LMS Route: Stratford Midland Junction - The Shakespeare Route

Bidford on Avon: smjboa2a

This close up of image 'smjboa2' shows more clearly the limited facilities of the station. Arthur Jordan records in his book that 'a stove pipe ran up the side of the brickwork to appear just above the parapet of the bridge. Wally Weatherhead worked in that office and recalls that local boys would stuff rags in the pipe causing the near asphyxiation of the office occupants'.

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