What did the coming of the railway bring to your town?

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What did the coming of the railway bring to your town?

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« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2012, 20:39:01 »

TRAINS


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« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2012, 20:51:04 »

Quote from: smokey on October 15, 2012, 20:39:01

TRAINS

Do remember though that as far as Melksham is concerned your response 'TRAINS' is only just correct in being plural.


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« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2012, 21:01:32 »

This http://thames.me.uk/s00710_files/mrb_1840.jpg and this http://thames.me.uk/s00710_files/rss%20turner.jpg


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« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2012, 22:17:37 »

'Rain, Steam and Speed' by J.M.W. Turner. A fantastic painting of the early GWR^▸ .


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Re: What did the coming of the railway bring to your town?

« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2012, 09:38:21 »

Interesting ad for railway and the Cheese Market at Melksham, however, did the Cheese Market proceed the railway? Didn't you have a branch off the Wilts and Berks canal before the railway? Cheese would be transpotable by canal.


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« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2012, 19:23:15 »

Being Serious about Grahame's question, "What did the railways bring to your town"

I'd Say GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) as before the railways arrived towns and villages still had local time.

Even in the 1950's a Time Signal was transmitted at 11:00 am from Paddington by Telegraph to all WR stations and a Horn was blown at Penzance station, by which Train Crew and Station Staff would adjust their watches.


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« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2012, 00:24:46 »

Quote from: smokey on October 22, 2012, 19:23:15

I'd Say GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) as before the railways arrived towns and villages still had local time.

A clock showing the 'real' time difference between London and Bristol still remains in working order above St Nicholas Market in Bristol (formerly The Exchange):


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Re: What did the coming of the railway bring to your town?

« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2012, 17:01:04 »

What did the coming of the railway bring to your town?

In the case of Severn Beach, it brought the town. Prior to 1900, it was farmland. Then the railway came, en route to Pilning. The railway owners saw possibilities, and built the village as a resort in 1922, along with a swimming pool and boating lake.


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