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Which station?
- Thread starter rowan
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Don't know if you sailed from Harwich, but in the early 70s I went from New St to Harwich to catch the ferry to the Hook. Viv.
rowan
Born a Brummie
Thank you both very much.
In the late 1940's & early 50's my brother & I used to go to Austria on army trains from Harwich to Holland through Germany to Austria (Klagenfurt) where our Mother worked at the Landhaus as a secretary to a Colonel-In-Chief.
Our Grandparents took us to the station & saw us onto the train, I could not remember which station it was........ now thanks to this great forum I know :fat:
I loved it on the station because we went to the cafe & my brother would sneek the 6d my Grandfather left under the saucer for the waitress!!! He also bagged a few sugar lumps
Can you imagine today letting 2 children age 8 & 11 travel for 3 days on their own so far, with several hundred of other children. I never knew who was in charge of all of us :excitement:
Thank you again for your help :angel:
In the late 1940's & early 50's my brother & I used to go to Austria on army trains from Harwich to Holland through Germany to Austria (Klagenfurt) where our Mother worked at the Landhaus as a secretary to a Colonel-In-Chief.
Our Grandparents took us to the station & saw us onto the train, I could not remember which station it was........ now thanks to this great forum I know :fat:
I loved it on the station because we went to the cafe & my brother would sneek the 6d my Grandfather left under the saucer for the waitress!!! He also bagged a few sugar lumps
Can you imagine today letting 2 children age 8 & 11 travel for 3 days on their own so far, with several hundred of other children. I never knew who was in charge of all of us :excitement:
Thank you again for your help :angel:
Heartland
master brummie
Travelling to ports pre British Rail depended on the route. To Harwich the normal route was via London (Liverpool Street, LNER) changing stations and passengers could use either Birmingham station for this. There was also the cross country route- through carriages were provided to and from Liverpool, Manchester, Rugby and Birmingham New Street. This was via a now defunct route that went through Rugby, Market Harborough and Peterborough.