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paulr
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Langley Mills railways
replied on: 5/27/2007 4:48:37 PM The opening of the new Wembley Stadium brought back memories of the Boy's School trips to the Schoolboy Internationals. We all met on Langley Mill railway station to travel to Wembley, more or less door to door, both in 1953 when England drew with Wales, England 3 - Wales 3, and then in 1954 when England got beaten, England 1 - Scotland 4. We also travelled from there to London for the Festival of Britain in 1951, and on the 17th June 1954 116 Boys and 47 parents travelled to York going North for a change. |
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suzard
Researcher Quote | Reply | This message was updated on 8/24/2007 11:15:41 AM by suzard |
Langley Mills railways
replied on: 8/12/2007 9:05:38 PM quote: On that part of the bridge the floor was wooden planks and there were gaps and knot holes in the wood where you could look through to the workshops. The floor of this part of the Bridge was replaced with metal sheeting with a raised pattern in it (possibly laid by Turners) -very springy and noisy to walk on -you are too young to remember the wooden floor Robert.! The sides of the bridge were only corrugated from Bridge St end to the side steps down to Pottery Lane, from there to North St the Bridge was very opensided -probably it was blocked later, as there were several accidents where children fell on to the railway track after swinging from the bars of the bridge side . |
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Iceboy53
Quote | Reply | This message was updated on 10/21/2007 12:48:19 PM by Iceboy53 |
Langley Mills railways
replied on: 10/21/2007 12:45:50 PM is this the section that was connected to the bridge that went by aristoc sue ? if it is i remember it well when i was a kid,standing on there waiting for the steam trains to go under..in fact was the bridge all ways connected to the alley bit over turners ? |
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suzard
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Langley Mills railways
replied on: 10/22/2007 12:02:56 PM I think you are thinking of the same bridge, Iceboy. Coming from the North St end you would walk down a lane (not very long) on theright (fenced off) was Pickersgill and Frosts, then onto the bridge over th railway -open sided- then on the right steps down to Pottery lane (these steps were open -didn't like them very much as you could see below you-the steps the other ends were "closed in"- if you didn't go down the side steps to pottery lane and carried on to Bridge St -that section had corrogated sides and went over G.R.Turner & sons Workshops and eventually had the "springy" steel floor put in |
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Iceboy53
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replied on: 10/22/2007 1:01:14 PM and if i remember well suz..the boards on the bridge used to shake and move when you walk across..but yes the bridge st end was a bit bouncy when you walked over it 
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