A One Woman Job! 1928

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Description

"Here's a novelty in jobs for Eve. A lady "Stationmaster-Porter-Clerk-Collector - " all in one - on a quaint little line near Shrewsbury."

L/S of a woman coming out of a railway station building and setting a signal. L/S of the same woman pushing a barrow with a basket on it. "All things come...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
15062
Sort Number:
EP 107
Time in/Out:
01:20:51:00 / 01:22:26:00
Canister:
EP 107
Film ID:
884.10
Issue Date:
1928

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  • How fascinating! Although the station is described as being "near Shrewsbury", I would love to know if it was actually the station at Montgomery? If so, it is the only photo I have ever seen of it.

    Tambrosian 8th Apr 2013

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