Steam in Bristol in 1964

trafalgar45682 · Post by **trafalgar45682** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 12:15 pm

I have published my recently completed website of steam in Bristol in 1964.

It contains a number of photo galleries (from 1963-64 period), but also a very large collection of data on steam workings from my original notebooks and those of other enthusiasts at the time.

It has taken six months longer than I thought it would, but after much frustration and learning curves, it is now on the web.

www.bristolsteam64.co.uk

buxton4472 · Post by **buxton4472** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 3:03 pm

Patrick, May I be the first to congratulate you for such a veritable mine of information you have made available! The photos are priceless and all the better for being integrated into a stand-alone website. I am amazed by the completeness of the records for e.g. summer Saturdays and I assume you have used steam shed records for the round-the-clock info you have provided. What a friendly bunch of staff at Barrow Rd to have let you as a teenager have such access.
I hope you don't mind if I use some of the data to improve the accuracy (or should I say precision) of my own records which also span periods in 1964. I used to frequent as a lad the signal-box at Charfield and could therefore get access to WTTs of the day, but freight trains in particular were somewhat anonymous being recorded only by their bell-codes and whether (in the down direction) they were destined for Westerleigh or Stoke Gifford, so with loco numbers as the common link to your own database, I should be able to beef up details of actual trains hauled.
My sincere congratulations again for embarking and delivering on such a mammoth undertaking!

mow · Post by **mow** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 3:24 pm

Haven't had a chance to look at all the content. Have linked your site to a discussion on RM web on Bristol.

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index. ... e__st__100

trafalgar45682 · Post by **trafalgar45682** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:12 pm

buxton4472 wrote

I hope you don't mind if I use some of the data

Thanks for your comments. Please make use of the data. If you want a copy of the excel spreadsheet used to create the individual days, I can send it to you if you contact me by my email address on the Bristolsteam64 website.

buxton4472 · Post by **buxton4472** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:23 pm

Thanks, but I think I can just as easily search the individual dated web pages. My own records are quite sparse so comparing mine with yours will not take too long! I have already discovered some errors in my own data caused by freight trains running under different headcodes to those timetabled. I have also found a couple of instances where the loco for a given train differs - probably a recording error on my part.

jules · Post by **jules** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:26 pm

A fabulous website indeed. What an achievement and a valuable information resource.

You wouldn't have any pics from Stapleton Road / Gasworks / Ashley Hill areas from around that time by chance?

Roger · Post by **Roger** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 11:27 pm

Excellent. Memories come flooding back.

Agency_Scum · Post by **Agency_Scum** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 7:09 am

Lovely website mate! Great to see so many photos of Fishponds Bank, I'm on that nearly every day on the bike.

the green mile · Post by **the green mile** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:45 am

If there was a prize for the most significant recent contribution to this Archive, this would have to be the winner. Well done!

tonyperks · Post by **tonyperks** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:58 am

What can I say, but brilliant thanks Pat it will be very usefull bookmarked already, Thanks again.

Robin Summerhill · Post by **Robin Summerhill** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 11:34 am

Your efforts have spurred me on to recreate/ re-find as much of my history as I can from the 60s.

Whilst I have said frequently on here that the vast majority of my records got thrown out in 1970, odd bits and pieces have survived - a few pages of a diary here, a box of used tickets there, a number of albums full of dated photographs, and so on.

Whilst I will not be able to restore many of my observational notes from the time, at least I should be able to find out where I was and what I was doing from the odds and ends that have survived.

I was watching a "Star Trek Deep Space Nine" video last night where the plot involved them trying to recreate a deleted computer file by analysing the residue in the computer's hard drive. I think I've set myself a very similar task

trafalgar45682 · Post by **trafalgar45682** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 6:40 pm

Many thanks for all your positive comments about the site - it does make the effort worthwhile.

I need to start thinking now about Bristolsteam63 !

Jules wrote

[quote]You wouldn't have any pics from Stapleton Road / Gasworks / Ashley Hill

The only one I have is this panoramic view of the main line taken from the road.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bristolsteam/5285308477/

jules · Post by **jules** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:43 pm

The only one I have is this panoramic view of the main line taken from the road.

Thanks for that - not seen it before

Actually the dreamland of my childhood!

Ian L Jamieson · Post by **Ian L Jamieson** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 12:39 pm

I've given it a quick visit, Patrick, and I think that it is brilliant. Well done!

Ian J

bristolian · Post by **bristolian** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:50 pm

Ian L Jamieson wrote:I've given it a quick visit, Patrick, and I think that it is brilliant. Well done!

Ian J

I'll second that!

Very Best Wishes,
Bob.