Industrial Series

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Industrial steam in Britain survived for more than a decade into the 1970s after the end of steam on the BR network in 1968. Industrial enthusiast Geoff Monks travelled the length and breath of the country recording with cine film these last vestiges of steam.

In this first volume of our series of industrial steam across Britain we see steam working at collieries, power stations, docks and private industrial sites, most of which have now vanished just as completely as the steam engines that served them.

Well known colliery systems such as those at Waterside, Polkemmet, Bedlay, Bickershaw, Littleton and Mountain Ash are covered amongst others, together with glimpses of little visited power stations such as those at Lancaster and Neepsend as well as the better known sites such as Agecroft

Steam is seen at work at Falmouth Harbour and the Port of Par as well as such diverse sites at Whifflet Foundry and C,P.C Trafford Park.

Duration: 78-mins

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Ref: AC1026D

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Features footage taken between 1967 and 1972. Beginning in Scotland, brief visits are made to Dollar, Manor Powis & Polkemmet Collieries. Moving south of the border, we visit NCB mines in Durham, North Yorkshire, Cumberland and South Lancashire as well as other venues such as Yates Duxbury paper mill.

In the Midlands, Meaford power station, further collieries and two sugar factories are visited while a highlight of the programme is the sight of steam still at work at three Northamptonshire ironstone quarries.

In the South, venues include Bowater's at Sittingbourne before preservation and the programme concludes with visits to collieries in the North Wales and South Wales coalfields.

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Ref: AC1030D

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Locations include Walsall Gas Works, Windsor Street Gasworks, Wirksworth Quarries, Doxford's, Stella Power Station & Wellesley Colliery.

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Ref: AC1031D

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Locations include Swanscombe cement Works, Eastbourne Gasworks, BICC Erith & Falmouth Docks.

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Ref: AC1045D

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This programme covers a wide variety of locations in England and Wales using footage taken between about 1960 and the early 1970s. Beginning in the North-East, several colliery systems are visited including Backworth, Philadelphia and South Hetton. On the opposite side of the Pennines, venues include the Shap Granite Company Ltd. and the Moss Bay Iron & Steel Works where a brand new RSH 0-6-0 saddletank is seen in steam. Several collieries are then visited in the Yorkshire coalfield including Park Hill, Wheldale, Fryston, Peckfield, Skiers Spring and others. Further visits include Redbourn steelworks, Eastwell quarries, the Kettering Iron & Coal Co. Ltd. and Corby steelworks. In Wales, venues include the Darwin & Mostyn Iron Co., Dinorwic slate quarries and a number of colliery systems in the South Wales coalfield.

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Ref: AC1051D

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All new British Industrial steam, mostly filmed during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Beginning in Scotland, visits are made to such NCG sites as Bedlay Colliery, Comrie Colliery, Wellesley Colliery and Lady Victoria Colliery. We then visit more collieries in England such as Burradon Colliery in the North East and Skiers Spring Colliery in Yorkshire. We then cross to the North West to see steam in action at Whitehaven Harbour and Astley Green Colliery and Bickershaw Colliery.

Further south, we have some snow scenes at Littleton Colliery and a sight of two of Coventry Colliery's ex-GWR 0-6-0PT 1500 Class pannier tanks.

We conclude in Wales with some views of Gresford Colliery and Bersham Colliery in North Wales and visits to NCB Talywain, Hafodrynys, Mountain Ash, Brynlliw Collieries and other locations in South Wales.

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Ref: AC1069D

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This is the first of three companion volumes covering industrial steam power in Scotland, England and Wales featuring colour images taken mostly between the mid-1960s and mid-1970s by three industrial enthusiasts. Slide Show Number One covers non-National Coal Board sites visiting such locations as power stations, docks, paper mills, quarries, foundries, private factories and various other industrial sites with a considerable variety of steam locos on view. Conveniently divided into regional chapters. Full informative commentary and playable on a normal DVD player.

PLEASE NOTE that the images in this volume are of SLIDES and NOT moving video.

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Ref: AC1070D

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This is the second of our industrial slide shows, in this case featuring steam power at National Coal Board locations in Scotland and Wales. The pictures in this all-colour album were taken mostly between the mid-1960s and mid-to-late 1970s by three industrial enthusiasts. Beginning in Ayrshire, the famous Waterside system is covered by several visits made during the 1970s. Other Scottish mines featured include Barony, Bedlay, Kinneil, Frances, Polkemmet and Lady Victoria. In Wales, locations visited include Blaenavon, the Talywain system, Merthyr Vale, the Mountain Ash system, Brynlliw and the Graig Merthyr system. Full informative commentary and playable on a normal DVD player.

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Ref: AC1071D

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This is the third of our industrial slide shows, in this case featuring steam power at National Coal Board locations in England. The pictures in this all-colour album were taken mostly between the mid-1960s and mid-to-late 1970s by three industrial enthusiasts.

Beginning in the North-East, the large systems based on Ashington and Philadelpia are featured as well as visits to individual mines. Chapter 2 covers Yorkshire where many of the locos on view sport the various modifications applied by the Hunslet Engine Co. during the 1960s.

North-West England was very much "Austerity" territory and there are a number of fine action shots of these engines at locations such as the Walkden system and Bickershaw.

The final chapter covers the Midlands and includes some rare views of the East Midlands coalfields which were mostly dieselised at a relatively early date.

With an iinformative commentary and playable on a normal DVD player. PLEASE NOTE that the images in this volume are of SLIDES and NOT moving video.

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