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The Bread & Herring Line
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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…Continue

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The Bread & Herring Line

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…See More
Sep 5, 2010
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Dick replied to Andrew Smith's discussion 'The Bread & Herring Line'
"Andrew The Scratter is a new one to me. I'll have to get around sometime to adding a new page with all the names for the SMJ that various people have come forward with. Your dad wasn't quite right with the date of the closure of the…"
Sep 1, 2010
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Aug 31, 2010
Andrew Smith replied to Andrew Smith's discussion 'The Bread & Herring Line'
"Hi Robin Thank you for your reply. I think it is best left to my Father's actual words to explain the nickames and to express his love for the line: " To the north of Hartwell at 1.5 miles was the Stratford upon  Avon and Olney Railway.…"
Aug 31, 2010
Robin Cullup replied to Andrew Smith's discussion 'The Bread & Herring Line'
"I am delighted that some-one else refers to the line as "The Bread an' Herring" - my father (born 1914) always called it thus, and he lived at Yardley Hastings and Hackleton in his youth. I have not known how these names came about -…"
Aug 31, 2010
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The Bread & Herring Line

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…See More
Aug 28, 2010
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