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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton LMS Route: Nuneaton to
Leamington
Coventry Station: lnwrcov589b
Close up of image 'lnwrcov589' showing adverts on the
footbridge staircase including Triumph Motor Cycles on the risers of the steps
seen on the 10th April 1953. On the right is a standard LMS telephone booth
whilst next to it, nearer the camera, is one of British Automatic Company's
metal nameplate stamping machines. During the 1950s these machines printed out
a given number letters on a strip of aluminium for one old penny (1d). Many a
new apprentice on their first day on the job from one of Coventry's many
engineering businesses were sent to the station to print out their name on a
strip for fixing on their tool boxes etc. See below for a photograph of a
preserved model at Edinburgh Museum reproduced with acknowledgment to Douglas
Bryce.
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