Interests

Particular areas of interest so far are the pre-rail and natural history stories, including the allotments and 'wild' area at the approach end.

The 1950s plan doesn't give much clue to that banking (the 1897 and 1914 OS maps do indicate it, though) but it does have marked 'GH Dykes Coal Office' on the opposite side of the road and 'Pratts Depot' and 'Shell Mex Depot' in the now wooded area.

The growth and decline of the railway and the associated languages (visual and written) also interests me.