Catching a train
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Banstead, the Station c1965
Ref: B391114
Year: 1930s
Catching a train
After visiting my aunt and uncle who were the Matron and Superintendant of the Banstead Residential School, which was adjacent to the railway line, my mother and I would hasten along to the station to begin our journey home. If a train was drawing into the station on the way towards London mother would call down to the station staff on the platform, which was well below the footpath, and the train would be held until puffing and out of breath we could continue to the station and run down the stairs. What a service. Today the staff would strain to keep to the timetable!
The schools have long since been demolished and a housing estate has taken their place.
Shared on 10 July 2007
