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Lady Cutie | Report | 10 Feb 2009 17:23 |
How would someone get from Highgate, London to Stechford in Birmingham in 1877 . |
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Kate | Report | 10 Feb 2009 17:35 |
I would imagine by train - I think the railways were pretty much up and running by the 1850s in a lot of areas, especially somewhere like Birmingham. |
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Staffs Col | Report | 10 Feb 2009 17:36 |
Quite possibly they came by rail. Both Curzon Street and New Street railway stations in Birmingham had train services from London on a daily basis with Birmingham New Street becoming the main station for London services in 1854. By the way journey time then was 4 and half hours...not much slower than today! |
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Lady Cutie | Report | 10 Feb 2009 17:43 |
Thank you Kate |
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Kate | Report | 10 Feb 2009 18:09 |
You're quite right, Col! As I recall, it used to take me around three hours to get from Leicester to Preston when I was at uni (and that's not including a 25 min walk to Leicester station and a 25 minute drive once I got off the train in Lancashire!). |