Yes, I will have put some down I started at Blisworth 07-05-62 my first day on railway. I am very much into present day railway photography steam & modern traction and have a flickr site: www.flickr.com/photos/robinpatricktrains/

This evening doing a slide show for North Yorkshire Moors Railway at Doncaster 'Roade to York' covers 1962 to around 2005.

Thank you!

Hi Peter

I am a differing Stephen Moss! I l lived near Towcester from 1972-1980 before moving away for University. My school backed onto the site of the old station...

Thankyou for the membership, I shall look forward to adding a little comment from time to time.

Peter, belatedly réalisé I never responded to your ‘welcome’ comment, apologies. I have several links to the SMJ, having grown up not so far away at Newport Parnell. My grandfather, a railwayman like his father and grandfather, used the line to travel to Towcester races when I was a boy. Years later my parents bought a house at Tiffield and I regularly jogged along the trackbed towards Blisworth. Finally, as a longtime member of the LNWR Society I have an interest in any railway connecting with or crossing the Premier Line (even that Derby-based one with the horrible red engines!). Best wishes DALT.

Thank you.

Hello Peter

I'm Moreton Pinkney born and bred.

Dad was a Driver at Wooford.

I was a Secondman at Cambridge and Banbury.

A long time ago.

Ian

Hi Peter, I believe my grandfather (TF Brown) worked on the SmJ. He is on the WW1 poster now displayed on Stratford station. I was wondering if there any staff records available. I also live near Edge Hill and am interested in the branch line that took iron ore down the Hill to the Burton Dasset junction in the 1920s.

regards

Jim Brown

Peter, my interest started with the Newport Pagnell Branch line and extended to the Varsity Line, but of late I find it fascinating there was a Railway cutting across the local landscape which was blessed with a Station at Salcey Forest. So my interest really is local Railways but I find this one particularly interesting. I will be adding pics in due course!!

None apart from an almost lifelong interest in railways and that I was born and live less than 5 miles from the line. Its a line that I have become more interested in in recent years.

Hi Peter, the site is accessible for you to visit whenever you choose at the moment - please feel welcome to visit and take photographs.  If you would like to be met at the site by a member of our team to talk through our plans and timescales, we'd be more than happy to arrange this.  Please email me directly at kirsty.darcy@duchyhomes.co.uk if you would like to accept this invitation. Thanks. Kirsty

Hi Peter, I'm very well thanks although still not managed to make contact with any Binton railway workers - still trying! Hope you're well too.  If you can let me know the purpose of your visit and when you'd like to go, I can contact our site team and ask the question. The original station house is being retained. Kind regards, Kirsty

Hello Peter, thank you for adding me to this site.  Yes, that's correct - I work for Duchy Homes and we have an upcoming development at the old Binton railway station. We're hoping to find anyone who used to work there, or their relatives, to involve them in the redevelopment process and share their story with us. Fingers crossed someone here can help! Thanks. Kirsty

Hello Peter,

Sadly no connections but I did become aware of it through many years of travelling up and down the Fosse Way. I work in the rail industry so have a professional interest as well.

Regards

Martin

Peter,

Thriving it never was, just keeping its head above water most of the time would be about right!

Hi peter no i dont have any history with the railway but i moved to towcester a year or so ago and knew there use to be a old railway line so was just researching its history. Today i walked along where the old track would have been at belle baulk and its amazing to think that years ago this was once a thriving railway line