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General Category => Old Chesterfield => Topic started by: Pete on June 01, 2015, 12:42:08 PM

Title: Railway Exhibition - Marketplace Station
Post by: Pete on June 01, 2015, 12:42:08 PM

Popular exhibition...

Title: Re: Railway Exhibition - Marketplace Station
Post by: Old Cruser on June 01, 2015, 07:10:33 PM

Would it have got as much interest if done now do you think.

Title: Re: Railway Exhibition - Marketplace Station
Post by: poppy on June 01, 2015, 07:37:03 PM

What a brilliant picture Pete. Roughly what date do you think it is ?

Title: Re: Railway Exhibition - Marketplace Station
Post by: Fly on June 01, 2015, 07:59:09 PM

Maybe this . . .
http://www.lner.info/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2910 (http://www.lner.info/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2910)

Deffo looks like it.

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The station's moment of glory came in August 1948 when its considerable amount of unused track and space was put to work to house the Stephenson Centenary Exhibition of locomotives and rolling stock. The crowds flocked as never before

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesterfield_Market_Place_railway_station (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesterfield_Market_Place_railway_station)