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Hansom Carriage

The Station c1947
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I can still remember the sound of the horse's "clipperty-clopp" as we went home in the hansom carriage after arriving at Thornton Heath station - I must have been about eight years old at the time - I always looked forward to our ride home.

Written by Rita Francis. To send Rita Francis a private message, click here.

A memory of Thornton Heath in Surrey shared on Saturday, 2nd September 2006.

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