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Originally Posted by Atarah
One of the finest railway engineers the world has known, and... guess what... he went to Accrington Grammar School. He lived with a relative, William Sanderson, in Oswaldtwistle. He was the 6th pupil to be enrolled when the Grammar School (then known as The Accrington Technical School) opened in 1899. He died in 1970
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Didn't know that Atarah.
But I do know that the windshields at the front sides of some railway steam engines made them be called "Bullied" engines. I've always wondered how that name came about...and now I think I've found the answer!! Thanks Atarah.