I was trying to combine two events in one cycle journey.
However, after recording the official opening of the new More Trees BANES nursery at Twerton l found myself a little ahead of time for the next story.
I was calling into the Museum of Bath at Work to witness the unveiling of a newly acquired and historic sign.
Curator Stuart Burroughs was kind enough to spare five minutes for a chat – and my thanks to John Marsh for letting me have a couple of shots of the event when it subsequently took place.
Just as l was leaving l got into conversation with a friend of the museum, Arthur Feltham who had brought along a photograph of a group of men employed on the trains that ran through Green Park and others who work at the station.
Included amongst them is his uncle Charles Feltham who worked as a ‘shunter’ at the station. Arthur’s father was also a railman.
Thank you for publishing this photo. My father, Ken Woolley, was employed by LMS at Green Park from shortly after he left school in 1936 until closure. His first, and very important, duty of the day was to clean out the hearth in the Station Master’s office, lay and light the coal fire! During his nigh on thirty year stint, he rose to become Head Shunter in the goods yard. He will have known all of the men in the photo but unfortunately does not appear in it himself. I have one photo of Dad at work, uncoupling coal wagons, and I recall him saying that he always seemed to be off shift when group photographs were taken – I still scan them intently when I see one I haven’t seen before though, just in case!
Does anyone know what happened to the model of one of the unique locomotives employed by the railway to cross the steep hills out of Bath? It was on display at the station originally