1 July 1947: An entire farm is moved by train from Ilkley to Rutland
F.W. Smith and Martin Bairstow. 1992. The Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway. Halifax: Martin Bairstow. There are a couple of excerpts for which I want to request permission from the rights-holders … when I find them. Get it:
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On 1 July 1947, the LMS moved an entire farm from Langbar near Ilkley to Oakham in Rutland. 20 vans were used to transport tractors, hen huts and farm implements plus cattle, pigs and poultry. The owner of the farm, Mr J S Whitaker and all his staff travelled in a passenger coach attached to the same train. The cows were loaded from the long loading dock and cattle pens opposite the town hall in the early morning and were discharged at their destination by 4pm the same day in time for milking.
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Abbreviations:
- ER: East Riding
- GM: Greater Manchester
- NR: North Riding
- NY: North Yorkshire
- SY: South Yorkshire
- WR: West Riding
- WY: West Yorkshire
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On 1 July 1947, the LMS moved an entire farm from Langbar near Ilkley to Oakham in Rutland. 20 vans were used to transport tractors, hen huts and farm implements plus cattle, pigs and poultry. The owner of the farm, Mr J S Whitaker and all his staff travelled in a passenger coach attached to the same train. The cows were loaded from the long loading dock and cattle pens opposite the town hall in the early morning and were discharged at their destination by 4pm the same day in time for milking.
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