Roger Pound
Western Thunderer
In The early 1950's I was young schoolboy in his very early teens and the proud possessor of a pre-war Kodak Box-Brownie which took eight exposures on 620 rollfilm , IlRC! Armed with this and little sense of the photographic, (indeed some may say little sense at all....
! ), I determined to capture on film some of these Southern Region locos, which were rarities to me from the Midlands. For some perverse reason, the former SR had always been of great interest and a weeks holiday provided an opportunity never before available. By todays standards, the pictures are very poor. Unknowingly I tended to 'push' the camera beyond it's limits with the optimism of youth. Hence some rather dark pictures on a wet day...
. Anyway, see for yourselves - they may be of interest. They are arranged in batches of three - the size is the best I can get from these old prints.
The first three were taken on the wet day referred to previously. They show Lord Nelson 30863 waiting to go on shed, Lord Nelson 30860 on arrival from Waterloo with a terminating train, and finally King Arthur 30788, also on an arrival from Southampton. During my week at Bournemouth I saw all but three of the entire class of 'Nelsons'. Magnificent machines indeed!
Continuing the wet day, M7 30112 was station pilot that morning. Just as I was about to leave,, the weather was then brightening up too!) Schools class 30921 ran through travelling tender first. It looked 'ex-works' and may have been on a running-in turn back to Eastleigh. Then, a little earlier when it was still rather wet, Standard class 4 76018 running through removing empty stock.
Three Bulleids at Bournemouth:- WC 34964 on shed. MN 35020 leaving , believed for Bournemouth West. Finally WC 34125 drifting in to the station with a Waterloo bound express.
U class 31631 with a southwest bound service. Another southwest movement with 'Black Motor' class 700
30317 in charge and last but not least light engone Q class 30549 running through towards the station.
That's all I have from this holiday of my early youth. I hope it may have been of some slight interest or even help to modellers of that era. Circumstances now restrict my activities considerably and modelling is becoming more infrequent too, but I have my old photos - they may not be of the best, but they revive happy memories.
All the best for the festive season, everyone and a Happy New Year too.
Roger-
! ), I determined to capture on film some of these Southern Region locos, which were rarities to me from the Midlands. For some perverse reason, the former SR had always been of great interest and a weeks holiday provided an opportunity never before available. By todays standards, the pictures are very poor. Unknowingly I tended to 'push' the camera beyond it's limits with the optimism of youth. Hence some rather dark pictures on a wet day.... Anyway, see for yourselves - they may be of interest. They are arranged in batches of three - the size is the best I can get from these old prints.The first three were taken on the wet day referred to previously. They show Lord Nelson 30863 waiting to go on shed, Lord Nelson 30860 on arrival from Waterloo with a terminating train, and finally King Arthur 30788, also on an arrival from Southampton. During my week at Bournemouth I saw all but three of the entire class of 'Nelsons'. Magnificent machines indeed!
Continuing the wet day, M7 30112 was station pilot that morning. Just as I was about to leave,, the weather was then brightening up too!) Schools class 30921 ran through travelling tender first. It looked 'ex-works' and may have been on a running-in turn back to Eastleigh. Then, a little earlier when it was still rather wet, Standard class 4 76018 running through removing empty stock.
Three Bulleids at Bournemouth:- WC 34964 on shed. MN 35020 leaving , believed for Bournemouth West. Finally WC 34125 drifting in to the station with a Waterloo bound express.
U class 31631 with a southwest bound service. Another southwest movement with 'Black Motor' class 700
30317 in charge and last but not least light engone Q class 30549 running through towards the station.
That's all I have from this holiday of my early youth. I hope it may have been of some slight interest or even help to modellers of that era. Circumstances now restrict my activities considerably and modelling is becoming more infrequent too, but I have my old photos - they may not be of the best, but they revive happy memories.
All the best for the festive season, everyone and a Happy New Year too.
Roger-
