Sale of Railway Fittings

Sir John Betjeman reminisces about the phasing out of the mainline steam operation.

Conwy's bridge, castle and station glide past, as if in a dream, in this beautiful phantom train ride film (no ghosts but apparently no train either) from 1898.

Empire News Bulletin record the Conservative Minister Neville Chamberlain at Welwyn Station's official opening ceremony.

A grand parade of locomotives to celebrate 100 years of railways and the world’s first passenger trains

A heartfelt cry on behalf of the world's litter-baskets.

Enjoy this charming film from Trevor White which charts the birth of the Bluebell Railway - from the germ of an idea into a fully functioning steam railway

Farewell to the faithful steam war-horse as modernisation brings diesel power to the railways of Britain.

"The way we're playing I don't want to see an awful lot of them". Typically blunt words from Brian Clough as his team prepare for a visit by Leeds United.

Derby County take on Leicester City at the Baseball ground in April 1939 - the last full season of football before the outbreak of war.

In October 1934 a high-flying Grimsby Town team put four past Derby County at the Baseball Ground.

From sport and country dancing to theatre and woodwork. There are a hundred ways of self improvement and therefore no time to sit and stare for the youth of Derby.

Nostalgic snapshot of the town of Derby in the mid 1960s.

A sorry end to any ship: timings, tide and wind played their part in pushing HMS Conway onto the Platters rocks in the Menai Strait on 14/4/1953.

The wet and warm ale goes down a treat as aficionados gather to celebrate real ale.

Sea pinks and samphire, lighthouses and church ruins – Llanddwyn’s charms are many and varied.

Experimentation with a coat for two leaves couples with really no escape.

Progressive gathering of festival goers hits the blues.

Another blustery summer day in the 1950s and it's Lower Penn's carnival parade.