‘The Stratford Upon Avon & Midland Junction Railway’ (or S.M.J.) was a small independent railway company which ran a line across the empty, untouched centre of England. It visited the counties of Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire and a little of Buckinghamshire, only existing as the SMJ from 1909 to 1923. In 1923 the S.M.J.became a minor arm of the London Midland and Scottish (L.M.S.), then in 1948 'British Railways'
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2F WDs working to Bristol 5 Replies
In the 1950s/60s we had a regular working of a 2F Woodford Halse WD to Bristol. I was always intrigued by how they got there. Does anybody know if that was via the SMJR please?Continue
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THE KILN AT SHOWSLEY, WAS THIS FOR LIME, BRICKS OR CALCINING ?
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This is from the BULLETIN OF INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY IN CBA GROUP 9, JAN 1969.
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If I can add to this discussion.
I believe that the kiln at Showsley is or rather was a calcine kiln, it resembles a brick kiln, but it was never used for calcining. It was used as a workmans mess room.
Hope that helps
Stephen Robbins
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Hello Stephen, can you shed some more light on this, do you know when this kiln was erected ?
Do you have family or friends who know about this kiln ?
Thanks for the info.
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I came across a reference to the 'kiln' in one of the ES Tonks books.
I believe I had said previously that the 'kiln' was a brick kiln on another thread. I was wrong
The 'kiln' looks like a brick kiln but was going to be used as a calcining kiln for the ironstone. I assume had the building been used for calcining ironstone the stone would have been barrowed in.
I would have thought that it would have been a very smokey environment and not much stone would have calcined. I don't know what the dimesions of the building were. It is somewhat small.
I have had experience of working with calcining iron ore and it is a filthy horrible working environment.
Stephen
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