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London General route 213: Kingston, Fairfield Bus Station - Sutton, Bushey Road
New Malden Station (B)
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On the last day of services between Wooside and Sanderstead, 13 May 1983, 2EPB 5725, smartly turned out in blue/grey, enters Coombe Road with a service from Elmers End to Sanderstead.
With plenty of enthusiasts aboard, 2EPB 5763 departs Combe road for Sanderstead on the evening of 13 May 1983, the last day of services between Woodside and Sanderstead. The trackbed is now used for the London Tram network. Immediately beond the platforms nearest the camera the trams nnow leave former BR alignment and swing left to run by Lloyd Park along Coombe Road.
The former Southern Railway station at Coombe Road on the line between Elmers End and Selsdon Junction. The station opened in 1935, closing in May 1983, along with the line. The picture was taken on 27 December 1975.
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Coombe Road station stands forlorn on the last day of passenger services between Woodside and Sanderstead, 13 May 1983.
5763 heading for Elmers End passes 5725 bound for Sanderstead on 13 May 1983, the last day of BR services between Woodside and Sanderstead.
2-EPB 5707 approaches Coombe Road station on a service from Woodside to Sanderstead.
The whole area of Coombe Road station was cleared and used for housing, some of which were demolished in order for Croydon Tramlink to run down the side of the site.
The remains of Coombe Road station on Boxing Day 1983. The railway closed just over 6 months earlier, 13 May 1983. The site of Coombe Road station was used for housing with one side of it later used for Croydon Tramlink.
Coombe Road Junior School, Bristol. Dad is middle row, third from the left. Both my brother and me were to attend this school twenty odd years later. A lovely victorian school building now sadly demolished.
Eastville Primary County School - (Junior Mixed), to give the school it's official name, was located between Coombe Road and Berkeley Street, Eastville, Bristol 5. The school was built in the later part of the 1890's, as an Infants and Girls School, based on the fact that the entrance in Berkeley Street has "Girls" and "Infants" carved in the stonework, and the1916 entry in Wright's directory refers only to an Infants Mistress and a Girls Mistress. There were two entrances to the school; one in Berkeley Street, with the main entrance being in Coombe Road - by which name the school was universally known. Coombe Road ran between the main Fishponds Road and Greenbank View.
On 13 May 1983 the ticket office at Coombe Road on the Woodside to Sanderstead line closed for the last time. Trains only ran in the peaks, so in the evening peak it was doing a great trade in platform tickets, probably selling more than it had sold in the rest of its life!
Coombe Road Junior School, Bristol. early fifties I would guess. My dad went to this school as did me and my brother in the seventies. Not sure what the occasion is here but something patriotic with the Union Jacks on the table (Coronation perhaps ?)
Eastville Primary County School - (Junior Mixed), to give the school it's official name, was located between Coombe Road and Berkeley Street, Eastville, Bristol 5. The school was built in the later part of the 1890's, as an Infants and Girls School, based on the fact that the entrance in Berkeley Street has "Girls" and "Infants" carved in the stonework, and the1916 entry in Wright's directory refers only to an Infants Mistress and a Girls Mistress. There were two entrances to the school; one in Berkeley Street, with the main entrance being in Coombe Road - by which name the school was universally known. Coombe Road ran between the main Fishponds Road and Greenbank View.
I grew up alongside Nick Thomson. He lived a few doors down from my Grandparents in Herbert Crescent, Eastville Bristol.
We were in nearly all the same classes throughout Infant, Junior and Senior School from the early Seventies to the Mid Eighties.
We were even born on the same day, same year, September 1967.
In school he excelled in everything academically and on the sporting field. I was about average in the classroom and no good at any sport.
Because of the close proximity of my Grandparents to his family, I always had comments from my Nan asking why I was not as brilliant at school as Nick was. My Mum always defended me of course.
Nick had a very volatile relationship with his Mother and used to talk to her quite badly, shouting at her in the street but in his Mother’s eyes, he could obviously do no wrong.
Nick went onto to become the biggest New Romantic in our Secondary School (Whitefield Fishponds) and was the first bloke I knew to wear make up.
We went to school discos together with Dave Yablsey and used to get drunk on Martini before going in, even dabbing Martini around our necks so the girls knew we were drunk and would excuse our behaviour.
We tried forming various bands along with Yabsley and Derek Chaney but never actually got anywhere near playing to anyone apart from ourselves. Our first band being called Big Jobs, as Nick was the only New Romantic, he never got a say in our “musical direction”.
I must have seen Nick about half a dozen times after moving to Cardiff in 1990 each time he seemed more and more erratic.
I heard he died a few years back, I’ve heard a few theories about what the cause of death was but it wouldn’t be fair to speculate about it on the internet.
He may have had a number of faults in his later life but he was a good friend to me, we were close during those growing up years.
Thanks to Nigel Heath for e mailing me this photo over which shows Nick carrying a guitar during what looks like his Sixth Form Years 1984-86.
Track lifting near Coombe Road station on the Woodside - Sanderstead line. Taken on Boxing Day 1983, just 7 months after the line closed on May 13th 1983. This was later re-used for Croydon Tramlink.
Coming up Coombe Road, Brighton
This cab has an advert: Davinci - Pizzeria Ristorante - 113 London Road, Brighton on the driver's side
Prefix letter N year 1995/1996
Registered in London Central (YP)
Between Bingham Road and Coombe Road stations were 3 tunnels - Woodside (266 yards), Park Hill (122 yards) and Coombe Lane (157 yards).Park Hill tunnel was originally a cutting that had to be filled in due to slippage.
This was taken about 9 months after the line closed in May 1983.
A pair of Alexander Dennis at Coombe Road traffic lights
Years: 16 - 2016 and 68 - 2018/2019
Registered in: SN - Scotland Edinburgh and YX - Yorkshire Beverley
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