As the light fades 71000 Duke of Gloucester blasts up the curving 1 in 45 past Cliff Farm crossing before entering the Bradnop cuttings on the initial climb away from Leekbrook Junction on the Churnet Valley Railway. Pushing hard at the back is Black Five 44767.

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Detail of the superb glazed tile exterior of the Lord Clyde in Southwark. The brewer Truman, Hanbury, Buxton & Co Ltd. was absorbed into Grand Metropolitan empire in 1971 and then merged with Watney Mann. This proved to be disastrouse for the brewery which closed in 1989. In 2010 the Truman brand was purchased by two London businessmen and in 2013 they opened a new brewery in Hackney Wick allowing Truman's beer to be stocked in a number of London pubs once again.

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There are four very large draw kilns at the Cowdale limeworks near Buxton. By 1930 there were problems with the face of the kiln bank falling forward and massive concrete buttresses were added in late 1931. Cowdale Quarry was opened by the New Buxton Lime Co c1901. The company was taken over by the Buxton Lime Firms in 1908 and eventually became part of the ICI empire. The quarry and works closed in 1956.

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Standard class 4 No.75014 posing as Stoke based 75035 works hard towards Cliff Farm crossing on the climb towards Bradnop on the Churnet Valley Railway.

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The Duke Street Scherzer Rolling Bascule Bridge at Birkenhead spans the channel between East Float and West Float. It replaced a swing bridge in the 1930s.

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