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Andy Thompson

(is this of interest to anyone?)

Someone please talk to Ian I lived at 1 Evesham Road when I was in my teens and used to "help" in the signal box While clearing the lof…

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John  Evans

Blisworth SMJ station use for parcels 1960s

..and presumably you have seen the picture in my album of the reconstructed platforms. I remember them being quite busy with parcels traffi…

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Roger Hatch

Stratford station

I run The West En pub in Old Town Stratford.  I am currently pulling together a wide range of maps and photos about Old Town including the…

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Andy Thompson

The Fence Post Debate

Please feel fee to join the debate. Q: Is this fence post original? A: (in my opinion - YES! Q: Prove it! I will! - look at this curren…

Started by Andy Thompson

7 4 hours ago
Reply by Richard Woods
Dick

Bletchley shed workings over the SMJ

I have just discovered a short reference in A E Grigg's "Bletchley - Town of Trains" to the fact that during LMS days there were Saturday N…

Started by Dick

2 on Monday
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John Whitehead

Can anyone help?

I've received a request through a Northants family tree website for any information on a George Brown, born c.1836 and onetime stationmaste…

Started by John Whitehead

0 Feb 16
IAIN GEORGE MACKINTOSH PARDOE

ISlide Show.

Is there any interest in a slide show (old fashioned type) featuring Kineton Military Railway (KMR) and other military railways? Show would…

Started by IAIN GEORGE MACKINTOSH PARDOE

0 Feb 16
Susie Brown

S&T Blisworth

My grandfather worked for S&T in Oxford during WW2 and then at Rugby and finally Blisworth. He trained up Gerald Quinney who lives in R…

Started by Susie Brown

0 Feb 15
Peter James Phillips

SMJ No 1 and Colonel Stephens

It has always been a mystery why the good colonel named this loco 'Morous' when he bought it from the SMJ in 1910 for the Shropshire and Mo…

Started by Peter James Phillips

0 Feb 14
John Jennings

The Avon Bridge

There have been a number of references to the Avon bridge in recent publications and unfortunatly some mis-information has surfaced. I have…

Started by John Jennings

1 Feb 6
Reply by David Blagrove
Roger Hatch

Old Town Stratford

Hi All Following previous notes on our research on Old Town Stratford upon Avon and in particular links into the SMJ, we now have some old…

Started by Roger Hatch

0 Feb 6
Si Donal

SMJ ADVERT

Hello, Here's an advertisement for our line.  I beleive it is from the Railway Year Book.  It is undated but as it is advertising the Shake…

Started by Si Donal

5 Jan 25
Reply by Lloyd Penfold
Dick

Woodford Article in February 2012 Steam Days

This month's Steam Days has an interesting article about Woodford Shed's history which may be of interest even though it's not actually abo…

Started by Dick

0 Jan 21

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