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20090/132 head a Nottingham-Skegness train passing Bellwater Jct signal box and a nice old GNR somersault signal...there hasnt been a jct here for years incidentally...after taking this shot i tried to get in front where the line loops up and round at Firsby but they beat me to it although i had a clear road!....July 20 1992.
Ingham Methodist Chapel, on the corner of High Street and Grange Lane, Ingham, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire.
Ingham is written in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Ingeham". Possible etymologies are "homestead or village of a man called Inga" or "home of the Inguiones" (an ancient Germanic tribe).
Ingham is situated 7 miles (11 km) geographically north from the centre of Lincoln, and on the B1398 road, which runs parallel to the main A15 (Ermine Street). The parish boundary borders with Fillingham two field widths to the north. It follows the hedge line and a small drain eastwards to Middle Street (B1398), which it follows to the south for 110 yards (100 m), then follows the southern edge of Hare's Wood eastwards, north of Park Farm; the airfield is still there. This is the site of the former RAF Ingham. It follows the southern edge of a small wood at Ancholme Head (in Fillingham), the source of the River Ancholme just west of the A15. It meets West Firsby at the A15 (Ermine Street) which it follows to the south, and meets Spridlington.
North of the curve in the A15, it follows Ingham Lane to the west. It crosses Middle Street at Ingham Cliff, near Ingham Cliff Farm, where there is a weather radar station. To the north along the B1398 is the Windmill public house. The boundary follows the B1398 down Lincoln Cliff, over the crossroads along the road to where it crosses a small drain. It follows the drain northwards past Coates Gorse. To the west is Stow and the Vale of Trent (Trent Valley).
In the Second World War the village became home to RAF Ingham, a satellite airfield of the Royal Air Force base at Hemswell. Ingham consisted of three grass runways, and three Polish Squadrons (including No. 300 Polish Bomber Squadron) from 1st Polish Wing were based here, joined later by No. 199 Squadron RAF. In 1944 it was renamed RAF Cammeringham. The station effectively became unusable by 1945 as the short grass runways had deteriorated. After the war, demobilised Polish aircrew lived here.
North-east of the village, on opposite sides of the B1398, is the distribution centre of an outdoor toy manufacturer on the former airfield, and Lincolnshire Rescue Kennels.
long distance shot cropped up, just would not co-operate and come to a closer perch in spite of me going to the trouble of sitting in a red hot "boil in the bag" hide for 3 hours being harassed by Wasps and biting flies :-[
Opening up after coming away from the tight Firsby bend.......LMS (London Midland and Scottish Railway) Jubilee Class No. 5699 (BR No. 45699).
'Galatea' is a preserved British steam locomotive.
Working The Late 3J42 09.54 Doncaster Up Decoy To Peterborough Via Sleaford And Skegness According To Realtime Trains The Route And Timings Were
Doncaster Up Decoy 09.54 . 11.08 74L
Potteric Carr Jn 09.57 . 11.11 74L
Black Carr Jn (Doncaster) 09.58 . 11.11 3/4 73L
Bessacarr Jn 10.00 . 11.12 3/4 72L
Beckingham Loop 10.15 1/2 No Report
Gainsborough Trent Jns 10.18 . 11.47 1/4 89L
Gainsborough Lea Road 10.20 . 11.53 1/4 93L
Stow Park 10.26 1/2 . 12.01 3/4 95L
Saxilby 10.32 . 12.07 95L
Pyewipe Jn 10.38 . 12.13 1/4 95L
West Holmes Jn 10.39 . 12.14 1/2 95L
Lincoln Central 10.41 . 12.20 1/2 99L
Pelham Street Jn 10.42 . 12.23 1/4 101L
Metheringham 10.54 . 12.33 1/2 99L
Ruskington 11.01 1/2 . 12.44 3/4 103L
Sleaford North Jn 11.04 . 12.50 3/4 106L
Sleaford [SLR] 11.13 To 11.15 12.57 . 13.14 119L
Sleaford East Jn 11.17 No Report
Heckington 11.25 No Report
Swineshead 11.33 No Report
Hubberts Bridge 11.39 No Report
Boston 11.50 . 13.46 116L
Sibsey S.B. 12.00 No Report
Bellwater Jn S.B. 12.12 No Report
Firsby 12.19 No Report
Thorpe Culvert 12.23 1/2 No Report
Wainfleet 12.27 No Report
Havenhouse 12.32 No Report
Skegness [SKG] 12.40 To 13.30 No Report
Havenhouse 13.37 No Report
Wainfleet 13.41 No Report
Thorpe Culvert 13.45 No Report
Firsby 13.49 No Report
Bellwater Jn S.B. 13.56 No Report
Sibsey S.B. 14.08 No Report
Boston 14.19 . 13.55 24E
Hubberts Bridge 14.27 No Report
Swineshead 14.33 No Report
Heckington 14.41 No Report
Sleaford East Jn 14.49 No Report
Sleaford 14.50 . 14.33 17E
Rauceby 14.53 No Report
Ancaster 14.59 No Report
Barkston East Jn 15.05 1/2 . 14.48 3/4 16E
Allington North Jn 15.11 . 14.54 3/4 16E
Allington East Jn 15.11 1/2 . 14.55 1/4 16E
Nottingham Branch Jn 15.15 . 15.03 3/4 11E
Grantham [GRA] 15.17 To 15.21 15.06 1/2 . 15.24 1/2 3L
Highdyke Jn 15.26 1/2 . 15.29 1/4 2L
Stoke Jn 15.29 . 15.31 1/4 2L
Tallington Jn 15.44 . 15.46 1/2 2L
Helpston Jn 15.48 . 15.49 1/2 1L
Werrington Jn 15.50 1/2 . 15.52 1/4 1L
New England Nth Jn 15.52 1/2 . 15.54 1L
Peterborough [PBO] 15.55 . 15.59 1/2 4L
Sorry about the poor filming hard to see the screen in sunlight and handheld!!!! :-)
Firsby.
All comments and faves are greatly appreciated.
A miserable day on the trains, with 4O55 and the Test train passing here in the midst of a blizzard whilst I sheltered in the car! The Selby 4L78 was also two hours late, and so not seen.
Here just north of the station from the public footbridge is 66571 on one of Freightliner's route learning runs.
The track to the right ending in buffers is all that remains here of the former GN East Lincolnshire line, which reached Grimsby via Boston and Louth. A small length remains as well north of Boston to just south of Firsby and is used by the Skegness services.
LNER 60103 Flying Scotsman visited Skegness on Saturday 25 September with 1Z63/1Z64 The Jolly Fisherman by Railway Touring Company. The special was sold out and is seen in some very welcome evening sunshine on the return journey to KIngs Cross passing Little Steeping just south of the famous Firsby Curve. Not sure if true, but was told by another photographer present that it was only the third time Scotsman has ever visited the seaside resort?
Firsby used to be the junction station for the Skegness branch and was on the main line from Boston to Louth in Lincolnshire. What is left is a mere shadow of this formerly very elaborate station, which had an overall roof over both platforms. It was closed in 1970 for passengers and in 1964 for goods.
Great Northern Railway Company Sturrock 2-2-2 locomotive number 269 stands in Firsby railway station on the Up Main line between two unidentified Great Northern Railway Company locomotives
Note, 269 was built by the Yorkshire Engine Company (works number 3) at Meadowhall works in Sheffield works in February 1867 for the Great Northern Railway Company as number 269. It was rebuilt from a 2-4-0 locomotive in March 1875, was fitted with a 4’ 2” boiler in June 1889 and withdrawn from service in December 1898
269 was one of the three locomotives involved in the Abbots Ripton disaster on 21st January 1876. Click here for more information
Firsby Station signal box was a Great Northern Railway Company type 1 design fitted with a 40 lever Stevens & Sons frame that opened on 3rd November 1879. The signal box was extended at the station end in January 1888 and a replacement 56 lever Saxby & Farmer Limited 1888 Duplex frame was installed in 1927. The signal box closed along with the railway line between Firsby and Louth on 4th October 1970
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Working The Late 325Y 09.54 Doncaster Up Decoy To Peterborough Via Sleaford Skegness And Grantham According To Realtime Trains The Route And Timings Were
Doncaster Up Decoy 09.54 . 13.28 214L
Potteric Carr Jn 09.57 No Report
Black Carr Jn (Doncaster) 09.58 No Report
Bessacarr Jn 10.00 . 13.34 1/2 214L
Beckingham Loop 10.15 1/2 No Report
Gainsborough Trent Jns 10.18 . 13.55 217L
Gainsborough Lea Road 10.20 . 13.56 216L
Stow Park 10.26 1/2 No Report
Saxilby 10.32 No Report
Pyewipe Jn 10.38 No Report
West Holmes Jn 10.39 . 14.15 216L
Lincoln Central 10.44 . 14.17 1/2 213L
Pelham Street Jn 10.44 1/2 No Report
Metheringham 10.56 . 14.27 1/2 211L
Ruskington 11.04 1/2 No Report
Sleaford North Jn 11.07 . 14.38 211L
Sleaford [SLR} 11.13 To 11.15 14.45 . 14.45 210L
Sleaford East Jn 11.17 No Report
Heckington 11.25 No Report
Swineshead 11.33 No Report
Hubberts Bridge 11.39 No Report
Boston 11.49 No Report
Sibsey S.B. 11.59 No Report
Bellwater Jn S.B. 12.11 No Report
Firsby 12.18 No Report
Thorpe Culvert 12.22 1/2 No Report
Wainfleet 12.26 No Report
Havenhouse 12.30 No Report
Skegness {SKG} 12.37 To 13.31 No Report
Havenhouse 13.38 No Report
Wainfleet 13.42 No Report
Thorpe Culvert 13.46 No Report
Firsby 13.50 No Report
Bellwater Jn S.B. 13.57 No Report
Sibsey S.B. 14.09 No Report
Boston 14.20 No Report
Hubberts Bridge 14.28 No Report
Swineshead 14.34 No Report
Heckington 14.42 No Report
Sleaford East Jn 14.50 No Report
Sleaford 14.51 No Report
Rauceby 14.54 No Report
Ancaster 14.59 1/2 No Report
Barkston East Jn 15.06 No Report
Allington North Jn 15.11 No Report
Allington East Jn 15.12 No Report
Nottingham Branch Jn 15.16 No Report
Grantham [GRA} 15.19 To 15.20 No Report
Highdyke Jn 15.25 1/2 No Report
Stoke Jn 15.28 No Report
Tallington Jn 15.43 No Report
Helpston Jn 15.47 No Report
Werrington Jn 15.50 1/2 . 15.24 1/4 26E
New England Nth Jn 15.52 No Report
Peterborough {PBO} 15.55 . 19.25 210L
* Mum & Nan on the beach at Skegness in front of the still complete Pier in November 1971 & Oscar on donkey ride walking across the scene, 23rd August 2017
Its been a long haul today and a lot of time has been spent on all three of these 'Then & Now' pieces and this one presented a bit of a problem as the slide positive had been taken out of the card frame so there was no way of telling which way round the picture should be viewed, this being indicated on the border of the card frame; the two earlier 1971 shots were still in the card frames so I know they are the correct way around. After much mulling and downloading early pictures of the state of the pier during its history of mishaps, see details in the Pier pictures earlier, I finally decided that this should be the right orientation for the picture on the left; it certainly is for the one on the right! On the left, standing in front of the still extant complete Skegness Pier is nan and mum in what looks like good weather, breezy perhaps, and with the usual 'ladies' paraphernalia close by; this one handbag days and each had one along with shopping bags, not plastic, to carry 'bits and bobs of shopping' or maybe, just maybe, but unlikely, a picnic. If this trip was in the Summer months, there doesn't look to be any folks about, so maybe this IS November and the weather in 1971 was particularly good. In this shot facing north, I hope, the sun appears to be almost overhead and with shadows not all that long so the shot looks to have been taken around midday one would assume. In the background the Pier looks in fine fettle, in one piece and well looked after, but will in a few short years succumb to the weather in 1978 and then a fire destroyed the rest in 1985, finally all the remaining bits of structure at the end, separated by sea, were removed in 1986 leaving what we see today, it also suffered badly in the 1953 floods but recovered from that only to be finally cut back in 1986.... In the picture on the right, two new features have arrived, one in the form of Katie's great, great grandson, Oscar atop one of the very clean and well looked after beach donkeys with someone in front having decided he wasn't going to be there and didn't want to mount such a 'contraption' and, in the background, a new energy source, free of pollution and carcinogenic materials, a removable and economic, generating electricity supply before the arrival of the final solution, the real clean energy source, that which the stars themselves employ, in the form of nuclear fusion. The Wind turbines, 8km of the Skegness coast are a testament to what we can do about global warming, the dire pollution produced by nuclear fusion reactors and an ever increasing urge to do more with modern technological advances... this has to be the way, some details-
'...The Lincolnshire Wind Farm is a 270MWatt offshore wind farm 8kilometres (5.0miles) off Skegness on the east coast of England. The total cost of the project is estimated at £1 billion including electrical transmission links. The farm was completed in 2013. It is adjacent to the smaller Lynn and Inner Dowsing Wind Farm.
The scheme has 250 MW of generating capacity, with an additional 20 MW of turbine generating capacity constructed within the nearby Lynn Wind Farm and Dowsing Wind Farm but connected to the Lincolnshire project transmission system. The project uses 75 three blade 3.6MW Siemens wind turbines. The wind turbines have 120 metres (390ft) rotor diameter machines with 58.5metres (192ft) blades with a hub height of 100 metres (330ft) on cylindrical steel towers. The turbines were installed in 10 to 15 metres (33 to 49ft) water depth, with a spacing of approximately 500 metres (1,600ft) within a 35 square kilometres (14sq mi) wind farm.
Transmission of electrical power to land is by 145kV cables supplied by Nexans. Transmission voltage is 132kV to land, being increased to 400kV at Walpole substation for grid connection.
The operation and maintenance base for the wind farm is based at Grimsby.
The wind farm has an expected lifespan of 40 years, with electrical equipment and wind turbines expected to be replaced after 20 years. After the end of the project's lifespan the farm is to be decommissioned, including removal of turbines and electrical equipment, and removal of offshore foundations or cut off to seabed level or lower. Connecting cables are not scheduled to be removed...'
Lets hope Oscar and others of his age live to see a revival in the fortunes of clean, low polluting technologies and energy generation, if the Stars can get it right, maybe we should just follow their example, need I say more!
Class 20s with 20113 leading approach the 15 mph curve at Firsby with a holiday train from Skegness in the early 1980s. Photo: Ivan Stewart Collection.
Through service from Peterboro to Skegness not long before the whole of the line was axed in 1970. This service would have reversed at Firsby in order to connect with Mabelthorpe and Grimsby Town
In the days when such shots were possible, Firsby curve offered a great chance to take photos of the locos hauling your train. On a fantastic day, 20103 and 20186 head towards Skegness with the 07:19 from Birmingham New Street.
Ingham Methodist Chapel, on the corner of High Street and Grange Lane, Ingham, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire.
Ingham is written in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Ingeham". Possible etymologies are "homestead or village of a man called Inga" or "home of the Inguiones" (an ancient Germanic tribe).
Ingham is situated 7 miles (11 km) geographically north from the centre of Lincoln, and on the B1398 road, which runs parallel to the main A15 (Ermine Street). The parish boundary borders with Fillingham two field widths to the north. It follows the hedge line and a small drain eastwards to Middle Street (B1398), which it follows to the south for 110 yards (100 m), then follows the southern edge of Hare's Wood eastwards, north of Park Farm; the airfield is still there. This is the site of the former RAF Ingham. It follows the southern edge of a small wood at Ancholme Head (in Fillingham), the source of the River Ancholme just west of the A15. It meets West Firsby at the A15 (Ermine Street) which it follows to the south, and meets Spridlington.
North of the curve in the A15, it follows Ingham Lane to the west. It crosses Middle Street at Ingham Cliff, near Ingham Cliff Farm, where there is a weather radar station. To the north along the B1398 is the Windmill public house. The boundary follows the B1398 down Lincoln Cliff, over the crossroads along the road to where it crosses a small drain. It follows the drain northwards past Coates Gorse. To the west is Stow and the Vale of Trent (Trent Valley).
In the Second World War the village became home to RAF Ingham, a satellite airfield of the Royal Air Force base at Hemswell. Ingham consisted of three grass runways, and three Polish Squadrons (including No. 300 Polish Bomber Squadron) from 1st Polish Wing were based here, joined later by No. 199 Squadron RAF. In 1944 it was renamed RAF Cammeringham. The station effectively became unusable by 1945 as the short grass runways had deteriorated. After the war, demobilised Polish aircrew lived here.
North-east of the village, on opposite sides of the B1398, is the distribution centre of an outdoor toy manufacturer on the former airfield, and Lincolnshire Rescue Kennels.
The dying days of the East Lincolnshire Railway: Peterborough - Spalding - Firsby - Louth - Grimsby and Mablethorpe branch. Closed in 1970 except for the Peterborough - Spalding section.
Working The 3J42 09.54 Doncaster Up Decoy To Peterborough Via Sleaford And Skegness According To Realtime Trains The Route And Timings Were
Doncaster Up Decoy 09.54 . 09.49 5E
Potteric Carr Jn 09.57 . 09.52 1/2 4E
Black Carr Jn (Doncaster) 09.58 . 09.53 1/4 4E
Bessacarr Jn 10.00 . 09.53 3/4 6E
Beckingham Loop 10.19 No Report
Gainsborough Trent Jns 10.22 . 10.16 3/4 5E
Gainsborough Lea Road 10.24 . 10.18 3/4 5E
Stow Park 10.30 1/2 . 10.24 1/2 5E
Saxilby 10.36 . 10.29 3/4 6E
Pyewipe Jn 10.42 . 10.36 1/4 5E
West Holmes Jn 10.43 . 10.37 1/2 5E
Lincoln Central 10.45 1/2 . 10.39 1/2 5E
Pelham Street Jn 10.46 . 10.39 3/4 6E
Metheringham 10.59 1/2 . 10.49 3/4 9E
Ruskington 11.07 . 10.56 3/4 10E
Sleaford North Jn 11.09 1/2 . 10.59 3/4 9E
Sleaford [SLR] 11.17 To 11.17 1/2 11.05 . 11.13 4E
Sleaford East Jn 11.19 1/2 No Report
Heckington 11.27 1/2 No Report
Swineshead 11.35 1/2 No Report
Hubberts Bridge 11.41 1/2 No Report
Boston 11.49 . 11.49 RT
Sibsey S.B. 11.59 1/2 . 11.59 RT
Bellwater Jn S.B. 12.11 1/2 . 12.10 1E
Firsby 12.18 1/2 No Report
Thorpe Culvert 12.23 No Report
Wainfleet 12.26 1/2 No Report
Havenhouse 12.31 1/2 No Report
Skegness [SKG] 12.39 1/2 To 13.30 1/2 12.35 . 13.29 1E
Havenhouse 13.37 1/2 No Report
Wainfleet 13.41 1/2 No Report
Thorpe Culvert 13.45 1/2 No Report
Firsby 13.49 1/2 No Report
Bellwater Jn S.B. 13.56 1/2 . 13.54 2E
Sibsey S.B. 14.08 1/2 . 14.05 3E
Boston 14.20 1/2 . 14.16 4E
Hubberts Bridge 14.28 1/2 No Report
Swineshead 14.34 1/2 No Report
Heckington 14.42 1/2 No Report
Sleaford East Jn 14.50 1/2 No Report
Sleaford 14.51 1/2 . 14.55 3L
Rauceby 14.54 1/2 No Report
Ancaster 14.59 1/2 . 15.05 5L
Barkston East Jn 15.05 . 15.10 3/4 5L
Allington North Jn 15.12 . 15.15 1/2 3L
Allington East Jn 15.12 1/2 . 15.16 3L
Nottingham Branch Jn 15.16 . 15.19 3/4 3L
Grantham [GRA] 15.18 1/2 To 15.20 1/2 15.22 1/2 . 15.23 1/2 3L
Highdyke Jn 15.26 . 15.26 3/4 RT
Stoke Jn 15.28 1/2 . 15.28 1/2 RT
Tallington Jn 15.43 1/2 . 15.43 RT
Helpston Jn 15.48 1/2 . 15.46 2E
Werrington Jn 15.52 1/2 . 15.48 1/2 3E
New England Nth Jn 15.54 1/2 . 15.50 1/4 4E
Peterborough [PBO] 15.58 . 16.05 7L
Littleworth station was on the Great Northern line between Peterborough and Spalding in the flatlands of South Holland Lincolnshire. It was a victim of the Beeching cuts in the 1960s but the station buildings & GNR level crossing signal box on the A16 still exist.
This was once part of the GNR main line to Boston, Louth & Grimsby. Fast trains to London regularly passed this way but no longer since the main line was severed north of Firsby.
The re-opening of Littleworth station in Deeping St Nicholas and more direct services to Peterborough are very much on the local agenda.
Working The 3J42 09.54 Doncaster Up Decoy To Peterborough Via Sleaford And Skegness According To Realtime Trains The Route And Timings Were
Doncaster Up Decoy 09.54 . 09.49 5E
Potteric Carr Jn 09.57 . 09.52 1/2 4E
Black Carr Jn (Doncaster) 09.58 . 09.53 1/4 4E
Bessacarr Jn 10.00 . 09.53 3/4 5E
Beckingham Loop 10.19 No Report
Gainsborough Trent Jns 10.22 . 10.16 3/4 5E
Gainsborough Lea Road 10.24 . 10.18 3/4 5E
Stow Park 10.30 1/2 . 10.24 1/2 5E
Saxilby 10.36 . 10.29 3/4 6E
Pyewipe Jn 10.42 . 10.36 1/4 5E
West Holmes Jn 10.43 . 10.37 1/2 5E
Lincoln Central 10.45 1/2 . 10.39 1/2 5E
Pelham Street Jn 10.46 . 10.39 3/4 6E
Metheringham 10.59 1/2 . 10.49 3/4 9E
Ruskington 11.07 . 10.56 3/4 10E
Sleaford North Jn 11.09 1/2 . 10.59 3/4 9E
Sleaford [SLR] 11.17 To 11.17 1/2 11.05 . 11.13 4E
Sleaford East Jn 11.19 1/2 No Report
Heckington 11.27 1/2 No Report
Swineshead 11.35 1/2 No Report
Hubberts Bridge 11.41 1/2 No Report
Boston 11.49 . 11.49 RT
Sibsey S.B. 11.59 1/2 . 11.59 RT
Bellwater Jn S.B. 12.11 1/2 . 12.10 1E
Firsby 12.18 1/2 No Report
Thorpe Culvert 12.23 No Report
Wainfleet 12.26 1/2 No Report
Havenhouse 12.31 1/2 No Report
Skegness [SKG] 12.29 1/2 To 13.30 1/2 12.35 . 13.29 1E
Havenhouse 13.37 1/2 No Report
Wainfleet 13.41 1/2 No Report
Thorpe Culvert 13.45 1/2 No Report
Firsby 13.49 1/2 No Report
Bellwater Jn S.B. 13.56 1/2 . 13.54 2E
Sibsey S.B. 14.08 1/2 . 14.05 3E
Boston 14.20 1/2 . 14.16 4E
Hubberts Bridge 14.28 1/2 No Report
Swineshead 14.34 1/2 No Report
Heckington 14.42 1/2 No Report
Sleaford East Jn 14.50 1/2 No Report
Sleaford 14.51 1/2 . 14.55 3L
Rauceby 14.54 1/2 No Report
Ancaster 14.59 1/2 . 15.05 5L
Barkston East Jn 15.05 . 15.10 3/4 5L
Allington North Jn 15.12 . 15.15 1/2 3L
Allington East Jn 15.12 1/2 . 15.16 3L
Nottingham Branch Jn 15.16 . 15.19 3/4 3L
Grantham [GRA] 15.18 1/2 To 15.20 1/2 15.22 1/2 . 15.23 1/2 3L
Highdyke Jn 15.26 . 15.26 3/4 RT
Stoke Jn 15.28 1/2 . 15.28 1/2 RT
Tallington Jn 15.43 1/2 . 15.43 RT
Helpston Jn 15.48 1/2 . 15.46 2E
Werrington Jn 15.52 1/2 . 15.48 1/2 3E
New England Nth Jn 15.54 1/2 . 15.50 1/4 4E
Peterborough [PBO] 15.58 . 16.05 7L
Another Yellow shell, this one at Firsby reservoirs A common day flying moth of grassland and hedgrows.
There was a single track branch line that ran from Louth in Lincolnshire, out to the coast at Mablethorpe and then down through Sutton-on-Sea to Willoughby, where it joined the line from Firsby to Louth, in effect completing a large loop. This photograph was taken along the alignment of the branch at Sutton.
UPDATE
Thanks to Phil (comment below), I have been able to identify this box definitively as Tramway Crossing, which was located at Sutton-on-Sea and which controlled (as the name suggests) a tramway that crossed the Mablethorpe line here in Victorian times - it was a short lived 2'6" gauge steam tram.
However - from some excellent photos by on the web at: www.davesrailpics.bravehost.com/mablethorpebranch/mableth..., I suspect that the box could have been relocated after closure, because in one picture on that website (dating from April 1970), it appears that the box is quite close to the twin-gabled house with tall chimney that can be seen in the background of my picture, which itself was close to the station at Sutton. Additionally, it's clear that in its original condition, the box was taller than shown in my shot - what we seem to have here in 1987 is the structure from operating floor level up, which was maybe three feet or so above actual ground level.
The box has been restored and now resides, as Phil mentions below, at the site of the closed Legbourne Road station, not far from Sutton and now a private residence.
FURTHER UPDATE
Having identified the box as Tramway Crossing, I have now been able to find more information courtesy of the Signalling Record Society. Their directory tells me that the box is a Saxby & Farmer (GN) design of 1888, and that after closure it was bought by a local farmer, then subsequently bought from him and taken to Legbourne Road. This supports my theory that it is not in its original location in my picture, but most likely in the farmer's field. In its present day location it has been fitted with a lever frame that was once in the box at Claxby & Usselby, another Lincolnshire location.
Ingham House, 20 Church Hill, Ingham in West Lindsey, Lincolnshire.
Ingham is written in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Ingeham". Possible etymologies are "homestead or village of a man called Inga" or "home of the Inguiones" (an ancient Germanic tribe).
Ingham is situated 7 miles (11 km) geographically north from the centre of Lincoln, and on the B1398 road, which runs parallel to the main A15 (Ermine Street). The parish boundary borders with Fillingham two field widths to the north. It follows the hedge line and a small drain eastwards to Middle Street (B1398), which it follows to the south for 110 yards (100 m), then follows the southern edge of Hare's Wood eastwards, north of Park Farm; the airfield is still there. This is the site of the former RAF Ingham. It follows the southern edge of a small wood at Ancholme Head (in Fillingham), the source of the River Ancholme just west of the A15. It meets West Firsby at the A15 (Ermine Street) which it follows to the south, and meets Spridlington.
North of the curve in the A15, it follows Ingham Lane to the west. It crosses Middle Street at Ingham Cliff, near Ingham Cliff Farm, where there is a weather radar station. To the north along the B1398 is the Windmill public house. The boundary follows the B1398 down Lincoln Cliff, over the crossroads along the road to where it crosses a small drain. It follows the drain northwards past Coates Gorse. To the west is Stow and the Vale of Trent (Trent Valley).
In the Second World War the village became home to RAF Ingham, a satellite airfield of the Royal Air Force base at Hemswell. Ingham consisted of three grass runways, and three Polish Squadrons (including No. 300 Polish Bomber Squadron) from 1st Polish Wing were based here, joined later by No. 199 Squadron RAF. In 1944 it was renamed RAF Cammeringham. The station effectively became unusable by 1945 as the short grass runways had deteriorated. After the war, demobilised Polish aircrew lived here.
North-east of the village, on opposite sides of the B1398, is the distribution centre of an outdoor toy manufacturer on the former airfield, and Lincolnshire Rescue Kennels.
Looking down Church Hill towards Ingham in West Lindsey, Lincolnshire.
Ingham is written in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Ingeham". Possible etymologies are "homestead or village of a man called Inga" or "home of the Inguiones" (an ancient Germanic tribe).
Ingham is situated 7 miles (11 km) geographically north from the centre of Lincoln, and on the B1398 road, which runs parallel to the main A15 (Ermine Street). The parish boundary borders with Fillingham two field widths to the north. It follows the hedge line and a small drain eastwards to Middle Street (B1398), which it follows to the south for 110 yards (100 m), then follows the southern edge of Hare's Wood eastwards, north of Park Farm; the airfield is still there. This is the site of the former RAF Ingham. It follows the southern edge of a small wood at Ancholme Head (in Fillingham), the source of the River Ancholme just west of the A15. It meets West Firsby at the A15 (Ermine Street) which it follows to the south, and meets Spridlington.
North of the curve in the A15, it follows Ingham Lane to the west. It crosses Middle Street at Ingham Cliff, near Ingham Cliff Farm, where there is a weather radar station. To the north along the B1398 is the Windmill public house. The boundary follows the B1398 down Lincoln Cliff, over the crossroads along the road to where it crosses a small drain. It follows the drain northwards past Coates Gorse. To the west is Stow and the Vale of Trent (Trent Valley).
In the Second World War the village became home to RAF Ingham, a satellite airfield of the Royal Air Force base at Hemswell. Ingham consisted of three grass runways, and three Polish Squadrons (including No. 300 Polish Bomber Squadron) from 1st Polish Wing were based here, joined later by No. 199 Squadron RAF. In 1944 it was renamed RAF Cammeringham. The station effectively became unusable by 1945 as the short grass runways had deteriorated. After the war, demobilised Polish aircrew lived here.
North-east of the village, on opposite sides of the B1398, is the distribution centre of an outdoor toy manufacturer on the former airfield, and Lincolnshire Rescue Kennels.
Working The 5Z65 10.50 Carnforth Steamtown To Skegness According To Realtime Trains The Route And Timings Were
Carnforth Steamtown 10.50 . 10.30 20E
Carnforth H.S. 11.00 To 11.10 10.45 . 10.55 15E
Carnforth 11.15 To 12.15 11.00 . 12.15 RT
Carnforth North Jn 12.16 . 12.16 1/4 RT
Carnforth D&U.G.L. 12.18 To 12.33 12.17 . 12.18 15E
Carnforth North Jn 12.35 . 12.19 16E
Carnforth 12.36 . 12.19 1/2 16E
Wennington 12.51 1/2 No Report
Bentham 12.57 No Report
Clapham (North Yorkshire) 13.04 No Report
Giggleswick 13.13 No Report
Settle Jn 13.16 . 12.55 21E
Long Preston 13.19 1/2 No Report
Hellifield 13.22 . 13.00 22E
Gargrave 13.33 No Report
Skipton 13.40 To 13.42 13.39 3/4 . 13.40 1/4 1E
Cononley 13.46 . 13.44 1E
Steeton & Silsden 13.49 . 13.47 1E
Keighley 13.52 . 13.49 3/4 2E
Crossflatts 13.56 No Report
Bingley 13.57 . 13.55 3/4 1E
Saltaire 14.01 . 13.59 1/4 1E
Shipley West Jn 14.02 No Report
Shipley 14.02 .14.01 1/2 RT
Shipley East Jn 14.02 1/2 No Report
Dockfield Jn 14.03 No Report
Apperley Jn 14.07 . 14.05 1/2 1E
Armley Junction 14.16 .14.10 3/4 5E
Whitehall Jn 14.17 . 14.12 1/4 4E
Leeds West Junction 14.17 1/2 No Report
Leeds 14.19 To 14.21 14.17 . 14.21 RT
Leeds East Jn 14.22 No Report
Marsh Lane Jn Leeds 14.23 No Report
Neville H. West Jn 14.24 . 14.24 RT
Neville H. East Jn 14.25 No Report
Cross Gates 14.28 .14.28 1/4 RT
Garforth 14.30 1/2 .14.31 RT
East Garforth 14.31 1/2 .14.32 1/4 1L
Micklefield 14.33 . 14.33 1/4 RT
South Milford 14.36 1/2 No Report
Gascoigne Wood Jn 14.38 . 14.37 1E
Hambleton West Jn 14.41 . 14.39 2E
Hambleton South Jn 14.43 To 14.47 No Report
Temple Hirst Jn 14.53 .14.53 1/4 RT
Joan Croft Jn 14.59 1/2 No Report
Shaftholme Jn 15.00 . 15.00 1/4 RT
Arksey Loop 15.02 1/2 No Report
Donc. Marshgate Jn 15.05 No Report
Doncaster 15.06 To 15.09 15.06 . 15.06 2E
Bridge Jn 15.10 1/2 No Report
Decoy Nth Jn 15.12 No Report
Potteric Carr Jn 15.12 . 15.09 3E
Black Carr Jn (Doncaster) 15.13 . 15.10 3E
Bessacarr Jn 15.14 . 15.10 1/2 3E
Beckingham Loop 15.38 1/2 No Report
Gainsborough Trent Jns 15.42 . 15.28 14E
Gainsborough Lea Road 15.44 . 15.30 14E
Stow Park 15.52 No Report
Saxilby 15.59 No Report
Pyewipe Jn 16.06 No Report
West Holmes Jn 16.07 . 15.52 15E
Lincoln Central 16.09 . 16.08 3/4 RT
Pelham Street Jn 16.10 No Report
Metheringham 16.23 . 16.19 1/2 3E
Ruskington 16.33 No Report
Sleaford North Jn 16.36 . 16.33 3E
Sleaford 16.59 To 17.13 16.59 . 17.16 3L
Sleaford East Jn 17.14 1/2 No Report
Heckington 17.21 No Report
Swineshead 17.27 1/2 No Report
Hubberts Bridge 17.32 No Report
Boston 17.41 . 17.42 1L
Sibsey S.B. 17.51 . 17.50 1E
Bellwater Jn S.B. 18.01 . 17.57 4E
Firsby 18.07 No Report
Thorpe Culvert 18.10 No Report
Wainfleet 18.13 No Report
Havenhouse 18.17 No Report
Skegness 18.24 . 18.20 4E
The guard watches as his DMU departs Willoughby for Firsby Junction in August 1970, 2 months before closure.
In a short brighter spell 20254 & 183 return from Skegness to Derby with 1M46, the 12:54 SO departure from the Lincolnshire resort. Captured at Firsby on 9th July 1988. It might be a touch stuffy in the leading BSO with no ETS supply from these veteran freight machines!
The dying days of the East Lincolnshire Railway: Peterborough - Spalding - Firsby - Louth - Grimsby and Mablethorpe branch. Closed in 1970 except for the Peterborough - Spalding section.
The public footpath which runs from Ingham Road to the village of Ingham, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire.
Ingham is written in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Ingeham". Possible etymologies are "homestead or village of a man called Inga" or "home of the Inguiones" (an ancient Germanic tribe).
Ingham is situated 7 miles (11 km) geographically north from the centre of Lincoln, and on the B1398 road, which runs parallel to the main A15 (Ermine Street). The parish boundary borders with
Fillingham two field widths to the north. It follows the hedge line and a small drain eastwards to
Middle Street (B1398), which it follows to the south for 110 yards (100 m), then follows the southern edge of Hare's Wood eastwards, north of Park Farm; the airfield is still there. This is the site of the former RAF Ingham. It follows the southern edge of a small wood at Ancholme Head (in Fillingham), the source of the River Ancholme just west of the A15. It meets West Firsby at the A15 (Ermine Street) which it follows to the south, and meets Spridlington.
North of the curve in the A15, it follows Ingham Lane to the west. It crosses Middle Street at Ingham Cliff, near Ingham Cliff Farm, where there is a weather radar station. To the north along the B1398 is the Windmill public house. The boundary follows the B1398 down Lincoln Cliff, over the crossroads along the road to where it crosses a small drain. It follows the drain northwards past Coates Gorse. To the west is Stow and the Vale of Trent (Trent Valley).
In the Second World War the village became home to RAF Ingham, a satellite airfield of the Royal Air Force base at Hemswell. Ingham consisted of three grass runways, and three Polish Squadrons (including No. 300 Polish Bomber Squadron) from 1st Polish Wing were based here, joined later by No. 199 Squadron RAF. In 1944 it was renamed RAF Cammeringham. The station effectively became unusable by 1945 as the short grass runways had deteriorated. After the war, demobilised Polish aircrew lived here.
North-east of the village, on opposite sides of the B1398, is the distribution centre of an outdoor toy manufacturer on the former airfield, and Lincolnshire Rescue Kennels.
The dying days of the East Lincolnshire Railway: Peterborough - Spalding - Firsby - Louth - Grimsby and Mablethorpe branch. Closed in 1970 except for the Peterborough - Spalding section.
Looking from the public footpath which runs from Ingham Road to the village of Ingham towards The former Ingham Mill. In West Lindsey, Lincolnshire.
Ingham is written in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Ingeham". Possible etymologies are "homestead or village of a man called Inga" or "home of the Inguiones" (an ancient Germanic tribe).
Ingham is situated 7 miles (11 km) geographically north from the centre of Lincoln, and on the B1398 road, which runs parallel to the main A15 (Ermine Street). The parish boundary borders with Fillingham two field widths to the north. It follows the hedge line and a small drain eastwards to Middle Street (B1398), which it follows to the south for 110 yards (100 m), then follows the southern edge of Hare's Wood eastwards, north of Park Farm; the airfield is still there. This is the site of the former RAF Ingham. It follows the southern edge of a small wood at Ancholme Head (in Fillingham), the source of the River Ancholme just west of the A15. It meets West Firsby at the A15 (Ermine Street) which it follows to the south, and meets Spridlington.
North of the curve in the A15, it follows Ingham Lane to the west. It crosses Middle Street at Ingham Cliff, near Ingham Cliff Farm, where there is a weather radar station. To the north along the B1398 is the Windmill public house. The boundary follows the B1398 down Lincoln Cliff, over the crossroads along the road to where it crosses a small drain. It follows the drain northwards past Coates Gorse. To the west is Stow and the Vale of Trent (Trent Valley).
In the Second World War the village became home to RAF Ingham, a satellite airfield of the Royal Air Force base at Hemswell. Ingham consisted of three grass runways, and three Polish Squadrons (including No. 300 Polish Bomber Squadron) from 1st Polish Wing were based here, joined later by No. 199 Squadron RAF. In 1944 it was renamed RAF Cammeringham. The station effectively became unusable by 1945 as the short grass runways had deteriorated. After the war, demobilised Polish aircrew lived here.
North-east of the village, on opposite sides of the B1398, is the distribution centre of an outdoor toy manufacturer on the former airfield, and Lincolnshire Rescue Kennels.
Another stalwart for SO dated holiday services was the Class 31. Here is 31257 at Firsby hauling a nine coach consist with 1J26, the 13:10 Skegness to Sheffield service on 9th July 1988. Another feature that has disappeared from the railway are the lineside telegraph wires and the associated posts.
Anyone remember the "Firsby Baglette" ? She would bellow at the trains on a Summer Saturday and was there regular as clockwork.
Saturday 6th September 1981
And as a prelude to the 'Then & Now' pieces, these final shots from this era, 2017, sees the 'team' having arrived on the busy sea-front, I looking for the vantage point to take the pictures to compare with those which I think were taken from just about the same location, 46 years ago. And here is Skegness Pier or, what's left of it, it having suffered various ill-fortunes during its 136 year history, the last fate rendering the structure a mere shadow of its former glory; when built it was 562m long and now its about one fifth that length, 118m. It has to be said that compared to its original state, extending out into the sea, it no longer looks all that significantly 'pier-like' and although there were plans put in operation to remedy the tragedies which unfolded in the not too distant past, though in the light of these pictures, thankfully, that was after 1971, nothing came of these and various bits of it, left after the damage were finally removed in the 1980s. Both these shots show the state of play looking towards the north from just about as close to the nearest ice-cream cone establishment that could be managed, as some of us were getting fractious regarding promised 'treats'. Both the station and Pier are in quite convenient locations with respect to the centre of the town and there is much to commend this place if amusements, water parks and.. 'Fantasy Island' is the sort of thing you like, the beach is clean, the water brown, of course, its the North Sea and there doesn't appear to be issues with litter. Various types of folk making a complete arse of themselves though isn't, unfortunately, discounted from this list. All that being said, Skegness appears to be surviving amongst a lot of other seaside resorts which are not for one reason or another and the fact it has a useful railway station, next to the bus station, so the whole area is an interchange, along with the presence of two types of supermarket, may well go some way to account for all this and there are plenty of Victorian houses and structures to delight the rest of us. Some information about the Pier from Wikipedia-
'..Skegness had a 614 yards (562 m) long pier which was opened on Whit Monday 1881 at a cost of £20,840 and was at the time the fourth longest in England. It was a T-shaped pier with a saloon/concert hall at the pier head. Steamboat trips ran from the pier to the Wash and Hunstanton in Norfolk from 1882 until 1910. In 1919, it was damaged by a drifting ship, the schooner Europa, and it took twenty years to raise the money to fully repair it. In the Second World War, the pier was closed and parts of the decking was removed as part of anti-invasion policies and did not reopen until 1948 following repairs. The north east corner of the pierhead suffered damage during the North Sea flood of 1953 and the pier entrance was flooded but the main structure survived. In the early 1970s the pier entrance archway was demolished despite it being classed as Grade II listed building and at the same time the pierhead theatre was enlarged from a seating capacity of 700 to 1,000.
On Wednesday 11 January 1978 a northerly severe gale and storm surge which coincided with high spring tides brought disaster and Skegness Pier along with other piers at Margate, Herne Bay and Hunstanton was irretrievably damaged and only 127 yards of landward pier deck walkway from the main entrance was left with the eastern shelters and the pierhead totally cut off and isolated from the shoreline. Debris from the wrecked pier was scattered for several miles around with souvenir hunters coming into the area to see what they could find.
For several years following the storm these two isolated structures remained as features on Skegness beach whilst plans to try to repair the pier and relink the structures were sought but this failed citing the costs as simply too high and in 1983 the eastern shelters were dismantled and demolished. By 1985 the decision was made to demolish the now derelict and isolated pierhead and theatre as the building was falling into a state of disrepair as the upper deck of the structure had been badly damaged following the 1978 storm although it had become a roosting place for hordes of starlings. It was considered a risk to small shipping and also to the public. Special permission for its demolition was granted as it was a Grade II listed building as was the rest of the pier. It was planned to dismantle the pierhead in stages starting from October 1985 and just as work was getting underway the structure caught fire and two stranded workmen had to be rescued by the town's lifeboat. After the fire burned itself out only the cast-iron stanchions were left and these were removed in January 1986 on one of the lowest tides of that year.
Today the pier is only 129 yards (118m) long and no evidence remains of the old pierhead and shelters but what remains of the landward pier deck walkway has since undergone major refurbishment and is now once again a tourist attraction, Though a tiny amount of the structure still stands from the sand, with a triangular sign warning of the piece of iron's presence. Despite its much reduced length it is a major landmark along the beach as far as Gibraltar Point to the south and Ingoldmells to the north...'