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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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Berkswell and Balsall Common station
Reg Kimber recalls, 'the siding handled incoming wagons of
oxygen cylinders from British Oxygen for the nearby RAF base at Honiley. I did
most of my national service at Honiley and I sometimes had to help the stores
lads on their weekly trip to the siding. We took empty cylinders down and
brought full ones back. It was hard work but it didn't take long and once the
job was done we would settle down out of sight in the open wagon and partake in
refreshment purchased from the local shop. We would depart for the camp just in
time to arrive outside the airmen's mess where we would be first in the queue
for lunch. The timing was always impeccable'.
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