Accrington Railways - Robert Kenyon

160 1932 January On the 6 th , the Accrington Observer & Times printed the following article - The Courts sentenced Platelayer Tom Ridehalgh, of Hope Street in Accrington, to one month’s iSmc optrtiissohnRmaei lnwt awy iCt ho ma p£a4n yf .i nTeh ef o tri mt hbee rt hwe fi tt ho fa tvi ma l ub ee roffr £o 5m whai ss et amkpe nl o yf reor ms , tthhee Lr aoinl wd oa ny ’, sMs ii dd li anng ds i&n Hp uurncchoaaste, we i hg eh nt rtahi el waacyc ussl ee edpaepr ps raot a1c hs he di l l ai nlga be oa uc hr e. rMMr Er cRcol ebse rdte Ec lci cnleeds ba nu dt wa sa ks etdh ehni ma sikf ehde i wf hi sehceodu tl do faicncdu sae db ut oy ecra. rStotmh ies tdi amybs elra taewr aay. MA tr 5Gpiml b eornt Ma rorni vdeady, aDt etcheemybaerrd 1a4n d m a d e a r r a n g e m e n t s w i t h t h e th , Mr Waddington arrived with a lt ohrerny pa anidd tMh irs Wt i ma dbdeirn wg taosn l o3 asdhei dl l i onng st of oi rt . tThheeussaei do ft i hmi sb ev re ha isc dl ee. l Ni viecrheodl at so TMary lGoirl,btehret ’ sP earl lmo tamn ee nn tt Ww ha oy Itnimspbeecrt. or of Corporation Street in Accrington, said it was he who had reported this shortage of Mr Gilbert was then questioned by the prosecution, “Did you not know that this wood was nt heewc?o” rHr eec tr epprliiceed ,f o“ Ir di ti ?d” nHoet ae nx as mw ei nr ee di ,t ”“. IHpea iwd ahs i mt h et nh ea ss kuemd , h“eD iwd aysoaus kf ei ne lg yfoour iht a”. dT ph ae i dq uReisdtei ohna il gnhg choi mn t ii nf uh ee dw, “aYsoeunkt int leewd tt ho es ea lcl ciut ?s eHdawd na ’st ayno ue ma spkleody eRei doef ht ha leg rha si lowma ey wc oeme kpsa nb ye, f os or ewi fh yh ed hi da dy oaun yn owt oaos dk you could make use of as hen cotes?” He said, “No Sir”. In a statement, poultry farmer Gilbert of Blackburn Road, Clayton-le-Moors, said, “On the dfoarteit.inBuqtuaefstteironthIes2a1w seven lengths of timber close by my stables and paid Mr Eccles 11 shillings st this timber had disappeared”. However, on the 23 rd detectives came to the allotment and began excavating the area and this ws oams ewo nhee nh a tdh ce o mmei s os inn gt o syloeue rp ea rl lso twmeernet adni sdc obvuerri ee dd . t hMi sr t iHmubdesrown i tfho or utthyeo uprr ok sneocwu ltei odng e a? ”s k“ eYde s, ”,“ hS oe ra ebpolui et di t. s“ Yd oi sua phpaeda rpaani dc e 1? ”1 Tsoh wi l lhi ni cghs ht oe aMn rs wE ec rc el eds, “f No ro ”t. hTi hs et idme bf eenr c ae nt dr i ehda dt o npoetr si nu faodremt ehde Ct hoeu rpt ot lhi caet the 8 shillings had been proffered as a tip rather than as payment for this wood. It was thought that because of the accused previous good character he would be judged uWnhdiel srt tsheen tFeinr cs it nOg ,f ftehned Ce rhsa iAr mc t a, nb uotf tt hh ei s Bseunbcmh i ss as ii odn, “ wWaes arreef uv seer dy ddius es a tt oi s ftihe ed nwai tt uh rteh eo ft et shtei mc or inmi ees. given by both Eccles and Gilbert”, and refused their application for costs. On Tuesday, the 26 th , there was an incident in dense fog near Baxenden Railway Station, which the Observer & Times reported thus - Several of the three hundred passengers on the 07:35 from Colne to Manchester which had dc oelpl iasri ot end wAict chr ian lgi tgohnt ea nt g0i8n:e2 0j u ws tebr ee ysohnadk et nh eu pp l awt fhoernmt hoef Bt raaxi ennodne nwRh ai ci hl wtahye yS twa tei roen tirna vdeelnl isneg fwo ga. sMi nr HT a. yPl aorrkoefr Mt hi el e Ss tPa lt ai ot tni nMg a, Ms t ea rn, cPhoerst teerr,Hai nn dd lae mo faHi netlemnsahnoc ree m, Pal na t Me l ar yCeorwF be ur gr un s, owne fnrto tmo tBhl ea caksbs ui srtna,nMc er oE f. Train Guard Mr Hague from Colne, to give first aid to the casualties on the seven-coach train. The September The General Purposes Committee met, when the Town Clerk reported that the current situation with regard to the rebuilding of the railway arch over Nuttall Street was that the LMS’s plans had now been completed, and that they were prepared to sign the requisite agreement. But, before the Corporation signed, he suggested that they should confirm that the grant of 75% already agreed by the Ministry of Transport would be forthcoming! October At a meeting of the General Works Committee the Town Clerk reported that, as authorised, he had contacted the Ministry of Transport on the subject of the 75% grant they had indicated would be forthcoming towards the reconstruction of the Nuttall Street railway arch, to see if it would still be available before an agreement with the LMS to start this work had been signed. He had to report that ‘due to the current financial situation’, and under instructions recently issued by the Ministry of Health, this scheme would be one of those chosen to be postponed until some future time. Therefore under these circumstances no agreements could be signed off at present.