The snows came early
The station staff at Royston, Herts did a good job in sweeping the snow off Platform 1. It was most unusual to get such a heavy snowfall as early as November. The following month saw further snowfalls, and we seemed all-set for a long and cold winter, but after Christmas the remainder of the 1981/82 winter was mild.
Royston was a busy interchange station during this era. The Great Northern electrification programme only took the wires as far as Royston, and through trains from Kings Cross to Cambridge ceased after 1977. Passengers were required to transfer from the Class 312 EMUs that had been introduced for these outer suburban services to complete their Cambridge journey on a DMU shuttle. This arrangement continued until the Royston-Cambridge section was belatedly electrified in 1987.
November 1981
Yashica FR-1 camera
Agfa CT18 film.
The snows came early
The station staff at Royston, Herts did a good job in sweeping the snow off Platform 1. It was most unusual to get such a heavy snowfall as early as November. The following month saw further snowfalls, and we seemed all-set for a long and cold winter, but after Christmas the remainder of the 1981/82 winter was mild.
Royston was a busy interchange station during this era. The Great Northern electrification programme only took the wires as far as Royston, and through trains from Kings Cross to Cambridge ceased after 1977. Passengers were required to transfer from the Class 312 EMUs that had been introduced for these outer suburban services to complete their Cambridge journey on a DMU shuttle. This arrangement continued until the Royston-Cambridge section was belatedly electrified in 1987.
November 1981
Yashica FR-1 camera
Agfa CT18 film.