Pyewipe Cottages or Railway Cottages, Skellingthorpe

[Fredthefireman]

Hello from a new member.

I hope anyone who was busy on this thread in 2010 is still watching because I have uploaded a photograph of Railway Cottages near Pyewipe Junction taken just before they were demolished.

My grandfather Henry Edmund Beasant was employed by the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway as a signalman between 1897 and 1906. In July 1898 he worked at Clifton-on-Trent and his first child was born in South Clifton. His second child was born at Pyewipe/Skellingthorpe in 1899 and finally, in the 1901 census, he was living at Railway Cottages near Bolsover, Chesterfield. According to the GCRS, the cottages along this line were all built to a standard design and this is evident from the attached photographs. I am pretty confident that Henry also lived in the Railway Cottages near Pyewipe Junction in 1899 and I shall be able to confirm this when get the birth certificate.

[Geoff-E]

Welcome FiremanBill

Nice photos!

[Fredthefireman]

For members who, like me, are interested in the LDECR, another fine example of this architecture is to be found at Clifton-on-Trent. Put NCCE004005 into your search engine for a lovely 1955 shot of Clifton Station showing another pair of Railway Cottages behind. This is where my uncle, Henry Beasant's eldest son, was born in 1898.

Link-

http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NCCE004005

[a-l]

I remember the cottages . just before you reached the railway crossing , there was a turning nothing more than a dirt track actually, by the side of the railway line. the cottages were set back well away from the road. you would not know they existed without prior knowledge.               

[a-l]

there was an isolation / fever hospital on burton rd at one time.

[Redroger]

The photo was presumably during the demolition of the cottages?

[AndyPick]

Fantastic photos Fireman Bill, cant believe someone has photos of the cottages or my Dads signal box.If you have
Any more i would be thrilled to see them. As i stated earlier in 2010 i lived at No1 (nearest one in the photo), from 1964 to 1969 and my Dad was the signalman until its closure.
And if you are reading this Neil, you know me better as Jammy. Unfortunately i cant help you either
in your quest to find photos of the Skelly box. I suppose we all took it for granted until we reached a certain age.
I will put a couple of photos on at some point of Pyewipe.

[Neil C]

I`ll second Andy`s thanks to Fireman Bill, and add a pic of the cottages at Skellingthorpe ( i think around late 60`s/early 1970`s).

I thought it may have been you Andy.!.. ...just to say , I`ve gathered up quite a few pics of the station, one way or another, & am trying to get it all together as a permanant display in the village.

We`re still short of anything pre-50`s, if anyone has anything at all to share?
Bill would you agreable to my using these 2 pics of yours in the display ( with full credit/copyrights etc to you) ?

[Geoff-E]

Isn't it funny how perceptions can change?

Bill's photos show some old houses ready for demolition.

Neil's photo shows someone's home.