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Right:
Station in the 1920's facing South |
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Looking
through the station towards Wellington with the Adderley road bridge
in the background. |
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Drayton Station Box |
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Left:
Still facing South in the mid 1960's. |
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Taken from the
barrow crossing, looking through the station towards Wellington. The
Building on the left is the Station Master's Office. |
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Left:
Station
looking North
(Photographer,
Steve Raines 1966) |
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Taken from the
up platform, looking through the station towards Crewe, dereliction
starting to set in with the weed strewn platforms and the footbridge
roof having been removed. |
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Left: Market Drayton
Station early 60's
(Photographer unknown) |
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Taken on the
up platform outside the Signal Box. Signalman is Tom Ricketts and
the final Station Master, Bert Knowles. Photograph by kind
permission of his widow. |
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Left:
Market Drayton Station c.1881 to 1901
Laurel Lea
Bishop (from Canada) kindly donated this
photograph in which her Great
Grandfather is the older man on the
right of the picture. Laurel also provided the
following information (03/09/2009): Richard took over as Station
Master at some point between 1871 and
1880, |
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for he is listed in the
1880 Slater's Directory as Market
Drayton's Station Master,and again in
Kelly's Directory of 1891 and 1895 as
well as 1913. That was the year he died
as a result of falling onto the tracks
trying to run after the train as it was
pulling out of the station in order to
post his wife's letter. He didn't die
that day but some time shortly after, so
he worked almost to his death at age 64,
being Station Master from some time in
the 1870s to 1913. In that case, the
photo could have been taken anytime up
to that year. |
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