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    Mark Tooze replied to the thread happy birthday pjmburns (janice).
    Happy Birthday!!!
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    Mark Tooze reacted to A Sparks's post in the thread Snow Hill Station with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Again - great set of photos! It's surprising the amount of spare ground that we can't normally see around the area, another world really.
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    Mark Tooze reacted to Richard Dye's post in the thread Snow Hill Station with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Shame on you :)! I did experience being denied entry once after I bought the ticket. I think it was up to the collector/agent. They must...
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    Mark Tooze reacted to paul stacey's post in the thread Snow Hill Station with Appreciate Appreciate.
    As usual great pics Mark, very interesting for someone who has been away for over 50 years, as to all the changes. Thanks for posting.!!
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    Mark Tooze replied to the thread Snow Hill Station.
    Hi Terry - would love to see your photos please!!! Either station!!
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    Mark Tooze replied to the thread Snow Hill Station.
    As a contrast - this is what the station (including the bridge supports) looked like from photos I took in the late 70's - early 80's -...
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    Mark Tooze replied to the thread Snow Hill Station.
    And finally - underneath what is left of the Gt Charles St bridges (each end span has been "removed", but the middle spans are still...
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    Mark Tooze reacted to Richard Dye's post in the thread Snow Hill Station with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Excellent photos! Every time I look at photos from an engineering perspective, I marvel at the level of effort it took to build and...
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    Mark Tooze replied to the thread Snow Hill Station.
    Best remaining parts are the old door portals under Gt Charles St bridges:- Top of drainpipe:- I wonder if any of...
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    Mark Tooze replied to the thread Snow Hill Station.
    Station was busy - and views from it are still excellent:- However - Mr Percy Pigeon, esq. has found a nice quiet bit to chill...
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    Mark Tooze replied to the thread Snow Hill Station.
    A part of the "new" Snow Hill Station is already redundant of course - the original Midland Metro stop on what was originally platform...
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    Mark Tooze replied to the thread Snow Hill Station.
    Next - may be a bit of old platform (not 100% sure on this as brickwork looks too new - I need to do a bit of research...) Bridge...
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    Mark Tooze replied to the thread Snow Hill Station.
    Finally got back to Snow Hill Station a week ago - parked up in the Jewelry Quarter and took the train in (what a novel idea!!!). Again...
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    Mark Tooze replied to the thread From Our Gardens 2025.
    Nice clear moon last night - and also this morning:-
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    Mark Tooze reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Josiah Mason's Orphanage with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Basic, functional and clean dormatories. For some reason the word after 'Sir Josiah Mason's' has been blocked out. Presumably the...
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