Did this railway (as opposed to the East & West Junction Railway) go into receivership - if so, when. And when did it come out of receivership?Continue
Started by Richard Maund. Last reply by Richard Maund Feb 11.
Shall we bring this discussion under the proper heading!So far as the OS plan surveyed 1885, published 1886, is concerned: the OS liked - wherever they could - to have text running parallel to the top and bottom borders. When they came to add the…Continue
Started by Richard Maund. Last reply by Richard Maund Feb 10.
Some time ago we ahd an interesting and lively discussion on the mystery station at Tiffield, which added quite a lot to our collective knowledge.I've recently been looking closely at two of the other mystery stations- at North End (sometimes…Continue
Started by Barry Taylor. Last reply by Richard Maund Jan 27.
Page 12 of Arthur Jordan's book features a full page reproduction of the E&WJ public timetable handbill for August 1873. Does anyone know where the original of that handbill is preserved?Incidentally, the timetable itself formed the basis of…Continue
Started by Richard Maund. Last reply by Barry Taylor Jan 25.
My late Father was born in 1911 and was brought up in the village of Hartwell, Northants. His Father (my Grandfather) worked at Wolverton carriage works for the LNWR. My Father wrote an autobiography of his life in 1983 of which I was unaware and have recently unearthed. In the autobiography is a chapter on railways and a section about a nearby east-west line which he refers to as the Straford on Avon and Olney Railway. He heads the section with two nicknames for the line The Bread an' Herring Line and The Scratter. He goes on to explain how these nicknames came about and this was also the basis of a talk that he gave on Home this afternoon on the BBC circa 1963. This talk was also published in a BBC complilation book of the same name in 1967.
I am having his autiobiography printed for members of the family only and would like to title it Bread an' Herring above an image of an 0-6-0 tank of the late 1910s, early 1920s. I would appreciate any advice.
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