tarboat's photos

Kerr Stuart 2395/1917 Tattoo in action at the Apedale winter gala.

Tanks at the North Alfred Dock facility operated by um Terminals at Birkenhead. The facility offers a shipping berth with dedicated product lines and pipeline clearance facilities and currently handles processing oils, base oils, industrial oils and chemicals.

Barton Wright Class 25 'Ironclad' 52044 is working hard as it heads away from Damems Junction towards Oakworth on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway.

This is one of the last remaining corrugated iron boathouses on the Macclesfield Canal. These structures were common from the small skiff type of the early 20th century to the ones that held cabin cruisers in later years. The last ones are to be seen on the High Lane Arm which is leased to the North Cheshire Cruising Club. They are disappearing because they are too small to accommodate the modern steel narrowboats that are in the majority today.

The going away shot at Middlewood of Black 5, 45407 heading the Buxton Spa Express towards Buxton.

The Church Farm Deep Pit worked two seams at depths of 215ft and 229ft. The pits stopped work in 1815 and it wasn't until 1875 that reopening was begun. A 50 inch Cornish pumping engine was installed in this house in 1880-81 and srained the colliery until it was finally abandoned in 1891. One of several extant enginehouses visited during the recent Early Engines Conference in Bristol.

The Picturedrome in Holmfirth built 1912-13 by the firm of Messrs. Hawthorne & King of Coxton House, Mirfield, and was opened on Easter Monday, March 1st 1913 as the Holme Valley Theatre. It was designed as both theatre and cinema, seating 1040 people; 240 in the balcony and 800 downstairs. The name was initially announced as the Hippodrome, but it was referred to as both the Holme Valley Theatre and the Holmfirth Electric Picturedrome in early newspaper reports. Closure as a cinema came in September 1967 and it reopened as a bingo hall from December 1967 until 1993. Today the Picturedrome is a prominent, refurbished music venue with a capacity of approximately 650, featuring a stage and dance floor.

Alan Keef No.4 in the shed at the Lindow Moss peat farm in May 1985. At the time the site was being operated by Country Kitchen Foods Ltd with the peat being used for growing mushrooms. I never saw this locomotive out on the line. It arrived new in 1979. In the background is Lister 52528.

I do like quirky details on buildings and this domed corner piece topped with a finial is a good example. The building itself, at the junction of High Street and Market Street, Altrincham, seems to have fallen on hard times.

Wintry conditions as C2 044 takes a train of empties on the Huanan Coal Railway towards the mines in the distant hills.

The Longford Super Cinema at Stretford opened on 12th October 1936. The art deco design was by architect Harry Elder. The 2,000 seat cinema closed in 1965 and was subsequently used as a bingo hall and club.It has been disused since 1995 and awaits a new use. It is listed Grade II.

Black 5, 45407 heads the Buxton Spa Express towards Buxton. It was even running a couple of minutes early.

Tower Road rolling lift bridge carries the busy A554, linking Birkenhead with Wallasey on the Wirral. It forms the main route into the docks and the nearby ferry terminal. The new bridge replaced an ageing Scherzer rolling bridge built in 1933. The 33.7m moving span is lifted by two hydraulic cylinders which are assisted by a 482 tonne counterweight system. It was opened in 2018.

Eisfelder Talmühle is the junction between the Harzquerbahn and the Selketalbahn. This morning double departure saw parallel running with a freight on the left line towards Stiege and the daily through service from Nordhausen to Wernigerode to the right.

Merseyrail EMUs at Birkenhead North during a visit to travel the whole of the Merseyrail network in a day.

Detail of the top of the frontage of Leamington Spa Town Hall which was commissioned to replace a smaller hall on High Street that was built in 1830. The new building was designed by architect John Cundall with the mayor laying the foundation stone in October 1882. The builder was John Fell at a cost of £14,000 and it was opened by the mayor on 18th September 1884. Since 2002 it has been the headquarters of Royal Leamington Spa Town Council. It is listed Grade II.

Not every photo charter takes place in ideal conditions and the images have to show the 'atmospheric' side of the action. This was certainly true when in damp conditions 4F 43924 headed a short mixed train uphill out of Keighley.

Church House is a Grade II listed office building built c1870, which is prominently positioned on the corner of Hanover Street and Paradise Street in Liverpool.