4021 - LORD CURZON - Built 1925 - Harry Hall of Derby - Scrapped
This engine was supplied new to Harry Hall to power his "Gorgeous Glittering Whales" ride. It worked with THE WHALE. Harry Hall named the engine after the distinguished statesman who lived at Kedleston Hall, near Derby. Both engines travelled the Scenic Whale ride at fairs throughout the Midlands until 1937. LORD CURZON was then transferred to Hall's brother-in-law, Pat Collins of the famous Bloxwich concern, with whom she ended her days.
Collins reputedly removed her auxiliary dynamo and fitted it to another Burrell Scenic engine, No 1. The photo shows her with Hall's Whales in 1932. Apparently the Burrell Scenics were not the best engines in the hilly Derbyshire countryside. Harry Hall was quoted as saying his Fowlers (LORD KITCHENER and LITTLE ALF) would 'walk away' in the hills while the Burrells had to 'get down to it'.
Collins reputedly removed her auxiliary dynamo and fitted it to another Burrell Scenic engine, No 1. The photo shows her with Hall's Whales in 1932. Apparently the Burrell Scenics were not the best engines in the hilly Derbyshire countryside. Harry Hall was quoted as saying his Fowlers (LORD KITCHENER and LITTLE ALF) would 'walk away' in the hills while the Burrells had to 'get down to it'.
Copyright Phillip Upchurch