We are always on the lookout for photographs of 'Vulcanists' if you have any scan them and send them in, if you know whose on them then let me know.
 
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By kind permission of the management, the members of the Boiler Shop Picnic Club were allowed to leave work at 4pm, on Friday, 14th April to give them a chance to start at 6.30 p.m. by motor coach for Glasgow, the main object of the trip being to see the International Soccer Match Scotland v England on Saturday afternoon. 
Photo supplied by Angela Murray and was taken in front of Wigan Little Theatre.

A. Murray sent in this photograph of the Vulcan Bowling Team with the Naylor Cup (date unknown)
Back Row: ??, Arthur Wrigley, George Murray, George Percival, Len Hodson, Terry Ashcroft, ??
Front Row: ??,Frank Lambert,??,??, Jimmy Ashcroft, Freddie Kennerley
 
Thanks to Kelly Lawrence for help with the names.

Photo of Samuel Norman Hunkin Harris sent in by Charlie Baker, known at various times in his life by his first name (early life) and his second name (middle to later life), Charlie doesn't know which name he used during his years at Vulcan Foundry. Sam/Norman married Isobel Patterson on 10/10/1925, and shortly after they moved to Newton-le-Willows as the depression was making it hard to find work after he left the RNAS in Felixstowe, and he got the job in the Drawing Office at Vulcan. They lived at 33 Ashton Road, Newton-le-Willows.

Photo's from the Anson Museums Collection

Ian Summerfield has sent in the following photographs with the intention of obtaining further details for the Museums collection and is particularly interested in recording the names of the workers in each photograph. I would also appreciate any additional information anyone may have, such as when and where in the works thet were taken, what the employees are doing and what any unusual machinery is for. 

Final assembly of RK's in Bay 7 at the bottom end of the old erecting shop.  At the back of the photo is Ricko (? Richardson) with Eddie McMinn on the top of an engine, Alex Stephens in white and Joe Ashcroft crouching.	RK with Harold Arnold on top working on the governor with Stan Kettley  at the bottom with the air motor starter (one each side) in front of his hands. Lining the starters up to mesh with the flywheels was quite an art!
Non-Destructive Examination (NDE) of a bearing end cap.     Photograph features Jim ??	Louis Culshaw Calibrating a gauge with a deadweight tester, the pile of weights on the left are marked off in pressure (e.g. 1 bar, 1 psi etc) and act hydraulically on the gauge through a piston and connecting pipework to enable the accurate calibration of gauges.
We believe that this photograph shows the mysterious Accrington spares outfit packing gauges for shipment to customers. Accrington's bit of the works was apparently 'out of bounds' for the works employees.	Measuring a Con-Rod
The vulcanist above (can't remember name) was an ex Dunkirk veteran pictured here in the Gear Shop fettling/deburring a gear.	The engine above is the bottom half of an AP, the cheapest engine the Vulcan made and also one of the most unreliable as the camshafts were chain driven.
Ian has identified Tommy Melia fitting crankshaft studs into what appears to be an AT crankshaft, AT's like the AP's had the reputation of being somewhat unreliable.	George Robertson fitting the drive gear to an RK crankshaft.
Alan Taylor working on an RK.	Tony Scarborough bedding down an RK crankshaft.
We believe this machine was parts washer for cleaning small components.

Rare Colour Photo from 1949

Two Vulcan Employees photographed alongside a recently nationalised BR badged Pickfords Transporter in 1949.
Anyone recognise these two characters?

Spot the Vulcanist I.D. Parade

Photo 1	Photo 2	Photo 3
Photo 4 W. (Bill) Caine, worked for the boiler mounters, prepared steam locos for testing and also drove them on test.	Photo 5	Photo 6 Clifford Bilby (left)
Photo 7 Dick Smith (right)	Photo 8	Photo 9
Photo 10 Harold Halls, ? ?, ? Dyson	Photo 11	Photo 12

These photo's were taken around 1953 of employees at work at the Vulcan at that time, it would be great if we could add names to the faces. 
Let me know if you know the names of any of the above faces.

Jean Price (Smith) has sent this photo of George Smith her father on a works trip to 'Hebden Races', not sure on year yet ?, George worked at the foundry from 1939 to 1982.
Back row: Sack Joynson, ?????, Joe Plumpton, Joe Dearden, Jimmy Ashcroft, ?????, ?????
Middle row: Jimmy Coluns(?), Billy Plumpton (Joe's brother), Tommy Cartwright, Jack Holding, Bill Ahern, ?????,
Front Row: ?????, George Smith, Tommy Hynes, Frank Lawson, Billy Holding, ?????, Bill Larner and Dick Smith (holding hat).

Peter Goode sent this photo in presumably from the early 1970's, his father ( Jimmy Goode ) thinks it is for George Thompsons'  retirement though he can't remember what year it is. 
Courtesy of Alan Leach the lady in the headscarf is Doreen Dodd and the chap shaking Georges hand is Geoffrey Taylor. 
Julie Farrell (Hill) has spotted her father Jimmy Hill right at the back above George Thompsons shoulder unfortunately Jimmy passed away shortly after being made redundant in the early 1980s. 6th from right with tie is Jimmy Crinigian. Woman in floral dress is Ken Johnsons wife Millie with Eric Roe to her left. On the extreme left is Gordon Storey (planer) with third from left Colin Ralphs.
If anyone else out there fill in some more details, if so then let me know.

Bill Welding sent this one in to illustrate the rich and varied social fabric that was the cornerstone of the Vulcan Sports and Social Club. Bill is pictured centre back in the skirt'n'cardy.

Colin Ralphs added 'The occasion was Foremen Vs. Apprentices to raise funds for the Mill House School, needless to say the Foremen lost but we got our revenge in other ways when back at work.'

Back (L-R); Fred Greenwood, Colin Ralphs, Alan Farrimond, Bill Welding, Ray Bent, A Middlehurst, Jack Case (ex Man. City)
Front (L-R);  Vincent Hughes, D Seddon, Francis Cummins

Bill Welding has sent in this group photo taken in front of a Locomotive built for Ghana Railways at the end of 1970 , this was the last locomotive built at the foundry and to mark the end of locomotive production the workforce involved were mustered for a final photograph.

The photograph will blow up to large size if you click on it, unfortunately there are too many individuals on the photo to name though if anyone can list them I could add the list underneath.
 

Graham Wadsworth; 'The Forman on the far left is Ken Taylor,the man at the back without the cap under the Loco number is Frank Johnson, the fourth from the left crouched down in the second row is Bob Fitzpatrick, The foreman in the back row is Arthur Middlehurst,the Inspector in the white boiler suit and wearing a tie is Harold Potts. They are the only ones that I can recognise.'

John Rhodes has sent this photograph of a retirement or long service presentation in the Copper Shop. 

John says 'The foreman making the presentation is my uncle Tommy Rhodes who was Foreman Coppersmith at that time. My father, Harold Rhodes who was Charge Hand Coppersmith in the Erection Shop, is two places to the right of Tommy half hidden behind the short man. I don’t know the names of anyone else on the photo.'

John reckons the photograph was taken between 1958 & 1960 so we stand a good chance of naming these Vulcanists.

Brian Orrell has sent this great picture of the Vulcan English Electric Co. Class 20 Locomotive Design Team in 1955.

Left to Right.    Eric Littler ( Design Leader ), Arthur Mercer, Leslie Lynch, Len Edwards, Tom Rafferty, Alan Sturgess, Bob Tracey, Arthur Jepson, Bert Lyon, Brian Orrell, Frank Yates, Arthur Bennett, Tom Haughton, Andy Forritt, Bert Hayes, Bryan Tickle, Raymond Whittaker, Norman Smith

Alan Williams has sent in this photo of the Vulcan Erecting Shop Football Team of 1955
Back Row:- Griffiths, Powell, ?, Bob Smith, J. Kilroy, Alan Watkins, Norman Edgar.
Front Row:- Derek Simms, Ken Toohey, Alan Williams, ??, Alan Blundell the son of the driver of the yard engine.

Brian Orrell and Eric Rimmer assisted in working out who's who, though we still are a couple short.

Steve Kelly has sent in this photograph of his grandfather Gerald Henry Kelly taken at Jhajha the East India Railways depot in 
1928 of a Vulcan XB class pacific made in 1927 (no 4105-4118) his grandfather was the recipient/driver of this loco and 2 of the other gents (probably the centre two) were part of the delivery team from England. 

David Jarrett says; 'The picture is of  my Uncle (Ken Johnson) he was a Horizontal Borer at The Vulcan, he is seen here operating a Kearns No 5 Borer 
to bore out steam cylinders. He is still alive today and in his late 80's. He said the photo's were taken in his Twenties so it was some time ago 
now, probably the late 1940's or early 1950's.'

Photograph recording the visit of members of the Institution of locomotive engineers on the 6th May 1953 with what appears to be an Australian Sunlander 1200, a RENFE electric locomotive and an Iranian Government Railways Oil Fired Locomotive in the background. 
Do you know anyone in the photograph, are you one of the children looking over the fence, if so then let me know.

Our first positive identification is that of Joe Goodwin middle of the back row directly under the centre of the cross on the side of the loco.

Our second is Harold Hulme, front row standing far left hand side.

Click on the photo as there is a massive image available to make identification easier.
 (Photo from the Dorothy Eaton collection)

My best guess is that this group of young lads are all apprentices and that the photo was taken in the late 1940's or early 1950's at Robert Stephensons & Hawthorns in Darlington.
Stephensons had been bought up by the Vulcan in the 1940's and as such a lot of the management of publicity material was now done via the Vulcan.
Some of these chaps are still out there although they will be 70+ by now does anyone recognise anybody or themselves, if so then let me know.

Click on the photo as there is a massive image available to make identification easier.
  
 (Photo from the Dorothy Eaton collection)

Another Gem from Dorcas Kilduff this time showing one of the largest steam loco's built by the Vulcan Foundry
this time a 2-10-2 destined for the Iranian Railway.

This photograph was taken in either 1952 or 1954 and shows a group of foundry workers stood in front of one of the loco's being test steamed.
  
Thanks to Alan Williams, Eric Rimmer & Brian Orrell we know most of their names:-

Bottom left; W. Cain, S. Street, Eric Roberts, Stan Pendlebury, Frank Sawyer, Thomas Heathcote, William Holt, Alan Williams & Curly ?

Top Left; Harry Nelson and F.Smith (chargehand steam testing)

The two chaps in the cab and the three below them were all boiler mounters.
  
(if you know any more  then let me know).