(Trivia) Railway stations which should be people

[RSDonovan]

Peter Borough

 

[MedwayValiant]

Dalston Kingsland.

Legendary West Indian fast bowler of the 1980s.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Roy Hudd(ersfield)?

Might be scraping the barrel a bit there!

 

[xotGD]

Lee D.S. City

Hal T. Whistle

Kirk Stall-Forge

Enough!

 

[D6130]

Closed stations in Scotland:

Peter Head

Fraser Burgh

Cal Lander

Cal Darvan

Douglas West

Allan Fearn

Allan Grange

Al Loway

Ric Carton (x2)

Tilli Coultry

Walker Burn

Craig Leith

Lin Dean

Craig Lockhart

Gordon

Max Ton

Ken Tallen

Ben Derloch

Rose Mount

Jordan Stone

Justin Haugh

Leslie

Ken Noway

Mary Field

Kirk Buddo

John S Haven

Mary Kirk

Kitty Brewster

Maud Junction

Ken May

Tilly Fourie

Tilly Naught

Kenneth Mont

King Edward

Macduff

Glen Barry

Keith Town

Ed Derton

Al Ness

Del Ny

.....and finally, two which are still very much open for business:

Rog Art

and

George Mas-Junction!

 

[davyp]

Dave N. Port

 

[Pep and co]

Not forgetting ROCK FERRY who sounds like a singer in a not very successful merseybeat band

 

[philjo]

Steven age
Ken Dal

 

[urbophile]

Rock Ferry (60s pop star)
Wes Kirby

Liverpudlians of a certain vintage will remember the Higson's beer mats which featured several fictional characters named after local place names. Though I can't think of any more featuring actual railway stations.

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Not forgetting ROCK FERRY who sounds like a singer in a not very successful merseybeat band

Snap!

 

[73202]

Burton Joyce

 

[AJM580]

Brandon
Sal-house
Kimberley (MNR)

 

[Capybara]

Gordon Hill was a late-1970s footballer who played for Manchester United and England.

Gordon Hill of Kirby Muxloe in Leicestershire was a top Football League referee in 1960s and 1970s.

 

[xotGD]

How could I overlook:

Bing Ley

His parents obviously fans of Bing Crosby!

 

[D6130]

His parents obviously fans of Bing Crosby!

.....or Bob Blundellsands?

 

[urbophile]

The Bromborough Rake could be a raffish character in a Wodehouse-era novel. One of his young relatives being Little Sutton.

 

[pdq]

Had to do a thread search to make sure I hadn't missed Marylebone! Named after St. Mary (well, the church dedicated to St. Mary).

 

[A0]

Hadley Wood

Wes Terfield

Felix Stowe

Con Gleton

Mac Clesfield

Brad Ing

Tel Ford

 

[NoRoute]

Selly Oak, in a Sean Connery-style.

 

[vlad]

There's one station named after an old married couple: Bert & Joyce Knotts.

(I'll crawl back in my hole now.)

 

[Whistler40145]

Glen Finnan
Glen Garnock
Glen Eagles
Mary Port

 

[bussnapperwm]

The unlikely duo of Langley & Green

 

[A0]

Mark Etharbrough

Ken Tishtown

Mai Den-Head

 

[urbophile]

Blundell, Sands and Crosby; long established family solicitors.
Seaforth and Litherland; music-hall tribute act.

 

[Lloyds siding]

In the locality:
Hamilton Square (was he the Captain in Dad's Army?)
James Street
Closed stations:
Ford,
Barton,
Sefton
From The Liverpool Overhead:-
Alexandra Dock,
Clarence Dock
and we could be here all day doing dock names....

 

[Zamracene749]

Scraping the barrel…

Gill Ingham

Ah yes- that's Bill Ingham's wife isn't it?

 

[AlastairFraser]

Perry Barr,
Roy Bridge,
Brent Cross,
Moses Gate,
Bruce and Hazel Grove, and their daughter Rose
Daisy and Gordon Hill, and their children Lawrence and Rose
Dean Lane,
Barry Links,
Percy Main,
Maxwell Park,
Miles Platting,
Russell Square,
Hadley Wood and his brother Harold (and their cousin Michael on the M5)

Recently arguing on FB with someone named Miles Platting!

 

[Ashley Hill]

Has Harriet Sham been mentioned yet?

 

[D6130]

Has Harriet Sham been mentioned yet?

No, she hasn't.....and neither has her Husband Len Ham.