12-09-2008, 12:03
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Re: Who Remembers.......
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Originally Posted by West Ender
I loved steam engines (still do) but perhaps it's "in the blood". My maternal grandfather was Station Master at Church and Oswaldtwistle from 1912 to 1928 (and before that, at Rochdale. My mum was born in the station house there in 1909) and, in his family, I had an uncle and a cousin who were railway engineers and another uncle who was a guard. 
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Well there's a coincidence. My maternal grandfather was a stationmaster too! And his father before him. My Granddad was born in Railway Cottage at Mildenhall. |
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