Pyewipe Cottages or Railway Cottages, Skellingthorpe

[Geoff-E]

Roger - You may enjoy this (some Boston stuff towards the bottom) http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.enefer/lincs/lincs.htm

[AndyPick]

Just going away from Pyewipe I remember turning left out of Dixon Street in Lincoln onto Lincoln High Street and seeing trains crossing Gowts Bridge which nowadays would be a really really bizarre sight as it was a train crossing overhead on a simple bridge over a completely normal city high street. And the daft thing is I have never researched what it was all about untill you lot have stirred the curiosity in me with all this railway talk. And while i'm at it did you know that Lincoln is the only or one of the few cities where the main railway lines runs through the cenre of the city reguarly frustrating the traffic while the barriers come down and everyone waits for the the train to come through. Not many complaints though when Sir Nigel Gresley or Oliver Cromwell comes in with the Christmas market special in December.

[Geoff-E]

Ah yes, the "high line"

I was born about 60 yards from it (in Scorer Street) and within cheering range of Sincil Bank football ground.  I remember on Saturday afternoons the trains creeping along so that the drivers could watch the football.

[Redroger]

Part of the Lincoln avoiding line if my memory serves me, the idea was to reduce some of the rail traffic through Lincoln so reducing the level crossing problems.It ran from Greetwell Junction on the Sleaford side of Lincoln, and rejoined the main line in the area under discussion.Geoff, many thanks indeed for the link to the railways in the Boston area. The Y7 on Boston dock brought back memories of a problem in the early 60s when BR withdrew the J69 class shunters and attempted to replace them with J94 class engines. I was most unpopular when I pointed out the axle loading on the J94 was 18 tons, the maximum loading permitted on the bridge was 15tons! Someone in high places had failed to do their homework. The J69s were of course reprieved for 9 months until replaced by the Diesel shunters D2025 etc.

[noisylass]

  GerryS  you said Shirebrook!  Well I was born there and I am also an descendant of Julius A Hindley.  His son William was my  Great Grandfather.  I am relatively new to genealogy and have been reading about the cottages fascinated. So thanks to yourself and Andy.  And if ever you have any free time to share some information about the Hindleys I would be most Grateful.

Thank you

[GerryS]

Hi Noisylass
I have done research on the Hindleys and Julius Augustus and his ancestors and descendants. If you do a couple of more postings I can send you a private mail. I look forward to hearing from you again and hope to share some what I have researched.
Gerry

[Neil C]

I` ve just `stumbled` across this site, in my attempts to research the history of the railway in Skellingthorpe.
I live in Skelly and remember the old Pyewipe railway cottages , before the A46 bypass development, removed any trace of them. As has been mentioned, the 2 cottages in the village, next to the station-masters house, and indeed further up the line were all identical to each other.
I`ve been to the NRM at York, Lincoln Archives, and gathered up a number of books written about the railways in Lincolnshire. There is also a Lancs, Derby & East Coast Railway Co society. But try as I might it is proving very difficult to get any photographs of Skellingthorpe station.
 I do have a few pics , which I`m trying to compile in to a display in the village, & following the varying comments in this thread has been very useful.
Would any of the thread contributors mind if I make references to your information, & better still ,would anyone have any photographs ( of people or buildings or the trains, that I could use?

[Eilleen]

Neil C,

Welcome to Rootschat 

You will not find a friendlier bunch anywhere 

Eilleen.

[Redroger]

By all means use any of my contributions to this thread which will help. A bit of mutual help, please post anything you get on this thread, it may well bear further fruit