Royal Family Travelling Through Reedham Train Station
I remember standing on the station platform to see the Royal Family pass through on the Royal Train. I have no recollection of where they were travelling to and I'm a bit hazy on the year.
We all wore our best clothes and stood waving. The train slowed down as it passed through the station. Then about 3 or 4 days later we did the same on the other side.
Myself and my two sisters, Janet and Eileen Hall were all at Reedham Orphanage. We were at Reedham from 1935 to about 1947/48.
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RE: RE: Royal Family Travelling Through Reedham Train Station
I have posted a 'memory' on the Frith Reedham site and had a reply! I intend to go to the museum. It was your email on Google that directed me to this site and enabled me to trace my long distant memory of attending Reedham school in the mid 50's. Thank you.
Comment from Kathryn Jackson on Tuesday, 19th September 2006.
RE: RE: Royal Family Travelling Through Reedham Train Station
Hiya,
I'm just doing a bit of research for a story and stumbled on your letter. It's a fictional piece about a young girl threatened but saved from the orphanage. It would be helpful to know what it was like.
Just for your information I used to work at Smitham station. The royal train would come through every year and for a laugh we would stand to attention on the platform. It was off to Tattenhan Corner (Epsom) for the Derby.
Comment from Carl Quartermain on Saturday, 10th March 2007.
RE: RE: Royal Family Travelling Through Reedham Train Station
To Carl Quartermain,
My memories of the orphanage are that my life was that as I don't remember anything else. I was about 6 months when I went there and I left when I was 12.
I liked living in the orphanage and actually cried when I had to leave and go back to my mother.
The orphanage was very structured and all the teachers were strict but fair. The odd one wasn't so nice, for instance when one teacher was on duty I was made to stand in the corner of the dormitory with a bar of soap in my mouth for about an hour. It was dark outside, this was for talking in bed.
We had our own classrooms in the orphanage but sometimes children came from outside and attended for however long.
I don't remember being really badly treated and as I say I enjoyed my time there.
Comment from Chris Wallis on Thursday, 15th March 2007.