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In 1963, I was standing on the platform of Kingham station in Gloucestershire, with my father, who was off to Cyprus for three months. In those days, in the right circumstances, you could detect an approaching train much further away than is generally possible now. The bursts of smoke and steam as it passed under each bridge gave a good indication of its location and speed. Having spotted its approach, it seemed to me that it was unlikely to be able to stop at the station, but, there were many adults involved and I had to assume that they knew what they were doing. Eventually, it came into sight and hammered through the station at a good 60mph, in the violent manner that only an ageing steam train can, much to the surprise of everybody but me.My train to Stafford go sailing through Filton Abbey Wood station (just north of Bristol) without stopping after my train from South Wales was decamped there instead of Bristol Parkway where the Stafford train did stop at,............grrrrr!!!
I was on a platform at Oxford station once when there was an announcement to the effect that - "Don't believe the information on the screens, it's all wrong, but we can't even turn them off - the next train is actually going to (insert station) and not (insert other station)" - as I and the chap in the blazer next to me gazed at the 200 or so people on the platforms, I asked him "How many of these people do you think might be deaf, or just non-English-speaking?", not that he was going to be able to do much about it...In the days before customer information screens on platforms ....
Especially as it's incorrect. Mallard Walk is off a road that is in Doxey - it isn't Doxey Road.Most pointless replacement signs of the week.
Especially as it's incorrect. Mallard Walk is off a road that is in Doxey - it isn't Doxey Road.