Recent content by Stubby

Yes, for those few brief hours we became teenagers again. I must say that until Mike sent that map, I was really struggling to reconcile what you'd both said, as well as to my own memories. Of course it was me that was wrong. I usually am - at least according to my wife! Incidentally, I then...

PS - sorry for calling them caravans. That's what they were when my mum and dad had one at Skegness in the 70s! But I'm sure that one was less sophisticated than they are nowadays! By the way, my other major brush with Brummies was in 1959 when a school pal and I did a four-day (I think) tour...

Thank you both for your patience, and the pics, mikeflan. I think it's all clear now. The cafe wasn't where I thought it was at all! Funny how the mind plays tricks.

Thanks for your memories, Mikeflan. However, I am now confused again (doesn't take much!). I must say I was surprised to find that the West Coast Main Line (that I fully expected to be aligned more or less North-South), actually heads almost exactly East-West at this point. Edifi says that...

Yes, lovely memories, Edifi. At first, I was slightly puzzled when you said you had to go under the bridge before passing the cafe. Then I realised that, as a "master brummie", you would have got off the train from Birmingham on the northbound platform (then under the bridge), whereas coming...

Thanks Edifi. Does that mean it was on the eastern side of the down platform after all? And was there road access to the rear? The attached pic I found elsewhere seems to have a kerb in front of it, whereas I recall going in directly off the platform.

Can anyone remind me precisely where the cafe was? My recollection is that it was at the eastern end of the low level down platform (near the "field") but looking at the old aerial photo I think it must have been at the western end, beyond the main station buildings. I visited from Sheffield 3...