Wigan Album

The gentleman on the right looks suspiciously like Driver T A Jones of Manchester Victoria, now sadly passed away.

My dad was a fireman on the Black Five in the 50s. Absolutely love steam engines and would love to think that these were still around, for all the magical reasons. When me and my brother Paul used to hear a steam train coming from Wallgate station, we'd run up King Street and on to the iron bridge so that we would be engulfed in the steam! Happy, happy days.

Wished I,d a pound for every time i,d done that Shirl,,yes an trying to look down chimney and then seeing if I could see the fire on the footplate as it passed underneath,,can almost sell the smoke,,,yes happy childhood days,,,,

Steam trains - magical machines

correct stevev the fireman is T A JONES ex patricroft i worked at patricroft 1961-1969 many happy times with T A