Light and shadows
I made a journey over to the Kidderminster Railway Museum yesterday to collect a book they had set aside for me. They share premises with the southern terminus of the heritage Severn Valley Railway.
Suffice to say I took a few snaps, but barely any of the running trains!
I quite like this one taken under the station awning with the delightful WH Smith news-stand. I remember when we had one of these, albeit rather smaller, on Beeston station and from where I purchased my first Ian Allan Combine with Streak 60017 'Silver Fox' on the front. I was a wee-nipper at the time so I'm guessing a one-time parental funding was necessary for the not inconsiderable purchase price of 11s 6d (£0.57) back then. If only I still had it with my boyhood scrawl under-linings of the steamers and diesels I'd seen - I do have a copy now but purchased many years after the event and, without the under-linings, somehow not quite the same.
12.28pm, Kidderminster Station, 14th May 2019
Light and shadows
I made a journey over to the Kidderminster Railway Museum yesterday to collect a book they had set aside for me. They share premises with the southern terminus of the heritage Severn Valley Railway.
Suffice to say I took a few snaps, but barely any of the running trains!
I quite like this one taken under the station awning with the delightful WH Smith news-stand. I remember when we had one of these, albeit rather smaller, on Beeston station and from where I purchased my first Ian Allan Combine with Streak 60017 'Silver Fox' on the front. I was a wee-nipper at the time so I'm guessing a one-time parental funding was necessary for the not inconsiderable purchase price of 11s 6d (£0.57) back then. If only I still had it with my boyhood scrawl under-linings of the steamers and diesels I'd seen - I do have a copy now but purchased many years after the event and, without the under-linings, somehow not quite the same.
12.28pm, Kidderminster Station, 14th May 2019