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An extra coat of paint on the coaches
A view from above at Wyndham Farm corner
Glencairn

An update on the factories at Sovereign Street are --

1) Town Tailors. The name Town Tailors came from when my Uncles would ask my Grandmother to make some clothes for 'her boys'. My Grandmother was a wonderful tailoress. The clothes she made were 'made to last' and did.
On Sovereign Street they have a contract to supply uniforms for the Forces.

2) Smith & Butler's printers Smith & Butler's were (may still be I do not know) printers of wallpaper and were based on Harehills Road in Leeds.. They were part of The Crown Wallpaper Company. My first job on leaving school was here.
On Sovereign Street they have a contract for stationery supplies for HM Government.

3) Hey & Humphreys used to bottle barrels of Guinness and distribute the bottles around Yorkshire.Whether they bottled any other Brewers' beer I do not know. The happy memories, as from the age of five to the age of nine or ten, to earn some pocket money at three Clubs I would put the empty beer bottles back into their crates. I handled 'hundreds' of bottles of beer. I valued the money I earned and saved it to buy the 'special things'.
On Sovereign Street Hey & Humphreys bottle beer for different Companies. An ale wagon is often parked outside the building.

4) Brown & White's Metal Workers._- to be renamed Fairbairn, Lawson, Combe & Barbour. Fairbairn Lawson were actually on Wellington Street in Leeds and made textile machinery. In wartime they changed to making munitions and gun barrels.

5) Hudson Ward Flour Millers Their premises were very near to the real Sovereign Street in Leeds. The drivers would collect grain from Hull or Liverpool and bring it to Leeds to make flour. I remember at the age of four to about seven being taken to see the road wagons and talking to the drivers and management. At odd times drivers (after asking my Uncle) would take me to either Hull and Liverpool. Great times.
On Sovereign Street they receive daily, consignments of grain and have their own rail wagons.

6) T & J Harrison Small Arms Manufacturers T & J Harrison are family members and are involved in a small way in small arms and ammunition. They are still young. Perhaps their business will grow.
On Sovereign Street they have their own rail wagons and cases of small arms and ammunition can be seen on the loading dock.

Sovereign Street is a busy yard.

Glencairn

The dock on the right is T & J Harrison Small Arms Manufacturers and has cases of ammunition ready to be loaded onto the wagon.
The ammunition boxes can just be seen in this photograph. On the other dock, barrels can be seen outside Hey & Humphreys. They have just arrived and the contents have to be bottled.
Glencairn

As previously mentioned. on the layout Kirkstall & East Seacroft Railway Co run trains to Barnbow Munitions Factory. Looking at further information, not only was it staff and munitions that entered and left the factory; they had their own farm. Cattle and horses were there.

http://www.barwickinelmethistoricalsoci ... /4746.html

Kirkstall & East Seacroft Railway Co have acquired a cattle wagon and is on its way from Earlsheaton Junction.

It should arrive tomorrow.

Glencairn

The new Kirkstall & East Seacroft Railway cattle wagon has arrived and is quickly put into service.
Glencairn

Nice wagon.

Drevant wrote: ↑Sun Nov 03, 2019 3:12 pm Nice wagon.

Thanks Drevant. It seems the more I read about the National Filling Factory Number 1 at Barnbow, more fascinating facts appear.
Barnbow became the most productive British shell factory of the First World War. Then to find they had cattle and horses! A cattle wagon was needed.

Glencairn

A busy time in the factories. Lights blazing as the night shift is nearly ending.

The early morning Leeds, Scarcroft & Wetherby Rlwy passenger train has arrived at Sovereign Street.

The night shift has ended. The morning shift will start work soon.

A northbound LSWR freight train passes through.
Glencairn

Nice. I like those 4 wheel coaches.

Mountain Goat wrote: ↑Thu Dec 12, 2019 1:12 pm Nice. I like those 4 wheel coaches.

Thanks MG.

I like the four wheelers also. A three coach train in a small space.

Glencairn