the peter handford archive

Made:
c.1950-2003

Master tapes of sound recordings taken on the railway from the 1950s to the 1970s. Approx 1500 master tapes (reel-to-reel).

Details

Category:
Sound Recordings
Object Number:
2004-7290 Pt1
type:
archive

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BBC Recording service label, Ref. No. KLO 62880, Reel No. 3 ; Take 1: H'Chief game at Milee station ; Take 2: Train leaving Milee station (3.15 pm) ; Take 3: For Volos crossing bridge (students singing) ; Take 5: Sounds in streets of Volos ; Take 6: A. Fish market, B. Street behind harbour, horses and larts crossing railway line in street / Note: this could correspond to sound recordings of Pelion railway, a Greek railway connection the city of Volos with the town of Mileai in Greece (AB, 21/11/2016) / Location: Greece

Magnetic audio tape 1/4" 'H'chief game at Milee station, etc.'
Album of Thomas the Tank Engine stories narrated by Reverend W. Awdry published in 1957 as C.1000-1001 by Chiltern Records, also listed as part of Transacord Limited's 7 inch 33 1/3 rpm records. This is a recording of takes and edits for C.1000-1001. Note on case: Rev. W. Awdry, Thomas the tank engine etc., 15 ips, 1. Edward's day out, 2. Edward and Gordon, 3. Sad story of Henry, 4. Edward, Gordon and Henry, 5. Edward's day out (correction, other corrections), 6. Thomas and Gordon, 7. Thomas's trains ; All transferred to DAT

Published sound recording - Edward's Day Out and Edward & Gordon
Commercial edition, released under reference SS LP 803 by Sound Stories in 1975. Sound recordings by Andrew Mellor. Recordings of British Railway's steam locomotives in the North of England during the final months of steam operation. Content: Side 1: Shap incline on the Crewe to Carlisle main line in July 1967, 1. class 9F 2-10-0 No. 92091, class 5 4-6-0s No. 45253 and No. 45259, 2. class 9F 2-10-0 No. 92227, No. 75024, class 7P 6F 4-6-2 No. 70016 Ariel and No. 75024, class 9F 2-10-0 No. 92024, class 8F 2-8-0 No. 48308, class 5 No. 45254. Side 2: 1. Springs Branch MPD by the main line, class 5 4-6-0, class 8F 2-8-0 No. 48725, diesel D310, 2. Walton Bridge, class 9F 2-10-0 No. 92077,class 7P 6F 4-6-2 No. 70004 William Shakespeare, 3. Moore village, class 9F 2-10-0, class 8F 2-8-0, class 7P 6F 4-6-2 No. 70013 Oliver Cromwell, 4. Grange-over-Sands, class 5 4-6-0 No. 45209, 5. on board journey from Barrow-in-Furness to London, train led by class 5 4-6-0 No. 45342

33 1/3 rpm LP disc 'Steam in Twilight, Return to Steam Vol. 3'
Commercial edition, released under reference REB 30 M. Recordings from the BBC archives compiled by R.A. Symes-Schutzmann. Includes field recordings, steam recordings, talks and broadcast programmes extracts.

33 1/3 rpm LP disc 'The End of Steam'
Audio cassette, copy of a 25 minutes extract from BBC Radio 4 programme 'Down Your Way' broadcast on 22 February 1976. In this extract, the presenter, Brian Johnston, who is visiting Shildon for this specific broadcast, is interviewing Jeff Brecknell (Shildon railway works manager), as well as David Kell, Ethel Malcolm, Cecil Atwood, Bill Giles, Frank Thompson and Charlie Raine. Detailed content: Introduction: Shildon, population 15000, between Darlington and Bishop Auckland, first railway town, industries, countryside around [00:01:10] British Rail Engineering Works; interview with Works’s Manager Jeff Brecknell (JB), 58 acre site, 11 acres covered, 2600 staff, repair and make wagons, freight works entirely, modern wagon design, workforce background, family atmosphere, site of place where first passenger train in the World left (1825), why Shildon, first passenger train details, details of engine Locomotion, details of Timothy Hackworth, Timothy Hackworth’s house/museum details; [00:06:00] interview with David Kell (DK), writer of the song The Iron Road; song written with a friend from the group Geordie Penker, explanation of “Penker”, DK works in Accounts section at the Works, family background, memories of 150th Celebrations, DK runs Methodist Youth Club, little socially for young people, boxing club in Shildon; [00:09:40] interview with Miss Ethel Malcolm, ex-school mistress, employed from 1922, seeing miners in the town, memories of father (a miner), memories of children, boot fund for children, memories of depression, fun in the classroom; [00:13:30] interview with Cecil Atwood (CA), Managing Director of paint factory; view from factory includes first railway station in the World, 750 employees, mostly local people, reasons CA has a paint factory, types of paint produced, views about Shildon, interest in horses, show jumping and horse racing links, horse breeding details [00:17:50] interview with Bill Giles, a railway man, pigeon breeder, details of breeding, pigeon fanciers in the North-East, racing pigeons; [00:20:00] interview with Frankie Thompson, a railway man, whippet Club member, whippet racing details, whippet sizes [00:21:10] interview with Charlie Raine, entertainer, ex-boxer, Railway Championship boxing winner, decline in number of boxers, experience as a comedian, singing of George Roby’s song “In other Words”, memories of George Roby, performances now [00:25:32] [end of recording]

Audio cassette, copy of BBC Radio 4 programme 'Down Your Way' on Shildon
Commercial edition, released by Audio Impact under reference ACS 201 in 1969. Sound recordings by Nigel Pardoe-Matthews. Content: Side 1: 1. SECR 27 Primrose, 2. BR 45212, 3. BR 48773, 4. BR 43106, 5. GWR 3205, 6. GWR 4555, 7. GWR 1420. Side 2: BR 34023 Blackmore Vale, 2. BR 7029 Clun Castle, 3. BR 70013 Oliver Cromwell, 4. LBSCR 72 Fenchurch, 5. GWR 6000 King George V, 6. LNER 4472 Flying Scotsman

33 1/3 rpm LP disc 'Living steam, Volume 1'