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Bulletin 218
June 7, 2021
…well known in Surrey Local History circles, mentions two public railways that preceded the SIR, the Loughborough to Nanpantan Railway in 1789, and the Lake Lock Railway, near Wakefield, in…
The Bridges and Roads of Mitcham
April 14, 2017
…he astutely sold out while the going was good. By the 1850s the London Brighton and South Coast Railway and the London and South Western Railway Companies were running regular…
Bulletin 158
April 22, 2017
…Great Northern Railway, and for its first few years the Midland Railway ran its trains into London on the Great Northern Railway lines to Kings Cross or on the London…
Bulletin 215
September 22, 2020
…Park all my life I developed an interest in the local railways at an early age and in particular the Wimbledon to West Croydon railway line, which always seemed so…
Bulletin 166
April 22, 2017
…hoof, and where they were slaughtered, skinned and butchered. In 1683 the 3-acre open space was at last paved, drained and railed in, but it was too small. In 1725…
06 Mitcham Bridge, The Watermeads and the Wandle Mills
April 16, 2017
…is on display with an iron plate rail, and two stone sleeper pads loaned by Merton Historical Society. Both wheels are of a type known to have been fitted to…
Memories of a Morden Lad 1932-1957
April 14, 2017
…flight. I should have known what to expect from a Tiger Moth! I knew it was a very old biplane with The railways throughout Europe were in chaos due to…
The Surrey Iron Railway
…The use of the Surrey Iron Railway railway declined as steam railways were built locally, and it was closed to traffic on 31st August 1846. Subsequently much of its track-bed…
Bulletin 165
April 22, 2017
…times. The Southern Railway station looked very smart, with shops at the entrance, and employed five staff including the stationmaster. Across the road could be seen a horse and cart….
Bulletin 177
April 22, 2017
…fringing the railway carried four wires – two for the railway and two for the Admiralty, the partners sharing the cost of £24000 (today’s equivalent would be over £1m). Those…
Bulletin 226
June 15, 2023
…the (in theory) 29 rail, road and foot bridges across the Thames within London. The list below (all are road bridges unless otherwise stated) is complete, but only selected points…
01 The Cricket Green
April 16, 2017
…the London Brighton and South Coast Railway Company in 1868, and reaches its destination as Acacia Road. The attempt a century or so ago to rename Cold Blows St Mary’s…
Bulletin 162
April 22, 2017
…Palace. Transport for a long time was mainly by sea, as the easiest way. Paul is inclined to think that the Surrey Iron Railway, of 1803, was not, as often…