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Action at the balloon loop on the Statfold Barn Railway with Isibutu, Bagnall 4-4-0T (2820 of 1945) built for Tongaat Sugar in Natal.

Harrogate Gas Works Peckett 2050 of 1944 hurries its train the fields on the Statfold Barn Railway. The operating days on this line are always filled with interesting locomotives and workings - highly recommended.

DRS 66 427 leads an infrastructure train north through Tamworth High Level. The enthusiast on the platform speaks the details into his tiny recorder. No more pencils and paper here.

Tamworth Co-operative Society was formed in 1886 and remains independent. It operates this deprtment store as well as a supermarket and number of convenience stores. It is one of the few remaining truly independent co-ops in Britain.

In World War 2 the Western Command Stop Line No.6 ran from Tamworth via Trent Valley, E side of Stoke-on-Trent, to Macclesfield and Stockport, thence to 6 miles SE of Manchester. This line of fortifications was designed to resist an invasion force coming from the east. Here in Tamworth, close to the River Tame, is this pillbox close to the start of the line.

Harrogate Gas Works Peckett 2050 of 1944 sets out for the fields on the Statfold Barn Railway.

The Silk Kite pub is housed in a remarkable building that was constructed in 1936 by by Colonel D'Arcy-Chayton, who owned Pooley Hall Colliery and established the Tamworth and District Electric Supply Company (TADESCO) in the early 1920s. It was intended for use as offices and as a showroom for TADESCO and was particularly notable for a 45ft clock tower. Sadly the tower was reduced by two thirds by the East Midlands Electricity Board in 1976. The clock was relocated in a lower position.

Tamworth has a forest of tower blocks watching over the Tame valley.