Feature Articles
Scotland’s last wheelwright
16 May 2013
In the June 2013 issue of Old Glory Hugh Dougherty calls in on Scotland’s last wheelwright, Ian Grant, who is still keeping the skills and the wheels of the past turning in a world of ‘knaves’ and ‘staves’
Saved at the scrapyard: The Marshall ‘S’-Type roller
18 April 2013.
Marshall ‘S’-Type road roller No 78572 was one of a trio of rollers to be saved from a Cambridgeshire scrapyard by enthusiasts in 1961. Fifteen-year-old Steam Apprentice Club member Will Hurley, on work experience with Old Glory, tells the story of his family-owned machine in the May 2013 issue.
Museum Guide: Bridewell Museum, Norwich
22 March 2013.
IT HAS taken three years and £1.5million to revamp the historic Bridewell Museum in Norwich, which re-opened last July, writes Barrie Woods.
Monster steam winding engine
21 February 2013.
Dr DA Collier visits one of Europe’s largest preserved steam winding engines – in Austria.
Bus museum's just the ticket
17 January 2013.
It’s not all about buses, as Hugh Dougherty discovered when he found a Marshall ‘S’-Type roller occupying a prominent place in the exhibition hall at the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum at Lathalmond, near Dunfermline.
HMS Caroline to stay as Belfast attraction
19 December 2012.
THE LAST surviving battleship from the Battle of Jutland Grand Fleet, The First World War light cruiser HMS Caroline, is to stay in Belfast in perpetuity, writes Hugh Dougherty.
Dunkirk Little Ship rises - but where to now?
15 November 2012.
ROYAL NAVY divers succeeded in raising one of the Little Ships of Dunkirk from the River Leven at Balloch on October 18 after a two-day operation using pumps and floatation bags, reports Hugh Dougherty.
Industrial Heritage: Curios in the West Pennines
18 October 2012.
Alan McEwen provides a glimpse of curiosities left by the cotton and other industries of Edgeworth and Turton villages amid the beautiful Lancashire West Pennines moors.
Steam Traction: Alfred Dawson & Co Rushmere, Ipswich
16 August 2012.
Thomas Baines, owner of just-restored Ruston & Hornsby roller No 122282 of 1924, sought to find out more about its old owners Alfred Dawson & Co.
Steam traction: A Garrett from the ground up
18 July 2012.
Once again proving that something beautiful can be constructed from just a few remaining parts, Alan Barnes brings the story of the Worbey family’s just-rebuilt Garrett overtype steam wagon No 30826 of 1912 – reconstructed from a surviving chassis, rear axle and some lucky finds.
Current Issue: June 2013
♦ £49,000 for Cambridge horse tram
♦ HCVS – Brighton run remembers chairman Ron
♦ 12 days of Beamish
♦ The ultimate in Marshall rollers
♦ Fowler's UK rally debut
♦ Moving away from steam: the Foden ‘R’ Type
♦ Death and destruction – mill engines and boilers
♦ Pickfords Wallis tractor ♦ Penny slots
♦ Scotland’s last wheelwright
PLUS:
• Next issue on sale: June 20, 2013
