0:00:26 > 0:00:30Fred Dibnah is now halfway through his tour of Britain
0:00:30 > 0:00:35in search of the things that went into building a traction engine like this.
0:00:35 > 0:00:42He's still in Yorkshire and he's on his way to the Bolt & Rivet Manufacturing Company
0:00:42 > 0:00:47where they made all the rivets he used when he was rebuilding the engine.
0:00:47 > 0:00:53The engine is running a lot better than it was when he first set out,
0:00:53 > 0:00:57but all sorts of little things can go wrong, which means lots of stops.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01He's having problems with the mechanical lubricator again.
0:01:01 > 0:01:07They don't like running without any oil in the cylinder especially if you prime 'em
0:01:07 > 0:01:12an' it washes what bit of oil there is away and...gets like a residue that's not slippy.
0:01:12 > 0:01:18You know, just a little drop of oil is enough, but if you wash it all away it's bad news.
0:01:24 > 0:01:29One of the things Fred loves about his engine is the craftsmanship that went into building it.
0:01:29 > 0:01:35The skills of makin' things in Victorian times were highly valued. Stuff they made,
0:01:35 > 0:01:41like the beginning of locomotive construction and traction engines, they were much more beautiful
0:01:41 > 0:01:46and shapes and ornate with their fancy work.
0:01:46 > 0:01:51They did have an eye for nice things without a shadow of a doubt.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55I think somehow or other, we've sort of lost all that now.
0:01:55 > 0:02:01We're not as prepared as we used to be to get our hands dirty and hard work.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05The Victorians, I admired them in a way.
0:02:05 > 0:02:11Whether it was engineering, architecture, or the decoration of their buildings,
0:02:11 > 0:02:16Fred loves the work of the Victorian age and while he's here in Yorkshire,
0:02:16 > 0:02:22he passes a place where some of those decorative craft skills are still being kept alive.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26Being Fred, he can't resist dropping in.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28- What've we stopped here for? - This is Andy Thornton's.
0:02:28 > 0:02:33When the wholesale demolition of our lovely Victorian era started,
0:02:33 > 0:02:38he started collecting all fancy bits and there's not so many left now
0:02:38 > 0:02:45so they've gathered a team of craftsmen that are capable of doing fancy wood carving and all sorts.
0:02:55 > 0:03:01These things are a gift from heaven, aren't they? Routers - save a lot of effort, a lot of grafting.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Ooh!
0:03:16 > 0:03:19These are carvings to go on...
0:03:19 > 0:03:23er, we build these big American-style Brunswick bars...
0:03:23 > 0:03:26- and that'll be an applique when it's finished.- Yeah, yeah.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30And this is one of the corbels that'll go in the centre.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32A huge bar. Massive ones.
0:03:32 > 0:03:37And these are...it's a copy of one of the original Brunswick bars
0:03:37 > 0:03:41which were the most famous bars ever made in America.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Yeah, wherever we go you meet people and they say,
0:03:44 > 0:03:50"They can't do that now," you know and, "The age of the craftsmen has gone." But you and I know it hasn't.
0:03:50 > 0:03:56You've got all these lovely carvings, and a grand team of lads that you've got together.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59How do you go about finding people these days?
0:03:59 > 0:04:02We take on three or four apprentices every year
0:04:02 > 0:04:08and we select carefully and so most of our people are actually home-grown.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12- They have to serve their apprenticeship.- Having said that,
0:04:12 > 0:04:18Malcolm trained elsewhere and we feel very fortunate to have found Malcolm, to have him
0:04:18 > 0:04:24- because carving is one the most difficult...- Heckish difficult job. Never ceases to amaze me.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27We'll go and have a chat with Malcolm.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- Hi, Fred, how are you? - I'm all right, mate.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37You can't do it fast, can you?
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Er, well, you can't, no.
0:04:42 > 0:04:48I think with a few lessons I might be all right at doing something like that.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52- Right, Fred, erm...- Can I have a go? - Would you like a go?
0:04:52 > 0:04:55- You've got me best chisel there!- You do get attached to tools, don't you?
0:04:55 > 0:05:00- Yes.- Yeah! I'll put me proper... - They're like a girlfriend those.
0:05:00 > 0:05:06- I'll put me proper glasses on and then I can see what I'm doing. - Well, it affects us all.
0:05:06 > 0:05:12Yeah, this old age and senility, you know... Wait a minute, I've forgotten how...
0:05:12 > 0:05:17Just read the grain and when you feel there is a resistance there, come back the other way.
0:05:17 > 0:05:22- I'm going too deep there, aren't I? - No, you're all right.- Sure?- Yeah.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Gonna bugger it up now, aren't we?!
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Just do it until you think that it's right.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Well, a thing of beauty...
0:05:32 > 0:05:37- Is a joy forever.- Yes, that's it. - Something like that.- Yeah!
0:05:37 > 0:05:43I'm a little bit, a little bit low down actually, I think. I could do with a box for stand on.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47I think it'd take me a long time though!
0:05:47 > 0:05:53I don't know, you're getting there, it's not too... I've seen worse than that!
0:05:53 > 0:05:58- You've seen worse!- No, I don't mean that!- I know what you mean, yeah!
0:05:59 > 0:06:04- Well, that's very good.- It's not...
0:06:04 > 0:06:07not quite perfect at the top!
0:06:07 > 0:06:13- No such thing as perfection. - No, you're bloody right! The harder you try the worse it goes!
0:06:13 > 0:06:20- Anyway, I enjoyed that. Thank you very much.- Yeah, it's nothing... - Nothing you can't put right!
0:06:27 > 0:06:31This is the decorative cut glass department. This is Stuart.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34- Pleased to meet you, Stuart.- Hello.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Keep going, I don't want to disturb you!
0:06:36 > 0:06:41Yeah, that's lovely that. I thought all this had all faded away, eh?
0:06:41 > 0:06:45There aren't many people left in the country who can do this.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49- This is brilliant cutting onto sheet glass.- Yeah.
0:06:49 > 0:06:56- What I'm doing here is I've already cut it in on the grinding wheels and now I'm polishing it up.- Yeah.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58We're using a wooden disc
0:06:58 > 0:07:03- with pumice powder from, er, finest volcanic ash.- Is it?
0:07:03 > 0:07:10- That'll be hard, won't it? Tough. - It's tough. It's what they used to use instead of sandpaper.
0:07:10 > 0:07:15How long has it taken you to actually make that piece of...that piece?
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Probably about ten hours work in total.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21I thought it'd have been longer than that.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25Yeah, you've got to have a very steady hand for this, haven't you?
0:07:25 > 0:07:30- Yeah.- And where's that going to go when it's done?
0:07:30 > 0:07:34In a pub called The Baron and Baroness in, er...
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- Copenhagen, isn't it?- Copenhagen. - Oh.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Why does it all go abroad?
0:07:40 > 0:07:45- There's too many vandals in England who'd break it!- A lot goes abroad
0:07:45 > 0:07:50because people are wanting to recreate the traditional English pub
0:07:50 > 0:07:54and regard the brilliant cut glass as the feature of an English pub.
0:07:54 > 0:08:00The pub where I first started drinking had a front door... it were as wide as it were high.
0:08:00 > 0:08:06It were really beautiful and...it's gone, you know, somebody busted it.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Some modernistic vandal.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18HORN TOOTS
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Bye-bye.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Boys toys on a grand scale.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29Or a scary monster if you're only two!
0:08:29 > 0:08:33But don't worry it's not going to be here for long.
0:08:37 > 0:08:42Fred's back en route for the rivet manufacturers he was heading for,
0:08:42 > 0:08:46but not without another problem on the way - the lubrication system.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Oh, no, it's right now.
0:08:49 > 0:08:54We ended up with what's termed a hot box, in locomotive terms.
0:08:54 > 0:08:59It's all right now. We've put plenty of oil in it and it's cooled down.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02If it's getting too hot, it starts bubbling.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06We filled the boiler hard up to the top, we couldn't move the engine
0:09:06 > 0:09:10so we had to empty the boiler by blowing it down onto the road.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14- Wait a minute.- Now it's going.
0:09:18 > 0:09:23- A little bit more.- That's it. Right, contact.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33- Oh, she's going now! - Eh?- She's going now!
0:09:33 > 0:09:38With the steam blown up and the hotbox cooled down, they're soon on their way again.
0:09:38 > 0:09:44When I rebuilt my boiler on my traction engine I had a great deal of trouble finding rivets,
0:09:44 > 0:09:48especially made of the right material. At one time,
0:09:48 > 0:09:54every little town and hamlet had its own nut and bolt maker and rivet maker.
0:09:54 > 0:10:00The invention of electric arc welding put all these men virtually out of business.
0:10:00 > 0:10:06Once rivets were crucial. They held together everything from things like my boiler to the Forth Bridge.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10Here, at the Bolt & Rivet Manufacturing Company,
0:10:10 > 0:10:16they were able to make solid rivets the old-fashioned way in just the sizes that Fred needed.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20- I've brought your rivets back but they're all stuck in my boiler!- Good.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22As long as they do the job well.
0:10:22 > 0:10:27The ones you made us are all these round here and all them down there.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30They're going better every day.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33I believe you're going to have a go and make some?
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Oh, that'd be nice, yeah.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Well, nobody told me, you know, but we'll, er...
0:10:38 > 0:10:42Let's all walk to the business end then.
0:10:42 > 0:10:48The Bolt & Rivet Manufacturing Company specialises in hot forging large bolts and solid rivets
0:10:48 > 0:10:53for the ship-building, bridge-building and boiler-making industries.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56They make about 400,000 a year.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02- This is a rivet forging machine. - Yeah.
0:11:02 > 0:11:07I'm going to show you the last forging machine in the country making hot forge rivets.
0:11:07 > 0:11:14- Can I have a go?- You go ahead.- I'll go and see Kevin, the man in the middle.- Kevin, that's right.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Rivets are made by three men -
0:11:17 > 0:11:21the heater who is responsible for getting the metal hot and workable,
0:11:21 > 0:11:25the forger who actually bashes it into shape...
0:11:27 > 0:11:31..and the clipper who trims it to the right size.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47- How am I doing then?- OK.
0:11:47 > 0:11:52- How many of these do you do in a day? - Between 2,000 and 2,500.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54- That's quite a quite a lot.- Yeah.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- I bet you know it's tea time. - We're glad we're done.
0:12:07 > 0:12:13Next stop now is the workshops of the Midland Railway near Ripley in Derbyshire
0:12:13 > 0:12:20where locomotive repair is done on a large scale, so there's plenty of riveting to see there.
0:12:20 > 0:12:27In the late 1800s and early 1900s, there were hundreds of steam engine manufacturers based in Great Britain
0:12:27 > 0:12:34and of course they'd manufactured everything from traction engines to railway locomotives
0:12:34 > 0:12:40and stationary engines which were exported to practically every nation in the world.
0:12:40 > 0:12:45Today, there are very few commercial steam engine builders and repairers
0:12:45 > 0:12:49but now we've reached Derbyshire on our grand tour
0:12:49 > 0:12:55and we're going to go to a railway workshop where repairs are done on quite a grand scale.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59But on their way to the railway, there's a distraction.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03- Hey, hey! Stop!- I have done, yeah. - That looks good.
0:13:03 > 0:13:08It's an old pit shaft there with winding gear up.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12Jimmy's rejoined Fred and Alf after getting back from his holidays.
0:13:12 > 0:13:19With two ex-miners on board, they couldn't drive past the remains of an old pit without stopping.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21How old do you reckon this is, Fred?
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Oh, it's bloody ancient that, innit?
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Look at them lovely window frames. They've been lovely them, once.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31Staffordshire blue bricks.
0:13:31 > 0:13:36- Ready for a coat of renovation. - It needs pointing. Have you got any spare time?
0:13:36 > 0:13:40- You can see in here. - Is there any runners for t'cage?
0:13:40 > 0:13:44- No, can't see any. - Let's have a look at this engine.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48- It's a long time since this saw any work.- Yeah.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Somebody's jacked it up and pinched the brasses out.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56And this once were a steam engine but it's been converted to electric.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00- There's shafts... - Yeah, yeah, for a...for motor.
0:14:00 > 0:14:05It's way off line for that pulley, this.
0:14:05 > 0:14:10I don't think it's ever run a wire over the big wheel because it's way out of line.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14They found out later that what they'd come across was what's left
0:14:14 > 0:14:18of the Western upcast mine which was closed during the First World War.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22Let's have a look if there's owt left in the engine house.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26- Might get lucky.- You never know, might come across a priceless gem.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Hey, it's open, Fred, this door.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32We'll go and have a look.
0:14:32 > 0:14:33Want a peg up?
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Pity we haven't got a torch
0:14:38 > 0:14:41and we could see. It's dark, innit?
0:14:43 > 0:14:48- A fair bull's-eye on that signal. - They're signals them, aren't they?
0:14:48 > 0:14:52- So does all this stuff belong to the railway?- Yeah, it must do.
0:14:52 > 0:14:58Over there, in t'other side of the fence, there's loads of signal poles,
0:14:58 > 0:15:00timber for signals and, um...
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Look at that there.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12Look at them lovely window frames. There's the er...
0:15:12 > 0:15:15- The indicator.- ..the indicator board there, see.
0:15:15 > 0:15:20It's been a long time since a block of wood went up and down there.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32Now for the railway workshops and a bit of mechanicing and riveting.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36Oh, we've made it. Here we are, Midland Railway Centre.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43- It looks a busy place, doesn't it? - Plenty of stuff here.
0:15:43 > 0:15:48Are we going to see any of this boiler work going on while we're here?
0:15:48 > 0:15:54We'll get rid of this, tuck this away in a corner somewhere and we'll go and have a wander, eh?
0:15:54 > 0:15:57- Right, go on then. I'm ready. - Yeah, right.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Now, a bit of grooving...
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Here in the workshops of the Midland Railway Centre
0:16:07 > 0:16:10locomotive repairs and rebuilds are done on a large scale,
0:16:10 > 0:16:15mostly by volunteers who just do it for the love of it.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18Probably never did much work.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20This is Somerset and Dorset of course.
0:16:20 > 0:16:27I always wanted to be able to have a day out and explore where the Somerset and Dorset had been.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31- We've got an eight horse Ranson's traction boiler here.- Mm.
0:16:31 > 0:16:38- Brand new throat plate in, pressed by the Woodbine establishment.- Ah, Mr Stuart.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Stuart himself did it. There's been quite a bit of building done.
0:16:41 > 0:16:47To all intents and purposes, it's waiting riveting now.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51And how long will it be before Fred gets his hands on this?
0:16:53 > 0:16:55- Yeah.- See, it's all action.
0:16:58 > 0:17:03- It breathes unhealthy smoke, that engine.- Morris Minor engine.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07It's funny, you know, when they've just gone in and they come out
0:17:07 > 0:17:13- and they're still bloody hot and you can't help but want to touch them! - Aye, I know.- They're so beautiful.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17I'm a great one for dropping 'em when you get...
0:17:17 > 0:17:23Mind you, if you were doing it all day every day, building a big ship, you could get used to it, eh?
0:17:23 > 0:17:25A little bit this way.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Right, Simon, take it up.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31- To the top.- Whoa!
0:17:31 > 0:17:33- Right!- Yeah!
0:17:34 > 0:17:36Perfect!
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Still red hot.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51- Bit too far.- That's it.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01- Yep.- That's a good 'un.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15After a visit to the workshop, Fred couldn't turn down an invitation
0:18:15 > 0:18:22to have a ride on the footplate of one of the locomotives that had been restored there.
0:18:22 > 0:18:27- Aye, good afternoon!- Hello, Fred!- You all right, then?- Welcome aboard.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- Can I come on board?- Yeah.- Thank you.
0:18:37 > 0:18:44While Fred's enjoying himself on the footplate, Alf and Jimmy have got some work to do.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48- Waiting for water.- It's time you were back off your bloody holidays!
0:18:52 > 0:18:56- It took a great part in the doing up of it.- Yes.
0:18:56 > 0:19:01- What were the boiler like?- Well, the main barrel was very good
0:19:01 > 0:19:06and the front tube plate was the opposite, it was badly corroded.
0:19:06 > 0:19:11When we saw the condition once we got the tube down, it had to be condemned.
0:19:11 > 0:19:17Going up Wincobank in Sheffield, bloody wet through, raining. I said "We could've been with Jimmy now,
0:19:17 > 0:19:22"on a deck chair with a pint in hand!"
0:19:22 > 0:19:28- I'm glad you're back. I've been bloody calling you every day. Have your ears not been burning?- No.
0:19:28 > 0:19:33The running gear underneath, was that in fair order?
0:19:33 > 0:19:37- Yeah, it's all plate bearings.- Yeah. - White metal.- Yeah.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40How many years did it take you?
0:19:40 > 0:19:44Well, it came out of Barry's scrap yard in, er, December 1980
0:19:44 > 0:19:49and it first ran under its own power this time last year, so 23 years.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55- Did you go to the Rockies?- We went to Rockies...
0:19:55 > 0:19:58- Calgary, Montreal, Toronto. - See any Eskimos?
0:19:58 > 0:20:05- No, saw two Indians though. - Indians? Not ones with bow and arrows!- They're not shooting at you!
0:20:10 > 0:20:14It was built in Swindon, 1959, October.
0:20:14 > 0:20:19- Spent all its working life in South Wales around Cardiff.- Yeah, yeah.
0:20:19 > 0:20:24Then was withdrawn in August 1965. So she wasn't even six years old.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Just run it till it pours.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33Guard's coupling up.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Now it's Fred's turn to drive the engine...
0:20:37 > 0:20:41..something he always dreamt about as a lad.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55I've only got three notches on mine!
0:20:55 > 0:21:02- Did you ever find that...you were looking for?- No, we've not found it yet, but we've been close to it.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Yeah, nearly there.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13And he has got no worries about who is doing the steering.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20- I'm enjoying this! - Yeah, I bet you are!
0:21:32 > 0:21:36Now, the technical bit's stopping in the right place!
0:21:37 > 0:21:41Just slow it down a bit more, about 12 on the gauge.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54- I'm more used to big handles, you know.- Yeah.
0:21:56 > 0:22:01Lovely jubbly. I think we'll, er, make something of him yet!
0:22:01 > 0:22:04I've seen him do it before though, so...
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Did you like that?!
0:22:07 > 0:22:09I enjoyed that, thank you very much.
0:22:12 > 0:22:17Oh, aye, yeah! He let me drive it, you know, yeah.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Right, Alf, that's it.
0:22:33 > 0:22:39Not far from the Midland Railway, there's another engine building business that Fred is going to see.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43The owners are old friends of Fred's family
0:22:43 > 0:22:49so he's being joined by his sons Jack and Roger, and they're all going to stay there for a few days.
0:22:49 > 0:22:56We need all this steam to get up the mountain to see two old mates of mine, Ian and Gary Howard,
0:22:56 > 0:23:00who own a big Fowler Showmans engine. Last year they had a very big fire
0:23:00 > 0:23:04and it burnt the shed down and melted all the brass on the engine.
0:23:04 > 0:23:11But they tell me it's almost finished again now and we've got Roger and Jack, me two sons,
0:23:11 > 0:23:16to help out Alf and Jimmy on our round the world tour.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19So we'll set off up the hill, or attempt it.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39- Hiya, lads, how you doing? - Hello, Fred!
0:23:39 > 0:23:44- I can see you're doing all right, without a shadow of a doubt. - Oh, battling on, battling on.
0:23:44 > 0:23:49- Do you want me to come up or are you coming down? - We'll come and have a word.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53- Have you had a good run up?- Eh?- Have you had a good run up?- Oh, aye.
0:23:53 > 0:24:00I can't believe it, you know, from seeing...what... we've all known about 12 months ago.
0:24:00 > 0:24:06It's incredible. You must have worked bloody day and night for that, eh?
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Aye, we've done a minute or two.
0:24:08 > 0:24:15- Yeah.- Whether another marriage will survive or not I don't know!- Ooh, shh! Well, I've tried three times!
0:24:16 > 0:24:18You've made a brand-new tender.
0:24:18 > 0:24:23- Yeah.- And it didn't do no harm to the boiler.- We're hoping not, no.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26We've done all the tests necessary, the visual, hydraulics
0:24:26 > 0:24:30and we've had her in steam, blowing off at 200, and everything's OK.
0:24:30 > 0:24:35I read how you stopped the fire brigade squirting it, which could've been disastrous.
0:24:35 > 0:24:41- That's why we had such a big burn. - That were brilliant thinking that, in such terrible conditions.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45- We had to make the decision. - Yeah, stop...stop squirting!
0:24:45 > 0:24:49We cleaned the shed off it that had collapsed on it.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52That were the first time we'd seen it.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55I saw the pictures. Dreadful.
0:24:55 > 0:25:02This is the bloody nightmare corner. Did you see one of these on your travels? Do you know what that was?
0:25:02 > 0:25:06- A signalling bell?- Communications bell.- For the arse-end, yeah.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Because in them days every trailer had a brakeman.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13And each brakeman had a bit of string to his arm
0:25:13 > 0:25:19- and then that went just above the driver's head and... - Ding, ding, ding, put the brakes on.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21It took us a long time to get one of them.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26- Look at all these bits, look.- Yeah.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30- Me lovely oil cans, look.- Yeah, that's a shame, innit?- Intit?
0:25:30 > 0:25:33Them are getting harder and harder to find.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36First thing, at every steam rally go round...
0:25:36 > 0:25:39- Junk stalls.- Yeah, yeah. You sometimes get a bargain.
0:25:39 > 0:25:44Erm, well, that's all you can do, isn't it? Head down and battle on.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48- Do you want to look at the workshop...?- It's no use sitting bloody sulking, is it?
0:25:48 > 0:25:52This is our other workshop anyway, Fred.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56- We've got quite a bit going on down here.- Aye, yeah.
0:25:56 > 0:26:02This is bound to be interesting to you. It's off a very early Aveling Roller.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05I can tell with the corners it's the early style.
0:26:05 > 0:26:081884. It'll be the oldest one in steam.
0:26:08 > 0:26:14- Tim's just getting some paint on it to seal it up.- Get the red lead on. - Get the footplate riveted in there.
0:26:14 > 0:26:19- Yeah.- This is a Marshall.- Yeah.
0:26:19 > 0:26:24It's got the usual Marshall ailments, hasn't it? Why does Marshalls always crack there?
0:26:24 > 0:26:28Avelings crack on the throat plate. When you think about Fowlers, Leeds -
0:26:28 > 0:26:33there were more traction engine builders and loco builders in Leeds
0:26:33 > 0:26:35- than any other city in the land. - Yeah.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39And now there's nowt left at all, is there? What do we do now?
0:26:39 > 0:26:45Shopkeepers. Bolton's famous for toilet rolls and incontinence pads.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49And we used to make bloody boilers and all sorts.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Yeah, I've got a book at home, er...
0:26:52 > 0:26:57The Manchester Road Rolling Company, Norman E Box.
0:26:57 > 0:27:02It's got, "In case of an accident, on no account must you talk to the police.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06- "Ring head office immediately!" - Can't fault 'em.- Yeah, yeah.
0:27:08 > 0:27:13- Here's Eddie drilling the firebox for this here Marshall.- Yeah.
0:27:13 > 0:27:18- It's the Marshall's patent firebox that one.- I've read about them.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22Strip it all down, get the swarf out and then rivet it up.
0:27:22 > 0:27:27There's more of the interesting... Our hobby really grows and grows, doesn't it? So...
0:27:27 > 0:27:32- The work's endless.- The future's got to be bright for all of us.
0:27:32 > 0:27:37- That's why we're training Eddie up, you see.- Oh, aye. - To take over when we're old.
0:27:41 > 0:27:46And for a traction engine driver's mate, the work never ends.
0:27:46 > 0:27:52It's running a lot better. I mean, it's just tackled this hill coming up to Alton Engineering
0:27:52 > 0:27:55and it's come up there no problem and kept making steam.
0:27:55 > 0:28:00And while Alf is working, who's that sitting at the back?
0:28:00 > 0:28:06I don't know whether Fred's 100% happy with it but he's a bit of a perfectionist, isn't he?
0:28:06 > 0:28:12It's never ending this bloody polishing job, is it? Where's these two bloody helpers?
0:28:12 > 0:28:16For Roger, there are too many other diversions here.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20But Jack is soon back on the scene when there's some driving to do.
0:28:20 > 0:28:27There'll be time to do any repairs that are needed now it's just over halfway through the tour.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31And that's a fine manoeuvre. His dad will be proud of him.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39There's a lot of interesting places to see round here,
0:28:39 > 0:28:43so Fred's going to be staying at Ian Howard's for the next few days.
0:28:43 > 0:28:50He'll be visiting a place where they make wooden patterns that are used for the castings on traction engines
0:28:50 > 0:28:55and the belt-driven workshop of a local clock maker.