Auction For : April 2009

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409 BR(NE) flangeless enamel Station Sign “Please have all tickets ready”. Some very well executed chip restoration has produced a very fine looking sign with excellent deep colour and shine. 406x254mm. (16x10in). 420 BR(Sc) fully flanged enamel Station Totem Sign “Garrowhill”. Some well restored small chips and a re-painted black flange. Superb deep colour and very good shine. A former LNER station between Shettleston and Easthouse, Glasgow opened as Garrowhill Halt in March 1936. The ‘Halt’ removed in BR days.
410 Great Central Rly. 3 aspect Handlamp. The body is stamped “GCR” and has a brass plate “GCR 10117 Chesterfield Mkt. Pl.” complete with “LNE-C” vessel, burner, reflector and all glasses including a bullseye lens. Unrestored. A former LD & ECR station opened as Chesterfield in March 1897. It was renamed Chesterfield Market Place in Jan. 1907 when the company was taken over by the GCR. Closure came in Dec. 1951. A lamp in fine condition and a scarce location. 421 Oval cast iron Locomotive Shedplate “10E” Sutton Oak then Accrington. Face restored only.
411 Cast iron Road Sign “Slow Major Road Ahead” incorporating a cross roads symbol and retaining all clear reflective beads. Makers name “IRS Ltd. London”. Very good original condition. 705x358mm. (27.75x14in). See next lot. 422 Double sided painted wooden Train Indicator Board lettered “All stations to Saltburn. Change at Eaglescliffe Stockton for West Hartlepool”. Possibly ex-Darlington. Very good ex-station condition. 838x457mm.
412 Metal Road Sign Post Top. A warning triangle within a circle complete with its post mounting cap and red reflective beads. v.g.c. 610mm. (24in) dia. Used in conjunction with previous lot. 423 “Great Northern Hotel Lincoln” glass Spirit Flask. The title boldly embossed on the body face. v.g.c. and scarce. 158mm. (6.2in) tall.
413 Pair of cast bronze Locomotive Radiator Plates forming the name “Huwood Hudswell”. v.g.c. and 663mm. (26in) long overall. As carried by an Underground Loco. Ex. NCB Durham. See next lot for company data etc. 424 LNER or Rly Exec. (ER) Painting Contracts for station buildings, warehouses, signal boxes etc. between : (A) Felixstowe Town and Felixstowe Beach; (B) Harwich Parkestone Quay and Harwich Town; (C) Bealings and Brampton; (D) Thorpeness and Aldeburgh. All very good condition. (4).
414 Oval cast brass Locomotive Builders Plate “Hugh Wood & Co. Ltd. Sole Distributers Gateshead on Tyne & London”. Very good ex-loco condition. 238x122mm. (9.3x4.8in). As carried by an Underground Flameproofed Mining Locomotive. In Sept. 1944 Hugh Wood and Hudswell Clarke & Co. came to an agreement re-the manufacture of these locos whereby the former were to act as sole selling agents. 425 LNER Painting Contracts for cleaning and painting the exteriors of: (A) Great Northern Station Hotel, Leeds; (B) Great Eastern Hotel, Liverpool Street; (C) Royal Station Hotel, York; (D) Grand Hotel, West Hartlepool; (E) Royal Station Hotel, Hull. All are in very good condition. (5).
415 Carriage Print “Lowestoft, Suffolk” by E.T. Holding. A busy view of the port with its fine dockside buildings from the LNER 1945-47 Series. Some light creasing otherwise v.g.c. and in an original ivory crommoid LNER glazed frame. 426 Two engraved brass Signal Box Instrument Plates: NER “Down Goods Line” with original black wax infill 7.5in. long; LNER “Bickershaw” with maroon infill 6in. long. An ex GCR station south of Wigan. Both in v.g.c. (2).
416 BR(Eastern Region) enamel and gilt “Station Master” Lion over Wheel Cap Badge in v.g.c. complete with rear sliding pin. 427 Great Eastern Railway 3 aspect Sliding Knob Handlamp. Clearly stamped “GER Tollesbury Pier 1” and date code stamped for April 1907. Complete with original “GER” vessel, “LNE” burner, reflector, all glasses and an intact back handle. Restored. The Kelvedon, Tiptree and Tollesbury Light Railway opened in Oct. 1904, ran originally to Tollesbury and was worked by the GER. The line was extended to Tollesbury Pier and opened in May 1907, but closed in July 1921! The original section of line from Kelvedon to Tollesbury soldiered on until closure in May 1951. A superb lamp from an incredibly scarce location with an existence of only 14 years.
417 As Previous Lot London Midland Region. v.g.c. with pin. 428 Carriage Print “Ormskirk, Lancashire” by Charles Knight. A splendid view of the church with the earlier castellated stone tower behind. From the LMR (B) Series issued in 1952. Very slight damp mark to bottom edge. In an original glazed frame.
418 As Previous Lot North Eastern Region. v.g.c. with pin. 429 Enamel Advertising Sign “Owbridges Lung Tonic”. Some chips and edge corrosion but good colour and shine.
419 As Previous Lot Scottish Region. v.g.c. with pin. 430 Early coloured Lithograph of a busy scene at Louth or Alford Stations circa 1850 with porters, passengers and horse riders. It also shows a period train in the platform at the rear of which is the Louth - London Royal Mail Coach on a flat bed wagon. In an early glazed frame. 395x326mm. (15.5x12.8in).