Photograph of Ropley Station Yard from Mid-Hants News summer 1987 Issue no. 54. 10th anniversary magazine. Photo taken approximately 1975 before engine shed was erected. During building work for the heritage railway. (ROP/021/009)
A rare wartime photo. Allen Legg & Reg Crockford, a young evacuee from Portsmouth with Major the next to last working carthorse in Ropley. The Crockford family were evacuated from Portchester to Ropley for the duration of the war to stay with Legg and Lawes families. Taken on Armistice Day 11th November 1942 See auction catalogue for ... (ROP/021/012)
Brian. dont remove this link as it is for the flipbook (ROP/021/006)
Mid Hants Railway 'Singing steam-up' Newspaper cutting. Celebrating 150 National Railway. A very early attempt at a press release and publicity for the Winchester and Alton Railway {Midhants Railway} now called the Watercress Line. (ROP/021/016)
C1980 the start of track laying to extend the line from Ropley to Medsted taken just of off Bighton hill bridge using Boyer Swartz machines and track recovered from British Railways. Photograph from Mid-Hants News summer 1987 Issue 54 (ROP/021/010)
Close up taken from an 1971 aerial photo of the whole of the Dene showing left to right - Hampshire Cottage (1909), then Dene stores and then other side of Darville Road, Ropley Motor Works and all its additions. (ROP/021/018)
Footbridge moved from North Tawton near Oakhampton Devon (genuine LSWR). Rescued when made redundant and now in use at the Alresford end of Ropley station, Mid Hants Railway. (ROP/021/022)
Image taken from a 1971 aerial photo. The scout hut was second hand when put up in the field next to Rec, It was then moved to the field behind Dene farm with access from Bighton Hill. A new one was then built behind the Village Hall and the old one ended up as chicken ... (ROP/021/021)
Ryecroft Farm catalogue 1952. Mr. E. A. Legg gave up his rented farm and milk delivery round as a result of Miss Allie Henderson selling the small holding and big house to move to the top of Maddocks Hill. Her donkey moved from being stabled at Ryecroft poultry farm to a new stable at Maddocks ... (ROP/021/025)
A black and white aerial photograph of Ropley Dene, taken by an unknown photographer in 1971. Five acres the last house up Station hill is new, the barn up Bighton hill is fairly new and the adjacent field is being harvested for turf Compared with a modern Google image a lot of hedge rows have been ... (ROP/021/008)
Charles Lewis and F Clifton Sherriff first attempt at the railway history for the Midhants steam railway run by Winchester and Alton railway ltd. supported by Midhants Railway Preservation Society 1978 revised edition. 13 images for this catalogue item to view (ROP/021/001)
1993 Watercress Line Railway 20th Anniversary Gala timetable and programme Included in the price was access to all activities except the brewery tours. The brewery being the Coors one in Alton now demolished and housing complex. 20 years of progress celebrated with ample volunteers from all departments of the railway and cooperation from Network Rail before ... (ROP/021/004)
3-4 th July 1993 gala weekend 20th anniversary booking leaflet including early bird advanced booking slip A grand affair including preserved electric units running Alton to Woking. A final chance of cooperation with British Railways [Network Southeast] without interference from legal representatives and Accountants. Privatisation took place in 1994 (ROP/021/003)
The first timetable leaflet produced bearing in mind as shown by the map it only ran Alresford to Ropley. Compared with todays service a very busy timetable with cheap fares. (ROP/021/002)
Image taken from a 1971 aerial photo of the Dene showing Dene farm buildings that were later demolished to make way for housing. This includes the large barn made with old timber believed to have seen naval use. One of the original napped stone buildings is hidden behind the oak tree. The right hand leg ... (ROP/021/023)
5 Acres on Station Hill, the Dene. A new build in 1970 for Eddie Colebrook and Lena Butler his housekeeper when he retired from Dene Farm. A nice house well built only to be demolished in 2019 to make way for three houses to be squeezed in. (ROP/021/017)
A newspaper release of 'Watercress Line's Project 5000' from approx. 1980 when the chief executive was very keen to get the membership of the preservation society to 5000. A hope never achieved! (ROP/021/015)
Extract from Black's Hampshire Guide book for tourists 1879 the River Arle rises in Ropley Dean This 1879 publication includes Alresford together with details of river Arle rising in Ropley dene [dean]. Mr Passingham writing in 1960's mentions the canal construction getting to the Anchor (reason for it being called the anchor) construction started as far ... (ROP/021/026)
