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Sep 30, 2018
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Elephant takes on water at Mexborough...
I ENJOYED reading the article about circus trains in the August issue.
It reminded me of an unusual day when I was station master at Mexborough in 1956.
One Sunday morning I was called out by the station foreman telling me there was an elephant on the platform needing water. One of the circuses was in town and the elephant, which had arrived by train, could not be dealt with on the showground until the following morning and would have to remain at the station in the meantime.
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