On our way to Barry docks on 30th December 1967, we called in at Cashmore’s of Newport. John Cashmore Ltd had been established in 1872 and was primarily a ship breakers yard. Their headquarters was at Great Bridge in the West Midlands and steam locomotives were disposed of at both sites during the 1960s. Notably, No. 71000 Duke of Gloucester had a narrow escape, having been sent to Cashmore’s by mistake, before belatedly being sent on to Woodhams at Barry and eventual rescue. It was a dull and damp afternoon by the time we reached the banks of the River Usk, though we were in time to record the last moments of some ex-BR engines before they were torched. It was 55 years ago today.
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