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Waterpump at Amberley This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: OLYMPUS CORPORATION Model: C765UZ |
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Bodgers camp at Amberley A bodger was not a dodgy workman but a skilled craftsman who used the materials around him in woodland to make various items such as fencing hurdles and chairs. He moved his camp from place to place. This camp was set up at Amberley as a demonstration of a traditional craft and on this open day, the bonfire was going, wreathing the area in woody smoke. No sign of the bodger though... This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: OLYMPUS CORPORATION Model: C765UZ |
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Bus garage and old buses at Amberley The Amberley Museum is a museum of industrial history and transport. Some of its buildings have been brought from their original location as a way of saving them for posterity. The Southdown bus garage is one of these. On open days, some of the buses are used to ferry visitors around. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: OLYMPUS CORPORATION Model: C765UZ |
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Traction engine Annie operates the rack saw bench at Amberley steam day This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: OLYMPUS CORPORATION Model: C765UZ |
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Traction engine and train at Amberley steam day The steam crane lifts the log on to the rach saw bench and in this picture, a traction engine operates the saw using a long leather belt. The train passing in the background completes the picture of times past. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: OLYMPUS CORPORATION Model: C765UZ |
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Three traction engines at Amberley steam day Traction engines come in many shapes and sizes. The scale models can pull with the big boys, here a steam roller and a tractor. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: OLYMPUS CORPORATION Model: C765UZ |
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The steam crane at Amberley lifts a log The steam crane is a permanent resident at Amberley, but only steamed up on steam days. It runs on rails but the whole of the top part can swivel to lift a log like this one on to the rack saw bench behind it. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: OLYMPUS CORPORATION Model: C765UZ |
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The Main Strike mine tunnel at Amberley, West Sussex If this looks familiar, it may be that you saw James Bond and Grace Jones run out of it to escape an explosion. It really is a mine tunnel by the way, though no longer in use. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: OLYMPUS CORPORATION Model: C765UZ |
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Steam train Polar Bear at Amberley, West Sussex A carpet of autumn leaves make a backdrop to Polar Bear's progress at Amberley. This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: OLYMPUS CORPORATION Model: C765UZ |
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One of two trains which carry passengers around the Chalk Pits Museum at Amberley, West Sussex This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: OLYMPUS CORPORATION Model: C765UZ |
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Charcoal burning demonstration at Amberley, West Sussex Once a common sight in English woods, now a tourist attraction. The smell of burning wood fills the air at Amberley on its October steam day. This picture appears in the following picture tour: Camera Make: OLYMPUS CORPORATION Model: C765UZ |
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A steam train with a saddle tank ferries visitors at Amberley Museum in Amberley, West Sussex This picture appears in the following picture tours: Camera Make: OLYMPUS CORPORATION Model: C765UZ |
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