EXPLORING | APEDALE HERITAGE CENTRE (OUTSIDE) | 2018
The Apedale Heritage Centre was created at the site of Staffordshire's Apedale Mine and is run by volunteers. It is located just outside the village of Chesterton near Newcastle-under-Lyme in the Apedale Community Country Park.
Attractions include mine tours and a museum which concentrates on the area's history, concentrating on industrial heritage.
The site is also the home of the Moseley Railway Trust's collection of narrow gauge industrial locomotives. A selection of locomotives can be viewed in the Heritage Centre museum and the Trust holds open days for the public. Work is under way to construct a separate museum and railway for the collection.
APEDALE HERITAGE CENTRE - Mine trip
At the centre - near Chesterton, Staffs. one can take a guided tour of an old drift coal mine...
Apedale Heritage Centre Museum and Mine Tours
Apedale Heritage Centre Museum and Mine Tours
Go to the website for more details on the Mining & local area museum as well as the mine tours.
See what it was liek to work in a coal mine.
Explore the area’s rich industrial and social history through the varied exhibits in our museum. From the formation of coal to the last working mine in Staffordshire, we visit the Romans, Victorians and the ordinary people who lived locally.
The area’s history can be traced back to the Romans who built a fort and settlement in nearby Chesterton. Our Roman display, including part of a large important 1st century building revealed at nearby Holditch in 1998.
Safety LampThe Heritage Centre’s site was once a working coal mine and so of course we have an impressive collection of mining artefacts. Our collection includes a mine rescue van, a detailed model of a drift mine, tools, mine lamps, maps, photographs and the personal belongings of the miners. Mining was a dangerous activity and so we also remember three notorious local disasters including the Minnie Pit Disaster.
Our miner’s cottage evokes a fascinating insight into everyday family life in the past. The miner’s kitchen and scullery have recently been complemented by a yard area complete with outdoor loo and coal shed. And we go a bit more upmarket with a later parlour.
In addition the museum is pleased to host a small selection of locomotives and rolling stock from the Moseley Railways Trust’s extensive collection. Appropriately this includes a mining locomotive that once worked in Calverton Colliery, near Nottingham.
The museum is open on Saturday and Sunday from 10:30pm to 4pm and entry is free, although we do appreciate a contribution in our donations box.
To visit outside these times please contact us. 01782 565050
Sporting Communities - Roman Heritage of Chesterton
Sporting Communities staff telling the Roman history of Chesterton, Newcastle-under-Lyme
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MRT - The Pit
At the site of the the former Aurora Mining Co in Chesterton, Staffordshire, England, the chaps of the Moseley Railway Trust are doing their bit for the environment by recycling the foundations of the former weighbridge.
This is because the latest addition to the steam fleet, built in 1916 at the nearby works of Kerr, Stuart in Stoke-on-Trent for the trenches of the French army is built to a french design that presumed plentiful trenches for routine maintainance - such as clearing out the ash-pan.
We lack trenches in deepest, darkest Apedale (though there are various capped and open coal drifts and abandoned canals just yards away), so we're improvising with an innovative concrete-based, side-less trench.
On 4 August 2012 the approach was being ballasted and heavy rails bolted to the supporting steel, at the end of which the first loco (the much lower-maintenance Ruston=-built 'Vanguard') was driven onto the pit road.
Incidentally, the pit is accessed from a track that will eventually link the workshop and storage buildings with the lower yard. Coming next to lines named AN1, AN2, AN3 (AN being Aurora North, the storage shed) it has logical been christened BRIAN by members of the Trust. This may stand for Banked Rail Immuring Aurora North
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Malik's Indian Restaurant - Newcastle-Under-Lyme - ST5 1EP
Mr Maliks is an Indian Restaurant and Takeaway, providing a consistantly high standard of food based In Newcastle-Under-Lyme and Serving surrounding areas in Stoke on Trent and Staffs.
As well as an excellent atmospheric restaurant, Mr Maliks also offers Deliveries, Takeaways, Online Ordering and an Online Table Booking service.
Mr Malik's is run by Muhammad Ali Malik's; who has been featured on BBC NEWS, in The Sun Newspaper NDTV, and has made many appearances in The Stoke sentinel . He has won - and been nominated- for many awards nationwide.
At Mr Maliks NO artificial colorings are used, and ALL the spices are freshly prepared. Only fresh Chicken and Lamb are used by Mr Malik, and all our curries are Cholesterol Free!
Curry dishes include tandoori, sea food, lamb, chicken, classic favourites and many vegetarian dishes.
With over 20 years experience in the Indian food industry, Mr Maliks is a 5star restaurant and has a 5 star rating from Newcastle borough council. Mr Maliks offers free takeaway delivery on all orders over £10, With different Weekly Specials available online, You can order from the comfort of your home AND see your food being cooked on the live web cam!! Also Book A Table at Mr Maliks Indian Restaurant on 01782 621212
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Minnie Pit Centennial Memorial Halmer End - BBC Midlands News 13-01-18
The BBC Midlands report of the Minnie Pit Centennial Memorial held in Halmer End, Staffordshire on 13th January 2018
The Ghost In A Factory In Stoke-on-Trent 2
The second video took of the foundry ghost
Newcastle-under-Lyme Silverdale regeneration.mov
Toastrack carriage assembly
Another major milestone in the construction of the Apedale Valley Light Railway by the Moseley Railway Trust near Chesterton, Stoke-on-Trent.
We see a series of items hauled from the workshop - Motor Rail loco, Hudson Brake Van, and Hudson flat wagon on which are two WDLR bogies, one nearly complete and the other upturned and ready for the fitting of its wheelsets and axleboxes. (Why is it that the thing you need to get at is stuck behind everything else?!)
Once pulled to the headshunt, the Hudson bogie is pulled by fleet #2, Wingrove & Rogers, to Silverdale Station where the wheelsets were fitted, and both bogies set upon the rails. Finally, the coach chassis was united with the bogies.
Later in the day new flooring timbers were placed on the chassis and a successful test run made down the mainline and back.
This vehicle was originally constructed by Hudsons on recycled WDLR bogies and supplied to the Welsh Highland Railway in the 1920s. As passenger vehicles they were out of use by 1939.
This is a highly accurate rebuild, the only variation from its original construction will be the addition of airbrakes (as now required for passenger service) and adaption to accomodate wheelchair users.
A34 Newcastle Road, Talke - Southbound Front View with Rearview Mirror
The A34 is one of the longest A-roads in Britain, running for 200 miles (320km) from Winchester on the south coast to Salford near Manchester, although it is now split into two halves which are joined by the M40 motorway.
The A34 heads south from Congleton towards Newcastle-under-Lyme. Along the way, it passes through the villages of Astbury, Scholar Green and Hall Green (Church Lawton) before entering the county of Staffordshire. In Staffordshire, it passes through Butt Lane and Talke, where it reaches the A500 Stoke D Road. South of the A500, it enters the suburbs of the 2nd largest town in Staffordshire, Newcastle-under-Lyme.
This video shows a southbound journey from the A5011 to the A500, skirting the eastern edge of Talke, Staffordshire. It is available in three versions:
Front View:
Rear View:
Front View with Rearview Mirror (this video):
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List of British heritage and private railways | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:01:06 1 England
00:01:15 1.1 South West
00:01:23 1.1.1 Standard gauge
00:01:58 1.1.2 Railway centres and museums
00:02:22 1.1.3 Narrow gauge
00:03:00 1.1.4 Miniature gauge
00:03:32 1.1.5 Tramways
00:03:43 1.2 East of England
00:03:51 1.2.1 Standard gauge
00:04:19 1.2.2 Railway centres and museums
00:04:36 1.2.3 Narrow gauge
00:05:06 1.2.4 Miniature gauge
00:05:33 1.2.5 Tramways
00:05:44 1.3 East Midlands
00:05:53 1.3.1 Standard gauge
00:06:25 1.3.2 Railway centres and museums
00:06:50 1.3.3 Narrow gauge
00:07:22 1.3.4 Miniature gauge
00:07:55 1.3.5 Tramways
00:08:07 1.4 North England
00:08:15 1.4.1 Standard gauge
00:09:09 1.4.2 Railway centres and museums
00:09:39 1.4.3 Narrow gauge
00:10:10 1.4.4 Miniature gauge
00:11:02 1.4.5 Tramways
00:11:41 1.5 South East
00:11:49 1.5.1 Standard gauge
00:12:25 1.5.2 Railway centres and museums
00:12:57 1.5.3 Narrow gauge
00:13:39 1.5.4 Miniature gauge
00:14:43 1.5.5 Tramways
00:14:54 1.6 West Midlands
00:15:03 1.6.1 Standard gauge
00:15:44 1.6.2 Railway centres and museums
00:16:04 1.6.3 Narrow gauge
00:16:45 1.6.4 Miniature gauge
00:17:13 1.6.5 Tramways
00:17:25 1.7 Tramways
00:18:20 1.8 Proposed
00:18:28 1.8.1 East of England
00:18:49 1.8.2 North of England
00:19:03 1.8.3 South and West of England
00:19:40 1.9 Defunct
00:22:15 2 Northern Ireland
00:22:28 2.1 Broad gauge
00:22:39 2.2 Railway centres and museums
00:22:57 2.3 Narrow gauge
00:23:12 2.4 Defunct
00:23:29 3 Scotland
00:23:37 3.1 Standard gauge
00:23:46 3.1.1 Central Highlands
00:23:54 3.1.2 East Coast of Scotland
00:24:06 3.1.3 Scottish Borders
00:24:18 3.2 Railway centres and museums
00:24:32 3.3 Narrow gauge
00:24:48 3.4 Miniature railways
00:25:10 3.5 Tramways
00:25:22 3.6 Proposed
00:25:37 3.7 Defunct
00:26:00 4 Wales
00:26:09 4.1 North Wales
00:26:17 4.1.1 Standard gauge
00:26:29 4.1.2 Railway centres and museums
00:26:49 4.1.3 Narrow gauge
00:27:26 4.1.4 Miniature railways
00:27:47 4.1.5 Tramways
00:28:02 4.2 Mid Wales
00:28:10 4.2.1 Narrow gauge
00:28:18 4.2.2 Miniature railways
00:28:29 4.3 South Wales
00:28:38 4.3.1 Standard gauge
00:28:51 4.3.2 Narrow gauge
00:29:10 4.4 Proposed
00:29:18 4.5 North Wales
00:29:37 4.5.1 Narrow gauge
00:29:48 4.6 South Wales
00:29:56 4.6.1 Standard gauge
00:30:07 4.7 Defunct
00:30:39 5 Isle of Man
00:31:09 6 Channel Islands
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This is a list of heritage, private and preserved railways throughout the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies whether operational or former, for charitable purposes or shareholder profit. Some also provide a local economic transport purpose. For rail museums, see List of British railway museums.
Many of the standard-gauge railways listed (thus including former branch lines and ex-mainline routes) were closed by British Railways (later shortened to British Rail) under the Beeching Axe of the 1960s. Others later or earlier closed. All ceased their public financing with up-to-date rolling stock and often avoided electrification and electronic signals to be restored and operated as heritage lines. A smaller number of lines were formerly both industrial and colliery railways.
Many of these preserved railways and railway centres such as stations, engineering workshops and collections of old locomotives are mentioned in national and international tour guides, and visits may form part of a school curriculum and centres of other studies including in civil engineering, mechanics, social, economic and political history, visual arts and drama.
Apedale Railway - Moseley Railway Trust AGM 2009
A look at some of the more interesting locos in the huge collection. Note the new fence to hold back the crowds on the public footpath.
The mine was open to visitors and a superb bacon sandwich was enjoyed on arrival at 10.30 am.
Each loco had a numbered label which could be checked against the stock-list available.
Music - Cornet Chop Suey - Louis Armstrong Hot Five. 1926