GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Birmingham Snow Hill Station: gwrbsh80a

Close up of image 'gwrbsh80' showing the range of passenger facilities located on Snow Hill station's Platform 5 and 6 together with a variety of platform furniture. The Great Western, as with all railway companies provided additional facilities at their stations, which included not only seating but also public telephones, chocolate dispensing machines and even arcade type amusement machines. On the left under the refreshment room sign is a booth where children could 'win' a toy. At every large station was a 'print your name' machine which cost one penny and allowed up to ten or twelve characters to be printed on a strip of aluminum. Snow Hill retained its machine until closure in 1967 and still costing one penny. It was common practice for apprentices to be sent to the station to print their name so that it could riveted to their tool box.

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