This aerial photograph taken circa 1947 shows the railway with the ‘Buffer Depot’ of a large Nissen Hut and several sheds just visible under the wing-strut of the plane. Buffer Depots were where rationed food supplies, building materials and fuel were stored. An important element of the branch line’s social and commercial history, depots such ...
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Top row L-R: Sid Fuller, Bert Jupp, Ron Dean, Ted Turner, Bill Newell, Ernie Hammond, Frank Blake, Arthur Sherry 2nd row: Walter Bennett, Bill Fuller, Joe Whitbread, Bill Barrett, Dick Bellingham, Ted Penfold, Dennis Burgess, Arthur Abbott, Sid Morrison, John Istead, Alec Whiting, Alf Pointon, Ben Holman 3rd row: Dave Blake, Ron Turner, Bill ‘Beasle’ Richardson, Dick ...
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June Heath “…At the end of the war the community feeling here was terrific, there were parties at Charlie Sharp’s garage and in all the Pubs, everywhere was alive and, everyone was very friendly – the community feeling was something that I felt or noticed that I hadn’t so much through the war years…and it ...
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