St Erth Railway Station, Cornwall 1950s
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St Erth station in the 1950s, looking along the curving platforms beneath the canopies with a porter or railwayman standing in the foreground and passengers waiting under the Platform 2 sign at right. The scene is rich in period railway detail, including the dark stone station building on the left with its ornate canopy valancing, the hanging platform signs, the footbridge spanning the line in the distance, and the bright sun catching the platform edges and rails as they sweep away towards the far end of the station. This was one of Cornwall’s most important junctions, where the branch to St Ives diverged from the main line, and the combination of traditional Great Western-style architecture, neat platforms and waiting passengers gives the photograph a strong sense of everyday railway life in the post-war years.
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