PLATFORM EXTRA
Jan 21, 2022
3 minutes
Growing up opposite Barnwell
I was most interested in your piece about Barnwell (Steam World, October).
As a child, between early 1950 and May 1953, I lived opposite – on the other side (wrong side!) of the tracks. An army camp was used to accommodate the post-war boom in family formations, a common enough practice everywhere. I believe there is not the slightest sign of its existence now and, amazingly,
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