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Dorset County Association

Huntsham, Devon

All Saints

Thursday, 13 April 2017 in 2h 47 (8–0–27 in A♭)

5051 Earl Bathurst Surprise Major

Composed by Robert D S Brown

1 D John Knight

2 Jeffrey Knipe

3 Lesley A Knipe

4 Richard H Johnston

5 Michael Hatchett

6 R Nicholas Lawrence

7 Robert D S Brown (C)

8 Timothy F Collins

Remembering Great Western Castle Class Locomotive 5051 Earl Bathurst. Originally built as Drysllwyn Castle, May 1936. First shed allocation Swansea Landore. Renamed August 1937. August 1950 and March 1959 shed allocations Swansea Landore. Moved to Neath shed in April 1961 before its final move to Llanelly in February 1963. Withdrawn May 1963 after completing 1,300,000 miles. Acquired by Woodham's, Barry October 1963. Sold to GWS, Didcot and left as the 4th departure from Barry March 1969. Restored 1979 and renamed as Drysllwyn Castle although it occasionally carries the name of Earl Bathurst.

First Peal in the method

Earl Bathurst Surprise Major

Place notation

-38-14-58-16-12-38.56.14.56.5678-14.56.38-12-16-58-14-38-12

Non Palindromic

Leadhead

b 15738264

FCH Groups

BDc

96/100