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Locomotive Services Limited (BR Green Liveried) Class 37, 37521 (on hire to GBRf) Passing though Sutton Parkway while working 5Q47, Derby Litchurch Lane - Worksop with Locomotive Services Limited (Trainload Construction sector Liveried) Class 37, 37688 also on Hire to GBRF on the rear 14/12/21
66100 passing through Sutton Parkway on the rear of 3Z91, Worksop - Toton RHTT test Run with 66084 leading the way 31/09/22
150202 passes the decommissioned Sutton Junction Station signal box on the 2nd November 1995 running away from the camera with the 2Z15, 12.25 Newstead to Shirebrook route learner for stage 2 of the Robin Hood line.
The first public services were on the opening 'Fun Day' on Sunday the 19th November 1995.
©Dave Peachey.
Kings Mill Viaduct is said to be the oldest surviving railway viaduct in England. Work on the viaduct commenced in 1817 and it opened in 1819, carrying coal and stone, in horse-drawn wagons, on the Mansfield & Pinxton Railway. It was the subject of a major restoration project, marking its 200th anniversary, in 2019.
37254 approaching Sutton Parkway while working 1Q68, Doncaster - Derby RTC with 37099 on the rear 37612 25/09/21
This is Sutton-in-Ashfield in September 1982; negotiating Portland Square is Trent Bristol RELL 362 on local route 142. New to Midland General as their 152 in 1971, it ran only until May 1984. The DVLA has it's colour as cream, which it wore as a Midland General vehicle when new! The 1976 Austin Allegro was even more short-lived, clocking up less than eight years before expiring.
Looming in the background is the Kwik Save store, which was unsurprisingly an old cinema, in this case the Portland, later Savoy, which showed it's last film in 1978. The whole lot was demolished in 1990. Oh, and I wish that I had photographed that Steetley Foden tipper as well!
Pentax SP1000/50mm
Ilford FP4
37884 leads 221143 passed Kingsmill Reservoir while working 8Q60, Worksop - Barton Under Needwood Carriage Maintenance Depot (Central Rivers) 03/04/23
Park history
Sutton lawns date back to the mid-eighteenth century when Samuel Unwin built his magnificent castle-styled cotton mill and family residence, Sutton Hall.
A 1795 survey describes ‘The Lawn’ as being 13 acres 3 roods and 29 perches with a smaller piece about 4 roods.[1] The survey then adds the ‘Lower Lawn’, being 4 acres 3 roods (see note 1) and 13 perches in size. The Dam being 7 acres.
In 1779 Catherine Hutton, a visitor to the Unwins’ home, writing to her brother, describes “A shrubbery which is the seventh part of a mile in circuit encompasses their garden, and hence the plantation is continued down to a lake and a bath, and beyond are walks cut into a wood.”
The mill itself changed hands several times in the 1800s before coming into the ownership of silk throwsters, Allsop and Dobson in 1920. The waterwheel and windmill have long since gone but the listed ruins, now known as Dobson’s Mill, have been converted for residential use.
In 1863 Sutton Hall was sold and subsequently demolished in 1865. There has been some speculation that subterranean passages exist under the Lawn Grounds, although there is little substance to this theory.
A new house was built on the site of Old Sutton Hall in 1884 and the grounds of the property were leased by the Sutton Urban District Council “for the benefit of the inhabitants, from representatives of the Unwin family, in 1903, becoming known as The Lawn Pleasure Grounds”.
A caretaker, Mr Henry Parnell was employed at a weekly salary of £1 1s and £50 per annum is paid in rent, the entire cost of maintenance being met out of the general district rate of the parish. It is a much favoured spot for the holding of al fresco gatherings.[2] The Lake (previously known as the Mill Dam) became a boating lake as part of Sutton Lawns Pleasure Grounds.
37099 leads 1Q68, Doncaster CHS - Derby RTC pass Kingsmill Reservoir with 37421 on the rear 11/03/23
The station closed in 1964 and no trace now remains - the new Robin Hood Line Station 'Sutton Parkway' was constructed a considerable distance to the east of the original Midland Railway station.
Sherwood Observatory
Sherwood Observatory is a new multi-million-pound visitor attraction located in the heart of Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. It has been constructed on the site of a stunning Victorian reservoir building and offers a unique opportunity to explore the wonders of space and science.
Operated by a volunteer-led charity, the observatory aims to make astronomy, science, and other engaging topics accessible to all through its fully accessible Planetarium and Science Centre.
Keeping with the theme of very smart blue & red lorries, you don't get any smarter than this Foden S21 two-stroke powered 8x4 with Cravens Homalloy tipping body.
BRR549C is seen here at Cromford Steam Rally on its first outing with owner John Wright after being magnificently restored by Steve Mayle.
Photographed on Kirkby Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield on 05-022-12, is this rainbow 3 trentbarton on the 3B service to Nottingham, Optare Excel Y243 DRC, the driver (Colin) gave me a lovely smile :-)
Honeysuckle Berries. (Woodbine) (Lonicera periclymenum)
Kings Mill Reservoir, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
Kings Mill Hospital from Kings Mill Reservoir. King's Mill was opened as a military hospital in 1942, as the 30th General Hospital of California – the first American wartime hospital in Britain. The hospital housed 400 injured American personnel as well as German prisoners of war.
Still sporting East Yorkshire colours and fleetnumber is this Volvo Olympian Alexander Royale N587 BRH pictured in Sutton in Ashfield on 05-06-13.
LMS Sutton Junction Station remains - looking east - on 26th August 1989 - The station had closed in 1964! The signal box was located on the other side of the level crossing - no traces now remain of the Midland Railway Station. The Robin Hood Line 'Sutton Parkway' station was built much further east.
The park is mainly comprised of grassed areas with areas of woodland and avenues of trees. The lake is located in the south east of the park, and is well used by anglers and walkers. Rumbles café is located to the west of the site and is located close to the play areas, a skate park, ball court and outdoor gym. The site also has bowling and tennis clubs.
The Lawn Pleasure Grounds encompass the grounds of the former Sutton Hall, built as the residence of Samuel Unwin, a merchant hosier, and the land associated with his nearby Cotton Spinning Mill and Mill Lake. Sutton Hall and most of the Mill complex no longer exist, but the Mill ruins and adjacent lake form the focal feature of the park today.