LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Nuneaton
Nuneaton Abbey Street Station: mrna401
The MR's goods station, of timber construction, is seen in
the background behind soldiers of the 1st Dorset Regiment. Pete Lee records in
his book 'Railways of Nuneaton and Bedworth' that they were posted to the area
to deter sabotage and disruption by striking railwaymen. The soldiers were also
billeted in the Stockingford area as well guarding railway locations throughout
both areas.
The practice of using the armed forces during strikes was
common in the these days taking a much higher profile that perhaps culminated
with the general strike. It was not surprising that the soldiers came from a
'foreign' regiment as it would remove the problem of familiarity that would
have occurred if it had been a local regiment.
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