LNER Route: Leicester to Marylebone

Braunston & Willoughby: gcrbw63

Two girls pose for SWA Newton's camera seated at the bottom of the staircase leading up to Braunston & Willoughby station. The paved area in front of the stairs was the area situated at road level on the A45 in between the two girders which spanned the road. This paved area can be seen in image 'gcrbw64'. The lamp sited over the stairs would have been lit by oil, as would all of the others located on the station, requiring the most junior porter to be responsible for the lighting and extinguishing of the lamps, their replenishment with oil and the trimming of their wicks.

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