I grew up to the sound of the former LSWR main line from London Waterloo to Bournemouth and the west. We had a bench and two green gas meters to sit on at our local spotting place at Haines Bridge, to the London side of Weybridge station, with the LSWR main line in the cutting below.
On a very large telegraph pole just inside the railway boundary was a Southern Railway sign that threatened a 40 shillings fine for anyone who trespassed on the railway. It was difficult to climb the chicken wire fence as it was topped with barbed wire though we still had an excellent view of the line towards Sir Richard's Bridge to the
