Photocopies and photographs
Reference: D/Ph 499 Catalogue Title: Photocopies and photographs Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Arthur Smith of Eastgate, station master
Covering Dates: 1941-1954
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Catalogue Description
Arthur Smith was stationmaster at Eastgate Station from 1940 -1950. He was married to Dora and had at least two sons, of which the youngest was Robert.During the Second World War, he was a member of the Weardale War Weapons Week Eastgate Local Committee.
Catalogue Contents
Arthur Smith of Eastgate, station master (Ref: D/Ph 499/)Eastgate War Weapons Week (Ref: D/Ph 499/1-2)Ref: D/Ph 499/1
Photocopy of minute book for Weardale War Weapons Week, Eastgate local committee, of which Arthur Smith was a member, 29 April 1941 - 29 October 1945
Includes balance sheets for Thanksgiving Week and Salute the Soldier Week, n.d. [1941-1945]
Original deposited with the Weardale Society
(54 papers)
Ref: D/Ph 499/2Blank letterhead for Weardale Rural District Thanksgiving Week, 20-27 October [n.d. 1941-1944]
(1 paper, printed)
Eastgate Station and Smith Family (Ref: D/Ph 499/3)Album of Prints (Ref: D/Ph 499/3)Ref: D/Ph 499/3(1)Colour print of Doris Smith, wife of Arthur Smith, stationmaster of Eastgate, on the platform at Eastgate Station, 1941
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/Ph 499/3(2)Print of Arthur Smith, stationmaster of Eastgate, 1940-1950, aged approximately 60 years, standing on the platform in his uniform, n.s. [c.1948]
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/Ph 499/3(3)Print of Arthur Smith, stationmaster of Eastgate, outside the station porch with his youngest son, Robert, who is aged approximately 27 years, n.d. [c.1946]
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/Ph 499(4)Print of platform and tracks at Eastgate Station, with wagons in view and possibly White House Farm in the distance, n.d. [c.1954]
Notes indicate station no longer in use for passenger trains
(1 paper, printed)
