Saturday 30th
Normanton Station
As seen from the Altofts Road bridge (whilst walking the Dog)
Normanton
Wakefield
Once a highly important strategic junction, dubbed
The Crewe Of The North
The platform was almost a 1/4mile long in its prime, it was first opened in 1840
Queen Victoria, & Benjamin Disraeli are amongst the people who used the (adjacent) Station Hotel..... not together, I assume??
The Hotel was across a footbridge, to the (replacement/new) stone building seen above the retaining wall
Date stated, 1961;
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2010549
NLS 25" map, use the blue slider to see it now;
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16.2&lat=53.70089&lon=-1.42345&layers=168&b=1&o=100
Mid 70's?
Some station buildings are still in existance, the
Station Hotel is now
The Flying Scotsman
The Talbot can be seen as the first building on the left, demolished
* quite a few years ago, but the street is still Talbot Street
Early 70s?
The extent of the sidings!!
(& they continued under the bridge too, reconsult the map)
Mid 70s?
Looking towards the bridge (Castleford/Leeds/York trains)
EDIT; Monday 1st @ 09:30
Flying Scotsman pub, during demolition, to build the apartments seen in first photograph (circa 2002?)
The abutment, for the footbridge, to the
Station Hotel
* The Talbot
Awaiting demolition
(Talbot Street to its left, Railway Terrace to the right)
