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Memorial
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Employees of Midland Railway General Stores Department |
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Administration
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Custodian: Derby Museums c/o Midland Railway Study Centre. Local authorities: From WW1: Derby County Borough Council (Derby Corporation) From 1974 to 1997: Derby District (later Borough and from 1977 City) Council and Derbyshire County Council. From 1997: The unitary authority has been Derby City Council. |
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History
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1920s: The memorial is presumed to have been erected in the General Stores Department in the years following WW1 although the location has not yet been identified. An extant building near the Roundhouse at the former Locomotive Works was known as the General Stores but it is not known whether it served only the Locomotive Works or the entire Midland Railway company. Other building at the Locomotive Works and the Carriage and Wagon Works may have stores. 1 January 1923: The Midland Railway became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway and some subsequent reorganisation took place. 1 January 1948: The railway industry was nationalised and assets were transferred to British Railways. Further reorganisations took place subsequently. 1969: The engineering workshops were transferred to British Rail Engineering Ltd (BREL), still part of the nationalised structure. 24th February, 1977: The Silk Mill was listed (as the Industrial Museum) Grade II, Heritage List for England number 1287508. October 1987: The Silk Mill lies within the Derby City Centre Conservation Area first designated in that month. 1988: BREL was split off from the rest of British Rail and was soon sold to Asea Brown Boveri (ABB), subsequently becoming part of Adtranz, a merger of ABB and Daimler-Benz and finally by Bombardier transportation. 1990: The closure of the Locomotive Works was announced and some demolition began but Bombardier retained its Bogie Division located in the former Nos 7, 8 and 9 Shops. No 8 shop was demolished and the remaining building split into offices and a workshop with a corridor running between them. Bombardier staff recovered several memorials from condemned buildings and relocated them on the wall of that corridor. December 2001: The Silk Mill lies within the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site inscribed in that month. 20th December, 2004: Bombardier closed its Bogie Division and on 20th December the memorial was deposited with Derby Museums. 8th November 2007: The memorial was photographed in its current position by Eric Naden. It was in good condition and well cared for. 12th August 2015: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Frances Casey. It was in good condition and well cared for. |
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References
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Michael Fox, former railway works manager, Derby; Pers Comm 27th August, 2015 to 9th September, 2015; three emails providing valuable information regarding the recovery of memorials from the derelict Locomotive Works and their relocation, together with descriptions of the various locations. Dave Harris, Midland Railway Study Centre, Derby; Pers Comm 1st September, 2015. An email providing valuable information regarding the history of the memorial. |
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Comments
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The wyvern is a mythical winged serpent which forms the crest on the Midland Railway's armorial bearings. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Page © Roy Branson |