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Celebrations
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Happy 199th anniversary to the Stockton & Darlington Railway!
In this month’s Tales from the Rails we are in party mood! From the laying of the first rail through to the days of British Rail, significant events and dates for the Stockton & Darlington Railway have been celebrated locally and nationally with visitors joining in the fun from abroad. We look at how and why they partied and speculate about the celebratory events in 2025.
In keeping with the party spirit, this is also a musical edition with examples of music played in 1825 thanks to Queen Victoria’s Consort and we are privileged to include the newly released Pioneers from the album Passengers & Pioneers by Sam Slatcher, due out in 2025 and the evocative Take Me Home, a sonically written poem by Lizzie Lovejoy.
Our Star of the S&DR is chief party organiser for the S&DR, Thomas Meynell. Chris Lloyd of the Northern Echo joins us to recount the time when he was lost for words. Meynell, that is. Not Chris. Chris is never lost for words.
Enjoy!
www.podbean.com/eau/pb-hatr5-16e54d5
Happy 199th anniversary to the Stockton & Darlington Railway!
In this month’s Tales from the Rails we are in party mood! From the laying of the first rail through to the days of British Rail, significant events and dates for the Stockton & Darlington Railway have been celebrated locally and nationally with visitors joining in the fun from abroad. We look at how and why they partied and speculate about the celebratory events in 2025.
In keeping with the party spirit, this is also a musical edition with examples of music played in 1825 thanks to Queen Victoria’s Consort and we are privileged to include the newly released Pioneers from the album Passengers & Pioneers by Sam Slatcher, due out in 2025 and the evocative Take Me Home, a sonically written poem by Lizzie Lovejoy.
Our Star of the S&DR is chief party organiser for the S&DR, Thomas Meynell. Chris Lloyd of the Northern Echo joins us to recount the time when he was lost for words. Meynell, that is. Not Chris. Chris is never lost for words.
Enjoy!
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S&DR 1825 Music
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S&DR Music in 1825 Music was a key part of the S&DR celebrations with every new branch of the railway to be opened accompanied by a band, often positioned inside adapted band waggons. On the opening day of the 27th September 1825, Mr Meynell’s band from Yarm boarded two waggons behind ‘Experiment’ at Darlington so that the rest of the journey was accompanied by music. They also played music dur...
America
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Source: www.podbean.com/eau/pb-8zxrq-16b6747 We know that before, during and after the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, engineers and railway promoters came to visit to see how a modern railway was run. By modern railway we mean a railway that was a publicly available, permanent transport infrastructure that carried anything, including passengers) for a fee. There was a period of t...
Hopetown
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Source: www.podbean.com/eau/pb-y2jxn-1680b49 This month we are looking at the latest S&DR visitor attraction to entice people from near and far - that is Hopetown in Darlington. This major visitor attraction is centred on an internationally significant collection of S&DR railway buildings. This podcast will explore these buildings and the new attraction that is the result of £35 million worth o...
Hopetown
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Source: www.podbean.com/eau/pb-8dqdg-167f7af This month we are looking at the latest S&DR visitor attraction to entice people from near and far - that is Hopetown in Darlington. This major visitor attraction is centred on an internationally significant collection of S&DR railway buildings. This podcast will explore these buildings and the new attraction that is the result of £35 million worth o...
Locomotion No.1
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Source: www.podbean.com/eau/pb-wcmpa-165342a Welcome to the fifth episode of Tales from the Rails, our monthly podcast celebrating the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the pioneering railway that transformed the world. As we approach the 200th anniversary of its inception in 2025, hosts Caroline Hardie and Archie MacKay delve into the fascinating history and legacy of this groundbreaking railwa...
Building Bridges
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Source: www.podbean.com/eau/pb-s9e6p-1621a39 Join hosts Caroline Hardie and Archie MacKay in the fourth episode of Tales from the Rails as they delve into the history of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, celebrating its upcoming 200th anniversary in 2025. This episode focuses on the crucial role of railway bridges, spotlighting the Gaunless Bridge and the Skerne Bridge, their design, constru...
Heighington Station
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Source: www.podbean.com/eau/pb-grdkf-15f9591 In this month's Tales from the Rails … Experience the birth and transformation of the world's earliest railway station This month’s podcast is all about the S&DR’s station at Heighington on Aycliffe Lane, located half way between Shildon and Darlington. In 1826 the railway company commissioned a number of important buildings including a ‘cottage’ at ...
Importance of the S&DR
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Source: www.podbean.com/eau/pb-mygm5-15c3206 In this week's Tales from the Rails … We’ll focus on just what is so important about the Stockton & Darlington Railway? Why all the fuss? And why is the whole country marking its 200th anniversary in 2025, not just the residents of Stockton and Darlington? As usual we will also, in Stars of the S&DR, find out more about the pioneering people who work...
The Iron Horse
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A bit of musical fun by Nigel Harbron celebrating the Stockton & Darlington railway.
April 19 1821 The Meeting between George Stephenson, Nicholas Wood and Edward Pease
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April 19 1821 The Meeting between George Stephenson, Nicholas Wood and Edward Pease
Welcome to the History and Heritage Festival from the Chair of the Friends of the S&DR.
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Welcome to the History and Heritage Festival from the Chair of the Friends of the S&DR.
The Stockton & Darlington Railway's Gaunless Bridge
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The Stockton & Darlington Railway's Gaunless Bridge
S&DR Myth Busting No. 2. What's in a Name?
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S&DR Myth Busting No. 2. What's in a Name?
S&DR Myth Busting. Was the meeting between Pease, Stephenson and Wood in 1821, a bare foot lie?
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S&DR Myth Busting. Was the meeting between Pease, Stephenson and Wood in 1821, a bare foot lie?
Lockdown Lecture 2 What Survives of the S&DR
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Lockdown Lecture 2 What Survives of the S&DR
Lockdown Lecture 1: The Railway that Got the World on Track
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Lockdown Lecture 1: The Railway that Got the World on Track
Puffing Billy replica at Beamish Museum - driving lessons.
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Puffing Billy replica at Beamish Museum - driving lessons.
Visited Locomotion this week to see the Flying Scotsman and the Gaunless Bridge has been erected and looks lovely in its new position and wonderful new paint scheme open to the public in March 2024 maybe to coincide with the extension shed building .
lovely!
Absolutely fascinating video well done 👍
as well as taking on more coal and water I expect the fire may have needed attention as well
Great video, I'm very much looking forward to the bicentennial celebrations.
Caroline, It's great to hear more of the history of the S & D. I' m from Haughton-le-Skerne, therefore I see this as local. Well done to all for getting this bridge moved to an appropriate location. I live in France, but will be back in 2025 for the Bi - Centenary of the S & D.
I have just discovered this and was very pleased by the clarity of the young lady who narrates the story, as well as the accuracy of the narrative. Both quite unusual nowadays. Well done.
Gee how hard can it be to move, given that it's already been moved twice! It sounds like the main challenge is getting all the 'stakeholders' to sign off! More seriously, how wonderful it is that, even in 1901, someone recognised this bridge to be an item of significance and, despite the then relatively much greater cost of dismantling and moving it, none the less did move and store it for posterity.
A simple solution?. How about 6 months in Shildon and 6 months in Darlington. A win win 🥇
Do you have the engine still?
Yes. The link is here. www.therailwaystation.shop/shop/gifts/featured/vintage-model-stationary-engine/
That is one of the most beautiful engines I've ever seen
Thank you very much. I have always been of the opinion that Stockton has stood by and let our heritage be destroyed.
Great video, very interesting 👍
Excellent, well done, when is No. 2 coming out !!!
Working on it!