A Sentinel Steam Engine made in Shrewsbury is celebrating 100 years, and is getting ready for the Shrewsbury Steam Gala.

Shropshire Star

We take a look a a steam vehicle made at Shrewsbury's Sentinel works that is celebrating 100 years. It was used in its working life in the docks in Liverpool but will be one on the many attractions at the years Shrewsbury Steam Gala event coming up.

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00:00So we're here in Shrewsbury, Bicton Heath, and getting ready for the Steam Vintage Rally this weekend.

00:06How are you mate, what's your name?

00:08I'm William, thank you very much, a very good thank you.

00:10Cool, and it's your Uncle Eddie that organises it, so you help out down here?

00:14Yes, yes I do.

00:15How long have you been helping out, ever since you was a nipper?

00:17Ever since I was tiny, yes.

00:19Oh fantastic. So you've got a love for the steam engine.

00:21Oh yes, definitely.

00:23This one's rather special isn't it we're in, it's a Sentinel I believe?

00:26Yes, a Sentinel.

00:27And it's got a special birthday this year, just fill us in.

00:30Well, it's 100 years old, which means it was built in 1924.

00:34And it worked on the docks of Liverpool, but it was built in Shrewsbury.

00:40And the building was actually built by myself and my brother-in-law.

00:45So I'm asking myself about this one, because it's quite interesting to see what they use.

00:51What other intentional purpose have been back in the day?

00:54They're hauling trailers around the docks, so anything that's been unloaded from ships or boats,

00:59could be hauled all over the country.

01:01So it could have been Liverpool or any of the big docks you could see there?

01:04Liverpool or anywhere around there.

01:05And do you know how many bits of kit, trucks and so on Sentinel made roughly?

01:10Well they made everything, but they've made about 10,000 pieces all over.

01:14Wow, and how many of these are still in existence, this particular one?

01:18There's still about 150 dotted around all over the world.

01:22All over the country, all over the different countries, yeah.

01:24So they'd have gone over there in their working life as well?

01:27In their working life and some in preservation.

01:29Yeah, fantastic.

01:30And she's a gorgeous thing.

01:33I mean, there's a bit to her up top, isn't there?

01:35It's not like the regular dashes that we used to see.

01:39So which is your favourite then?

01:41How does she compare to kind of, you know, on your list of favourites?

01:44Oh wow, you can't have favourites, but she's pretty nice.

01:47She is, and we say she, she's called Maggie May.

01:50Maggie May, yeah.

01:51So you're looking forward to the weekend?

01:53Oh yes, very much.

01:54Okay, still cool. Thank you, young man.

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