Station association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Helsby has an Iron Age hill fort, as does Huddersfield... (Castle Hill)

 

[AlterEgo]

Helsby station is a Listed Building - as is the bridge at Nottingham.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Woking has a CE depot, as does Nottingham

 

[Welshman]

Marsden

In H.G. Wells' novel "War of the Worlds" aliens from Marsden first landed in Woking.

 

[Anon Mouse]

Morley. Another station at the mouth of a long tunnel

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dewsbury shares a similarity to Morley, in that both towns produced the type of woollen cloth called "shoddy" that was worn both by the Union and Confederate Armies in the American Civil War.

 

[Anon Mouse]

Rochdale, another Northern Mill Town

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stockport is one of the 10 unitary bodies that make up Greater Manchester, as is Rochdale.

 

[Anon Mouse]

Stalybridge, also in the GMPTE area

 

[WestCoast]

Bridlington also retains its original Station Buffet.

 

[Anon Mouse]

Filey, another Yorkshire Seaside Resort

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Rainford has single line inward and double line outwards from the area, as does Filey.

 

[Welshman]

Portchester

Also used to manufacture clay pipes [tobacco variety]

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

York had a Roman Fort (EBORACUM), as did Portchester (PORTUS ADUMI).

 

[Welshman]

Halifax

also now has a Minster Church - all be it more recently established than York's.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hull shares a litanical connection with Halifax in the Beggars Litany:-

From Hull, from Halifax, From Hell,
'Tis thus, from all these three,
Good Lord deliver us.

This is a treat for Welshman

 

[Welshman]

Thank you.

I'll go for Barnsley

[The Hull, Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway and Dock Company - HB&WRJR&DCo {was this the longest Railway title?} opened in 1885, and was shortened to "Hull and Barnsley Railway" in 1905].

Despite the fact it never got to Barnsley, but ended at Stairfoot, it was still called the H&B!

 

[Anon Mouse]

Seaham, another station where there will be street parties when Thatcher pops her clogs

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Looe is a small coastal resort, as is Seaham.

 

[LE Greys]

Bognor Regis, compare the station codes

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Southport has a pier, as does Bognor Regis.

 

[Oswyntail]

Rugby - also a S.port

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Bat & Ball - something which you may use in sport (but not rugby

 

[Welshman]

Berney Arms

another station named after a pub - this one still in existence!

 

[Anon Mouse]

Levisham, another long walk away from the place to which the ststion owes its name

 

[Welshman]

Kings Nympton [again, no apostrophe]

Until 1951 was called South Molton Rd.
A station only 8 miles' walk from the town it pretended to serve!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Roche is on a long single track line, as is Kings Nympton

 

[Welshman]

Carpenders Park

[roach are part of the carp and minnow family]

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Daisy Hill has an island platform, as does Carpenders Park.

 

[Anon Mouse]

as does Eaglescliffe