Pyewipe Cottages or Railway Cottages, Skellingthorpe

[AndyPick]

Hi,
About 2 years late but here are some photos of Pywipe cottages and the Pyewipe West Sidings signal box.
1. That me age 4/5 about 1964/5 in front of my Dads Rover 12. The Railway line ran parallel to the cottages at the bottom of the gardens to the right.

2. Me stood in the doorway seen in photo 1. We didnt use this door, we would walk past this door turn right and in the door to the kitchen. Also round the corner was the outside loo (wooden bench, hole, bucket) and shed.

3.This is 'Brittania' class 4-6-2 No 70012 John O'Gaunt passing my Dads signal box which I am fairly sure is an RCTS Special in 1965. Specials came along now and again. The Flying Scotsman came past in, I think 1968.

4. My Dad took this from the top step of his box looking towards Skellingthorpe. The cottages can be seen in the distance perhaps appearing a bit further than they actually were. I used to play  war games in and out of the wagons parked in the sidings. Something my Dad never new about as it was strictly a no no.

5.Taken, I assume from a gantry.

6. He took this from the back of his box looking across a field, the Lincoln - Doncaster line and the Fossdyke canal to the Pyewipe Inn.

Hope these are good for you all.

Regards
Andy

P.S. I might have upload photos one by one or two by two, so bear with me.

[AndyPick]

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[AndyPick]

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[Neil C]

Heres one of the StationMasters house at Skellingthorpe , (taken same time as the cottages, ) all 3 houses are still occupied today.

Struggling to find a decent close-up of the station at Skelly, but further up the line at North Clifton , the Station still exists, , see pics attached. All  the village railway stations, cottages & station masters houses , along the L,D & EC Railway were pretty much identical as far as I can tell.

[Neil C]

north clifton

[Redroger]

The Brittania locomotive taken presumably on a Sunday diverted passenger train? 1960 or slightly later.

[Geoff-E]

The Brittania locomotive taken presumably on a Sunday diverted passenger train? 1960 or slightly later.

It says "an RCTS special" Roger, so need not have been diverted.

[Geoff-E]

3.This is 'Brittania' class 4-6-2 No 70012 John O'Gaunt passing my Dads signal box which I am fairly sure is an RCTS Special in 1965.

Here is another photo of that special http://www.rcts.org.uk/features/mysteryphotos/show.htm?img=65-041-05

[GerryS]

Hi rootschatters,
As the originator of this topic I have to say a special thank you to everyone, especially those that have sent in photos of the Pyewipe Cottages/ Railway Cottages. When I started this topic I was thinking I would be lucky to find any information but I have exceeded my expectations, now knowing their exact location and seeing photos of the cottages through their life and the surrounding railway and environs. Thank you everyone and if I could single out Andy and FiremanBill for their recent postings of superb and enlightening photos of the cottages. The cottages were a lot bigger than I had in my minds eye.
For the record in the 1901 census (when my ggrandfather lived there) these were listed families:
Skellingthorpe, Railway Cottages (starts at schedule no. 145):
Charles Rudkin, Pumping Engine Driver + wife/ 5 children;
Rueben Rudkin, Plate Layer on Railway + wife/1 child;
Julius A. Hindley, Railway Engine Driver [my gggrandfather] + wife/8 children;
Charles Elliott, Signalman on Railway + wife/1 child;
Fred Spineer (?), Platelayer on Railway + wife/ 2 children; and
Frederick Bircholme (?), Signalman on Railway + wife/ 1 child;
so there we have the 6 cottages of Railway/ Pyewipe Cottages. So a community of 12 adults and 18 children.
Thanks again, and I look forward to future revelations about this gone but not forgotten part of Lincolnshire.
Gerry