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<p>[QUOTE="Batman_2000, post: 297903, member: 481"]Posting these in case there are train buffs here, and people interested in construction? They came as part of a job lot and are firmly stuck to album pages with no information. I'm in the UK.</p><p><br /></p><p>Firstly, the trains: would love an idea of date, and what on earth is that man doing climbing a ladder to sit on the track??? Health and safety nightmare! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]97159[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]97160[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]97161[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]97162[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Secondly, the cranes (from the same photo album): I can see 'Higgs & Hill' written on one of the cranes. They were a British construction company from mid 1870s, mostly London area (info <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_and_Hill" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_and_Hill" rel="nofollow">here</a>).</p><p><br /></p><p>An idea of date might help identify where this is. Any thoughts? The photos are small, about 7 x 4.5 cm.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]97163[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]97164[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]97165[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Batman_2000, post: 297903, member: 481"]Posting these in case there are train buffs here, and people interested in construction? They came as part of a job lot and are firmly stuck to album pages with no information. I'm in the UK. Firstly, the trains: would love an idea of date, and what on earth is that man doing climbing a ladder to sit on the track??? Health and safety nightmare! :eek::eek::eek: [ATTACH=full]97159[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]97160[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]97161[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]97162[/ATTACH] Secondly, the cranes (from the same photo album): I can see 'Higgs & Hill' written on one of the cranes. They were a British construction company from mid 1870s, mostly London area (info [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_and_Hill']here[/URL]). An idea of date might help identify where this is. Any thoughts? The photos are small, about 7 x 4.5 cm. [ATTACH=full]97163[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]97164[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]97165[/ATTACH] Thanks![/QUOTE]
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