Stoke-on-Trent railway station - Roof and support columns made in 1893 by Andrew Handyside

Stoke-on-Trent Railway Station, originally opened in 1848 by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) and designed in a distinctive Neo-Jacobean style, it underwent a major improvement around 1893 with the addition of a significant glazed roof and many cast iron supports these were all made in Derby by Andrew Handyside. Their makers badges can be found throughout this station as you can see in the photographs. 

I would like to thank Oliver and Lyn Sharpe for the photographs.

At the base of the large cast iron supports for the entrance roof over the tracks you will find this Handyside makers mark :

This Handyside makers plaque dated 1893 is located on the support columns outside of Bod Stoke which is located on Platform 1, Stoke-On-Trent Railway Station : 

This Handyside makers plaque dated 1893 is located on the support columns outside of Bod Stoke which is located on Platform 1, Stoke-On-Trent Railway Station : 

At the base of the large cast iron supports for the entrance roof over the tracks : 

The classic glazed roof, built in 1893, that spans the platforms.

Large cast iron support for the entrance roof over the tracks with Handyside makers mark at the base :

Large cast iron support for the entrance roof over the tracks with Handyside makers mark at the base :

Hope you found this of interest.
Andy

Cake Mill "Cattle Cake Breaker" - Made by Andrew Handyside Ltd of Derby.

Andrew Handyside of Derby didn't just make bridges, fountains, post boxes and railway station roofs, they also made some rather unusual farm machinery as you can see here. This is the first time Ive actually seen a real one rather than in their brochures.

This item is a Cake Mill or "Cattle Cake Breaker" and was used on farms to break up Oilcake which comes in hard large slabs and needs to be broken up for cattle feed.

I would like to thank Ken Heathcote for getting in touch about this item and for sending me photographs after he had restored it. 

Here are four photographs showing the cake mill in its restored state.
Looking into this it would appear that Bentall and Co of Heybridge also made Cake Mills around this time. In 1876 there were 33 Oil and Cake Merchants in Hull, 1954 directory listed five Seed Crushers & Cattle Cake Manufacturers.

Feel free to link to my blog post about this item.

Thanks

Andy Savage