Purbeck Mineral & Mining Museum ~ 30th March 2018
My visit to the Purbeck Mineral & Mining Museum on Friday 30th March 2018 (Good Friday 2018).
Situated next-door to Norden Station (Swanage Railway), the Purbeck Mineral & Mining Museum explains about the local mining industry consisting of various industrial narrow-gauge railways.
Corfe Castle Heritage Railway Station & Museum Dorset.
Corfe Castle railway station is a railway station located in the village of Corfe Castle, in the English county of Dorset. Originally an intermediate station on the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) branch line from Wareham to Swanage, the line and station were closed by British Rail in 1972. It has since reopened as a station on the Swanage Railway, a heritage railway that currently runs from Norden station just north of Corfe Castle to Swanage station. This is now a built railway line connecting Wareham and Norden but only certain services continue to Wareham.
Corfe Castle lies in the centre of the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula bordered by the English Channel to the south, and by the marshy lands of the River Frome and Poole Harbour to the north and east. At the beginning of the 19th century, the area around Corfe Castle was known for its supply of Purbeck Ball Clay, which at that time was shipped by a pair of horse-drawn tramways (the Middlebere Plateway and the Furzebrook Railway) to wharves on Poole Harbour. The port of Swanage at the tip of the Isle was equally well known for the Purbeck Marble that was mined locally and shipped out by sea.
Corfe Castle station is also the home of the Swanage Railway's Railway Museum, which is housed in the old goods shed and an adjacent rail van. The museum is open on most operating days.
The museum includes Secundus, a narrow gauge steam locomotive built by Bellis and Seeking in 1874 for the nearby Furzebrook Railway. This locomotive was in use until 1955, and then displayed in the now defunct Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry until 2000. It is planned that the locomotive will eventually be transferred to a new home at the Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum, currently being developed adjacent to Norden railway station.
Main Music:-
Fig Leaf Rag - distressed by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (
Source:
Artist:
Main Music:-
Friendly Day by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (
Source:
Artist:
Intro Title Music:-
Cinematic (Sting) by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (
Artist:
Purbeck Mining Museum.......August 2019
Produced with CyberLink PowerDirector 14
Not a lot happening on the railway side due to it being mid week,the demo train movements were planned for the weekend.
Everything you see in the mining museum has been moved to this location and rebuilt,what a job but well done to you guys.
The bridge that crosses the Swanage Railway is original as the clay came from the mine over the railway to be taken away but not by train,seems a bit silly.
Sorry about the odd camera shake but all filming was done hand held.
[Wikipedia] Norden railway station (England)
Norden railway station is a railway station located one mile to the north of the village of Corfe Castle, on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. It is situated on the Swanage Railway, a heritage railway that operates over the former London and South Western Railway line from Wareham to Swanage. Norden is the northern terminus of the railway's steam service from Swanage, and an intermediate stop on the railway's diesel hauled service that connects Swanage with the national rail network at Wareham station.
The site is the home of the Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum, a museum about the history of ball clay mining in the Isle of Purbeck. The museum includes the relocated header building of one of the areas last underground mines, together with a reconstruction of an underground gallery. There is also a section of the narrow gauge railway that served the clay industry, and a collection of narrow gauge rolling stock.
A large car park, provided by Purbeck District Council, allows the station to function as a park & ride facility for the tourist centres of Corfe Castle and Swanage.
Battle of Britain class no 34072 257 Squadron Train At Norden Station Dorset.
The SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes, collectively known as Light Pacifics or informally as Spam Cans, are air-smoothed 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotives designed for the Southern Railway by its Chief Mechanical Engineer Oliver Bulleid. Incorporating a number of new developments in British steam locomotive technology, they were amongst the first British designs to use welding in the construction process, and to use steel fireboxes, which meant that components could be more easily constructed under wartime austerity and post-war economy.
They were designed to be lighter in weight than their sister locomotives, the Merchant Navy class, to permit use on a wider variety of routes, including in the south-west of England and the Kent coast. They were a mixed-traffic design, being equally adept at hauling passenger and freight trains, and were used on all types of services, frequently far below their capabilities. A total of 110 locomotives were constructed between 1945 and 1950, named after West Country resorts or Royal Air Force (RAF) and other subjects associated with the Battle of Britain.
Due to problems with some of the new features, such as the Bulleid chain-driven valve gear, sixty locomotives were rebuilt by British Railways during the late 1950s. The results were similar to the rebuilt Merchant Navy class. The classes operated until July 1967, when the last steam locomotives on the Southern Region were withdrawn. Although most were scrapped, twenty locomotives are preserved on heritage railways in Britain.
Norden railway station is a railway station located one mile to the north of the village of Corfe Castle, on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. It is situated on the Swanage Railway, a heritage railway that operates over the former London and South Western Railway line from Wareham to Swanage. Norden is the northern terminus of the railway's steam service from Swanage, and an intermediate stop on the railway's diesel hauled service that connects Swanage with the national rail network at Wareham station.
The site is the home of the Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum, a museum about the history of ball clay mining in the Isle of Purbeck. The museum includes the relocated header building of one of the areas last underground mines, together with a reconstruction of an underground gallery. There is also a section of the narrow gauge railway that served the clay industry, and a collection of narrow gauge rolling stock.
Swanage Railway Blue Service with GWR 56xx class no.6695 24/05/12
On a nice very hot day, i went to the Swanage Railway on there Blue Service. Shots start with at Norden showing the The Purbeck Mineral & Mining Museum then few shots at Norden too. The loco was in action was the GWR 56xx class no.6695 was slightly hoping to have another different power. Anyway, see arriving and running round at Norden then departing and arriving at Corfe Castle. Travelled to Swanage to see departing plus to see the M7 tank no.53 and Adam's 02 class no.W24 Calbourne my last time to see it on the mainland but not my last time i've seen it. Then departing at Norden again.
Corfe Castle And Village On The Isle Of Purbeck In Dorset.
Corfe Castle is a fortification standing above the village of the same name on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. Built by William the Conqueror, the castle dates back to the 11th century and commands a gap in the Purbeck Hills on the route between Wareham and Swanage. The first phase was one of the earliest castles in England to be built at least partly using stone when the majority were built with earth and timber. Corfe Castle underwent major structural changes in the 12th and 13th centuries.
In 1572, Corfe Castle left the Crown's control when Elizabeth I sold it to Sir Christopher Hatton. Sir John Bankes bought the castle in 1635, and was the owner during the English Civil War. His wife, Lady Mary Bankes, led the defence of the castle when it was twice besieged by Parliamentarian forces. The first siege, in 1643, was unsuccessful, but by 1645 Corfe was one of the last remaining royalist strongholds in southern England and fell to a siege ending in an assault. In March that year Corfe Castle was demolished on Parliament's orders. Owned by the National Trust, the castle is open to the public and in 2010 received around 190,000 visitors. It is protected as a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Mystery pipeworks
The original film was labelled Sandford Pipeworks. We are currently working on oral history as part of the Sandford Heritage: Cordite, Clay and Calluna project run by The Urban Heath Partnership Project in Sandford and I was hoping that this film would prove useful.. Indeed there was a Sandford Pipeworks which was the Clay part of the project title but this is not what is shown in this film although they made similar products. Can anyone identify where this really is/was? MYSTERY SOLVED! Someone has identified the pottery as the Upton Brickworks, later known as Dorset Clay Products, based at Upton, near Poole in Dorset. The company packed up in 1968. The distinctive square chimnies gave it away.
Purbeck Narrow Gauge Steam
Taken at Norden Station.
Isle Of Purbeck
This time i take a short trip to the isle of Purbeck to see some of the attractions in the area.
A Look Inside Herston Works - Swanage 2/4/17
A quick look around the workshops of Southern Locomotives Limited which where open as part of the Strictly Bulleid Gala at the Swanage Railway. Seen in the shed are N class 31874 mid way through a overhaul, U Class 31806 which is having some routine maintenance and Battle of Britain Class 34072 257 Squadron which is nearing the end of a heavy overhaul.
Swanage mines and railway
Hello everybody and welcome to another video today I am at Swanage railway
Swanage's 'Strictly Bulleid' Spring Gala event 1/4/17
The Swanage railway threw a truly terrific event over the weekend of the 1st of April, with 5 Bulleid light Pacifics in Action over the line, to celebrate 50 years since the end of steam hauled operations on the Southern region. As my first ever visit to Swanage I was blown away by the sheer amount of 3 cylinder pacifics, the event proved a sellout with all locomotive fees paid off by Friday! The runs down to the mainline junction at Wareham top and tailed were an added bonus as was SKP's battle with the gradient up to Norden that I captured.
Bournemouth
Bournemouth /ˈbɔərnməθ/ is a large coastal resort town on the south coast of England directly to the east of the Jurassic Coast, a 95-mile (153 km) World Heritage Site. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 187,503 making it the largest settlement in Dorset. With Poole to the west and Christchurch in the east, Bournemouth forms the South East Dorset conurbation, which has a total population of over 400,000.
Before it was founded in 1810 by Lewis Tregonwell, the area was a deserted heathland occasionally visited by fishermen and smugglers. Initially marketed as a health resort, the town received a boost when it appeared in Dr Granville's book, The Spas of England. Bournemouth's growth really accelerated with the arrival of the railway and it became a recognised town in 1870. Historically part of Hampshire, it joined Dorset with the reorganisation of local government in 1974. Since 1997, the town has been administered by a unitary authority, giving it autonomy from Dorset County Council although it remains however part of the ceremonial county. The local council is Bournemouth Borough Council.
This video is targeted to blind users.
Attribution:
Article text available under CC-BY-SA
Creative Commons image source in video