Urmston, Lord Nelson, 14.05.2011.
In the Lord Nelson at the final whistle of the match between Blackburn and Man. Utd. United: 19 TIMES CHAMPIONS!
Urmston to Fallowfield in 73 seconds
Timelapse video
You Know that place called Urmston.3GP
yahhh just in urmston againn, we spend most of our time there cus were cool like that:) yeh starring Me, Charlotte, Stephie, Megan, Rachel and Holly:)
Chorlton Pub Crawl | Beech Road and Chorlton Green
A quick pub crawl around Chorlton's Beech Road area, visiting The Lead Station, The Parlour, The Famous Trevor Arms, The Beech Inn, The Bowling Green, and The Horse & Jockey. Thanks to Pilsner, Heineken, Carling, and Becks Vier for providing the entertainment. ;-)
Ferkin' Big Fish
Webby Singing Fish Chips Peas & Gravy
Urmston Manchester February 2012
Scenes from Urmston Manchester and Stretford.
If you come from Urmston or its surrounding area and live elsewhere you can keep abreast of how it looks today. I will be uploading in the region of 50 original photographs per week through the whole of UK Olympic year 2012
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Southern Railway L1 Class 1758 SMLS Part 2
The L1 starts from the station with a full load
LMS Ivatt Class 4 2-6-0 43106
LMS Ivatt Class 4 2-6-0 43106 arrives over the viaduct at Bewdley with Kiddermmister bound train on 19th August 2010 with 7802 Bradley Manor waiting at platform 1 with Bridgenorth train on the SVR
IS SNOW IN URMSTON , UK DAY 55 OF FALL - LOG - MAS
IS SNOW IN URMSTON
JIVE DIVE
This old cellar at Urmston, near Manchester, has been turned into a meeting place for a group of teenagers. 17-year-old Sandra Tetlow had the brain wave, and Sandy's jive dive is now a pretty popular establishment. The place has one particular advantage, they can make as much racket as they like, without annoying the squares.
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Urmston & Flixton, Manchester in the 1950's
Fantastic video of a gentlemen's crawl in the 1950's. It is not actually possible to recreate this any longer owing to pubs closing and the cost of taxis between the venues which always seemed way too far for a man of my athletic prowess.... this would qualify as exercise these days!
the jumps urmston 2
all us at the jumps on the meadows
5 inch Gauge GWR 6015 King Richard III Live Steam Locomotive
The Great Western Railway 6000 Class or King is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive designed for express passenger work. With the exception of one Pacific (The Great Bear), they were the largest locomotives the GWR built. They were named after kings of the United Kingdom and of England, beginning with the reigning monarch, King George V, and going back through history. Following the death of King George V, the highest-numbered engine was renamed after his successor; and following the abdication of the latter, the next-highest engine was also renamed after the new King.
This class was designed under the direction of C. B. Collett, as an enlarged version of Collett's Castle Class, which in turn was an enlargement of George Jackson Churchward's Star Class. Churchward had proposed fitting the 6 ft (1.83 m) diameter boiler used on his 4700 Class 2-8-0 on to a 4-6-0 chassis in 1919 to create a more powerful express locomotive, but had been prevented from doing so due to weight restrictions on several bridges on the GWR main line.[1] Collett's Castle class of 1923 was therefore a compromise with a 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) boiler. However, bridge strengthening and a better understanding of the effect of hammer blow on structures brought about by the work of the 'Bridge Stress Committee' set up by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research led to the relaxation of these restrictions.[2]
The new design was partly to meet future traffic requirements, but was also a response to the Great Western Railway publicity department's desire to regain the title of having the 'most powerful express passenger steam locomotive in Britain', which had been taken from the Castle Class in 1926 by the Southern Railway Lord Nelson Class. The engines, as originally designed, delivered 39,700 lbf (177,000 N) tractive effort, with 16-inch (410 mm) bore by 28-inch (710 mm) stroke cylinders and 250 pounds per square inch (1.72 MPa) boiler. At a request from Sir Felix Pole, the Great Western's General Manager, to get the tractive effort up to above 40,000 lbf (180,000 N) (a major goalpost), the cylinders were enlarged to 16 1⁄4-inch (412.8 mm) bore, bringing the figure up to 40,300 lbf (179,000 N). This increase was removed on all members of the class at their first major overhaul. The distinctive design of the leading bogie (with outside bearings on the fore wheel and inside bearings on the rear wheel) was to allow for these larger cylinders.
The first, No. 6000 King George V, appeared in 1927 and was sent on a tour of North America, for the Centenary celebrations of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), where its sleek appearance and smooth performance impressed all who witnessed it. The application of pressurised oil lubrication showed its advantages over the largely grease-lubricated American Locomotives, and was even incorporated into a later design for the B&O in 1928. King George V was presented with a brass bell to mark the occasion. The original scheme for the 'Kings' had been to name them after cathedrals, but when the US trip was planned it was felt that a more unmistakably British icon was needed. During planning and construction the engine was dubbed the 'Super-Castle'.
They were engines to be reckoned with, powering the Western Region's crack expresses like the Cornish Riviera Limited up until the end of regular steam hauled express services on the WR. The 'Kings', however, were unable to serve Cornwall, due to the Royal Albert Bridge being too weak for their weight, and so when they were hauling the Cornish Riviera Limited, they had to be swapped for a 'Castle' or 'Hall' at Devonport.[3]
An interesting fact is that although the railway claimed that the class was built in response to longer and heavier trains, it was several years after its introduction before the platforms at the company's major stations were lengthened to accommodate these trains. The class was restricted to the London-Taunton-Plymouth (via both Bristol and Westbury) and London-Birmingham-Wolverhampton (via Bicester) main lines,[4] and even then, only after bridge strengthening had taken place, due to the engines' large boilers giving them a high axle weight of 22.5 long tons (22.9 t). William Stanier based his LMS Princess Royal Class design on the King Class, but with an enlarged boiler and firebox necessitating a 4-6-2 wheel arrangement.
Urmston aldi queue for free stuff
Been waiting since 6 am for some free tat. How i always start my thursdays
Stapleford miniature railway August BH weekend.
Sir Nigel Gresley and Lord Nelson arrive.
Working Men's Clubs
My first major project I worked on for Uni. Working Men's Clubs. This project was also a nominee for best documentary in the RTS awards in November 2013. Many thanks to the involvement of all cast and crew. Also special thanks to Ruth Cherrington and CCAD.
L.J Productions
Mobile Disco Urmston, Ashton on Mersey Cricket and Tennis Club
Boyz just wanna have fun too and with friends like these, it's not hard to have a lot of fun ...Happy 21st Andy, and Happy 30th Peter! Ashton on Mersey Cricket and Tennis Club, Sale, Manchester. DJ Mike Francis, facebook/UKDJMF, vipdiscos.info
Locomotives of Great Biritain Ep.106 LMS Patriot
A look at Fowler's last design for the LMS. The Patriots
The Unknown Warrior-
Factory Club (Russel Club), Royce Road, Manchester (JOY DIVISION)
Places of interest - JOY DIVISION 23/12/2009
Kate Green MP for Stretford and Urmston questions the Transport Minister
Kate Green, MP for Stretford and Urmston, questions the Transport Minister, Jo Johnson about the inadequate system of compensation for rail passenger delays