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Norman Pearce Collection from the early 1960s
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View from The Cob. The stone wall and gates have now gone. Note the chimney stack to the Electrical Workshop (as now called - former Den) and tall chimney to Machine Shop No 1 (current offices)
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Looking towards Old Erecting Shop and No 1 Machine Shop 1961. New tanks for
Merddin Emrys L.
Moelwyn with slate-wagon front end centre.
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Top Yard, S&T Stores 1962
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Top Yard, Old Blacksmith's Shop on the left with Brass Shop on the right. 1962.
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Top Yard, North gable of Old Blacksmith's Shop 1962 showing site of Smithy Extension
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Old Blacksmith's Shop rear 1963
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Old Blacksmith's Shop rear 1963. Site of Carpenter's Shop straight ahead.
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Steps to Pattern Shop (now offices) 1962
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Remains of Saw Mill (No 1 and 2 Boston Lodge on the left hand side) 1962
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Old Carriage Shed, Glan-y-Mor Yard 1962
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Old Carriage Shed, Glan-y-Mor Yard 1964
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Demolition of old Oil Store for new extension to Old Carriage Shed, eventually to be new Loco Shed.
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Steel frame for extension to Old Carriage Shed, eventually to be new Loco Shed 1964
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Gunpowder Sheds, Glan-y-Mor Yard 1964, Welshpool Van in distance.
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Old Engine Shed (then used as carriage shed) roof repairs 1964
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Old Engine Shed and extension - note historical use of galvanised corrugated iron sheet cladding.
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Old Engine Shed centre, Plas Smart on the right hand side - note rendered chimney stack reinstated in recent works (2014) and stone wall now gone. Welshpool Cattle Van (to be
Van 59) outside.
The boiler and one power bogie from double Fairlie Taliesin - 1962/3
Double-Fairlie 0-4-4-0T No. 10 Merddin Emrys shares the disposal road at Boston Lodge with ex-Penrhyn Railway Blanche 0-4-0STT after the day's work on a sunny evening - 1964
Another view of Merddin Emrys and Blanche - 1964
Slate waggons 200 and 185 with sheeted-over Princess and K1 in Glan-y-Mor yard. New loco shed in progress behind.- 1967
Mountaineer and Blanche - Long Shed behind 1969
From the hill above. Long Shed centre, new Carriage Works L - 1976
(L to R) Palmerston, Taliesin, David Lloyd George. Vale of Ffestiniog lurks in the background. - 2006
Recently cleared and levelled area of Glan-y-Mor showing the site of Boston Lodge helipad!. - 2006
View from The Cob. The stone wall and gates have now gone. Note the chimney stack to the Electrical Workshop (as now called - former Den) and tall chimney to Machine Shop No 1 (current offices)
Looking towards Old Erecting Shop and No 1 Machine Shop 1961. New tanks for Merddin Emrys L. Moelwyn with slate-wagon front end centre.
Top Yard, S&T Stores 1962
Top Yard, Old Blacksmith's Shop on the left with Brass Shop on the right. 1962.
Top Yard, North gable of Old Blacksmith's Shop 1962 showing site of Smithy Extension
Old Blacksmith's Shop rear 1963
Old Blacksmith's Shop rear 1963. Site of Carpenter's Shop straight ahead.
Steps to Pattern Shop (now offices) 1962
Remains of Saw Mill (No 1 and 2 Boston Lodge on the left hand side) 1962
Old Carriage Shed, Glan-y-Mor Yard 1962 
Old Carriage Shed, Glan-y-Mor Yard 1964
Demolition of old Oil Store for new extension to Old Carriage Shed, eventually to be new Loco Shed.
Steel frame for extension to Old Carriage Shed, eventually to be new Loco Shed 1964
Gunpowder Sheds, Glan-y-Mor Yard 1964, Welshpool Van in distance.
Old Engine Shed (then used as carriage shed) roof repairs 1964
Old Engine Shed and extension - note historical use of galvanised corrugated iron sheet cladding.
Old Engine Shed centre, Plas Smart on the right hand side - note rendered chimney stack reinstated in recent works (2014) and stone wall now gone. Welshpool Cattle Van (to be Van 59) outside.
