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[[File:FoleyPark1938map.jpg |thumb|300px|right| 1938 Ordnance Survey map showing a sand and gravel pit south of the Beet Sugar Factory]] | [[File:FoleyPark1938map.jpg |thumb|300px|right| 1938 Ordnance Survey map showing a sand and gravel pit south of the Beet Sugar Factory]] | ||
| − | Thomas Vale & Sons' siding is listed in the RCH 1938 Handbook of Stations as having a business at Kidderminster accessed via the [[Foley Park sidings | British Sugar Corporation sidings]] at Foley park. | + | Thomas Vale & Sons' siding is listed in the RCH 1938 Handbook of Stations as having a business at Kidderminster accessed via the [[Foley Park sidings | British Sugar Corporation sidings]] at Foley park. |
| − | '''Thomas Vale & Sons''' was established in Stourport in 1869<ref>[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Thomas_Vale_and_Sons Thomas Vale & Sons on Grace's Guide]</ref> and still exists today as Thomas Vale Construction. | + | '''Thomas Vale & Sons''' was established in Stourport in 1869<ref>[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Thomas_Vale_and_Sons Thomas Vale & Sons on Grace's Guide]</ref> and still exists today as Thomas Vale Construction. They commenced construction of the sugar factory in 1925, for which a [[Temporary siding for construction of the Sugar Beet Factory at Foley Park|temporary siding]] was laid.<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, September 1926</ref> |
T. Vale & Sons were listed in Kelly's Directory of 1936 as "gravel merchants, Oldington"<ref>[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KKjFjKSzAa9_XQnL2HeRNwZ-QsaPkqvn/view Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire 1936] (Retrieved 4 May 2021)</ref>. | T. Vale & Sons were listed in Kelly's Directory of 1936 as "gravel merchants, Oldington"<ref>[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KKjFjKSzAa9_XQnL2HeRNwZ-QsaPkqvn/view Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire 1936] (Retrieved 4 May 2021)</ref>. | ||
Latest revision as of 14:41, 20 December 2022
Thomas Vale & Sons' siding is listed in the RCHRailway Clearing House 1938 Handbook of Stations as having a business at Kidderminster accessed via the British Sugar Corporation sidings at Foley park.
Thomas Vale & Sons was established in Stourport in 1869[1] and still exists today as Thomas Vale Construction. They commenced construction of the sugar factory in 1925, for which a temporary siding was laid.[2]
T. Vale & Sons were listed in Kelly's Directory of 1936 as "gravel merchants, Oldington"[3].
See also
References
- ↑ Thomas Vale & Sons on Grace's Guide
- ↑ Great Western Railway Magazine, September 1926
- ↑ Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire 1936 (Retrieved 4 May 2021)
Railway Clearing House Handbook of Stations including Junctions, sidings, Collieries, Works &C. 1938
Links
1:25000 Ordnance Survey map of Kidderminster on the National Library of Scotland web site
