Two unseen photographic treasure troves handed to NRM
Dec 21, 2021
3 minutes
By Robin Jones
TWO collections of unique images – showing the final Windrush-era migrants arriving at Waterloo station from the Caribbean in 1962 and another found in a wardrobe, showing LNWR locomotives and shed staff at Bescot in the West Midlands – have joined the National Railway Museum’s permanent collection.
In May 1962, 20-year-old Howard Grey was the only photographer at Waterloo when about 150 people arrived on the boat train from Southampton, greeted
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