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Map 2 Pellon (Brackenbed Lane - St Pauls Station)
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 Pellon
lane overbridge (c1963) :
Richard Barnes
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copyright on all Richard Barnes Photographs.
Approach to Pellon station, facing towards Queens Road. The overbridge
is Pellon Lane.
(Photo's taken a week after track was lifted) |
 Trackbed
(c1963) : Richard Barnes
Same location as previous but facing towards Wheatley.
Note how steeply the trackbed falls away below the level of the
headshunt where I was standing. |
 Pellon
lane overbridge (gas pipe overbridge) (02-06) Matt C |
 Pellon
lane overbridge (gas pipe overbridge) (22-04-06)
Approach to Pellon station. Gas pipe bridge
nearest camera complete with smoke deflectors.
Fenced off area under the bridge, used for storage by firm on the site
of the Pellon station. |
 Pellon
lane overbridge (gas pipe overbridge) facing north (22-04-06)
Facing back the other way, view of the bridge from
road level. |
 Pellon
station entrance (22-04-06)
Pellon station Opened 1889, closed to
passengers 1st January 1917 (complete closure
27-06-1960)
Entrance to the station from road level, the
booking office was situated where those garages are now.
Stone sets still remain along the front of the garages. |
 Pellon
station (22-04-06)
Access from road level was via steps leading down
from the back of those garages, through that bricked up section of wall
with the graffiti, to an island platform. |
 Pellon
goods yard facing west (30-04-06)
Taken from a stairway leading up to some flats off Battinson road.
Bricked up bridge visible in the corner, houses in background are on
Dyson road. |
 Pellon
goods yard facing north (30-04-06)
Stood on top of the bricked up bridge on the corner of Dyson & Battinson
road. |
 Dyson
road bridge facing east (30-04-06)
Corner of Dyson & Battinson road.
Iron bridge & in the background the flats I mentioned. |
 Battinson
road facing south (30-04-06)
The other side of the road.
The road running along the top is Ramsgate. |
 Hanson
lane facing north (30-04-06)
Facing back towards the bridge under Battinson
road.
Looking over the old bridge parapet on the corner of Ramsgate & Hanson
lane.
The cutting filled in & used as gardens along here. |
 Hanson
lane facing west (30-04-06)
View of the well kept bridge parapet I was looking
over in previous photo. |
 Hanson
lane facing south (30-04-06)
Taken from the other side of the road, cutting
filled in & new houses built along the old formation. |
 Gibbet
street facing west (30-04-06)
Facing up Gibbet street. Bridge walls clearly
visible on both sides.
The guy in the approaching red car, stopped when he saw my camera,
waited a couple of minutes, reversed & dissapeared down a side street,
maybe he's a bit shy. |
 Hopwood
lane facing west (30-04-06)
Next street along towards St Pauls is another
rusty Iron bridge. |
 Hopwood
lane facing south (30-04-06)
Opposite side of the road, the site of St Pauls
station yard just the other side of the bridge.
Kingston Close built on the site now. Yard included a signal box &
turntable.
The formation of the line clearly visible on Google earth. |
 St
Pauls station Parkinson
lane facing west (30-04-06)
St Pauls Opened
5th Sept 1890, closed to passengers 1st Jan 1917 (complete closure
27-06-1960)
Taken from the corner of Queens road & Parkinson
lane.
The site of St Pauls station, just over that wall. |
 Parkinson
lane facing north (30-04-06)
Looking over the wall, the site of St Pauls
station, Aspinal street in the background.
Bits of retaining wall still in evidence. |
 Aspinal
street facing north (30-04-06)
Thought I'd better take a photo of these neglected
but solid old houses.
Now on death row, soon to be replaced with concrete & tacky artificial
stone no doubt. |
