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LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham

Studley & Astwood Bank Station: mrstud600

Looking towards Alcester along the single line platform with both passengers and staff posed for the camera

Looking towards Alcester along the single line platform with both passengers and staff posed for the camera. The lampposts's lantern's are empty meaning that the oil lamps which would provide the lighting at night have been removed. It was the job of the most junior member of staff to light and extinguish the lamps and to maintain them by topping up the oil, trimming the wicks and polishing the glass. A short ladder would be used to allow the junior porterto carry out this job. The fencing on the right is a vertical pattern not the traditional (and interesting) sloping version seen at most Midland Railway stations.

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