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Blackpool South?
Then you need to give another clue to disambigufy (sp ??) as Blackpool South fits perfectly.
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Redditch?
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Hadfield?
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Newcraighall
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This is dependent on your definition of "fairly big tourist attraction", but St Albans Abbey? With the abbey being itself the likely attraction?
Maybe too easy:
This town originally had 3 stations, all of which had closed by the 1960s. One reopened in the 1990s
There was an interestingly named small trades union in the area that never had a strike
What is the present and past name of the current station and what industry did the union serve?
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Obviously not that easy.
There is a 19th century literary connection with the past name of this station
This town originally had 3 stations, all of which had closed by the 1960s. One reopened in the 1990s
There was an interestingly named small trades union in the area that never had a strike
What is the present and past name of the current station and what industry did the union serve?
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Obviously not that easy.
There is a 19th century literary connection with the past name of this station
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Two of Mansfield's stations reopened in the 1990s though.
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The Peak District!
OK, if not Mansfield, could it be Newstead?
Newstead originally had the Midland, the Great Northern and the Great Central lines passing through it.
It was reopened in the 1990's along with the Robin Hood Line.
It's literary connection is that the nearby Newstead Abbey was the ancestral home of Lord Byron.
Don't know what the Trades Union was, though.
Newstead originally had the Midland, the Great Northern and the Great Central lines passing through it.
It was reopened in the 1990's along with the Robin Hood Line.
It's literary connection is that the nearby Newstead Abbey was the ancestral home of Lord Byron.
Don't know what the Trades Union was, though.
OK, lets's try
Bulwell
original stations of Bulwell Forest, Bulwell Common and Bullwell.
Bullwell re-opened as part of Robin Hood Line in the 1990s.
Famous actress Debra Juett born in Bullwell in 1890s.
Star of the film "The Last Bohemian"
Trade Union could be to do with frame-knitters/lace stocking manufacturers.
Bulwell
original stations of Bulwell Forest, Bulwell Common and Bullwell.
Bullwell re-opened as part of Robin Hood Line in the 1990s.
Famous actress Debra Juett born in Bullwell in 1890s.
Star of the film "The Last Bohemian"
Trade Union could be to do with frame-knitters/lace stocking manufacturers.
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Nottingham didn't close in the 1960s!
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I assume Hucknall must have had 3 stations at one time. No idea about the trade union or literary connection ...
Hucknall is what I was after.
The Midland station (now called just Hucknall) was once called Hucknall Byron. The GC and GN also had stations
The TU is the United Wool Shawl, Fall and Antimacassar Trade Union of Hucknall Torkard and District - frame knitters
The Midland station (now called just Hucknall) was once called Hucknall Byron. The GC and GN also had stations
The TU is the United Wool Shawl, Fall and Antimacassar Trade Union of Hucknall Torkard and District - frame knitters
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This terminal station was recently had a third platform added. It is served by two TOCs on a frequent basis (1 or more TPH) and another less regularly. A 4th TOC stopped running here a few years ago.
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You got it !
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