Windle - Meet the Leeds star of TV's Fred the Steam Fugitive

He was the star of a Yorkshire Television programme broadcast in 1990 called Fred the Steam Fugitive.

Windle, whose home was Middleton Railway, was a class 0-4-OWT number 53 locomotive. He was built in 1909 by Edward Borrows at Providence Works in St. Helens on Merseyside.

Fred the Steam Fugitive was 22 minutes long and starred Paul Luty as Sid the Driver, John Faulding as Wally the Fireman and Bill Pertwee as Mr Jenkins. The narrator was Frank Topping.

It was filmed at Middleton Railway on Moor Road in Hunslet.

This photo is published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. They also run heritage blog The Secret Library Leeds, which provides a behind the scenes look at the Central Library and highlights from its special collections, including rare books hidden away in the stacks.

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