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« Reply #15 on: February 24, 2018, 17:12:51 »

066 is, I think, Bridgend


You are correct ... I never cease to be amazed by your knowledge!
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« Reply #16 on: February 24, 2018, 20:41:05 »

I look at the phone boxes there (two) and the letter box and wonder from amongst all the crowds there how many people have actually used one of the pay phones at that (or any) station, or post boxes at that (or any) station in the last year?

I wonder how many have tried to use this 'postbox' at Brookwood (clue: you can't it's sealed up):
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/HotspotDetails.aspx?stdCode=SME_BKO&fullsize=60646

Not sure why it's there. Maybe it's keeping the wall up (!).

There's another disused one at Hayes & Harlington on the upper entrance and an in-use one on the platform at Leatherhead. I know I've seen other sealed up boxes at other stations but can't recall where.
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« Reply #17 on: February 25, 2018, 19:30:51 »

A couple of the pictures not yet identified - and these are the harder ones of the set ...

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« Reply #18 on: March 01, 2018, 07:35:47 »

A couple of the pictures not yet identified - and these are the harder ones of the set ...

Indeed - these two are vey tough - I'm going to tell yous and close out the quiz

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That's at Hythe on the Waterside line ... looking forward to seeing a station entrance here and a regular train service.  Where there is nothing, there can be a station rebuilt.  For example, Cambridge North (the other unidentified picture) that's so new that few of us oldies recognise it yet.

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