The Chesterfield Observer

The Chesterfield Observer
WHAT IS IT? Detailed observations of passenger and freight workings passing Chesterfield from 1981 to 1988.
WHO IS IT FOR? Mostly railway enthusiasts wanting to check up on a particluar working but also historians, modellers and anyone requiring detailed information about railway operations from a bygone age.
HOW DO I USE THE SITE? Information is all in chronological order. On the left is a "Date Selector" and a simple "Search Box". To select a specific date just run your mouse over the year, month and day, or you can select a whole month at a time.
HOW DO I USE THE SEARCH BOX? This is a simple but effective search box: If you input a single number or word to search for you will receive a list of pages by date where that number or word can be found - note: the dates are not in chronological order You then search the page for your desired number or word, uppercase or lowercase are treated the same.. If you input more than one word or number or a combination eg loco number, reporting number, date etc. you will receive a list of pages on which all your words can be found - note: the dates are not in chronological order and although all the words/numbers can be found on each of the pages they are not necessarily all together on the same line.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I'd like to thank a number of people who have made this possible, sadly some are now deceased, Ernie, Barry Gullet, Charlie Wroe, Eric Jouel to name but three, all former station staff at Chesterfield, also Andy Aubert, Tony Hobson, John Green, Horace Bennet, Ken Sealey, Mick Bunting, Paul Smalley, Brian Roslyn, again all former (and some current) staff at Chesterfield plus supervisors Austin Stack, Brian Green, Ray Higgingbotham, "downside Don", without whose tolerance beyond all reasonbale parameters of human endurance I pushed to the limits on occasions and many of whom I later worked with - to you all - thank you very much! Not forgetting my fellow "spotters", too many to mention, indeed recall, my apologies for missing anyone out, but sincere thanks for the valued friendship of the deceased Norman Smith, Bill Fowler and the very much living Dave Barber, Pete Dean, Gaz Flint, Mick Hesketh and his Dad, "Skweed", Robin, Merv Allcock (now guru of Barrow Hill Roundhouse), Tony, Mick, and John Perrins and the other Perrins "mob", Simon, Del, Glyn, Simon, and not forgetting "Excercise Man" and "Microphone Man" for giving us a laugh! Plus many, many others over many years that have shared my passion for trains - I have indeed been very fortunate. This web site is dedicated to all of you!
FURTHER READING!! If you're looking for more railway "gen" from across the country then visit 1980s Timewarp here Or a detailed labour of love about class 25s and what they worked