As Hampshire prepared for D Day
THE Royal Naval Armament Depot at Dean Hill was planned in the 1930’s as part of a programme of modernising naval armament stores. The objective…
Source: hampshirechronicle.co.uk
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The great hybrid-electric canal boat race - Worcester to Droitwich trials
The UK's first ever diesel vs hybrid-electric narrow boat performance trials set to reveal interesting comparison data including a test of HVO diesel
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A treasure trove of photos capturing the last decade of steam travel unearthed
Hampshire Chronicle by the daughter of a former correspondent of this newspaper. They capture the autumn of days for steam travel in Hampshire in the 1950s. Within ten years steam had been replaced by diesel and electric. The photographs were sent to us by Di Jeans and were taken by her father, Dr. J.L. Farmer who was a railway enthusiast. He wrote articles ‘Railway Notes’ for the Hampshire Chronicle under the initials T.J. during the 1950s, before he died aged 46, in February 1960 when Di was 10 years old and her sister aged 15. Di told the Chronicle: “I do remember spending m...
Source: hampshirechronicle.co.uk