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Lodging Houses for Railway Workers
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LakesLass | Report | 27 Mar 2010 21:25 |
Hi Alan |
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AllanC | Report | 21 Mar 2010 13:23 |
Hello again Janet |
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LakesLass | Report | 20 Mar 2010 13:03 |
Hi alan |
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AllanC | Report | 20 Mar 2010 11:31 |
Been thinking about this. In steam days drivers and firemen on main line runs would work either an "out-and-back turn" when they would return to their home depot each day, or a "lodging turn" on longer journeys when it was not possible to return the same day. Usually the railway company provided hostels for men on lodging turns. These were usually close to the locomotive depots at large stations. On the Great Northern Railway two important stations were Peterborough and Grantham; Little Bytham is half way between the two. It sounds highly unlikely but I wonder if the GNR was trying to save money by having one hostel there to serve the two stations. |
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AllanC | Report | 19 Mar 2010 23:05 |
Another source of information might be the archives held at the National Railway Museum, (Leeman Road, York, YO26 4XJ phone: 08448 153139 or email: [email protected]) |
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LakesLass | Report | 19 Mar 2010 13:33 |
hello Batmans daughter and Sally |
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Sally | Report | 18 Mar 2010 23:12 |
hello try this a local history site he may be able to help |
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Researching: |
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BatMansDaughter | Report | 18 Mar 2010 14:01 |
Hi Janet, |
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LakesLass | Report | 18 Mar 2010 13:36 |
Hello all |