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Railway Key and Treenail Shaper-Completed
« on: Tuesday 17 September 19 21:53 BST (UK) »
In 1901 quite a number of the family worked at Grooms timber yard in Hereford, sawyers,saw grinders etc.
My great uncle John, aged 15, is down as a "Railway Key and Treenail Shaper."
Has anyone got any idea what theses items were/are?

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Re: Railway Key and Treenail Shaper
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 17 September 19 22:03 BST (UK) »
A treenail is a wooden dowel
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Re: Railway Key and Treenail Shaper
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 17 September 19 22:07 BST (UK) »
The early railway track used wooden wedges/keys to hold the rails in the chairs which were fixed to the sleepers
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Re: Railway Key and Treenail Shaper
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 17 September 19 22:09 BST (UK) »

That makes sense working with wood.

A railway key??
Could that be a token for single line working? I thought they were metal.

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Corbet/t in Shropshire, Norfolk, Worcestershire
Gambold in South West Wales, USA, Australia
Baylis/s in Gloucestershire, South Wales
Richards in Breconshire
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Re: Railway Key and Treenail Shaper
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 17 September 19 22:12 BST (UK) »
Thanks again,

It all makes sense now.

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Sockett in Shropshire, Montgomeryshire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Glamorgan and probably the rest of the UK
Corbet/t in Shropshire, Norfolk, Worcestershire
Gambold in South West Wales, USA, Australia
Baylis/s in Gloucestershire, South Wales
Richards in Breconshire
Manthorpe in Shropshire, Norfolk, Cheshire, Suffolk

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Re: Railway Key and Treenail Shaper
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 17 September 19 22:56 BST (UK) »
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 SOUL;-Gloucestershire.
 SANSUM;-Berkshire-Wiltshire
 BASSON-BASTON;- Berkshire,- Oxfordshire.
 BRIDGES;- Wiltshire.
 DOWDESWELL;-Wiltshire,Gloucestershire
 JORDAN;- Berkshire.
 COX;- Berkshire.
 GOUDY;- Suffolk.
 CHATFIELD;-Sussex-- London
 MORGAN;-Blaenavon-Abersychan
 FISHER;- Berkshire.
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Re: Railway Key and Treenail Shaper
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 17 September 19 23:27 BST (UK) »
youngtug,

Thanks for the diagaram.

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Corbet/t in Shropshire, Norfolk, Worcestershire
Gambold in South West Wales, USA, Australia
Baylis/s in Gloucestershire, South Wales
Richards in Breconshire
Manthorpe in Shropshire, Norfolk, Cheshire, Suffolk

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Re: Railway Key and Treenail Shaper-Completed
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 18 September 19 19:36 BST (UK) »
Key made from hardwood.
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Re: Railway Key and Treenail Shaper-Completed
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 19 September 19 10:26 BST (UK) »
Yes it would have to be.
Probably oak.

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Sockett in Shropshire, Montgomeryshire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Glamorgan and probably the rest of the UK
Corbet/t in Shropshire, Norfolk, Worcestershire
Gambold in South West Wales, USA, Australia
Baylis/s in Gloucestershire, South Wales
Richards in Breconshire
Manthorpe in Shropshire, Norfolk, Cheshire, Suffolk
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