Cravens, Sheffield

[Mad Doug Biker]

These folk are it all types of vintage railways and I know my friend Neil and said chairman went off somewhere Teasdale ? to see a vintage electric engine.

The NER and then LNER (1923 - 48) were actually quite innovative in the North East when most of the country still doggedly stuck to steam, so there are several preserved examples of things down there.

Actually, certain other parts of the north of England were too.

So I wonder if contacting a few of these vintage railways to see if someone is in the know.

Cravens did not build a great variety of modern things, so it's relatively easy to track down people.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Has the answer been delayed due to leaves on the Internet?

Actually, it's more a case of 'Leaves in my head'.

I asked this and have got my way of finding an answer (the BNA at the Library), but if you have seen the Mental Health thread, you'll see I am having problems.

I have not even been able to leave my bed yet. 😏

 

[Rezillo]

Just did a quick search there and there seems to be interesting stuff but it seems you need a paid a/c
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results/1960-01-01/1969-12-31?basicsearch=cravens metro cammell&somesearch=cravens metro cammell&retrievecountrycounts=false
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This article and others are viewable on Findmypast, at no extra cost to their family history stuff. I can't paste them here because of copyright issues but if you know of anyone with a subscription, they could be useful to know.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Just did a quick search there and there seems to be interesting stuff but it seems you need a paid a/c
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive...ens metro cammell&retrievecountrycounts=false
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Just got in at the end of the day and got the BNA thing set up.

That snippet looks intriguing and indeen gives a date (presumably Friday the 9th of December 1966), but, all it says is:

I was hoping it was perhaps indicating something about the incomplete units being moved to Brum or a possible date for them vacating the site.
Oh well, back again tomorrow or another day for a proper search.

Thanks all!

 

[night cycler]

Hello, long shot here maybe, but does anyone local to Sheffield know when Cravens was taken over by Metro Camel in 1966? What date was it?
Also, what actually happened?

Do you have relatives who worked there at the time, etc?

Thanks

I think this should bring up the info you seek
https://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/profile/63971-janus/
I think you will need to log in

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I think this should bring up the info you seek
https://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/profile/63971-janus/
I think you will need to log in

Thanks, have had various suggestions and so on, I will take a look later.

Thanks.

 

[annedonnelly]

Just got in at the end of the day and got the BNA thing set up.

That snippet looks intriguing and indeen gives a date (presumably Friday the 9th of December 1966), but, all it says is:

View attachment 805271

I was hoping it was perhaps indicating something about the incomplete units being moved to Brum or a possible date for them vacating the site.
Oh well, back again tomorrow or another day for a proper search.

Thanks all!

Trawling through old newspapers can be addictive