model railway exhibition situated above the café at New Romney Station.
Monday, 10th August, 2015. Copyright © Ron Fisher.
Constructed during the 1920s and opened on 16 July 1927, the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway was the dream of millionaire racing drivers Captain J.E.P. Howey and Count Louis Zborowski. Zborowski had constructed a railway at Higham Park, his home at Bridge, Kent, and agreed to donate the rolling stock and infrastructure to the project. Zborowski however was killed in a motor racing accident at Monza before the Romney Marsh site was chosen, and Howey continued the project alone.
The locomotives were designed by engineer Henry Greenly who worked with Captain J E P Howey. Greenly also served as the railway's first Chief Engineer.
Mountain Class 'Hercules' hauled the inaugural train from Hythe to New Romney with guests including the mayors of the two towns, and General Sir Ivor Maxse. Howey was not happy with just 8 miles (13 km) from New Romney to Hythe and he extended 5 1⁄2 miles (9 km) from New Romney to Dungeness. This section was originally double track, but is now single due to damage during World War II, when the line was taken over by the military. A miniature armoured train was used on the line. After the war the line re-opened between Hythe and New Romney in 1946, with the singled New Romney to Dungeness section reopened on 28 March 1947 by Laurel and Hardy.
As well as being a tourist attraction, this railway is a public service for the small towns and villages between Hythe and Dungeness and is under contract to the local council to transport children to and from The Marsh Academy in New Romney. The railway is expanding its role as part of the public transport network: Warren Halt re-opened in 2009 to provide a transport link to the Romney Marsh Visitor Centre, and discussions with local councils are taking place about the possible expansion of Burmarsh Road and the provision of a new station at the gravel pits in West Hythe, in connection with both the proposed extensive new housing construction and the need to provide alternative transport to the A259 coast road.
All ten original locomotives remain in service, covering thousands of miles each year. The fleet, already one of the largest of any 15-inch (380 mm) railway in Britain, was expanded in 1976 with German-built locomotive no.11 'Black Prince' (formerly 'Fleißiges Lieschen' = 'Busy Lizzie'). The RH&DR is still the only user of the 4-8-2 "Mountain" locomotive in the UK, with No. 6 'Samson' and No. 5 'Hercules' in regular service. Two diesels, No. 12 'John Southland'(- later renamed J B Snell in May 2014) and No. 14 (Nameless - later 'Captain Howey'), were constructed in the 1980s.
The line carries 100,000 passengers each year.
The railway celebrated its 80th birthday in 2007 with a week of celebrations including reconstructions of scenes on the railway over the previous eight decades.
Doing something different with another runway show... right click on image and see it bigger.
I have to say, this was the most unevenly lit event of this kind I've ever seen. As you can see, the lighting was like a small spotlight aimed right at the faces of the models. And certain parts of the runway were almost completely unlit.
These were taken at the Lisa Barron 2010/2010 Spring/Summer 10 Collection, presented in Melbourne’s unique Howey Place laneway at the rear of Collins234 – Boutique Place. This is her signature collection in celebration of the 150th anniversary of Victorian racing, complimented with a selection of Kim Fletcher Millinery. The parade will showcase exquisite day and evening wear pieces created with fabrics sourced from all over the world. - From www.msfw.com.au
Notes: Single shot, original framing, no-retouching, straight from RAW, etc.